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Cast ages and basketball backgrounds; Tupac filming; trailer sharing; budget and gross
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- The film is described as Tupac’s last movie released during his lifetime; later completed films arrived posthumously, and shooting reportedly sometimes waited for him.
- A reported$6.5 million budget and$16.2 million theatrical gross are supplemented by speculation that later formats earned much more.
- Martin attended NYU rather than Georgetown, correcting a long-held assumption that the ending used his actual college shot.
- Kobe Bryant reportedly sometimes practiced without a ball; any influence from this film is a joke rather than established history.
- Pinkins is reportedly only three years older than Martin.
- Martin reportedly played at NYU in the late 1980s and received an 1988–89 first-team honor.
- Leon reportedly left a Loyola Marymount basketball scholarship for acting.
- Leon described NYU scrimmages involving Rucker tournament players, where actual skill mattered more than acting.
- Tupac and Wayans reportedly shared a two-bedroom trailer, and Wayans recalled frequent marijuana smoking.
- Speedy Williams, the red team’s point guard, is identified as a basketball technical consultant.