Can you name the movies centered around basketball?

Year	Movie	Actor/Actress
1979		Gabe Kaplan
1985		Michael J. Fox
1986		Gene Hackman
1987		Jamie Lee Curtis
1992		Woody Harrelson
1994		Tupac Shakur
1994		Nick Nolte
1994		Kevin Bacon
1995		Leonardo DiCaprio
1995		Billy Crystal
1996		Damon Wayans

Year	Movie	Actor/Actress
1996		Michael Jordan
1996		Whoopi Goldberg
1997		Marlon Wayans
1998		Denzel Washington
2000		Omar Epps
2000		Sean Connery
2002		Lil' Bow Wow
2005		Samuel L. Jackson
2005		Martin Lawrence
2006		Josh Lucas
2008		Will Ferrell
1994	Will Ferrell
1998	Will Ferrell

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Basketball Movies Quiz

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Created by: Ben -
Published: April 21st, 2009
Category: Movies
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Tags: Actor Quizzes, Actress Quizzes, Basketball Quizzes, centered, around

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	Bees:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 05:11 GMT	57 points
	Air Bud is spinning in his kennel.

	Brad Bammert:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 05:11 GMT	0 points
	Whoopi Goldberg should be the proper spelling for the star of Eddie.

	Kicking222:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 05:13 GMT	2 points
	Fun one. I did pretty well, and I didn't miss any I had no business missing. Extra respect for "Hoop Dreams" as a bonus answer. I also like quizzes like this where pretty much every eligible entry I can think of is there; the only two movies I have in mind that aren't there are "Crossover" and "Juwanna Mann", and considering both are deplorable, I doubt anyone will be missing them.

	davis21wylie:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 05:14 GMT	13 points
	Ray Allen was expecting to see He Got Game on this list. And when he didn't, it motivated him to go off on the Chicago Bulls in the 4th Quarter of tonight's game.

	GJK:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 05:20 GMT	6 points
	Don't forget the Marlon Wayans classic, "The Sixth Man."

	Adrian:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 05:23 GMT	8 points
	I was also expecting He Got Game on the list, I still refer to Ray Allen as Jesus Shuttlesworth.

	springmom:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 05:23 GMT	16 points
	Aw, no "The fish that saved Pittsburgh"? It's got Meadowlark Lemon and Dr. J in it! Doesn't matter if it stinks like old fish...it belongs here! LOL!

	HurriKaty:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 05:29 GMT	18 points
	Needs more Juwanna Mann.

	bradwell:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 05:44 GMT	3 points
	ahem you're the man now, dog! ahem glad that's out of the way

	brianc:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 05:46 GMT	2 points
	yeah i can't believe "he got game" wasn't on here, thats the first basketball movie i thought of. had to make sure i didn't just mispell it

	nearlyextinct:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 05:58 GMT	3 points
	Space Jam was one of my favorite movies as a kid. Common jam, space jam!

	Wilford_Brimley:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 06:03 GMT	3 points
	PUNCH THE KEYS FOR GOD'S SAKE!

	SammyG:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 06:24 GMT	5 points
	"Teen Wolf", but not "He Got Game". Come on, sporcle.

	dummo:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 06:33 GMT	3 points
	Found a bonus answer... I'm happy with that since I did so poorly in the actual quiz.

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	CavilAesthetics:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 07:34 GMT	3 points
	Came in for the lack of "He Got Game," especially when finding forrester is being considered a basketball moive

	renitajenkins:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 07:43 GMT	4 points
	What about "O", the Josh Harnett/Julia Stiles update of Othello set among basketball players at a boarding school?

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	Cuthbert_Twilley:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 11:36 GMT	5 points
	This quiz is really incomplete without He Got Game. Ben, you fell down on the job with this one.

	Psydswipe:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 11:40 GMT	3 points
	I don't normally care if something is left off, but I'll also point out He Got Game should be on there. Along with Ray Allen it also has a big name actor (Denzel Washington) and a well known director (Spike Lee).

	Camden:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 12:38 GMT	6 points
	Ahhh... Teen wolf: Greatest werewolf/basketball movie ever made. Basketball diaries is about basketball like Titanic is about boats. And Forget Paris is about basketball like City Slickers is about cows.

	Camden:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 12:40 GMT	-4 points
	Others: Sunset Park... The 6th Man... and the revolutionary film: John Tucker Must Die.

	JohnJF:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 13:11 GMT	0 points
	I normally hate to be "that guy" who just comments on omitted movies, but the lack of "He Got Game" (mentioned frequently), "The Sixth Man" (mentioned), and "The Fish that Saved Pittsburgh" seems a little off. I tried guessing the first of those several times just because I assumed I was somehow misspelling it and forgetting the name of the star.

	gttrsnp:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 13:14 GMT	0 points
	where is kazaam!?!? oh wait.... but seriously, like everyone else has already said, no 'he got game'???

	BelowZero:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 13:20 GMT	0 points
	Weird, I don't think anyone else noticed or has commented on it, but "He Got Game" is left out. Lol Good quiz!

	cmal33:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 13:34 GMT	0 points
	What about "One on One" starring the immortal Robbie Benson? On second thought, it's probably better that one is left out. That movie was horrendous.

	BigL:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 13:58 GMT	1 point
	Long Time Sporcle user first time commentator. Very,very disappointed "He got Game" isn't on here. I Strongly recommend adding it. "The Sixth Man" and other mentioned throughout is one thing, but "He got Game" is a Spike Lee classic that raised the bar for basketball movies. Very hurt sporcle, Please show you care about your users and add it.

	SporcleAdmin:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 14:16 GMT	7 points
	Apparently this quiz has no game without he got game, due to overwhelming demand it has been added. Sorry for the omission.

	vogz:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 14:36 GMT	7 points
	glad to see baseketball as a bonus answer =]

	gopaladins:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 15:28 GMT	1 point
	murderball should be a bonus. that movie made me cry.

	CraigR:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 16:29 GMT	0 points
	The Air Up There = best movie of all time

	Todd:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 16:42 GMT	2 points
	Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault. This is the best basketball movie I have ever watched and I have watched each of the "basketball" movies listed above and most of the "they played basketball while the movie was being filmed" movies too.

	WVUIE97:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 16:54 GMT	-3 points
	what about "sunset park"?? time to get loud time to represent!!!!

	Jaspers:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 17:20 GMT	2 points
	The forgotten classic: Ernest Slams Dunk

	cntower:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 19:50 GMT	-1 points
	aren't we forgetting Kazaam?

	josh23:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 20:54 GMT	-1 points
	wow i did bad, i only got 6. I got the bonus though, hoop dreams.

	austin massachusetts:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 21:38 GMT	0 points
	Juwanna Mann? 5*s anyways because BASEketball was included.

	cpennylane:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 21:39 GMT	1 point
	You can not center around something. You can center on something or revolve around, but not center around.

	danzam:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 22:28 GMT	0 points
	Celtic Pride is a very underrated movie. One of Judd Apatow's early produced movies before he made it big with 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up, and Superbad. Granted those are better than Celtic Pride, but Celtic Pride still deserved more recognition than it got.