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Then, we will see.

You know what this is going

to cost us?

This young man sitting here...

called you up to share

the Most Valuable Player Award,

and you just sh*t

all over it.

And you know, you're lucky

that this didn't happen on campus,

because

your over-privileged ass...

I know, sir.

Get out of here.

Get out of here,

all of you.

Is there some reason you're

still in this office, son?

No, Pop.

You f***ed us up, Dogs.

F***ed up.

If Odin had got into a fight,

would you have sat him too?

I'm eating now.

I'm going back

to the dorm, Mom.

So what did Roger

say to you anyway?

I'd feel guilty

kicking his ass.

Save it, Hugo.

You'll be back on the team

next year. So, who cares?

Dude, it's different

for you, cause your dad is cool.

But my parents

are going to find out.

Why are you in school, man?

What?

Are you here for

your parents or for you?

So they'll be a little pissed off.

What are they going to do?

- Are they going to spank you?

- Hugo,

my parents always talk

about reputation.

Reputation?

Who gives a f*** about reputation?

I love you, man, but you're

a little bit of a mamma's boy.

The only person you have to

answer to is yourself.

You make your own rules.

The minute you figure

that out, you're free.

Look, Mike,

you really want

back on the team?

Why can't you just talk

to your dad?

Because I'm telling you,

my dad trusts Odin, all right?

If Odin says we need you back in there,

you're back in there.

Yeah, but Odin won't

even talk to me, man.

Mike,

am I your boy?

Am I your boy?

All right, then.

This is what

we've got to do.

You're friends

with Desi, right?

Yes, of course.

Well, now you're

her best friend.

And you're going to get her

to talk to Odin for you.

Pour your heart out to her.

Girls are suckers for guys

who pour their hearts out.

And then she talks to Odin.

But listen to me.

You've got to hang with her.

That's the only way this thing works.

It's worth a shot, bro'.

Yo. Hugo, thanks, man.

What are you doing

with this stupid bird?

- People are looking for it.

- I borrowed it.

We've got things to do,

and you're playing pranks

with the fricking mascot?

I can't stop

thinking about her.

Why don't you rich shitheads

ever have any patience?

Anything worth anything

takes time and sacrifice.

You spoiled f***.

What do you call this?

You did get your ass kicked

pretty good, though.

No, I got my ass

kicked pretty good twice,

in less than a week!

I need to know

where this is going!

Friends, this tournament

has seen some excellent play,

but nothing better than

Odin James of Palmetto Grove.

Tonight, James and his Hawks

face the mighty Bulldogs

of North Charleston,

in the first face-off between these

two hoops powerhouses in nine years.

The Hawks, now an amazing ninth

in the nation in prep ball

are just two games away

from the State Championship,

but they'll have to do it

without their team mascot.

Evidently,

the bird was stolen.

So it looks like James will have

to do all the flying himself.

Watch the hands!

Watch the hands, ref!

He's open!

He's open, Hugo!

Give him the ball!

Push, push, push!

Pressure the ball!

Pressure the ball!

Todd, get back!

Todd,

stay with the ball!

Put a body on him,

for Christ's sake!

Play the man,

not the ball!

Come on,

put a body on him!

Come on,

he's slipping!

Time!

Come on, let's go.

We've only got 20!

Lads, you're getting

into the wrong guy's face.

Number 45 is taking us

to the cleaners.

Every time he gets

the ball, he's freed up.

It's an automatic deuce because nobody

is putting a body on him in the paint.

So put a man to man

with a floater.

Odin, you're the floater.

Billy, look at me!

You deny that son of a b*tch

the ball, understand?

And Odin,

if he gets away from Billy,

I don't give a sh*t if

you have to pull his pisser,

his feet do not

leave the ground!

Enough said?

All right, put them in.

What time is it now?

- Game time! Rah!

- All right, let's play!

Odin, Hugo,

come on! Wake up!

Let's finish this thing.

Give me another board.

Come on, let's go! Get it up!

- Watch it!

- Watch him, Odin!

Push him!

Come on, help him out!

Watch the perimeter.

There you go. Take the shot.

Yes!

Hugo, stay on the elbow.

Stay on the elbow.

Pop through, Billy.

Pick it up!

Oh, Jesus.

Hey, man.

You know,

I've been thinking, man.

I think I'm going to talk

to coach about Mikey.

He should be a part

of all this, man.

Listen,

did Mike know that you and Desi

were getting together?

Yeah, he knew.

Why?

I didn't think he knew.

You know, Mikey's the one

that hooked us up, man.

Do you trust Mike?

I trust him out there

on that court.

The man

can play some ball.

Yeah,

but do you trust him?

Yeah, he's cool.

What's up, man?

Why are you tripping?

It's nothing, man.

Come on, Hugo.

Say what you've got to say.

You're not

a jealous person, man.

I am.

It's a weakness.

You know, sometimes I see things

that are not really there.

Yeah?

You don't want to hear

what I have to say.

Let me be

the judge of that.

I can't help

but think that...

you should

watch your girl, bro'.

I mean, she and Mike spend

an awful lot of time together.

And so what?

All I'm saying is that

her and Mike are always together.

And I know the Dean would rather

see Mike up in that piece.

How can you say some sh*t

like that to me, man?

See, you're right.

I shouldn't

have said nothing.

Forget about it, man.

Mike's a good guy.

Wait, wait.

No, man, you can't say some sh*t

like that and just break out.

What's going on, Dogs?

All right.

You and Desi were going out for four

months before her father had a clue.

So obviously, the girl knows

how to keep a secret.

You grew up in the hood, and

you've seen plenty of hustlers,

but the one thing I do know

better than you is white girls.

And white girls are snaky.

All right,

they're horny snakes.

They act like

we're the ones who want sex,

but they want it

worse than us, man.

They're just subtle about

the way they go after it.

Hey, man,

my girl's not like that.

But just think about the way

she played her father

when he found out

about you and her.

What? Emily

said something to you?

No, but she wouldn't,

because they stick together.

There is one way

to find out, though.

- Yeah, like ask Mike.

- No,

because if there is

something going on-

and I'm not saying that there

is something going on-

but if there is

something going on,

they're not just

going to come clean.

Watch her.

If she keeps hanging out with Mike,

if she keeps talking about Mike,

then we've got something

to think about.

We don't let on, bro'.

We just watch.

What's up, man?

Hey, O,

what's that all about?

- Hey.

- Hey.

I'm almost ready.

Cool.

Just cool?

I've been planning

this night for a month.

Do you know what I had

to do to get that car?

Yeah, I know.

- Do you have your pass?

- Uh-hmm.

What's wrong with you?

Hello?

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