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Hoop Dreams! I was told a story about 2 boys, Arthur Agee, and William Gates. They have been video taped for all of high school and some of collage. So this is their story...

Arthor, a boy, a boy that went through Heck: Power Outs,drugs,school Transfers,and... Basket Ball. It all started when Arthor was introduced to Earl Smith. From their, earl showed him St. Joseph H.S. ‘It was cool.” He thought. But a year later, he was unable to afford school, and he had bad grades. So, he went to Metro Marshal, H.S. It was a poor school with low expectations. It’s modo,”Stay in school!” They had to be checked for,: Guns, Drugs,Etc. He plays Basket Ball at marshal. After freshman year, his friend moved in. Arthor can now dunk! He is failing in school and his dad is taking drugs. He came into PLAIN sight of his son and bought drugs! At this rate he will note get a degree. Later his dad goes to jail and he gets taken to St. Jo. H.S. to see will play. His team lost. Later his dad comes back and goes to church with them. The drug people give Arthur money to buy kicks. That is how his friend falls to drugs! Sophomore year, Arthur goes back to st. Jo. But they run out of money because his mom and dad loses their job. So he has to go back to marshal. He was on the senior team when he was a sophomore. Senior year his father is cured of drugs. Arthur is doing bad in school still but he is in the state tournament. He rocked the tournament but lost and finished in 3rd place in the STATE! He did an interview with Mineral Area Collage. He actually attended 2 years there and went onto a major collage. BUT, first he had to attend a year of summer school. He did and he went to collage. He ended up having 2 kids and a wife.

William Gates.

A boy, A boy who was able to dunk at 8th grade! Will was a stocky boy, and was also interviewed by Earl Smith. He was also already going to St. Jo. When he entering at a 4Th GRADE reading level. When he was a jornoir he was playing at the sophomore level! He wasn’t doing good at all. At the end of the year, he was back to normal. So he’s doing “pretty” good. At the end of the 3rd year of H.S. he has over 20 collages asking him to commit. In the journior year he goes to the NIKE ALL-AMERICAN basketball, camp! He plays against his ideal Isaiah Thomas. He lost. But he also tears his knee twice! They showed both. After that, he visited Marquette Univ. He tares his knee again, and has his rehab paid for! In the senior year he excepts Marquette university! He got to the 3rd round of b-ball and lost in the tournament. And thats the end of his senior b-ball season. He is struggling on sat. But later gets a 18 and is guaranteed for Marquette. His brother almost went to collage and the NBA, but he was uncoachibal! Will has a daughter in sophomore and dropped out of collage but came back, but never went pro!

Now. what was the same... let’s see: They both had a big dream of going to the NBA! They also both got interviewed by earl smith, and went to St. Jo’s. Their dad’s also left the family at a time and they both had a kid and a wife! They both played b-ball and went to collage.

At the end, they both had a dream of playing in the nba but never made it, Arthur's dad got in trouble with drugs. Also Arther got money from the dealers and Arthur's dad came back! Will’s dad also left him, he rarely got in trouble in school. He needed to a degree and he got one. And he also got a wife and a kid. So that’s the story of Hoop Dreams, now get the heck out of my wiki! (Just kidding)