The film provides a credit for the "lighting of the Eiffel Tower." According to Billy Crystal, Paris officials required the credit in order to allow filming that showed the tower.
The film includes on-the-court scenes with real-life basketball stars Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Sean Elliott, and David Robinson among others. Star and co-creator Billy Crystal grew up with Abdul-Jabbar, played basketball as a youth, and is a longtime fan of the Los Angeles Clippers plus a regular attendee of their games.
After this movie, Debra Winger took herself out of the limelight of top movie roles and stopped acting altogether for about six years. She later said she'd been thinking about quitting and had wanted to spend time with her dying mother.
Billy Crystal co-wrote, produced, directed, and starred in this film. It was his second directorial effort.