“I was all about Jordans, and to have those shoes in my hands, knowing I was like the first person to hold them, was kind of cool.” Back then, they were just the latest installment of Jordan’s signature line of sneakers. “I’d never seen a pair of shoes that hadn’t come out yet,” Glymph said. When the scene was shot, during the summer of the 1997 NBA Finals, when the Chicago Bulls won their fifth title in seven years, not even Michael Jordan had worn the unreleased sneakers in a game. Glymph’s character sells him a pair of new Air Jordan 13s. Jake Shuttlesworth has been released from prison and is desperate for some fresh footwear. So he gave him the role of an unnamed sneaker clerk who shares a brief yet very much so important on-screen moment with Washington. Lee decided to go in a different direction, casting Travis Best, then a member of the Indiana Pacers, as Sip. “It was going well, and then at the end … Spike was kind of mulling it over, and his last question was, ‘You play ball, man?’ Kind of like, ‘Listen, do you really play ball?’ ” “I remember going in and doing the scene,” said Glymph, now 44. Glymph originally read for the part of Sip, one of Jesus’ teammates at Abraham Lincoln High School in the Coney Island area of Brooklyn, New York. 1 high school basketball recruit in the nation, Jesus Shuttlesworth, who would be portrayed by then-NBA youngster Ray Allen. The project would star Denzel Washington as Jake Shuttlesworth, the father of the No.
It was something called He Got Game, written and to be directed by Spike Lee. In 1997, Glymph received a call from his agent about an audition. But in airports, on trains, pretty much whenever he travels, Avery Glymph is still recognized for a 30-second scene from his decades-old film debut. His résumé boasts a Master of Fine Arts and expertise in classical acting, with 25 stage appearances, including Broadway. His IMDb page features nearly two dozen television and film credits.
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