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Basketball and the movies: The 2004 Gheorghie Awards
Best Performance by an
NBA Player in a Supporting Role

With the All-Star weekend festivities taking place in Hollywood, NBA.com recognizes the symbiosis of basketball and filmdom in presenting the 2004 Gheorghie Awards. Named in honor of seven-foot-seven basketball and entertainment legend Gheorghe Muresan (Washington Bullets, My Giant, Snickers and ESPN ads, et al), the Gheorghies unveiled dozens of nominees in 15 categories over three days, with your votes determining the winners. The envelopes, please.

Complete Results

And the nominees are:

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Airplane (1980)
It's hard to hide when you're 7-2 (much less fit in a cockpit), but as Roger Murdock -- the co-pilot of the doomed Trans America Airlines flight -- Kareem does a decent job. Until, of course, he's discovered by little Joey Hammen.

Wilt Chamberlain
Conan the Destroyer (1980)
Maybe it wasn't a 100-point performance, but as Bombaata Chamberlain certainly wasn't out-acted by Arnold Schwarzenegger or Grace Jones.

Rick Fox
He Got Game (1998)
Fox plays a college hoopster in this Spike Lee joint. OK, so the role wasn't much of a stretch; but it did get him cast on Oz.

Anfernee Hardaway
Blue Chips (1994)
Penny does a fine job playing a prized college recruit opposite Shaq and Brian Hill ... er, Nick Nolte.

Allan Houston
Black and White (1999)
As Dean Carter, Houston gives an excellent turn as a college hoops star who throws a game for crooked gambler Ben Stiller. Oh, and he gets to make out with Claudia Schiffer.

Darius Miles
The Perfect Score (2004)
In this comedy, Darius plays Desmond, a high-school hoops star in need of a decent SAT score.