Anonymous
Years ago

Basketballers in movies

I remember a thread on here about greatest all-time basketball movies, what about greatest all-time appearance by a basketballer in a movie?

I'd also like to add "Forget Paris" into greatest all-time basketball movies for the Billy Crystal as an uptight NBA ref.

"You can't throw me out, this is my farewell game" Kareem
"Well, let me be the first to say, Farewell!" Billy Crystal

Anyway, greatest basketballers appearances in movies... Allow me to start...

1) Kareem in Flying High
2) Larry in Space Jam, great cameo

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Anonymous  
Years ago

*Ray Allen aka Jesus Shuttleworth in "He Got Game".

*Kareem in Bruce Lee Film

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BMG  
Years ago

Eddie with Whoopi Goldberg is a good one. From memory, they don't play themselves but it is still good nonetheless.

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Mrs Mangel  
Years ago

John Sally in "Mr 3000"

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Jasmine  
Years ago

Darius Miles in 'The Perfect Score.' Some of the more ordinary acting I've seen.

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Bill Collins  
Years ago

Of course Denis the worm has been in a few B graders, i think he starred with Jean Claude Van Damme in an absolute classic called "Double Team".

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Gai Waterhouse  
Years ago

You can add 'cutaway' and 'simon sez' to the Denis Rodman films. All very forgettable

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Anonymous  
Years ago

shaq in shazzam

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Setarekikoroitamadu  
Years ago

Shaq was in a movie called Blue Chips with Nick Nolte too.

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Blue Collar  
Years ago

John Salley has been in a few movies in his time. Beverly Hills Cop is on his resume...

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Oh, John Salley in Bad Boys, computer hacker guy with glasses, classic!

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Isaac  
Years ago

Weren't the Pistons (or maybe just Laimbeer) in Hot Shots or something like that?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Oh yeah, in Hot Shots there was a bar fight scene and it cut to Barkley and Laimbeer fighting, then later apologising. Hilarious.

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coach k  
Years ago

John Salley in Beverley hills Cop, which character?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

John Salley was in Bad Boys.

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Moose  
Years ago

What about David Stiff, Michael Kingma and others playing Wookies in Star Wars III

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Nice one Moose, but can anyone actually pick which Wookies they are? Who got to have Yoda on his back?

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Moses Guthrie  
Years ago



Starring in the Fish That Saved Pittsburgh were:

- Julius Erving (as myself)
- Meadowlark Lemon (Globetrotters)
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Norm Nixon
- Connie Hawkins
- Bob Lanier
- Jerry Tarkanian
- Marv Albert
- Chick Hearn
- Chris Ford

..... and the list goes on. Easily the greatest basketball movie ever made, if I can say so myself! ;-)

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Vitatops Monkey Monkey  
Years ago

Phil Smyth in the Norman Gunston movie-length special...

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Anfernee Hardaway in blue chips as well as Adonis Jordan of the late Southeast Melb Magic. Actually come to think of it we most of the cast of blue chips play in this country one guy played for Mildura in ABA and another for Bendigo.

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coach k  
Years ago

The white dude played for the Kings.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

A few nbl players were chewies in the latest star wars trilogy.

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Nutwork  
Years ago

Hey Moses do you know where you can buy 'The Fish That Saved Pitssburgh'?

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ell45  
Years ago

Shaq is going to be in the new Scary movie 4 i dont know if he is going to be any good but he is going to be in it

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Shaq is in a movie called car was too. I think its by Spike Lee or similar type of movie to what he does.

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Moses Guthrie  
Years ago

Nutwork, you need to order it over the web from the US. I got a $10 copy and it's had a fair playing in the VCR over the years (and Northerner even returned it after it spent a year at his house). There's no DVD copies available though.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

shaq has released something like 7 rap albums if anyone cares....also allen iverson, kobe bryant and ron artest have all tryed....shaq is miles ahead of them though

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VC fan  
Years ago

lol shaq in shazzam has to be one of the worst

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