Like Mike is a 2002 film fantasy sports-comedy film, directed by John Schultz and starring Lil' Bow Wow, Morris Chestnut, Jonathan Lipnicki and Brenda Song. It was produced in association with NBA Entertainment and features cameo appearances by many NBA stars. A 14-year-old orphan becomes an NBA superstar after trying on a pair of sneakers with the faded initials "M.J." inside. The plot is largely similar to Slam Dunk Ernest. Calvin Cambridge, Reg Stevens and Murph are teenage orphans who are best friends. At night, they sell chocolates for the greedy orphanage director, Stan Bittleman, at... each home game of the Los Angeles Knights . One night after a game, Calvin meets the team's coach, who is impressed by Calvin's knowledge of basketball and honesty about the chocolates he sells, and offers to Calvin tickets for the next Knights game. The next day, Calvin obtains a pair of old sneakers from a Salvation Army Thrift Store that had reportedly been used by a great basketball player, when he was a boy.
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| Release date: | July 3, 2002 |
| Directed by: | John Schultz |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 99 Minutes |
| Producer: | Barry Josephson, Peter Heller |
| Editor: | Peter E. Berger, John Pace |
| Music by: | Richard Gibbs |
| Cinematography: | Shawn Maurer |
| Screenplay by: | Jordan Moffet, Michael Elliot |
| Estimated budget: | $30,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy, Fantasy |