Slamma Jamma Page #3

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- Who has next?

- DOUGGY:
Who got next?

Hold up, hold up, hold up!

I don't want anybody talking

trash to this little guy!

Anyone who makes one little

tiny joke will answer to me!

You wanna be on my team, little fella?

Come on, man!

Ooh!

(CROWD CHEERS)

(APPLAUDING)

Oh!

(CROWD EXCLAIMING)

Yeah! Yeah.

(WHOOPING)

Watch him!

(WHOOPING)

CROWD:
Ooh!

Game!

Oh...

Come on, man! Dang!

Take that, little fella.

Ohhoho!

Little fella.

(LAUGHS)

Oh...

Michael Diggs.

How have you been?

Been a long time since I've seen you.

The last time I saw you, you

were in high school, Michael.

Good to see you, Pastor Soul.

(INHALES AND EXHALES)

Sorry, it's been so long.

Been out of church for quite some time now.

That is true.

But the doors of this church

are always open for you, Michael.

But if you are looking for redemption,

you're not gonna find it here.

You know? We could use your help.

We need role models like you, Michael.

Role model?

Me, a role model?

I'm a guy who spent six years behind bars.

Look, I wanna help any way I can, but...

I'm not ready for that yet.

You are Michael Diggs. Or was I mistaken?

- I was.

- Was?

In another life.

No.

You are still Michael Diggs.

I know you have been put through hell.

But you came back.

And you still have that

God-given talent and ability

you always have had.

Listen.

You are not the only one who

has screwed up in this life.

A lot of people have

screwed up worse than that,

and they came back, stronger

and better than ever before.

Now, let's... Let's fix this church up.

Let's resurrect it.

Do we have a deal?

- Let's make it happen, preacher.

- Let's do it.

(EXHALES SHARPLY)

Oh...

Man, this place is nasty.

It's gonna be beautiful, man.

I sure hope so.

It's perfect. We don't

need to clean up no more.

Come on, man.

Man, they can sit on the ground, right?

(GROANS)

(EXHALES SHARPLY)

Hey, yo, Michael.

You don't have to tell us

if you don't want, you know.

I'm cool, but...

What happened, man?

You mean how I got sent to prison?

Yeah, yeah. I mean, you know,

we all know the headline, but,

I wanna hear it from you.

I was hanging with the

wrong crowd one night.

Yo. Michael, Mike. Hey, man, what's up?

What's up, man? You still ballin'?

- Yeah.

- Taking it to the hoop?

Yeah. Somethin' like that.

Hey, man, you wanna make a quick G?

- Doing what?

- Hey, nothing.

I just want to introduce you to

somebody who's a big fan of yours.

- Why the money, though?

- Oh, come on, man.

Look, it's good for business.

You bein' a celebrity and all.

What up, Mr. Johnson?

Hey, Red.

- Do you recognize this guy?

- I sure do.

Michael Diggs! Wow!

- How are you, sir?

- I'm good.

- Big fan of yours.

- Thank you.

What are you doing here?

Twenty eight points a game, right?

More like 27.

What's it matter?

You're one of the best in the nation, kid.

Say, how come the coach

didn't let you shoot

that 3-pointer in the tournament, huh?

I mean, that was stupid, right?

Yeah, I don't know. That's coach.

(OBJECTS CLATTERING)

What? Did you hear that?

Hear what?

I thought I heard something.

No, you ain't hear nothin'.

What are you doing, Red?

Hey, Joe! Get out of here!

Red?

Don't do that, man.

- Why did you shoot him, man?

- Shut up!

- Get out of here! Go home.

- Why did you shoot him?

Man, dead men can't talk, Michael.

Now go home, and you

ain't hear nothin', right?

Nothin'! Nothin'! Now get outta here!

It doesn't look good.

They have you as an accessory to murder.

What does that mean?

Possible life sentence.

I believe you, Michael.

And I will do everything I can to

work out a deal with the prosecutor.

I don't want a deal.

I did nothing wrong.

Michael, you were there.

The killer paid you.

And those are the facts they

are going to present to the jury.

I don't care!

Michael, I know you're innocent.

They used me.

- I was a fool.

- And,

he was identified through a key witness.

When he was later picked up,

he had $1,000 cash on him.

One thousand dollars.

Now, Michael Diggs

will have you believe he was just ignorant.

That he was just... Just

playing the game, huh?

But evidence shows he knew

exactly what he was doing.

Who gives someone $1,000

for just introducing them?

He knew exactly what the

other three defendants,

all gang members, were up to.

And it's for that reason alone...

You must find him guilty.

Talk to me.

- (VOICE BREAKING) My life is over.

- No, it's not.

- You don't understand.

- We can get through this.

I can't catch no break in court.

- Where's your faith?

- What faith?

There is no God.

God wouldn't do this to me!

- It's over.

- Don't say that.

Go find somebody else!

(SOBS)

MELINDA:
Your Honor,

my client is innocent.

He has done nothing wrong.

He himself is a victim

of this incredible scam.

- They used his name...

- I don't care.

He should have shown better common sense.

I sentence Mr. Diggs to

10 years in State Penn.

Please escort the defendant

out of my courtroom.

- (GAVEL BANGS)

- Next case!

I had no idea, man.

And that's not what I heard in the news.

Man, that's not right. That's not right.

I'd be the most bitter man

on the face of the planet

if that happened to me!

But he's not.

That is the whole point.

(SIGHS)

- How did you keep your sanity, man?

- Faith.

Couldn't you have protested more?

- I mean...

- No.

But you, you would have

been drafted number one!

I mean, in the NBA, bro!

Why you gotta make him feel worse?

It's all right. It's not

like there was a guarantee.

that it would have happened anyway.

I mean, the Good Book says,

"Tomorrow is guarantee to no man.

"And what good does it profit a man

"to gain the world but lose his soul?"

But God has a plan.

(FAINT MUSIC PLAYING)

- Hi.

- Hi.

How are you?

Why?

You never wrote me.

You never let me visit you.

Why?

Lisa, I didn't want to hurt you.

So you just cut me off?

Did you not think about how I would feel?

- Look, I had to do it, all right?

- (SCOFFING)

It was something I had to do for myself.

Uh...

I know.

You had to.

The great Michael Diggs.

Always making your own decisions,

regardless how anybody else feels.

I'm a changed man now.

Yeah? How?

I found God.

God?

Well, everybody finds God in prison.

(LISA EXHALES SHARPLY)

- So you're seeing Craig now?

- Yeah.

We're dating.

He wants to get married.

I'm sure he does.

Listen. I gotta get going.

I'm glad you have a new life now.

Lisa.

Thank you for coming.

I really appreciate it.

Mmm-hmm. Take care.

Michael, come over here.

Yeah, boss?

(SIGHS) We're gonna have to let you go.

I'm very sorry, Michael.

Why? I don't understand.

It's the company policy

not to hire convicts.

I didn't know. I didn't read

your application thoroughly.

I was so busy.

Sorry.

It's okay.

You still have a paycheck coming next week.

You can stop by and pick it up.

Yeah.

(MICHAEL SIGHS)

Thanks.

Take care.

(SIGHS)

TERRELL:
Now you know

I've been out there

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