Basketball Diaries

Cleveland Cavaliers LeBron James is playing himself in the upcoming comedy "Fantasy Basketball Camp" says Variety.

The story sees five guys from different backgrounds who trek 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.

Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel will be writing the script.

On the athlete's big screen comedy debut--producer Brian Grazer said. "I initially sought LeBron out because my 8-year-old son, Thomas, and I were just dying to meet him, but I felt that beyond being one of the world's great superstar athletes, here was someone so relaxed and comfortable with himself that he would have the capability to be that way onscreen.."

Grazer added that the NBA star eventually impressed him. "Later, when I watched him host Saturday Night Live,' and saw his advertising work, it was clear he can do this."

Premise reminds me a bit of Ganz and Mandel's 1991 comedy City Slickers....

Shooting kicks off next Summer.