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post more notices on that door.

And you come to me, man-to-man.

Take your money.

Mom. What's going on?

Why was he in my room?

We miss having you around.

But we're gonna work everything out.

Wait. Are we gonna have to move

because he lost his job again?

No, he's gonna find something else.

I mean, he could try to get some help.

Now, you know

he won't see anybody about it.

Come on.

Where you been?

[Vince] I been in the weight room.

How your old man look, boy?

- Yoked up.

- [chuckles]

Yeah, I still got something left.

Yeah. Me and Ma,

we was just talking about that.

Talking about what?

What playing football did to you.

Yeah, what'd she say?

She said...

She said you should go see a doctor.

She don't know what she's talking about.

Playing the way you did,

like, getting concussions...

Ain't nothing, T. You hear me?

- The other things...

- It ain't the same.

- Do you know what's wrong...?

- I know exactly what it is, okay?

Can't do nothing about it.

Neither can you, or any doctor.

- I'm sorr... I...

- You sorry? Then what?

Ain't no check.

Ain't no reparations for this.

These f***ing headaches,

this useless memory.

Now, you listen to me.

Because I learned something from

all these years at JuCo.

And the middle school, high school,

I learned that these coaches,

these agents,

these motherfuckers wearing those suits,

they are gonna use you.

So, we have got to figure out

how to use them to get ours.

You hear me?

[Gaines] The kid's better in person.

Uh-huh. Yeah. Well, you know what?

I don't care how many views

his mixtape has.

He came into my office.

I gotta get off the phone.

[hangs up phone]

Hey, Terron. What's up?

What brings you to the presidential suite?

Can you hire another assistant coach?

Why?

Well, my dad, he needs a job.

[sighs] Well, look. I don't have

the budget for that. I wish I did.

Well, we got a sponsor now.

Doesn't that help?

It helps, but they're just

supplying us product.

We don't have their deal.

Hell, he's got four paid assistants.

- Who are they?

- Victory Country Day.

One of the top-ranked teams in the nation.

What, are we playing them next?

If we're lucky we play them

in the finals of the invitational.

Know what I could do with four assistants?

Hire my pops?

He's the reason I'm here, coach.

Hold on.

You really want him here, huh?

You been using that move

I showed you?

- Which one?

- All of them.

[chuckles]

So, uh, what...?

What do you got in mind for me, coach?

We'll have you work with Byron.

Help surround Terron

with the right players for next year.

He is the future of this team.

Indeed, so you, uh...

You want me to Uncle up. Got you.

- Well, you gonna get him some size?

- Exactly.

Have to be on the road a lot. Okay?

- [Vince] I'll do whatever it takes.

- [Gaines] Great.

[Gaines] Shake hands,

find out who's not happy.

- Sound good?

- [Vince] That sounds great.

Good. Glad to have you onboard, Vince.

I know Terron is, too.

- Uh... Who do I talk to about, uh...?

- Byron can handle all that.

Thank you.

I'll tell you something.

We sucked tonight,

but you guys sucked, too.

Both of you. Tell your buddy that.

Listen up.

Listen. You guys like your new sneakers,

new uniforms, all that?

Yeah? Good. You can kiss it goodbye

if you let a bunch of scrubs

hang with us. 15 seconds left.

Let's finish them off.

And we're running 60.

Terron, if we get the mismatch,

hit Petrus down in the post, all right?

- [Terron] Yes, coach.

- [Gaines] Go.

- Come on. Win on three. One, two, three.

- [all] Win.

[Anton] Go.

Look, I'm just saying, it shouldn't even

come down to this. It's bullshit.

[Terron] Sixty-three. Sixty-three.

[buzzer buzzing, then crowd cheering]

Let's go, boy! Let's get it!

Yeah!

[yells]

Good passing.

That's what I'm talking about.

Dumped on him, like boom!

Listen to him. Good game, fellas.

T, let me holla at you.

Let me holla at you.

Good game.

Good game, but, uh...

why didn't you take that last shot?

- What you mean? We won.

- No, listen.

We are here to show people you can

show out when the spotlight's on.

That's all them scouts see.

You understand?

You hear me?

- Good game. Shower up.

- Okay.

"The university has shown sincere interest

in you as a prospective student-athlete.

We are informing you of our desire

to recruit you

to our prestigious university."

[chuckles] You know what that means?

You are now an official prospect

in the eyes of the NCAA.

And you're in the damn eighth grade,

my man.

[chuckles]

- They want me to visit.

- Mm-hm.

- Should I go?

- Hell, no.

You're not going to some mid-major.

You kidding me?

Listen, Terron, for the next five years,

schools are gonna be sending you letters

trying to spray and pray, but I wanna

get you offers from the blue bloods.

- Wanna play in the Final Four?

- I wanna win the chip.

Good. Then tune out all that noise.

Don't listen to these schools. They

don't have your best interest at heart.

In fact, don't listen

to anyone else about this.

Not anyone,

you understand what I'm saying?

You sure?

Yeah, I got... I'm with you, coach.

Good. That's why it's important

that I alone

handle the recruiting process

from here on out. Okay?

Cool. Um, can I keep my first letter?

Sure.

You know they were recruiting you?

Yeah, I knew.

Bro, this close to Signing Day,

do you think I wouldn't know

who was offering me a scholarship?

I was just trying to help.

Hey, yo.

T, look...

Yo, for all that sh*t

that I been talking... [sighs] my bad.

For real.

I was just hot because coach...

He kicked out my homey

to make room for you.

- What? He said there was a open spot.

- They call it "overbooking."

Not enough seats on the flight.

- So, it's all right I'm running point?

- I'm a scorer, bro.

- My averages are up with you feeding me.

- [chuckles]

All right. Hey, yo.

Why didn't coach show you those?

He don't want me to go to State.

He wants me to go to Tech.

- Where you gonna go?

- I'll go to State.

It's a better school. I'm tired of

wearing blue. I look better in red.

[both laughing]

Yo, good looking out.

Wow. I'm really excited to be here, you

know. This has always been a dream of mine.

I'd like to thank my coach

and teammates,

because without them,

I wouldn't be here today.

But I'm excited to say that in the fall,

I will be attending...

Tech.

[crowd applauding]

[grunting]

What happened to looking better in red?

Changed my mind.

Get more playing time over at Tech.

Coach was pretty into it.

Man, he the main one

who wanted me to go to State.

Then we get a sponsor

and he talking about Tech, Tech, Tech.

Why?

Pfft.

Bro, they ain't sponsoring us

so we can wear a logo right now.

They want coach to steer us to colleges

that are on-brand.

That way we on TV repping them

during March Madness, you dig?

Hey, come on, man. Push, push.

What you think they paying coach for?

I don't know.

He said they was giving him product.

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