''My Other Home'', also known as ''Another Shot'', is a 2017 Chinese-American

sports Sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in ...

biographical film A biographical film or biopic () is a film that dramatizes the life of an actual person or group of people. Such films show the life of a historical person and the central character's real name is used. They differ from Docudrama, docudrama films ...

directed by Larry Yang and produced by Huang Jianxin, starring American basketball player

Stephon Marbury Stephon Xavier Marbury (born February 20, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player who was also the head coach for the Beijing Royal Fighters of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) from 2019–2023. After his freshman year ...

as himself, focusing on his days in China playing in the

Chinese Basketball Association The Chinese Basketball Association (), often abbreviated as the CBA, is the first-tier men's professional basketball league in China. The league is commonly known by fans as the CBA, and this acronym is even used in Chinese on a regular basis ...

(CBA). The film is mainly based on Marbury's 2011–12 CBA championship run, when he and the Beijing Ducks bested seven-time champion

Guangdong Southern Tigers Guangdong Hongyuan Southern Tigers () or Guangdong Southern Tigers, also known as Guangdong Dongguan Bank () for sponsorship reasons, are a Chinese professional basketball team owned by the Guangdong Winnerway (Hongyuan) Group. The team is one of ...

and brought the city of

Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...

its first ever CBA title. Filming began on April 26, 2016 in

LeSports Center The Wukesong Arena (), also known as the Cadillac Arena () for sponsorship purposes, is a multipurpose indoor arena in Beijing. It was originally built for the 2008 Summer Olympics basketball preliminaries and finals. Ground was broken on 29 M ...

. The film was released in China on 4 August 2017. Marbury won Best New Actor at the 14th China Movie Channel Media Awards. The film is generally well-received by viewers but flopped at the Chinese box office, with a domestic gross total of only ¥8.9 million.

Plot

Stephon Marbury, after his fall from grace in the

National Basketball Association The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). The NBA is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Ca ...

and subsequent depression, rediscovers himself in the

. He also tries to rebuild the Beijing Ducks' dynasty.

Cast

as himself *

Allen Iverson Allen Ezail Iverson ( ; born June 7, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "The Answer", he played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as both a shooting guard and point guard. As an NBA rook ...

as Marbury's friend who was also drafted in the

1996 NBA draft The 1996 NBA draft was the 50th NBA draft, draft in the National Basketball Association (NBA). It was held on June 26, 1996–97 NBA season, 1996, at Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. In this draft, NBA teams took turns s ...

, and also grew up in a poor neighborhood. *

Baron Davis Baron Walter Louis Davis (born April 13, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player who is a studio analyst for the ''NBA on TNT''. He was a two-time NBA All-Star, made the All-NBA Third Team in 2004, and twice led the NBA in st ...

as Corban Smith, import for the Guangdong team. * Jessica Jung as Yang Chen, Marbury's manager/agent *

Wu Chun Goh Kiat Chun (; born 10 October 1979), better known as Wu Chun (), is a Bruneian singer, actor, and entrepreneur. He was a founding member of Fahrenheit, a Taiwanese Mandopop vocal quartet boy band, but left in June 2011. Wu Chun has appear ...

as Li Nan, Chinese scout that offered Marbury the Chinese contract and translated for both him and Yang Chen, as her Chinese is basic. He has to give up playing sports due to heart problems. * Godfrey Gao as Yang Xiya (based on Ji Zhe), new power forward to the Beijing Team via free agency, but he has no interest in playing with the team. * Sunny Wang as Wang Lielin, Captain of Guangdong team and also the translator for the coach. * Gao Yunxiang as bar owner, he can talk about basketball, but can't play * Vivian Dawson as Zhang Yi, Captain of Beijing Ducks *He Bing as Zheng Alei, Head Coach of Beijing Ducks *

Frankie Faison Frankie Russel Faison (born June 10, 1949) is an American actor known for his role as Deputy Commissioner, and, later, Commissioner, Ervin Burrell in the HBO series ''The Wire'', as Barney Matthews in the ''Hannibal Lecter'' franchise, and as Su ...

as Marbury's father *

Loretta Devine Loretta Devine (born August 21, 1949) is an American actress. She is known for numerous roles across stage and screen. Her most high profile roles include Lorrell Robinson in the original Broadway production of ''Dreamgirls'' (1981), Gloria Mat ...

as Marbury's mother *Wang Qingxiang as Zheng Zhishang, father of Zheng Alei, and former championship-winning head coach of Beijing Team. *Antwann Cosey as Richardson, another import for Beijing Ducks *Andrew Manning as high school Marbury

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* * Chinese basketball films Chinese biographical films Chinese multilingual films American multilingual films Films set in Beijing Films shot in Beijing 2017 films American biographical films 2010s biographical films Films directed by Larry Yang Biographical films about sportspeople Cultural depictions of basketball players 2010s American films Films scored by Nicolas Errèra {{2010s-China-film-stub Chinese-language American films

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