Arts & Entertainment
Grown Ups 2 Goes to the Hoop
Basketball connections abound for the cast, a number of whom have been playing local pick-up ball this summer including games at the Phillips Park court.
Hoop connections abound for the Adam Sandler movie sequel .
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The connections include cast members who like to play the game, watch NBA action and one member who played in the NBA.
Some of them have satisfied their basketball craving by playing on local courts.
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Adam Sandler has played this summer in Marblehead, at Seaside Park, and Swampscott, at the. (Thank you to Kim for sendig us photos from a recent game.)
David Henrie and Peter Dante have also played on the Phillips court.
As far as fandom goes, Chris Rock is an avowed New York Knicks fan, and he reportedly watches a lot of NBA games. He and David Spade and Nick Swardson were at Celtics playoffs game vs. the 76ers in June.
The cast also includes a future Hall of Famer, Shaquille O'Neil.
One of Grown Ups 2's biggest hoops connections is the story line from the first movie, Grown Ups.
The original movie film's story is built around the reunion of friends who come home for the funeral of their youth league basketball coach.
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