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Acting Like Ballers (NBA.com) 05.01
NBA Entertainment League 4, the NBA's shadow league for
Hollywood, tips off Sunday, May 6 at an undisclosed location in Los Angeles. The NBA's
fourth installment of the private league boasts a group of players that represent 598
starring or co-starring feature film credits and 268 starring or co-starring television
show credits.
Joining last season's group of players that included Don Cheadle (Traffic), Tobey
Maguire (Cider House Rules), R&B artist Brian McKnight, Dean Cain, Bill Bellamy
(The Brothers), Michael Rapaport (Bamboozled), Donald Faison (Remember
the Titans), David Arquette (3000 Miles to Graceland), and Morris Chestnut (The
Brothers), will be newcomers Woody Harrelson, Ice Cube, Vin Diesel (Saving Private
Ryan), Coolio, Orlando Jones (Say It Isn't So), James Caviezel (Angel Eyes),
Mark McGrath (Sugar Ray), and Justin Timberlake ( 'N Sync). Returning from a
season's hiatus to shoot films is Larenz Tate (Why do Fools Fall in Love) and
Leonardo DiCaprio.
NBA Entertainment League is closed to the public, but can be followed weekly exclusively
here on nba.com.
NBA Entertainment League
Rosters
| NUGGETS |
| GEOFF STULTS |
Spin City, Just Married, Everybody
Loves Raymond |
| DB SWEENEY |
Once and Again, Hardball, Goosed, The
Weekend, Eight Men Out |
| CLARK GREGG |
State and Main, The Usual Suspects,
What Lies Beneath (Writer) |
| CHRIS SPENCER |
Vibe, Road Dogs, Every Dog Has it's
Day, The Sixth Man, The Show |
| CYLK COZART |
Three to Tango, Play it to the Bone,
Conspiracy Theory |
| MICHAEL RAPAPORT |
Bamboozled, Copland, Palmetto, The
Pallbearer, Men of Honor |
| MICHAEL LINDENBAUM |
Producer |
| EVAN PARKE |
Planet of the Apes, Cider House
Rules, The Replacements |
| EDDIE CIBRIAN |
Third Watch, Say it Isn't So, In the
Beginning |
| MICHAEL BEACH |
Third Watch, Soul Food, Dr. Hugo,
Made Men, Asunder |
| GRIZZLIES |
| KEN KOKIN |
Producer, The Usual Suspects, Way of
the Gun |
| SHAWN MICHAEL HOWARD |
2000 Miles to Graceland, Boycott, Men
of Honor, The Colony |
| CHRIS LLOYD |
Executive Producer, Frasier, Wings |
| TED DEMME |
Director, Blow |
| BRODERICK JOHNSON |
President, Alcon Entertainment |
| AJ MARCANTONIO |
Creative Executive, Yak Yak Pictures |
| THOMAS HADEN CHURCH |
3000 Miles to Graceland, The
Specials, Wings, Tombstone |
| REGGIE MCFADDEN |
Little Nicky, The Inkwell, In Living
Color |
| JEREMY SISTO |
Dragon Kin, Angel Eyes, Jesus, Little
Savant, Clueless |
| DEVON GUMMERSALL |
Roswell, Seven and a Match, The Young
Unknowns, Dick, Felicity |
| ROB ESTES |
Providence, Suddenly Susan, Melrose
Place, Silk Stalkings |
| CLIPPERS |
| BRODY HUTZLER |
The Young and the Restless, Peroxide
Blonde, Ally McBeal, Titans |
| DIRK BEEN |
Survivor |
| ICE CUBE |
Three Kings, All About the Benjamins,
Anaconda, Boyz in the Hood |
| ADAM LAVORGNA |
Seventh Heaven, Outside Providence,
Blast, Milk Money |
| SHANE WEST |
Once and Again, Get Over It, Dracula
2000, Liberty Heights |
| FRANKIE MUNIZ |
Malcolm in the Middle, Lost and
Found, Deuces Wild |
| JASON BEHR |
Roswell, Dawson's Creek, Push, Rites
of Passage |
| ASHTON KUCHER |
That 70's Show, Dude Where's My Car?,
Texas Rangers, The Guest |
| KIRK SCOTT |
Producer, Fox Sports Interactive |
| BRENDAN FEHR |
The Forsaken, Roswell, Final
Destination, Kill Me Later |
| JAMES LESURE |
For Your Love, Casanova Falling, Show
and Prove |
| SIXERS |
| MICHAEL BEAUMONT |
Enchanted |
| BRECKIN MEYER |
Josie and the Pussycats, Road Trip,
Go, Clueless, 54, Rat Race |
| DAVID ARQUETTE |
3000 Miles to Graceland, Ready to
Rumble, Scream trilogy |
| SCOTT SPEEDMAN |
Felicity, Duets, The Wheelman, Ursa
Major, Every 9 Seconds |
