Animated story of selling jersey numbers from @bwood_33
The creator, former NBA player Brendan Haywood, tells a chronological story, illustrated with animation, about how he profited from changing his jersey number twice. He recounts selling his #3 jersey to teammate Juan Dixon for $15,000, then details the escalating offers from Gilbert Arenas for his #00 jersey, culminating in a $100,000 deal, and shares the humorous conversation he had with his mother who initially disapproved but changed her mind upon hearing the final price.
Creator: @bwood_33 on Instagram
Video format
Faceless
Video outline
- State unbelievable claim
- Introduce moral conflict
- Escalate the temptation
- Deliver twist punchline
Hook overview
An extraordinary claim about an unexpected financial gain from a mundane action, creating an immediate 'how is that possible?' curiosity gap.
Title hook
Would you believe I made over $100,000 switching jersey numbers early in my career?
Verbal hook
Would you believe I made over a $100,000 switching jersey numbers early in my career?
Visual hook
An animated scene of a man in a suit standing next to a museum display of his basketball jerseys, with an auction-like crowd in the background.
Hook strategies
- curiosity-open-loops
- credibility
- secrets-shortcuts
Payoff
The protagonist confesses their decision to the moral authority figure, leading to an expected confrontation that is subverted when the authority figure, upon learning the scale of the reward, comically reverses their own moral stance, providing a humorous and satisfying resolution.
Narrative framework
The Escalating Temptation
Narrative framework logic
A personal anecdote where the narrator faces a progressively larger temptation that conflicts with a prior promise or moral stance, culminating in a humorous resolution where the moral authority figure also succumbs to the temptation.
Narrative framework breakdown
- frameworkName: The Escalating Temptation
- frameworkType: Standard Narrative
- coreLogic: A personal anecdote where the narrator faces a progressively larger temptation that conflicts with a prior promise or moral stance, culminating in a humorous resolution where the moral authority figure also succumbs to the temptation.
- confidence: 95
- pendingStatus: created
Topics: Basketball, Sports, Athlete Journey
Concepts: Storytime, Origin Story
Formats: Faceless
Elements: Animated Character, Motion Graphics, Voiceover
Account types: Personal Brand
Transcript excerpt
Would you believe I made over a $100,000 switching jersey numbers early in my career? Well, that's exactly what happened. I wasn't always number 33. My rookie year, I actually started out as number three. Fast forward to my second year in the NBA, we draft Juan Dixon. Number three has special meaning to him. He said, big fella, I got 15 bad for you. You switched numbers. I said, say less. It don't mean that much to me. I took the money. I switched to number double zero. Two years later in free agency, we signed Gilbert Arenas. The NBA has a strange rule at this point. You can't have have zero and double zero on the team at the same time. So Gilbert Arenas now has to buy a number from me. I called my mom. I said, hey, ma. I think I bad make some more money selling jersey. She says, Brendon, you can't sell your jersey. You already sold it one time. Your fan base identifies with you now as being double zero. You can't sell it. I said, Ma say yes. I got you. You're right. Gilbert comes in with a strong-arm. Big fella, I got 30 bands for you. I know you sold it to Juan for 15. I got 30. I said, nah, man. I told my mom I'm not selling the jersey. He doubles down the next day. I got $50 f