Who is the best basketball movie team of all-time? Play GM and find out...
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So here's the deal: it's September, which means there is no basketball. How do basketball fans get through this dark time? A lot of hardwood classics, YouTube highlights, and basketball movies.
Speaking of basketball movies -- have you ever wondered: Who is the best fictional player ever? Well, I guess that's a pretty easy answer knowing that arguably the best player of all time (Michael Jordan) starred in Space Jam.
Let's take this a bit further...
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By opening this post, you are now required to act as your expansion franchise's general manager and build the best basketball movie roster possible -- but there's a catch: just like the NBA, there is a salary cap. You are restricted to spending $25 max.
Below, you will find your choices from Hollywood's most famous basketball-centric films and/or fictional characters who famously demonstrate a superior grasp of the game at one point in the movie they star in.
Here are the options ($25 Dollar budget, Select 5 Players):
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$13
Michael Jordan, Space Jam
$8
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Neon Boudeaux, Blue Chips
Nerdluck Blanko, Space Jam
Butch McRae, Blue Chips
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$7
Shep, Above the Rim
Saleh, The Air Up There
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Jesus Shuttlesworth, He Got Game
David Lattin, Glory Road
Kenny Tyler, The 6th Man
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Shorty Russell, Sunset Park
$6
Earl "The Goat" Manigult, Rebound
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Ty Crane, Coach Carter
Jimmy Chitwood, Hooisers
Monster Nawt, Space Jam
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Scott Howard, Teen Wolf
Jackie Moon, Semi-Pro
$5
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Sidney Deane, White Men Can't Jump
Billy Hoyle, White Men Can't Jump
Junior Battle, Coach Carter
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Antoine Tyler, The 6th Man
Moses Guthrie, The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Duane Martin, Above the Rim
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$4
Bobby Joe Hill, Glory Road
Calvin Cambridge, Like Mike
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Quincy McCall, Love & Basketball
Kenyon Stone, Coach Carter
John Tucker, John Tucker Must Die
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Ricky Roe, Blue Chips
$3
Jamal Jefferies, Juwanna Mann
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Coffee Black, Semi-Pro
Rufio, Hook
Odin James, O (Othello)
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Jim Carroll, The Basketball Diaries
$2
Monix, Semi-Pro
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Elliot Richards, Bedazzled
Lewis Scott, Celtic Pride
Jamal Wallace, Finding Forrester
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Ellen Ripley, Alien
$1
Monica Wright, Love & Basketball
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Bugs Bunny, Space Jam
Lola Bunny, Space Jam
Air Bud, Air Bud
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Jimmy Dolan, The Air Up There
Sandy Lyle, Along Came Polly
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Sorry to break this to you, but, my squad of:
PG: Bobby Joe Hill ($4)
SG: Sidney Deane ($5)
SF: Ripley ($2)
PF: Ty Crane ($6)
C: Neon Boudeaux ($8)
Isn't losing to anyone. Two floor generals, the "one and only" unstoppable Ty Crane, the most dominating big man to ever bless Hollywood, and a freakishly athletic alien mother.
If you think you can do better, comment below...