- If you were absent Friday, find time over break to watch HOOP DREAMS on Netflix!
SPORTSMANSHIP
1. For these boys, was basketball a job or a sport?
2. What percentage of high school basketball stars go on to long term careers in the NBA or in professional basketball in other countries?
3. What percentage of college scholarship athletes who do not make it to the pros graduate and put their college degrees to use?
4. Was Spike Lee correct that basketball was all about money? Did that apply to the program at Marshall? At St. Joseph's?
BREAKING OUT & TALENT
5. What was the importance of their skill at basketball to Arthur and William? Was it just a sport?
6. Both Arthur and William received scholarships to college. Would they have been able to attend college without these scholarships? Was there another way in which they could have gone to college? What about William's girlfriend, Catherine?
7. What is the relationship between extraordinary talent and breaking out of the usual limitations of one's social group? Is talent necessary to break out or just helpful? Explain your answer.
ALCOHOL & DRUG ABUSE
8. William and Arthur never seemed to have a problem staying off of drugs and away from the gangs. Why?
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