{"id":911834,"date":"2019-08-23T10:37:32","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T14:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=911834"},"modified":"2019-08-23T10:37:33","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T14:37:33","slug":"how-frank-nitty-went-from-dominating-the-drew-league-to-becoming-nikes-go-to-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/how-frank-nitty-went-from-dominating-the-drew-league-to-becoming-nikes-go-to-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"How Frank Nitty Went From Dominating the Drew League to Becoming Nike’s Go-To Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"

When LA natives aren’t enjoying the mild summer and beach breeze outside in Southern California, they’re congregating in gyms of the local high school and junior college variety to see the city’s best players battle it out in the Drew League.<\/p>\n

The star of stars?<\/p>\n

Not Jordan Bell. Not Nick Young. Not even James Harden when he shows up.<\/p>\n

It’s a 6’2 combo guard from Watts. His name is Franklin Session but you probably know him as Frank Nitty<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Playing for designer coach T. Mills at The Drew, Frank’s ascent from being backcourt buddies with Dame Lillard at Weber State to managing a Verizon Store couldn’t be written by his neighbors in Hollywood but it’s got him on billboards across the city and Ballislife tapes watched around the world.<\/p>\n

“I first got involved in the Drew League through community basketball,” Frank told us at the Drew League Finals with MVP hardware in his hands and Off-White x Nike Air Max 97s on his feet. “Everyone knows how hard I play and it kinda turned into the homegrown story and I ran with it.”<\/p>\n

Coming up in the local Drew League as its grown from Nike sponsorship and social media coverage, the 3x Drew League MVP and reigning Defensive Player of Year has earned a nickname just like any other playground legend, but he’s earned a little bit more than that.<\/p>\n

115k Instagram followers. A BIG3 contract. His own Wikipedia page<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Can you hear him now? Good.<\/p>\n

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