. >> reporter: lamond is one of the success stories.uated from the fellowship initiative and is now showing the documentary he produced at the black history film festival in oakland. >> to keep it blunt and honest, a lot of people would be up to no good, like i was born and raised in east oakland, not the best place to grow up, but when it comes to programs like that, it helped steer me out of the bad. >> reporter: lamond is just one of the many examples of the impact sports franchises can have on a community. the nba will hold seven all-star weekend events in oakland, three of those events held in the arena where the warriors won three championships. the events may not replace the teams that have been lost, but a resilient oakland is hopeful for the future. >> yeah. that may have kind of tripped us up, but we're going to stumble through it and something great will come out of that. >> before we get to all-star weekend, we got to make it through super bowl. >>> we're sure that everyone is already aware it's sunday in new orleans. matt l