In the funny sports comedy “Semi-Pro,” set in the 1970s, Jackie Moon (Will Ferrell) is an owner, player and coach of the American Basketball Association (ABA) team the Flint Michigan Tropics. The team hasn’t amounted to anything until the ABA commissioner (David Koechner) says the ABA and the National Basketball Association (NBA) will merge at the end of the ABA season. The catch is that only the four best ABA teams will go and the rest will dissolve.

Moon convinces them to allow the four teams with the best records to be chosen. Moon, in an attempt to make his team a winner, trades a washer machine for Monix (Woody Harrelson), a former Boston Celtic bench player. Monix turns out to be the team’s best player other than Clarence “Coffee” Black (Andre Benjamin). Monix becomes the offensive and defensive coordinator to mold the team into a real team. Can Moon and Monix get the Tropics into the NBA?

Believe it or not this is Ferrell’s fourth sports comedy. I was hoping this would be his best yet, but it shoots an airball. Come on, it’s a basketball movie, and at least it’s better than “Kicking and Screaming.”

I’m a fan of Ferrell, and he can be very funny. However, in “Semi-Pro,” things are a bit too random, certain characters don’t need to be in the film, and some parts are not funny.

Since Ferrell is a “Saturday Night Live” alum, expect to see cameos from some current and former SNL players.

The vulgar humor is funny, but overall the movie is just OK. I recommend watching Ferrell’s classics “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy” and “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.”

Rating: 2 out of 4