Founder & CEO

Meet Scotty Weaver

Scotty Weaver is a former college basketball player whose playing career ended the way most do — quietly, without a next step — until he turned a camera on the streetball scene instead of walking away from the game.

He got his start filming East Coast content for Ball Is Life, then broke off to build his own group, The Wild Hunt, before co-founding The Next Chapter (TNC) with D'Vonte Friga — growing it from a scrappy seven-player Season One into a full 1v1 league with six-figure prize purses and a billion-plus views.

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Scotty Weaver — Founder & CEO, The Next Chapter

From Cameraman To CEO

The Journey & Milestones

From a courtside camera to a pay-per-view league with ex-NBA talent on the roster.

Career End

A Quiet Ending, No Next Step

Weaver's college playing career ended the way most do — without a next chapter of its own. Instead of walking away from the game, he picked up a camera.

Ball Is Life

East Coast Content Creator

Got his start filming East Coast streetball content for Ball Is Life, learning the scene from behind the lens before building his own crew.

The Wild Hunt

Breaking Off On His Own

Founded The Wild Hunt as his own streetball content group before co-founding The Next Chapter (TNC) with D'Vonte Friga.

Season One

7 Players, Paid On Performance

TNC launched as a scrappy season of seven streetballers getting paid based on video performance — the seed of a full league.

Season Two

$100,000 Purse, 20 Episodes

TNC scaled into a full 1v1 league, pulling in former NBA players Lance Stephenson and Michael Beasley and running PPV Summit events.

Today

1M+ Subscribers, 1B+ Views

Next22Chapter has grown past a million YouTube subscribers, with TNC profiled by Entrepreneur magazine on its bid to turn streetball mainstream.

Business Model & Belief

Free Reach First, PPV Second

Weaver's stated model keeps roughly 95% of TNC's content free and 5% behind a paywall — betting that streetball can be built into a spectator sport with the pull of boxing or MMA.

TNC blends recognizable ex-NBA talent (Lance Stephenson, Michael Beasley) alongside streetball names like Lah Moon, Nasir Core, J Lew, and NAS — pairing pro credibility with internet-famous streetballers.

"When you stop playing, a part of your identity as a basketball player fades. It's always that feeling of never making it."

— Scotty Weaver, Entrepreneur Magazine