Stand by · pulling the latest frames
Stand by · pulling the latest frames


Jimmy Dolan is a college basketball coach who wants a big promotion. To get it, he needs to make a dramatic find. He ends up deep in Africa, hoping to recruit Saleh, a huge basketball prodigy Jimmy glimpsed in a home movie. But Saleh is the chief's son and has responsibilities at home, since the tribe's land is threatened by a mining company with its own hotshot basketball team.
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“Jimmy Dolan went to recruit a new player. What he found was a whole new ballgame.”

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