NBA: 30 NBA players you forgot acted in movies or TV shows – Roy Hibbert
There was a point in time when Roy Hibbert was nearly a household name. The former Indiana Pacers center was the anchor of a defense built to challenge LeBron James and the titanic Miami Heat. The Pacers pushed the Heat as hard as anyone, twice, even if they couldn’t ultimately overcome King James and his crew.
Then Hibbert was gone, an extinct dinosaur in a league spacing the court. Hibbert was something of a one-hit wonder, existing on a certain team at a certain point in time. Yet for a certain group of people Hibbert will live on, not just as the center who almost stopped LeBron, but as a recurring guest on the NBA sitcom Parks and Recreation.
Set in the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana, the show was a mockumentary following the staff of the local Parks and Recreation Department. They were not afraid to wade into Indiana-only references and connections, including bringing on multiple Indiana Pacers players.
Hibbert actually delivers lines on a top-notch sitcom that are witty. He also boosts “Jean Ralfio” up for an alley-oop, which must have been incredibly fun for both to film. Hibbert’s one claim to fame was his time on the Indiana Pacers, and it also became his link to one of the funniest shows ever made.