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Come this way, Terron.

Come on, T. Quick, quick.

Oh!

- - Let's go, T.

Splash!

Whoo!

Give it back. You're gonna drop it.

Why are you watching my video anyway? Watch this.

Oh, yeah, layup.

Right? Stoned.

- Is that game? - No. Ten to two.

- One more and we beat them. - Come on. I wanna keep playing.

Win already.

All right, whatever.

Let me see that back.

Whoop.

Come on, Terron.

End the game, already. Oh, my God.

Oh, come on.

Damn.

So, picking up from last class, we're still dealing with probabilities.

But today we're gonna apply them to your lives.

The chances of doing something.

The odds, the likelihood. Who's got something?

- Anyone? - What draft pick

- will Terron be in the NBA? - That's a good one.

Let's look it up.

We can do that as probabilities and express them as percentages.

Odds of getting into the NBA.

We have 500,000 high school players.

A hundred and fifty thousand are seniors. We have 18,000 college players.

Four thousand of whom are on scholarship.

Sixty NBA draft picks.

Thirty in the first round.

Fourteen lottery picks.

See how I stepped back? I was like...

Looks like a reverse layup on Marcus. Man.

And one.

- All right, bro. - I'm heading out. See you.

All right, bro. See you.

Yo, Pops. Where you at?

Ma, you're probably teaching right now, but I'm at school.

Dad still hasn't come get me yet.

My phone is about to die, so... you guys hurry up.

Baby. What, are you gonna walk the whole way?

- What else was I supposed to do? -

I'm sorry. We tried to call you, but we couldn't reach you.

Yeah, my phone died.

- Did his phone die, too? - Well, he couldn't find it.

Today is not one of his good days.

I've gotta get my pills. Hold up.

Oh, Vince. I gotta get to class.

They're gonna be done with their tests by now.

Speaking of tests...

They ain't posted them yet.

It went that badly, huh?

How do you expect me to be great if you kick me off the team for one bad grade?

Why can't you just let me give it all I got?

Wait.

When I'm done teaching, why am I dropping the car off at your dad's work?

So he can drive it back when he finishes his shift. His double-shift.

And why does he have to do that?

I don't know. Because he got hit in the head too many times?

- Stop. I'm serious. Why? - I'm serious, too. It's the truth.

He's doing it because he "gave it all he got."

I'm not gonna end up like him.

I don't even play the same sport he does.

Did.

- "Riverside" on three. One, two, three. - Riverside.

T, let's go.

Y'all get some popcorn. There's about to be a show up in here.

You have to put somebody else on him, coach.

Dude's in, like, the 9th grade, man. Come on. Let's go. Get up.

Come on. Go, go, go. Keep going. Hit him.

Eighth grade.

- Let's go. - Here. Right here. Force him left.

Force him left.

Lock him down.

Finish the game strong. Make the right play. Let's go.

Let's go, boy. Let's go.

Come on. Hold it for the last shot. Hold it for the last shot.

Okay, T. You got 12, 11, ten, nine...

Hold it. Hold it.

Now, go. Five. Four...

Finish that shit yourself. Take the fucking shot. Goddamn it.

- You made the right play, Terron. - Thanks, coach.

Forget about the L, baby. Look at this. We bigtime.

Fifty thousand views, huh? Give it up.

Go shake them up.

Hey, good game. Good game, guys. Good game.

Good game, guys. Good game.

There it is. All right.

You a point guard. But you ain't always gonna be up top.

You ended up on big dog, earlier. What was that move you came with?

Did I feel something? Wait. Wait, wait, wait.

Did somebody leave a window open? I think I felt a breeze. Oh, no.

That was my son trying to bring that weak-ass stuff. Come on, baby.

Can't try to breeze through the lane. I need you to be a hurricane. Get low.

That's what I'm talking about, boy. Mm.

Yo, you good?

Yeah. Yeah, I'm good. You know me.

I'm gonna get that weak shit out of here.

Better stop that mess.

I like what I see out there, T. You got that rock on a string, baby.

This is Byron.

He's been scouting us from, uh...

- Um... - Liberty Union Prep.

- There it is. - Program on the come-up.

Yo, let's get moving. You've seen enough?

- Let's chop it up. - Get showered up, son.

That was crazy. That was a great game.

That was crazy. He got right in the coach's face, that was crazy.

This ain't about you, this is about Riverside.

There are other options for him.

What, private?

He won't be as good at anything as he could be at this game.

He is too smart for you to say what he could and couldn't be.

We have 500,000 high school players.

A hundred and fifty thousand are seniors.

We have 18,000 college players.

Four thousand of whom are on scholarship.

Sixty NBA draft picks.

Hey. Having fun?

Thirty in the first round.

We have 500,000 high school players.

Oh, you recorded your class.

Wow, look at you. That's good, Terron. That's clever.

150,000 are seniors.

Are the math rods helping you comprehend the numbers?

- Still ain't making no sense. - "Isn't" making "any" sense?

- - Come on.

You can do this. You got it.

I ain't talking about walk-around money.

It's gonna cost to get his ass back and forth.

Yeah. Get back to me with something.

All right.

- Who was that? - Do you like playing on a losing team?

No.

That ain't gonna be a problem no more. Your pops is on it.

You just gotta keep putting in work, all right?

- All right. - All right. Let's go.

Skunk.

You look taller in the videos.

Who are you?

Coach Gaines. Liberty Prep.

Your dad said I might find you here.

Your team is 0 and 6 this season, huh?

That must be frustrating, as good as you are.

Yeah, it sucks. We're trash.

If you were at Liberty, you'd be 10 and 1.

Play twice as many games with better teammates, better facilities.

You'd get to travel around the country. You ever been to California?

I never been out the state.

What?

I would have to leave my mom, my pops, my friends. Everything.

I wanna show you something.

You recognize him?

Yeah, he's nice. You used to coach him or something?

Yeah. In fact, I met him on a court just like this one.

He didn't wanna leave home.

But he made the sacrifices he needed to and now he's an NBA all-star.

- Know what else he did to get there? - Worked hard?

No. He listened to every fucking thing I said.

Talent's not enough. You need someone in your corner

who knows the system and how to play it for you.

He figured that out and he has 100 million.

What would you do with that money, Terron?

I would buy my parents a house.

One of those pools that's, like, shaped like a bean.

What are those things in the backyard where you just like eat and fart?

- A gazebo? - Yeah, a gazebo.

It's real nice you wanna take care of your family, Terron. It is.

We both know that's not gonna happen if you stay here.

Think about it.

Wait, coach.

I wanna make it just like him. I wanna take care of my family.

Good.

Start by giving me 50 behind that crack right there.

All right. Um, could you count them for me?

You got it. Let's go.

That's one.

There you go. Nice.

Two.

- So, what's the gym like? - Oh, the gym's real nice.

- You're gonna like it. - Can't wait.

I wanna play basketball forever, coach. Till I'm, like, your age.

- That's cold. - My bad for being late.

- Did it all go down without me? - I worked him out pretty hard.

- Nice to meet you, Vince. - Pretty hard?

- - Is he onboard?

See? I told you those highlights would get the word out. Hmm?

Byron and I talked broad strokes, but we have details to hammer out.

Sounds good. Byron's right. You're tall.

- What are you, 6'4"? - And a half.