Blue Chips Page #7

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Stay low. don't come up.

Extend that ball.|Protect it with your body.

Now use your left.|Point the lead foot. unlock the left hip.

All right. now take it in strong.

These violations are flagrant.|but the paper trail is well covered up.

We could never prove anything|against the football team.

Hey. Charlie. we gotta keep digging.|It's all right here.

We're gonna get this guy.

We're gonna get|the great Pete Bell.

- I know. it's unbelievable.|- Right this way. Good to see you.

- How are you doing?|- Good to see you.

Okay. All right.

Looks like you're|back in business. coach.

- With you?|- Don't get carried away.

- Hi. coach. Hi. Mrs. Bell.|- Hi.

Hi.|So. what did you do.

sell them on your recent losing|tradition so they know they'll start?

Well. there's an advantage|to having a losing season.

- Enjoy your dinner.|- Thank you.

Well...

- I just wanted to say congratulations.|- Thanks.

Getting the players you wanted|without selling out.

You know. the rules. they don't make|much sense. they're hypocritical.

There's a lot of people on the take.|and I can't blame them.

- Why are you getting defensive?|- No. I'm not defensive.

- Coach. may I have your autograph?|- Sure. you may. What's your name?

- Andre.|- Andre. Okay.

Saying you're not defensive|is defensive.

Well. saying that I am defensive|means I am defensive.

So if I say that I'm not defensive.|then I am defensive. and if I say-

Thank you.|You know. I'm screwed either way.

Wait a minute.|look me straight in the eye.

- What?|- Did you cheat?

No. I did not cheat. Swear to God.

- You were getting so nervous about it.|- Excuse me.

- Yes.|- I hate to interrupt.

Do you think my son|could have your autograph?

- Sure. sure. What's your name?|- Mark.

Mark? Okay. you a|basketball player. Mark?

- Yeah.|- Oh. good.

Just a couple of|divorcees out on a date. right?

- There you go.|- Thank you.

- You're welcome.|- Thank you.

Yes. we got a lot to celebrate.|I got a new basketball team.

And we're not screaming at each other.|Not yet. anyway.

You know. Jenny.|I'm crazy about you.

I always have been.|ever since we first met.

Did you know that?

Okay. I just wanted you to know.

Okay.

Come on. come on. Slide. slide. Move|your feet. move your feet. Let's go.

Let's go. let's go. Come on.|Stay low. stay low. stay.

Move your feet. come on. come on.|Move your feet. move your feet.

Move your feet.|slide. slide. slide. side. slide.

Right. left. left. forward.|Come on. boys. come on.

Come on. Back. back. back.|Forward. forward. forward. Let's go.

All right. let's go.

Two lines. Let's go.

Get that ball. Get the ball.

Here we go. Get that ball.

All right. now. spin baseline.|There it is. there it is. there it is.

All right. try it the other way.|Now spin to the middle.

That's it. That's it. Neon. That's it.

If you feel his body going on|this side of you. spin that way.

If you feel this side...|Feel him. Feel him.

Think. think. think.|It's a thinking man's game.

All right. hold. hold. Butch.|Butch. wait a minute.

You gotta take that screener.|you gotta make that fake.

You gotta bring the screener...

You gotta bring that man down here|so the screen can be set on him.

I mean. you gotta take Mitchell...|Turn around. Mitch.

Take him this way so that this screen|can come around and be set on him.

Look. Butch. I'll tell you something.|You can even take a shot fake here.

You can take a shot fake.|If you get the man going up.

you can go in this side here. You can|roll this way and come this way.

But you gotta make a fake|before you move.

Fake there.

There it is. There it is.|there it is. There it is.

See what that does? That takes that|man down. Now that pick can get set.

- I thought that's what I was doing.|- No. no.

You took the ball.|you just took off around that way.

Play this two-man game.|Son. play the two-man game.

For chrissake.|between you and Neon.

it's gonna be a great two-man|game. okay? All right. let's do it.

- Hit the board.|- Go. go. go.

- Hit the board.|- Give it up. Give the ball up. big man.

There you go.

Hold it. hold it.

Butch. get that shirt off.|get a yellow on.

Phil. take Butch's place.

You're not going back on blue|until you get it right.

Come on. let's go.

That may be|the whole goddamn season.

- Coach.|- Yeah.

- I need to talk to you.|- Okay. All right.

Hey. Freddie.|can you go run Dennis?

Come on in. Butch.

What is it. Butch?

- Coach. I need to talk to you.|- Sure. sure. Go ahead.

- Coach. I'm homesick.|- You're homesick?

Homesick. huh?|Well. let me tell you something. Butch.

every year. a couple of guys|come in here

and tell me they're homesick.|Now. everything is gonna be fine

once this season starts. You'll see.

No. coach. I don't belong here. I mean.|I've never ran the motion offense.

That's not my style.|I need to be in a one-four offense.

where I can handle the ball|and dish to other people.

Butch. let me tell you something.|I don't know if it's the right way.

- but goddamn it. it's my way.|- Coach. I don't belong here.

I guess what I'm really trying to say is.|if I left school.

would my mom lose|her house and job?

Butch. you know.|I don't know anything about that.

Coach. I think you're gonna have to|know something about this.

Coach. this is my mom.|this is a life situation.

I don't know. you know.|but if your mother...

If you made some arrangements|that I don't know about.

then I think you're gonna have to live|up to those responsibilities. that's all.

What responsibilities are you talking|about? I'm talking about my mom.

Well. I don't know. You're the one|that's brought them up.

so you're really talking|to the wrong guy. Butch.

No. I'm talking to the right guy.|and I'm not leaving here

until you tell me an answer.

Well. I told you. Butch.|I really don't have any answers for you.

- I don't know anything about it.|- You have to have some answers.

Look. Butch. I don't know what kind|of arrangements you've made. so-

Is there someone you can call|to see if I left school.

my mom would keep|her house and job?

Hey. coach. how you doing?

Butch?

Arrangement? Arrangement. my ass.|If that son of a b*tch is unhappy.

it's your job to make him happy.

Listen. you can sell ice|to the Eskimos.

You can sell this spoiled brat|on how happy he really is.

I don't even wanna have|this conversation.

Butch's mother has got a new job|and a new house with a lawn.

That is happy enough, you got it?

Better be at practice on Monday.

Ladies and gentlemen. your coach.|my coach. our coach. Petey Bell.

- Mel. How are you?|- Good. good. How you doing?

Good. look. Pete left|these tapes at the house.

Could you give them|to him for me?

- Sure.|- Okay. great.

Listen. we're going to the Belgrade|after the show to have some drinks.

eat some hot wings.|Would you join us?

- Come on. it'll be fun.|- Okay.

- Okay. good.|- Sure.

Jenny.

You know. I gotta say.|every time I see you.

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