Since Marbury didn't work out, Lee's search for his leading actor would continue and go on to a name that would eventually rule the NBA… Kobe Bryant. At first, Bryant appeared to be interested in the role, but then, the play that would define his career occurred.
In Game 5, the game was close at the end, the Lakers needed someone to step up and win the game. That player to step up was a rookie Kobe Bryant. Things didn't turn out the way Bryant wanted them to. He air-balled four shots in the fourth quarter and overtime. The Lakers would lose the game and the series. I wanted to play ball. I wanted to go to Venice Beach and play, where actually I broke my wrist.
I wanted to work out and train all the time. There was also a lot of pressure on me coming out of high school to perform well… I needed all my resources dedicated to preparing myself for the season. So, with Bryant removing himself from the list of potential actors, Lee had to figure out which player fit the role of Jesus Shuttlesworth.
Lee looked at Allen Iverson, bringing him in for an audition. Tracey McGrady, fresh from high school, was also brought in to audition. Some of these players ended up landing roles of other characters in the film, but none fit what Lee was looking for in his main character.
Lee was in attendance in his usual courtside seat. He watched rookie Ray Allen scored 17, but more importantly, he saw his character in Allen. The Bucks failed to make the playoffs that year, and once their season was over, Allen contacted Lee:.
Allen would get called back for a third audition, and this time he'd read with legendary actor, Denzel Washington. Sneaker Clerk Ciara A. Mary's Friend Lin Que Ayoung Phillips Gary Frith Man With Gat Heather Hunter The John Alonzo Scales Goose Lori Rom June Kim Director Lynn Felicia Finley Molly Chasey Lain Buffy as Tiffany Jones Jill Kelly Suzie Jennifer Esposito Janus Anthony T.
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Dakota Burns. Lala Bonilla. Coleman 'Booger' Sykes. Mary Shuttlesworth. Warden Wyatt. Big Time Willie. Coach Billy Sunday. Jesus Shuttlesworth. If they, if they really want you like that, they're going to take you to like the, the main, the main gym, set off all the lights put like your, your family pictures, where you and your family, on the big screen, everything.
That's literally how it is. No way. That's the way we are here at Tech U, we show love. Much love, Much love. Why beat around the Bush? We scouted you since you were in junior high school, we know all about you. He doing a great job of selling that program to jeez, because every coaching, they'll say that program, they gonna, they gonna do, they gonna crack every joke in the book, they gonna take you out. Be like the best guy ever, your best friend.
Then you get the campus, boom, that first practice, they screaming at you, yelling at you. I went to, I was at university of Houston and that's where I was getting recruited by Coach Sampson, he was like cracking every joke, trying to show me everything around the whole facility, talking about, we got this, we got that. And then the first day he's yelling at me, put me on the line.
I'm like, what happened to the dude who want it to be best friends and be like, wait, where that dude at? Well yeah, college coaches switch up quick, 'cuz they trynna win games, but I love coach Sampson. That's my guy. It's crazy how much people want just one person, they go to one school, because that kid can bring so much revenue to they university, which is why college athletes get paid now.
Sometimes you might get pressure from like those Nike people to like go to a Nike school or play on the Adidas, you might be pressured to go to an Adidas school.
Cause some people might be, 'namean, doing some other things to influence you to go to that school. So it's just, it's just a lot of different things. Different directions people pull you in, and make sure that they get paid on the back end. If you go to this school, then he gets a job opportunity, and his dad might get a job offer at one school, so now he goes to that school. People will do anything to get one kid, just to go to one school.
Cause they could change like the whole landscape of college basketball, which is kinda crazy. Above The Rim. And I remember I was like, man, I'm going to try that. I think I didn't, I didn't have the offer at the time. And I wanted them to come to the game to see if they could offer me. And I was just like, trying to do everything possible to try and get the offer, let alone knowing I had like the worst game possible.
I ended up still getting an offer cause I had played good later on, like when they came and saw me later. But like I was just trying to do everything pile. I was trying to shoot every deep three to impress 'em.
I'm trying to dunk everything, missing it, done make every flashy pass to impress 'em. And like literally, literally they just come in there. They may see if you can make the right basketball play. Can you just make an open three? Can you just make the right read off of picking role? So like if you just kinda play a simple game, they'll probably love you even more than if you kind of dunking a ball every time, or trying to make every D ball three.
So like when you trying to impress scouts, you probably gonna end up having a bad game. The Air Up There [movie clips begins] [native music plays] Yeah. That's a little better. Try not to slap the ball. Try it again with your left hand. I've heard from numerous players, they're going to play workout for a team, that they didn't like, or their city that they didn't like. They're going to be like: 'man, I'm going to try and shoot the, have the worst shooting day possible.
I'm a miss. Imma not play hard. I don't know. You tripping. You probably wasting all.. In my first offer, my first offer was from Rice, and is like super smart school and everything.
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