âSpace Jam: A New Legacyâ is a straight-up caravan of garbage. The film â starring NBA champion and Los Angeles Laker LeBron James â is literally a retread of the original 1996 film with Michael Jordan.
The film opens up with a 1998 flashback of young LeBron losing a youth basketball game because he got too caught up playing a Nintendo Game Boy. He then learns a âlife lessonâ from his coach about always staying focused on his goals without giving into distractions.
The lesson is wise if a little cookie-cutter. Itâs also completely anachronistic for kids to be excited about an
original Game Boy (which came out in 1989) in â98 when the Game Boy Color (which had a full color screen instead of black and white) came out that year.
A Brief History of NBA Players in the Movies
To mark the release of Space Jam: A New Legacy, here s a look back at some of the other movies to feature NBA greats.
Warner Bros.
Space Jam: A New Legacy, perhaps more commonly referred to as
Space Jam 2, is here. The sequel stars Los Angeles Laker
LeBron James as a fictionalized version of himself. After attending a pitch meeting at Warner Bros., he and his son become trapped in the “Serververse” by an AI villain named Al-G Rhythm. And similar to the plot of the first
Space Jam, which stars pro basketball icon
NBPA president Chris Paul addresses critics of compact schedule, says it was a conversation before the season
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Chris Paul responds to criticism of the NBA s compact schedule, saying all players had the same opportunity to be a part of all these conversations. (0:52)
Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN.
Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09.
PHOENIX This year s NBA Finals won t just crown a league champion; they will bring to a close one of the most arduous seasons in NBA history. The league pushed through the COVID-19 pandemic with a shortened offseason and a 72-game compact schedule only to have the playoffs marred by a slew of injuries to some of its most high-profile players.
Naomi Osaka Is Talking to the Media Again, but on Her Own Terms
The tennis superstar is guest-editing Racquet magazine and has written a cover essay for Time. What’s left for traditional sports journalism?
Naomi Osaka at a news conference after winning the Australian Open in February.Credit.Loren Elliott/Reuters
July 4, 2021
In early May, a couple of weeks before she tweeted that she wouldn’t appear at a required news conference at the French Open, Naomi Osaka was on a Zoom call with a writer for Racquet magazine who was trying to gain insight into the athlete’s inner life.
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