| GREG GRUNBERG |
Felicity, Hollow Man, Senseless, The
Medicine Show |
| ORLANDO JONES |
Say it Isn't So, Bedazzled,
Evolution, Double-Take, The Replacements |
| ERIC GEORGE |
Book of Love, What's Cooking?, Pretty
Boy, Sunset Park |
| RICHARD T. JONES |
Judging Amy, Kiss the Girls, Auggie
Rose, Book of Love, The Wood |
| MARK CURRY |
Hangin' With Mr. Cooper, Switchback,
Panther |
| KEVIN FRAZIER |
Fox Sports Net Anchor |
| LAKERS |
| CHUCK PACHECO |
Producer/Manager |
| TOBEY MAGUIRE |
Cider House Rules, Spider-Man, Wonder
Boys, Pleasantville |
| SIMON REX |
The Forsaken, Jack and Jill,
Felicity, Unleashed |
| NICK CASSAVETES |
Panic, Face/Off; She's So Lovely
(Director), Blow (Writer) |
| KEVIN CONNOLLY |
First Years, John Q, Devious Beings,
Unhappily Ever After |
| JIM PRICE |
Manager, Artists Management Group |
| PAUL JOHANSSON |
John Q, Highlander, Glory Glory,
Beverly Hills 90210 |
| ROB KROPFL |
Set Designer |
| LEONARDO DICAPRIO |
Titanic, The Beach, Romeo and Juliet,
The Basketball Diaries |
| MIKE LIPPMAN |
Actor |
| KINGS |
| ANDREW MIANO |
President, Weitz Brothers Productions
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| DAVE BROWN |
Book of Love, Rebound: Earl the Goat
Manigault, Higher Ed |
| MORRIS CHESTNUT |
The Brothers, The Best Man, G.I.
Jane, Scenes of the Crime |
| TOM CAVANAGH |
Ed, Something More, Eyes of a Cowboy,
Honeymoon |
| TOMMY DAVIDSON |
Bamboozled, Jawanna Man, Pros and
Cons, Malcolm and Eddie |
| CHRIS WEITZ |
Nutty Professor II (Writer); American
Pie (Producer) |
| JIM CAVIEZEL |
Angel Eyes, Pay it Forward,
Frequency, The Thin Red Line |
| BORIS KODJOE |
Soul Food, Love and Basketball;
Supermodel |
| BOYD KESTNER |
Hannibal, Snakeskin, The General's
Daugher, G.I. Jane |
| DON CHEADLE |
Traffic, Oceans Eleven, The Family
Man, Bulworth, Boogie Nights |
| BRAD FOX |
Virgin Records |
| BLAZERS |
| KHALIL KAIN |
Bones, The Velocity of Gary,
Renassaince Man, Juice |
| JOSHUA MORROW |
The Young and the Restless, 3 Deep |
| BRIAN MCKNIGHT |
Grammy-nominated Recording Artist |
| SILAS WHITE |
Trawick Group |
| SYLVESTER STARLING |
Trawick Group |
| JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE |
Recording Artist, 'N Sync |
| WAYNE BRADY |
Whose Line is it Anyway? |
| JJ JONES |
Con Air, Smart Guy, Sgt. Bilko,
Melrose Place |
| GERVASE PETERSON |
Survivor |
| ADRIAN MILES |
NIKE |
| MARK MCGRATH |
Recording Artist, Sugar Ray |
| SUNS |
| TOM SMITH |
RCA Records |
| ANTWON TANNER |
Boston Public, The Wood, Sunset Park,
Inferno, Brother |
| CHAUNCEY BELL |
Interscope Records |
| CIRROC LOFTON |
The Hoop Life, Star Trek: Deep Space
Nine |
| DEON RICHMOND |
Scream 3, Trippin', High Freakquency,
Sister Sister |
| CHRIS EVANS |
Not Another Teen Movie, Opposite Sex |
| CHRISTOPHER WIEHL |
Bull, The Broken Hearts Club, Cold
Heats, Mutiny |
| ERIC CHRISTIAN OLSEN |
Pearl Harbor, Get Real, Not Another
Teen Movie |
| DAVID VINTURELLA |
Envision |
| DONALD FAISON |
Josie and the Pussycats, Remember the
Titans, Felicity, Clueless |
| WARRIORS |
| GUY STARKMAN |
Owner, Jerry's Deli |
| JOHNNY ALVES |
Southie, Charm |
| DUANE MARTIN |
Any Given Sunday, Scream 2, Sugar
Hill, Woo, The Inkwell |
| ALLEN PAYNE |
The Perfect Storm, A Price Abovie
Rubies, Jason's Lyric |
| STEVE HARRIS |
The Practice, The Skulls, The Mod
Squad, The Rock |
| WOOD HARRIS |
Remember the Titans, Paid in Full,
Gold Cup, Hendrix |
| DONNIE WAHLBERG |
The Sixth Sense, Ransom, Bullfighter,
Big Apples, Diamond Men |
| JOHNNY GILL |
R&B Recording Artist |
| CASEY WASSERMAN |
Owner, Los Angeles Avengers |
| JON HUERTAS |
Why do Fools Fall in Love?, Sabrina
the Teenage Witch, Bug |
| DAVID RAMSEY |
Pay it Forward, Three to Tango, Con
