Monix (Woody Harrelson) played on a winning NBA team, but spent most of his time on the bench. With only a washing machine left in his collection of assets, Jackie manages to get another has-been on his roster in exchange for the appliance. Somehow the Tropics need to pull themselves up into fourth place position and fill up a few more seats.

The deal will bring a big opportunity-but only for four of the fledgling league’s teams. Meanwhile the ABA isn’t faring much better and decides to accept a merger offer from the NBA. With low numbers on the scoreboard and in the stands, the Flint Tropics are barely surviving. The other players are truly extras whose only job is to make the groovy guy look as good as possible, and exchange profanities and insults between dismal game plays.īut being a legend in your own mind isn’t necessarily good for business. Holding the positions of owner, coach, promoter and star player, he begins each game with his hit single and then struts his stuff on the court.

Thanks to the profits he acquired from his hit disco song Love Me Sexy, Jackie was able to purchase a franchise in the struggling American Basketball Association (ABA). In Semi-Pro he plays Jackie Moon, a one-man basketball machine in Flint Michigan. Mid-life guys doing stupid adult tricks are becoming big business in movies lately, and Will Ferrell-now in his 40th year-appears eager to jump on the bandwagon.

Film semi family