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Tony Soprano goes to Basketball Camp

James Gandolfini is returning to Television.

The “Sopranos” star has inked a deal to star in – and executive produce – the new HBO baseball telepic, “ABCD Camp”.

Gandolfini will play real-life character Sonny Vaccaro, the chap who signed Michael Jordan to the first million-dollar shoe deal at Nike, says Variety.

"Friday Night Lights" screenwriter David Aaron Cohen pitched and will write a drama chronicling the last youth basketball camp established by the corporate sports scout Vaccaro.

Vaccaro is credited with launching the careers of dozens of NBA stars, including LeBron James and Tracy McGrady. He made a fortune brokering deals with college coaches to outfit teams in brand-name shoes, and then signing multimillion-dollar shoe-endorsement deals with Jordan, Kobe Bryant and others. Vaccaro worked first for Nike, then Adidas and Reebok.

Whilst I’m sure this will turn out OK, it’s going to be damn hard not to seeing Tony Soprano behind Vaccaro’s desk, isn’t it?

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