So, it sounds like LeBron James is about to make the biggest mistake of his career this summer. No, he hasn't announced that he's signing with the Knicks. Or the Nets. Or, worse, the Clippers. Rather, the Cleveland Cavaliers superstar is prepared to skip this summer's world championships in Turkey and, instead, film his first feature flick, Fantasy Basketball Camp. Directed by Malcolm D. Lee (the director behind Soul Men, Undercover Brother, and the classic Roll Bounce), the flick is going to be about five guys who try to live out their dreams by visiting LBJ's "fantasy" camp in Las Vegas.

Aside from the fact that the movie already sounds like it's terrible King James will probably have to give up a spot on the 2012 Summer Olympics team for skipping the world championships this summer, making a movie is typically bad for business when you're an athlete. Sure, guys like Ray Allen, Jim Brown and even O.J. Simpson have successfully made the leap from sports to cinema. But there have been more than a few athletes who have struggled to make the transition. So before LeBron makes his absolute, final decision, StreetLevel.com gathered up a list of the worst athletes-turned-actors to ever hit the silver screen in an effort to try to get him to reconsider. LBJ, don't say we didn't warn you...


The Athlete: Former NBA center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
The Movie: Game of Death
The Rating: C+
The Review: In hindsight, despite the fact that Bruce Lee died before it was even finished, this movie wasn't really that bad. It also helped Abdul-Jabbar land some better roles in the future (like his hilarious performance in Airplane!). But, c'mon: Were we really supposed to believe that the Lakers great could defeat the legendary Lee? And that outfit, Kareem? Eesh!



The Athlete: Former NFL linebacker Lawrence Taylor
The Movie: Any Given Sunday
The Rating: C-
The Review: LT's role in AGS didn't really require him to act. Like his more recent spot on HBO's The Sopranos, it was basically just him playing the role of himself. So what does it say about him as a person that we still hated his performance?



The Athlete: Former WWF WWE champion Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
The Movie: The Tooth Fairy
The Rating: D
The Review: The only thing that stops us from giving the People's Champ an F here is that he has made some films that we enjoyed, including The Mummy Returns. But we'd rather rip out all of our own teeth than be subjected to watching this flick (or the trailer for this flick, for that matter) ever again.



The Athlete: Former NFL defensive end Howie Long
The Movie: Firestorm
The Rating: D
The Review: A movie about a former firefighter turned arsonist? How ironic. A movie featuring a former football player turned smokejumper? How awful.



The Athlete: Martial arts expert Billy Blanks
The Movie: The King of the Kickboxers
The Rating: D+
The Review: Hey, Billy, if you ever get the idea to try acting again, do us a favor: Knock yourself out.



The Athlete: Former NBA center Wilt Chamberlain
The Movie: Conan the Destroyer
The Rating: C-
The Review: Another seven-foot NBA player in an action flick? Say it ain't so! The only thing that made this worse than Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's role in Game of Death? Kareem didn't have to deal with Ah'nold.



The Athlete: Former NFL linebacker Brian Bosworth
The Movie: One Man's Justice
The Rating: D-
The Review: Thank Adam Sandler for giving "The Boz" a small role in his 2005 film, The Longest Yard. Otherwise, all we would have to remember from his short-lived film career would be the bad Stone Cold and the worse One Man's Justice. "The Boz" sure knew how to bring the pain, all right.



The Athlete: Former NBA All-Star Dennis Rodman
The Movie: Double Team
The Rating: D
The Review: Congratulations were in order after this as Rodman managed to take home not one, not two, but three Razzies for his role alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme: Worst Supporting Actor, Worst New Star and Worst Screen Couple. Dennis Rodman's film career: Where Amazing Happens!



The Athlete: Former WWF champion Hulk Hogan
The Movie: Mr. Nanny
The Rating: F
The Review: You know the old saying the Hulkster lived by: "Train...say your prayers...take vitamins and make crappy PG movies for a paycheck so that one day you can watch your ex-wife blow all your cash!" Or something like that.



The Athlete: Former NBA superstar Michael Jordan
The Movie: Space Jam
The Rating: D
The Review: What better way to convince LBJ not to make a movie than to show him a trailer from his hero's only feature film? Tap, tap, tap, are you listening, LeBron?



The Athlete: NBA superstar Shaquille O'Neal
The Movie: Kazaam
The Rating: F-
The Review: How crazy is it that this movie has a "Memorable Quotes" page on IMDb? No, really. Look!

Do you think LeBron James should be making a movie this summer instead of playing at the world championships? Are there are other terrible athletes-turned-actors out there that we didn't mention? Do you secretly own a copy of Double Team and love watching it? Leave us a comment below and tell us all about it.