Like Mike 2: Streetball
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	David Nelson
Written by	Keith Mitchell Allie Dvorin
Based on	Characters by Michael Elliot
Produced by	David Bixler
Starring	Lil Bow Wow Kel Mitchell Michael Beach Brett Kelly Micah Williams Michael Adamthwaite
Cinematography	Bert Dunk
Edited by	Dennis M. Hill
Music by	Stanley Clarke
Distributed by	20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Release date	June 6, 2006 (2006-06-06) [1]
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Budget	$17 Million

Like Mike 2: Streetball is a 2006 American sports comedy film directed by David Nelson. The film does not feature any of the original cast members nor are there any mentions of the previous film's events.

Plot

Calvin Cambridge and his friends are very adept at streetball, but are no match for the older boys in their neighborhood. When the friends realize a streetball team called Game On is coming to town to look for talent, they practice extremely hard and work to win.

After one of his short visits, Calvin is shooting some hoops and notices a pair of shoes hanging up by a streetlight. Calvin retrieves the shoes, which are soon afterward hit by lightning, giving their wearer the ability to play like Michael Jordan.

At the Game On talent game, Calvin gets a chance to take a half-court shot and to play one-on-one with another streetballer. His new shoes allow him to win easily, leading the Game On coach to give Calvin a spot on the team. However, many people try to steal his glory. Calvin's lazy and conniving supposed cousin Ray quickly claims to be Calvin's agent, and starts signing Calvin up with sponsors and otherwise making sure he has Calvin under his thumb.

During the first Game On game with Calvin the team is struggling until Calvin gets in the game; they come back and win with his help. That night the guys go out to a club, but Calvin can not go because he is not old enough. So he goes to an amusement park with his friends, where they give him the streetball name Triple J.

Under Ray's encouragement, Calvin becomes a ball hog. He fights with his friends, and his teammates start giving him the cold shoulder.

While on break from the team, Calvin goes home on the day his father is also returning. Ray wants Calvin's mother to sign a contract that would let Ray get 15% of what Calvin makes. Ray also books Calvin in a music video. They say that they will be back before his father gets back. In Calvin's clip, his father comes out of nowhere and takes him away. They get in a fight about what Calvin is doing, with Jerome disregarding his father's advice.

Before the last game of the season, Ray urges Jerome to wear some shoes made by sponsors, but Calvin refuses, knowing his magic sneakers are what give him his ability to play. They go up against the Drop Squad, the best team in the league. Calvin's teammate, known as Ghost in the Machine, is worried because his father is in the crowd and this will be the first time Ghost's father has seen him play since high school. When they go out to play the Drop Squad, Ghost is at first outplayed. Calvin starts helping out Ghost and they come back at the half. During halftime, when Jerome is not looking, Ray swaps his magic shoes with the sponsor shoes he wanted Jer

to wear. Jerome suddenly starts playing worse and they lose. Angrily, Jerome says that he quits the team.

Outside Jerome has a talk with Ray, who reveals the extent of his power over Calvin. After Ray drives away, Calvin

takes the bus home. Having lost his two best friends and Ray having hoodwinked him with a shady contract, Calvin tells his mother he's quit basketball. The next day, Calvin's mother kicks Ray out of the house, for his hateful schemes against her and Calvin Then Jerome goes to the court and apologizes to his friends. They say they will see him at the King Of The Concrete Championships, but he tells them that he does not have the magic shoes anymore and that he has quit basketball. One of his friends says that Calvin should just play for fun. After giving his friends some pointers, Calvin realizes they really should play again. They form a team called Triple Threat. Calvin also finds the magic shoes in Ray's stuff.

The next day at the King Of The Concrete Championship, Ray has a new team called Ray On, composed of players which Calvin had shown up on other occasions. Triple Threat makes it into the finals thanks to Calvin, but so does Ray On. When Ray On goes up against Triple Threat, Ray deliberately messes up Calvin's sneakers and Nathan gets hurt. Then Calvin

Calvin's father leads them back at the final shot. Calvin shoots the last shot without his magic shoes and it goes in.

After the game, more sponsors ask if they can sponsor Calvin, but his father refuses. Then Ray tries to pull out the contract that he ripped up, when Dalton locks Ray in his trunk. Then Jerome walks home with his family. Ray then screams from the trunk, which ends up getting towed, and Calvin's shoes are hung up on a street light.

Cast

Cameos

Former NBA player Clyde Drexler and Dallas Mavericks NBA team owner Mark Cuban both made cameos in this film, Drexler as himself and Cuban as a team's coach.

See also

• List of basketball films

References

External links

• Like Mike 2: Streetball at IMDb
• Like Mike 2: Streetball at AllMovie