By Allen Hutton
MIAMI -- NBA Superstar Chris Bosh has filed a suit against director James Cameron for illegally using his likeness in the 3-D shitshow, Avatar. Lawyers for Bosh claim that Cameron purposefully designed the indigenous Na’vi after Bosh, and has failed to pay any royalties. “It’s pretty clear that he took Chris’s facial and body structure and made the characters blue, like we wouldn’t notice.” Bosh’s suit follows the precedent established by a verdict for former NBA star Charles Barkley, who sued director Tim Story for his use of Barkley’s likeness in his depiction of The Thing in the film Fantastic Four. “I hope Chris gets what dey owe him. It’s just not right. It’s turrrible,” Barkley said when asked for his opinion on Bosh’s lawsuit.
Bosh recently signed a contract extension with his new team the Miami Heat. The contract, worth $96M over 5 years is just not enough to sustain the lavish life style to which NBA players are accustomed. “I mean, sure it’s a lot of money, but is it enough? You’ve heard what [Latrell] Spreewell said, ‘I can’t feed my family on a million dollars!’” Bosh said in a statement through his lawyers. Cameron has adamantly denied any wrongdoing and through a spokesperson suggested a number of places Bosh and his legal counsel could “shove their case.”
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