‘Running Point’ Review: Kate Hudson Anchors a Netflix Basketball Comedy Only Kind of Worth Rooting For

Kate Hudson as Isla Gordon in Episode 101 of Running Point.

Netflix has drafted quite the team for Running Point, its new comedy set in the front office of a basketball franchise that is not the Los Angeles Lakers, but not not the Los Angeles Lakers.

There’s Kate Hudson, beaming from the center of an ensemble comprised of actors you’ve liked in other things: Drew Tarver from The Other Two, Max Greenfield from New Girl, Jay Ellis from Insecure, etc. Behind the scenes is hitmaker Mindy Kaling, along with Modern Family and Only Murders in the…