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2023 Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame - Round 1

Sidney Dean

Sidney Dean
  • TV Show/Movie Appeared: White Men Can't Jump (1992)
  • Actor/Actress: Wesley Snipes
  • Played For:: Himself
  • Why you should vote:: We could argue (and we are) that this is Snipes’ best sports related role.
  • Why you should not vote:: He was one half of a great equation (with Woody Harrelson) and would the film have worked without that chemistry?
  • Wesley Snipes may have been in many sports related films, but Sidney Dean may have been the best one. As a street ball hustler, he showed us swagger (before we even used that as a word), trash talking, and intelligence in a package designed to drain buckets on the pavement. We will grant that Snipes was one half of what was a perfectly cast package, but though the fashions may date the film, Wesley’s role was timeless.