<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $44.5 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Uncle Drew is a 2018 American sports comedy film directed by Charles Stone III and written by Jay Longino . It stars Kyrie Irving as the title character from his Pepsi Max advertisements that began airing in 2012, along with former NBA players Shaquille O'Neal, Chris Webber, Reggie Miller, and Nate Robinson, as well as former WNBA player Lisa Leslie . Lil Rel Howery, Erica Ash, J.B. Smoove, Mike Epps, Tiffany Haddish, and Nick Kroll also star . </P> <P> The film was released in the United States by Lionsgate on June 29, 2018 and received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the performances of the cast, but called the direction and screenplay "formulaic". </P> <P> Uncle Drew is a well - remembered basketball legend who was supposed to play at the Rucker Classic with his team, but due to an uncertain conflict, he and his team broke up and disappeared . Dax is the underappreciated coach of Harlem's Money who is broke and has had a longstanding rivalry with Mookie . Dax was an orphan who planned on becoming a basketball player, but was humiliated by Mookie after he had a shot blocked by him in their youth . Dax risks losing his star player, Casper Jones, as he spent his life savings on entering the Rucker and for buying an expensive pair of shoes for him and his team . However, Mookie swoops in and steals his team anyway leading to an incident involving Dax forcibly trying to remove Casper's shoes that is filmed and humiliatingly goes viral . Due to this, Dax's girlfriend Jess breaks up with him and kicks him out of her apartment . </P>

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