

Calvin brings teamwork to the Knights and makes them one of the best teams in the league. Reynolds becomes his mentor since Calvin is a minor. Calvin leads a comeback against the Spurs and they win, which leads to Calvin getting a season contract. When the Knights play the San Antonio Spurs they start losing badly and Coach Wagner (Robert Forster) decides to let Calvin play in the fourth quarter. Calvin prepares for his first game with the Knights, but realizes that he is not there to play. Calvin is signed to a one-day contract by the Knights. Reg and the crowd give Calvin a standing ovation. Calvin ends the contest with a dunk after bouncing the ball off the backboard.

Calvin's ticket number is called and he goes one on one with Tracy. After the second quarter ends, the team's star player, Tracy Reynolds (Morris Chestnut), prepares for a halftime contest. When Calvin tries to retrieve them that night in a rainstorm he is shocked by a lightning bolt.Ĭalvin and his friends attend the basketball game between the Knights and the Minnesota Timberwolves. Calvin's sneakers are taken by a jealous bully named Ox (Jesse Plemons) who throws them onto an overhead power line. Inside a thrift store donation box, Calvin finds a pair of old sneakers that were used by Michael Jordan. At night they all have to sell chocolate for the awkward orphanage director, Stan Bittleman (Crispin Glover), after each home game of the (fictional) NBA team, the Los Angeles Knights.Ĭalvin meets the team's coach, who is impressed by Calvin's knowledge of basketball and honesty about the chocolates, and offers Calvin tickets for the next game.

Murph is the youngest of the trio, and has a very close bond with Calvin. Calvin Cambridge (Lil' Bow Wow) and his two best friends, Murph (Jonathan Lipnicki) and Reg Stevens (Brenda Song), live in an orphanage.
