Popular Culture
Over a decade after the film's release, the on-court trash-talking and comical mother-insults between players seen prominently in the opening game and continuing throughout White Men Can't Jump provided the inspiration for the television show, MTV's Yo Momma which ran between 2006 and 2007, allowing competitors to trade disses with each other in order to win over the crowd and judges.
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