Buzzer Beater (2017)

IT'S A CELEBRITY BASKETBALL LEAGUE

I started watching this after Handsome Tigers ended when I learned that three of the cast from HT are also players here. Lee Sangyoon and Seo Jiseok play together in team W while Moon Suinn play for team Y. I must say I enjoyed HT more than Buzzer Beater because it has more of that sports anime feels with the training arc and improvement of teamwork and friendship. This one is more like a broadcast basketball league with celebrities and although we do see them training together and hanging out, it kinda lacked some of the warmth.

I was also looking forward to how Kim Hyuk plays because people often comment on how great it would’ve been if he joined HT with MSI but I was thoroughly disappointed because he doesn’t play well with his teammates and he’s focused only on himself? Out of the four teams, I wasn’t invested in his team at all. I was thinking that maybe I was biased towards team Y because of Moon Suinn but I think they're more enjoyable to watch out of the groups because of the easy camaraderie between the members as they’re around the same age and has the same sense of humor.

PS. I watched from OnDemandKorea without subs and I think the episode numbers aren’t in proper order. Ep 7 and 8 are the eps where the coaches chose their players while Ep 1 started with a fight between team W and another team. For fans of Moon Suinn, following the current episode list on OnDemandKorea, team Y played in episodes 2 (K vs Y), 4 (H vs Y), and 5 (W vs Y). In the other eps, he also appear with his team when they watch the other teams play as a member of the audience.

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