Flint, Michigan Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Basketball=== Many Flint natives have played basketball in the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA), [[NCAA Division 1]] or European professional basketball. [[NBA champion]] [[Glen Rice]], [[Eddie Robinson (basketball)|Eddie Robinson]] and three-time [[NBA champion]] [[JaVale McGee]], and [[Washington Wizards]] forward [[Kyle Kuzma]] all hail from Flint,<ref>[http://hoopsaddict.com/2006/05/24/flint-star-the-greatest-player-from-flint-you%E2%80%99ve-never-heard-of/ Flint Star: The Greatest Player From Flint You've Never Heard Of, ''HoopsAddict.com'' Retrieved July 19, 2007] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822142248/http://hoopsaddict.com/2006/05/24/flint-star-the-greatest-player-from-flint-you%E2%80%99ve-never-heard-of/ |date=August 22, 2007 }}</ref> as do [[Morris Peterson]], [[Mateen Cleaves]], and [[Charlie Bell (basketball)|Charlie Bell]] (four of the five starters from [[Michigan State University]]'s "[[Flintstones (basketball)|Flintstones]]" 2000 National Championship team). Local teacher and independent film maker Marcus Davenport chronicles Flint's ties to basketball and the basketball culture in his documentary ''Flint Star: The Motion Picture''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flintstarmovie.com/ |title=Flint Star: The Motion Picture |publisher=Flintstarmovie.com |access-date=May 21, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514140611/http://www.flintstarmovie.com/ |archive-date=May 14, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elevationmag.com/basketball/index.php?itemid=206 |title=Catching up with Marcus Davenport maker of Flint Star "The Motion Picture" |publisher=Elevationmag.com |access-date=May 21, 2012}}</ref> [[Will Ferrell]]'s 2008 movie ''[[Semi-Pro]]'' is based on the fictional basketball team the "Flint Tropics".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flinttropicsshirts.com/ |title=Flint Tropics |publisher=Flinttropicsshirts.com |access-date=May 21, 2012}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page