Lebron Tries Some Bad Acting Next Year

Dennis Rodman had “Double Team” with Jean-Claude Van Damme. Shaq had “Blue Chips” and “Kazaam”. Michael Jordan had “Space Jam”. I never saw one of those movies but I’m smart enough to know they sucked.

Lebron James thinks he can do better and is now going to star in a motion picture, by uber producer Brian Grazer, who has produced “A Beautiful Mind” and “8 Miles” to name a couple. The writers are a duo who’s last big hit was “City Slickers”. That was in 1991. After 18 years, they’ve written a story about..get this….fantasy basketball camp.

Pic is a comedy about five guys from different backgrounds who come to Vegas to live out their fantasy by attending the LeBron James Adult Basketball Camp. While it should be enough that these dreamers get to breathe the same oxygen as their hero, the campers drag James into their various life issues, ranging from serious to idiotic.

Give me a moment while I digest all that. It’s Oscar worthy material. Ok…two writers trying to make a comeback after 18 years write a movie about that? They might as well write it about four guys who go to Vegas for a bachelor party gone wrong. That would make a killing!

Lebron has done well in commercials and hosting the ESPY’s but starring a movie is like going from high school playing, as a bench player, and try to go straight to the pros. Having basketball fans doesn’t mean they’re interested in seeing him in a movie. If he’s not dunking, scoring, or skipping post game handshakes, I doubt many will care.

Put him in a role like Kareem Abdul Jabaar in “Airplane”, Lance Armstrong in “Dodgeball” or Mike Tyson in “The Hangover” and it might turn into an instant classic. Listening to him dish out advice to over-the-hill men, might make him a step better than Rodman and Shaq when it comes to acting.