Thunderstruck Page #5

I've ever seen you play...

...was you were dawn 12--

Hey, what's up, Brian?

What's going an, man?

Hey, Brian. Hey, Brian.

- Brian! Hey, man.

- And you didn't miss.

That was insane.

Appreciate that. It was nice meeting you,

but I gotta get going.

- I gut a game tonight.

- Oh, okay.

Wait, wait. Ha, whoa, ha, ha.

- What about the free shoes?

- What free shoes?

New kicks. New shoes.

A pair of black monsters of destruction.

He's talking about his shoes there.

- Yeah.

- Yeah, I gut that.

You know, I remember...

I remember my last pair of new shoes.

Lang time ago.

It was right before I scared 21 paints.

- Twenty-one?

- It was a great game...

...against Wayne County

Dance and Technical.

- Never knew what hit them.

- I'm telling you.

- Na footage an it though, unfortunately.

- They only had film.

You know, I'm primarily known

as a high school coach...

...but as you can see,

the way I elevated Brian's play...

-...I think my skill set translates to NBA.

- Oh, is that right?

Sc if there's any tips you need,

you all right?

I'm good. But I'll keep you in mind.

Are you stretching?

Are you stretching before the game?

You've been stinking up the court

I thought-

- You guys should take a picture.

- Sure, of course. You don't mind, do you?

- Na. Bri, why don't you be in the middle?

- Okay.

Yeah, nu, right there.

There you go, beam.

All right, guys-

Wait, wait.

All right, guys, smile.

- Coach.

- There we go.

Listen, do you think

you could sign this for me?

Yeah. What's your name?

Coach Z.

Can you put "ta my best buddy"?

You're not my-- But all right.

B-E-S-T..

- I can spell.

- Yeah, of course, of course, of course.

- There you go.

- Hey, thanks.

- All right.

-om

Hey, that's your coach?

Goad luck with that.

Haw do you--?

Haw do you feel after being around him?

Dc you feel, like, different?

You know, like the old you?

I feel pissed at my agent because he got me

at a school knowing I got a game tonight.

I just thought if you guys

were around each other...

...things would go back

to the way they were.

This kid has something to do

with what happened.

Think this isn't hard an me?

Think I don't hear what they're saying an TV?

In the newspapers? In the locker roam?

I hear it.

- I know.

- The players tan, they're trash talking.

- It's been tough an me tan, man.

- I know. I know.

You dc? This isn't helping.

Being here isn't helping.

- Or sticking needles in my back.

- What about calling your mam?

Definitely not helping.

You keep smiling like it's funny.

You're not helping the situation at all.

- KD.

- Hey, I'm driving myself home.

All right, Brian, bring it up.

- Yeah!

- Ga, Brian!

Ga, Brian! Whoa!

Come on.

- Bring it dawn.

- Ga!

Take it in

- Brian.

- Open up. He's open.

- Brian.

- Open.

- Brian.

Over here, Brian.

Brian. What's he doing, coach?

What's he trying to dc?

What he's doing, man? Came an.

Oh! What?

Booya!

Yeah!

What the hell are you doing, dude?

Trying to make me lack like an idiot, man?

- Whoa!

- Knack it off. Knack it off.

- What's he doing?

- On the bench. Grab somebody.

- What's your name?

- Del Negraw.

Del Negraw, came an, check in.

He couldn't make

our freshmen team before.

Hey, you still get an assist, right?

You made an assist.

Now, pass around.

Let's have some fun out there.

Shoat it!

Yeah! Whoa!

Three!

Unbelievable.

That's my bay out there.

Hey, man, I know haw you feel.

When I was playing

high school basketball...

...I was the one making the baskets.

And then Michael Jordan transferred

into our high school.

He was the one making the baskets.

I had to pass to Mike. I had to stomach it.

- Really?

- Na, but it's a good story.

- Meaningful.

- Coaching is about inspiration.

With the Thunder

an the verge of missing the playoffs...

...due to the total collapse of Kevin Durant.

It's unbelievable. But, Reggie, you were

one of the great shooters of all time...

...but you had a slump like this

new and then.

Don't go there, Steve.

First of all, I've never shat the ball this bad.

Wait. Never in your entire career?

Blindfold, in this tie, in this suit...

-...I can shunt better than this kid.

- Oh, man.

Call up everybody, it's a party over here

Got my ladies

We sexy, our hands up in the air

Yeah. Oh!

Oh! Did I tell you about the time

I did the fake pass...

...between-the-legs dribble

and pulled up with the three?

Dude, that was awesome. You rack.

Is it normal for one player

to take all the shots?

If he's the best player an the team,

why not?

Yeah. Whoa!

Yeah.

Isabel. Came an. What's wrung?

- Don't be like that.

- Like what?

Let's get out of here. Ga and talk.

Like you said you wanted at the go-kart track.

I've been talking all night.

- I know. Just not to me.

- Brian.

Oh, ha, ha!

- Yeah!

- Yeah!

Brian! Brian! Brian!

Hey, Bri, it's me. Again.

Just trying to see where you are.

You know, we're supposed to go

to Monica Janakowski's party tonight.

Wait. You're probably in the shower.

Lack, it's okay.

Just please give me a call, all right?

Give me a call. Coal.

Oh, these are nice.

Brian! Brian! Brian!

I am a basketball god!

- Has anybody seen Isabel?

- I think she went home.

- She did?

- Mm-hm.

Parent! Somebody's dad's coming!

Out of the way.

Excuse me. Thank you. Nice shorts.

- Lack, you need to give it back.

- Mr. Garrett?

You have Kevin Durant's talent.

Well, thank you.

I'm not even saying you did it on purpose,

or you even know...

...but I'm telling you and new you know.

Know what?

Because I'm pretty confused.

You stole Kevin Durant's talent.

Oh, he's Kevin Durant's agent,

not somebody's dad.

- Dad. What?

- He's not a parent! It's coal!

A parent, really?

Sn, what do you want?

You stole Kevin Durant's talent!

- Let's talk.

- Yeah.

Lack, Mr. Garrett--

Sir, that's crazy, okay? It's nuts.

Really?

Don't you think this is all kind of strange?

Your talent? Your sudden talent?

I blossomed.

You know, Michael Jordan got cut

from his high school team sophomore year.

Every kid who's ever sucked

hangs an to that story.

Look, when MJ gut cut from varsity...

...he then tare up JV

with a bunch of 40-paint games.

Haw many paints did you scare before

meeting Kevin at halftime that night?

None. I didn't play.

Fine. The game before that?

None. I wasn't an the team yet.

Freshman year, last year,

what was your scaring average?

- I didn't make the freshman team.

- New what's your scaring average?

Forty-eight paints a game.

Exactly my paint. Kevin Durant hasn't

missed a layup since he was your age.

New he can't even make one?

Why? Why are you trying

to ruin everything?

I know this is important to you, I dc.

But that talent you new have is not yours.

Na, you're wrung, okay?

You're wrung. It's not magic

or whatever you think it is, okay?

- I worked for this.

- Na, you wished for it.

And you know what the worst thing is?

You let down this entire community.

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