Air, Mutiny |
| NETS |
| RYAN MARTIN |
Agent, Writers & Artists Agency |
| PETER MICELLI |
Agent, Creative Artists Agency |
| DEAN CAIN |
Lois & Clark, Rat Race, New
Alcatraz, No Alibi, Militia |
| CORY CONCOFF |
Producer/Manager |
| MARC BLUCAS |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Summer
Catch, The 60's |
| TIMOTHY OLYPHANT |
Gone in Sixty Seconds, Rock Star, Go,
Scream 2, First Wives Club |
| OLIVER HUDSON |
Going Greek, Mary Jane's Last Dance,
The Smokers |
| JASON GEDRICK |
Summer Catch, One Eyed King, The Last
Don, Falcone |
| WOODY HARRELSON |
Edtv, Thin Red Line, Natural Born
Killers, The People vs. Larry Flynt |
| CLEM FRANEK |
President, Conundrum Entertainment |
| VIN DIESEL |
Saving Private Ryan, Diablo, Boiler
Room, Pitch Black |
| MAVERICKS |
| DARRYL TAJA |
Producer/Manager |
| JAMIE KENNEDY |
Three Kings, Bait, Boiler Room,
Scream, Scream 2, Scream 3 |
| CHUCK CARRINGTON |
JAG |
| JIM DAVIDSON |
Pacific Blue, Reasons of the Heart,
Last Gasp |
| CECIL COX |
Producer |
| LARENZ TATE |
Why do Fools Fall in Love, Diablo,
Love Come Down, The Inkwell |
| GIL WILLIAMS |
Creative Executive, Warner Bros. |
| GLENN PLUMMER |
Knight Club, Deadly Rhapsody, Speed,
Speed 2, Tear it Down |
| TODD HOLLAND |
Little Nicky, The Waterboy |
| TWEET |
Tweet & Tilo |
| HEAT |
| JOEL KLUG |
Survivor |
| DONDRE WHITFIELD |
Secret Agent Man, Happy Birthday,
Between Brothers |
| BILL BELLAMY |
The Brothers, Buying the Cow, Any
Given Sunday, Love Stinks |
| JOE TORRY |
Lockdown, Sprung, Fled, Poetic
Justice, Commitments |
| GUY TORRY |
Pearl Harbor, The Animal, Life,
American History X, Trippin |
| FLEX ALEXANDER |
Ice, Modern Vampires, The Sixth Man,
City of Industry |
| COOLIO |
Grammy-winning Recording Artist |
| ROGER LODGE |
Host, Blind Date |
| ANTHONY ANDERSON |
Me Myself and Irene, Big Momma's
House, Exit Wounds |
| FRED CRAWFORD |
CEO, Creative Music Management |
NBA Entertainment League
Fact Sheet
NBA Entertainment League 4 (NBAEL) is the NBA's
invitation-only, closed-to-the-public basketball league for celebrities and entertainment
industry executives set to tip-off Sunday, May 6th in Los Angeles.
Twelve teams, compiling 120 celebrity participants total, compete against one another each
Sunday through a 13-week season. All games take place at an "undisclosed"
location while The Playoffs are held at the Staples Center.
2001 NBA Entertainment League participants include: Michael Rapaport, DB Sweeney, Ted
Demme, Ice Cube, Frankie Muniz, Ashton Kucher, Breckin Meyer, David Arquette, Scott
Speedman, Orlando Jones, Tobey Maguire, Leonardo DiCaprio, Nick Cassavetes, Morris
Chestnut, Don Cheadle, Jim Caviezel, Tommy Davidson, Brian McKnight, Justin Timberlake,
Mark McGrath, Donald Faison, Dean Cain, Woody Harrelson, Vin Diesel, Steve Harris,
Jamie Kennedy, Larenz Tate, Bill Bellamy, Coolio ...
NBAEL players have amassed:
598 starring or co-starring feature film credits 268 starring or co-starring television
show credits
NBAEL players collectively hold:
10 Emmy nominations, 1 win 1 People's Choice Award nomination 4 Golden Globe Award
nominations, 1 win 7 MTV Movie Award nominations, 1 win 10 FOX Teen Choice Award
nominations 10 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards nominations, 6 wins 6 Grammy nominations,
1 win 14 MTV Video Music Award nominations, 6 wins 8 Blockbuster Music Award nominations,
4 wins
NBAEL player roles of note:
Tiger Woods (Khalil Kain) "Shoeless" Joe Jackson (DB Sweeney) Earl "The
Goat" Manigault (Don Cheadle) Muhammad Ali (David Ramsey) Sonny Liston (Steve Harris)
Kevin Rooney (Clark Gregg) Jimi Hendrix (Wood Harris) Sammy Davis, Jr. (Don Cheadle)
Superman (Dean Cain) Spider-Man (Tobey Maguire) |
