This story starts out in a small town in Missouri, where these little kids; Landyn Ward, Angel Kaipat, T.J. Barker, Nathan Barker, and Ben Watkins. Everyday these boys would always go to there church and shoot some hoops in the gym. Landyn was this 7’0 skinny kid and was an outstanding stealer, Angel was this 6’5 kid and his 3 point range is ridiculous and can shoot those 2’s from anywhere. T.J. is this 6’8 and a total tank, his dunking ability is insane! Ben Watkins is 6’4 and his ability to hit those corner shots are incredible! Nathan is 6’1 and he was basically the leader of all these boys, but he can shoot those 3’s and is hot from anywhere from the court.
One day they all gathered at the church like usual but this time it was different, this time they would face each other at a game. So they decided that the two best player should be the team captain’s, witch was Nathan and Angel. On Angel’s team contained T.J., And Ben. But Nathan had Landyn on his team. So they rock, paper, scissors to see who is going first, Angel’s team goes first and they are going off we a good start shooting great great and a pretty average game of defense but on the other team there stealing was not real.
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The one thing they didn’t notice is that there was a man, Gage Williams, standing across the gym and he was observing them and saw great potential in them they can be future NBA All-Stars but they needed a little work. So Gage decided to go the next game that the boys play so he can talk to them and tell them how to set plays or set screens, how to pick and roll, and how to cut. …show more content…
Gage approached them and
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After spending the past few days sitting, watching the neighborhood boys play basketball on the Bronx Court in New York, Wes Moore finally found his chance to join them. Because of the uneven teams, Moore was invited by one boy to play with the
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"Well, we watched film for half an hour today and then we were on the floor for maybe an hour," Huggins said. "Then Lamont was out there for another hour and a half. I walked in two hours before the game and he was one of three guys down there shooting the ball. That just goes to my theory. If you are in the gym and you work at it, Billy (Hahn) says it's the Basketball Gods, if you cheat the game the Basketball Gods catch up to
This kid name Noah plays football. He never go on the field. But he loved the game of football. He played for the Wildcats. The team's first game was against Bowling Green. It was a big game because BG had a 123 win streak. when the team came out the starting running back got hurt. His coach yelled for Noah to get on the field. He was very nervous. Noah got the ball and ran so fast no one knew where he was. Once everyone looked around he was in the end zone. Noah had a power that he didn't know he had. He was lighting fast. Next play he got another touchdown. Soon after this everyone started to treat him different. BG was so surprised that they lost. Noah played 4 games and then was benched. The coach did not want young noah to