Just saw the movie about Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton, the first black player on the Knicks.. it’s not a great movie, but worth seeing because it showcases the integrity of our former coach, Joe Lapchick. Hard to imagine the all-white NBA that existed before 1950. Lapchick was the Knick’s coach and fought hard to break the pro basketball color barrier.
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I thought you were referencing the movie "Roll Bounce."
L J S A
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You can double-feature it with Tom Cruise playing the 6'5" Jack Reacher.
RedmanMike
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Now THAT was the worst casting ever... made the movie ridiculous.
This parallels the casting in the HBO series “Winning Time” about the Magic and Kareem Lakers.
RedmanMike
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Huh - I actually thought the casting in Winning Time was pretty good, with the significant exceptions of Jason Segal as Westhead and Adrien Brody as Riley. Who else didn't you like?
Maybe I should have clarified. Aside from those obvious two, Jason Segel as Paul Westhead and Hadley Robinson as Jeannie Buss was not great either.
I guess I had more of a problem with the cartoonish way they were portrayed.
RedmanMike
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The portrayal of Westhead as a buffoon who was afraid of his own shadow seemed particularly unfair to me, and the portrayal of Jerry West as a angry maniac was ridiculous - although that improved later in the season.
I think West tried to sue because the show made him look like a maniac.
RedmanMike
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Yes - he did. Not sure whatever came of that.