Diary of a Wimpy Kid series: Big Shot Is The 16th Book In The Series, Release Teased on Twitter by Author". Frank didn't like Greg doing stunts, because it was embarrassing him so Frank asked Greg if he could go find snacks. He attempts to go the gym with his father Frank, but they are both kicked out due to Greg making too much noise. The next game was against Stage Whisperers and they won because they confused Greg's team by acting.

If they moved anywhere close to them, they would flop and act like they got injured, and that resulted in Greg's team having 15 personal fouls in the first quarter, even though they never even touched them. It received generally positive reviews and was a best-seller for several weeks following its release.Patel and one of the guys on the team started to argue about the time they booked the gym but then Patel came up with a solution: Play a game against them and whoever won would have the court.

While they were practicing, they made a ton of mistakes and when they did, Patel made them run sprints to the other side of the cafetorium but that everyone more tired which caused them to make more mistakes so after a while, everyone except for Preet was running sprints.Preet was frustrated so when he got the ball, he ran to the other side of the court, and he decided to dunk it. Patel meets with his team for the first time in the elementary school and despite all the team members being bad, (except for Preet) he gave a speech that no matter what the team will begin to play the right way. During halftime, Patel gave a speech about a group of Scottish warriors who were outnumbered by their enemies, but they won because they stuck together and after that speech, the team was ready.

Patel arrives with Preet, who is given the chance to play in the game with one leg, which he happily accepts. This may be due to an editing conflict or a large influx of vandalism or spam that may result from being a highly visited page. After summer, there was an announcement for Field Day in school that happens every four years and this time if you win the competition, you'll have a school day off. He is a six-time Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award winner for 'Favorite Book' and has been named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. This is the fourth book to have Rowley as a minor character, (books being The Long Haul, The Getaway and The Deep End).

Finally, they arrived at the place where the tournament would be taking place, which was an old prison that is scheduled to be torn down next year. In a response to a fan letter, he confirmed that he was writing both a fifteenth and sixteenth book. Greg got frustrated so he decided to shoot it backwards which went in, and his teammates tried to replicate it. Towards the end of practice, Patel handed out the team's uniforms which was recycled from tryouts and had a sponsor that was closed for code violations. Greg quickly realizes that she traded him because he was dragging the team down, but at the last second, he accidentally makes a half-court 3-pointer, letting him and the other Funky Dunkers win, establishing the Dunkers as the second-worst team in the state and the Winter Dogs as the worst team in the state.

Due to the custodial staff having to take care of lunch, the principal is forced to give everyone the day off. Ruby Bird now has 2 front teeth, unlike her previous appearance in The Third Wheel, where she only had 1 front tooth.

Greg wonders how sports got started in the first place, and thinks sports is just a way to settle things without needing a war.