NBA: 30 NBA players you forgot acted in movies or TV shows

NBA: 30 NBA players you forgot acted in movies or TV shows – Detlef Schrempf

Detlef Schrempf was not the flash-in-the-pan that Roy Hibbert was, as the German forward made three All-Star games and was a two-time winner of the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year award. Hibbert never once averaged as many points in one season as Schrempf averaged for his entire 16-year career.

Some of the best years of Schrempf’s career were with the Indiana Pacers, where he broke out into an impact player and won both Sixth Man awards. That connection to Indiana was enough for him to get the call to, like Hibbert, cameo on the hilarious sitcom Parks and Recreation.

Schrempf is hired, as “former NBA superstar Detlef Scrempf”, to simply stand around and shoot hoops. After his advice to reduce overhead is met with scorn, Schrempf retaliates by absolutely stuffing character Jean Ralfio’s layup attempt.

The retired star appears in a couple of other episodes, including with Roy Hibbert in another episode where both have given up trying to help the hapless characters in the show with their business. It was no virtuoso performance, but it was funny, and that’s all watchers of the show were looking for.