Later in the movie, Harlow is seen slipping on a gray Gonzaga sweatshirt while leaving his house following a dispute with his girlfriend. "That 13 look good on you my boy Smith commented. 13 for the Bulldogs last season, senior guard Malachi Smith, reacted to the image on Instagram earlier this week. When really, you played at Gonzaga."Īt one point in the film, Harlow looks down at a phone screensaver of him wearing a white No. "You think you're slick, huh?" Harris said. Wells' character does background research on Harlow's character to learn he was an ex-college star for the Zags. During their initial interaction, Harlow's character beats Wells' character in a 3-point-shooting competition. That leads him to a troubled former high school star Kamal Harris, played by Sinqua Wells. Harlow's character in the "White Men Can't Jump" remake is an awkward, unassuming ex-Gonzaga basketball player trying to make ends meet after tearing both ACLs during college. The film highlights Raveling's role as a key figure in helping former Nike consultant Sonny Vaccaro persuade Jordan to ink with the company. "Stockton's too short, too."įormer Washington State basketball coach George Raveling, now a director of international basketball for Nike, also has brief a cameo in "Air" - played by popular actor/comedian Marlon Wayans. "Spokane, Washington," the employee says. Vaccaro later visits a 7-Eleven convenience store, posing the same question to a store clerk while purchasing a Sports Illustrated magazine. "Do you even know where Gonzaga is?" Damon responds, uttering a common mispronunciation of the Spokane-based school. In the following scene, Bateman's character is pictured conversing in a bathroom with Sonny Vaccaro, a Nike shoe salesman played by Matt Damon. One Nike employee singles out Stockton, prompting a response from Bateman.
Still 15 years from making a splash at the NCAA Tournament, Gonzaga was relatively unknown in the summer of 1984, the year in which "Air" was based.Īt one point early in the film, Nike executive Rob Strasser, played by Jason Bateman, reveals a board of top college players the company might sign to a shoe sponsorship. In the Ben Affleck-directed film, Gonzaga is mentioned on multiple occasions because of its affiliation with John Stockton - one of the college players Nike was considering before the sneaker giant signed Jordan to a landmark deal.
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