Another intriguing documentary has arrived in the latest series of “30 for 30” films on ESPN: “The Dominican Dream,” a look at Felipe Lopez’s basketball career, which failed to approach its Sports Ilustrated-cover hype (November 1995).
Assuming that the “Dominican Jordan” required redemption for his subpar results, Lopez has earned this with ongoing good works in the Dominican Republic, primarily in his hometown of Santiago.
Lopez moved with his family to New York at 14, became the city’s leaping legend of schoolboy basketball, and stayed there to play at St. John’s.
There’s a scene that makes you cringe at the announcement: Someone had placed out of view a headband with a scrawny feather, and Lopez placed it on his head to reveal he would playing for the St.