HBO's Ballers is a sportsified Entourage with The Rock as a more handsome version of Vinnie Chase, if Adrian Grenier were played by an actor with actual presence. And it definitely could be worse.
Some sports movies are sillier than others. But it's the non-sports movies—like this Carter Administration Italian horror un-classic—that often have the best sports scenes. The Visitor has a special one.
LeBron James' valiant effort to carry a severely depleted roster may have fell short, but how that has seemingly made him a bad guy in the story of basketball makes about as much sense as if Vince Russo wrote it himself.
