2023 Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame - Round 1

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.