He Got Game Page #9

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- You like music?

- I love music.

- Has a $30,000 stereo system.

State of the art.

- $30,000?

30,000. That's a small trailer home

in North Carolina...

you got playing music

for you right there.

Now, Jesus,

I know you like Lala.

Whatever may be may be.

But you can look like Buddy Hackett...

and drive down a street with this

and have 40 girls chasing you.

I want to show you my court.

Oh, so you just got the court

built inside the house, huh?

- Of course.

- Let's go one-on-one.

- Let's see what you got.

- What I got?

- Let's see what you got.

- I got--

So you in the Mafia.

Down with Gotti, huh?

Mafia? Gotti?

Just because I'm an ltalian American

doesn't mean I'm involved with the mob.

I'm the best at what I do.

I'm a sports agent.

Now, I don't know

if you realize this,

but several NBA teams

are interested in you right now.

At this point in time,

I can't tell you who,

but I will tell you

they are contenders.

Now, I know you've considered

jumping straight to the pros.

The money is there.

I have the contacts.

So apply for the NBA draft now.

Right here, Jesus,

is a contract.

This makes me your agent.

This allows me

to represent you.

I will take you to the top.

I can't do that right now.

I have to weigh my options.

- How much does your watch cost?

- 89.95.

89.95. Right here...

is a platinum

and diamond Rolex.

The best you can buy.

Gold? Forget about it.

Silver? Forget about it.

You have platinum and diamonds. That's

like having speed and power in the NBA.

And, Jesus, that watch is a gift

from Dom Pagnotti to you.

- Keep it.

- Oh, I bet there's strings

attached, too, huh?

There's no strings, no rubber bands.

There's nothing attached at all.

That's a $36,000 watch. That's like

having a Corvette on your wrist.

- You keep that.

- I can't take this.

- Why not?

- It's illegal. I can't take it.

I don't see anyone here.

Just me and you.

- There's nobody here,

but it's still illegal.

- You know what, Jesus?

I'll keep it. The money

you and I gonna make together,

you could buy 20 of them

if you want.

Yeah, that's all good

and everything, but when I'm ready,

- I'm thinking about hiring

a brother to represent me.

- Yeah? Why's that?

I just feel comfortable

with a brother.

All right, Jesus,

let me ask you a question.

- What color is this?

- It's green.

You're black, I'm white,

this is green.

When making a business decision,

the only color that matters is green.

Now, do you consider yourself

a man or a boy?

- Of course I consider myself a man.

- Okay.

Because men make decisions

with their mind.

Boys make decisions

with their heart, Jesus.

- My partner D'Andre, he's black.

- No!

So it really doesn't matter.

You have the best

of both worlds.

You need to sign with me,

and you need to sign with me now.

-You talk a great game.

-Jesus, this isn't a game. This is life.

I can bring you

to the Promised Land,

but what you need to do, Jesus,

is give me the opportunity...

to show you how good I am.

Dear Jesus,

your daddy and I hope you're fine.

"l thought it might be

a little hard for you...

"being away from home for--

for the first time.

I had no idea that--"

I didn't even know

they had basketball camps.

Thank God I got you out of Coney lsland

for at least a week this summer.

"You're really serious

about this basketball,

and that's good."

However, I do wonder sometimes...

whether it's you or your father

that wants to pursue this.

I know he drives you

too hard.

That's right. Come on,

come on. Work, baby.

You got to work harder

than the next man, right?

It's the will of the man;

it ain't the skill of the man.

He can't play you.

He can't do nothing with you!

We the only two people up. Me, you and

Michael Jordan. That's the only people.

Everybody else in the world is asleep.

What you think Jordan doing right now?

He lifting weights right now.

We out the projects, baby.

We out the projects.

Where we gonna live at, son? Where

we living at, yo? Where we living at?

Huh? We living on East Side.

Where we at?

We're up on the Upper West Side?

Central Park West somewhere?

- Where we gonna be at, huh?

What you gonna buy Mama, son?

- House.

Come on.

A big house, right?

How many bedrooms?

How many bedrooms?

- How many she want?

- As many as she wants.

Don't never let them see you weak.

Let me tell you something.

- Don't never let them see you weak.

- This is for everything.

You miss, you know

you givin' me ten pushups, right?

You know if you miss, you

give me ten pushups, right?

- All right, show me what you got.

Concentrate.

Four... three... two--

That's what I'm talking about. That's

what I'm talking about. Are you tired?

Jesus Shuttlesworth, he got game.

He don't get tired.

- Are you tired? You tired?

- Uh-huh.

"But, son, your father

does love you dearly."

- You should have seen your boy today.

- What did he do?

- What'd you get them for, son?

- About 34 points.

- Thirty-four.

- Thirty-four points?

You got 34, but one time

he went up, I was like, "Oh, my boy."

- I thought he was gonna dunk.

He just kept going.

- Really?

He kept going. He's almost getting the

rim now, or the net, anyway-- the net.

- That's my baby.

- That's right. My boy.

"Have fun at the camp,

and remember--"

Use basketball as a tool.

"Love, Mommy."

"P.S.-- Your sister

misses you badly."

And when you get home,

please be nice to her.

Big brothers have to protect

their little sisters.

Come on, baby.

- Don't hold back, baby.

- Oh, oh, yeah, oh.

No, baby, come on. Don't hold back.

Come on, baby.

Oh, yeah, baby.

F*** me now.

F*** me. Oh, yeah.

Yeah. Come on, baby.

Come on, baby, come on.

F*** me, baby.

Where them elbows at?

Give me the elbows. Make me pay for it.

Make me pay if I get too close.

Make me pay!

Yes. All right,

good shoot! Oh!

- All right.

- All right, that's two.

- Two-zip.

- Two-zip.

I'll give you ten.

He's cheating, Jesus.

Come on now. Play ball.

Just 'cause a man bigger than you,

don't mean he better than you.

Whoo-hoo!

Play some "D" now.

Get up on him, Jesus.

Money.

What's that, baby?

- Ask Goose.

- What was that, ten-one?

- Ten-two? Butter.

- Luck.

You ain't ready for me.

Come on, Jesus.

Get up on him, Jesus.

- Check it out.

- Check 'em.

- Don't push me.

- So what I push you? So what?

You're gonna get mad

when you get pushed?

What, you wanna quit

when you get pushed?

- Oh!

- Take your shot.

I could take you out

your game that easy, huh?

So somebody gets up on you.

So what?

- Stop pushing him, man.

- You got to deal with that, son.

You mad? That's all the players got

to do to you, is make you mad, huh?

All they gotta do is make you mad

and you'll give up, won't you?

'Cause when you get mad,

you can't play.

'Cause when you get mad,

you can't make a shot.

Come get it now.

I ain't taking it easy on you.

I told you I ain't taking it easy

on you. Where you at, boy?

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