The Last Shot (2017): Season 1, Episode 6 - Down to the Buzzer - full transcript
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You gotta win,
you know what I'm saying?
There ain't no bitches out here.
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I'm from the street.
I'm a product of my environment.
I got to go get that money
because I got two babies
right here.
I love you, baby.
I fucked up with the cartel.
You know, they'd kill me,
so I just got to
go ahead and leave,
no matter what.
I checked the transmission
fluid. It was good.
I ain't touched a basketball
since I've been back.
The longer I work
at the car dealership,
the further away
basketball goes.
I'm on a bad knee.
It feel like it's on fire.
There's only so much your body
can go through,
you know what I'm saying?
I still love the hell
out of the game,
but I'm out.
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We still have
one last tournament.
Come on, Khalil!
Somebody might end up leaving
with a contract.
I want to tell you something,
you be like, "All right, I got you."
That's what big men supposed
to fucking do.
If we don't win tomorrow,
then...
it's a wrap, man.
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Hey, Tim.
How you doing, Coach?
This is, like,
the last leg right here.
This is, like, the last one
for them to get signed
with somebody.
This is our last day
actually playing.
This is their last chance
to actually try to,
um... get a contract, you know,
from somebody.
Well, it's very important
to see the guys...
Yeah.
...in action.
Okay. Okay.
In action.
So, I won't --
I won't even tell them that
you're here or anybody's here,
in the stands,
but I will make them aware
and tell them,
"You never know
who's watching."
I can't tell any of the players
about what's going on right now
because that's, like,
added pressure.
They want it so bad, and when
you want something so bad,
you're gonna overdo things,
you're gonna overthink.
It could cause them
to not play their game.
Let's give them a chance
to play very well,
and after the game, we talk.
Okay. Very good.
Let's see your team.
Hopefully, they'll go out there
and play well,
'cause this is the last one.
And so, after the game,
we gonna know
what the... gonna be.
I've been waiting for this
moment for a very long time,
so now that I'm here...
nothing's standing in my way.
* ...this game for years
* It made me intelligent
* Stupid niggas fade
into irrelevance *
* I'm permanently settled
in like melanin *
* Adamantium skeletons
* The sickness is immune
to modern medicine *
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God has blessed me so much.
I feel like He placed me
in this situation
to do something good.
Now it's time for me to do
what I have to,
'cause this is the destiny
that I'm creating.
No matter what happens today,
this is the beginning --
not the end.
* You can't box for odds,
your arms will never reach *
* So trying to talk to God,
the odd is you'll never speak *
* But you could start
by washing both of your feet *
* And praying with open hands
* And bending both
of your knees *
Before every game, I pray,
'cause all of this is
because of Him.
I came to land a contract
and to be seen
and to get noticed.
I could not have done
none of this shit by myself.
Thank God for that.
Thank God for that.
Everything happens for a reason.
* I know that Yeezus
was a mortal man *
* And HOV ain't Jehovah,
just a normal man *
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I'm done, like,
with this tournament circuit,
the tournament ball
and all of that.
This knee don't work no more.
But basketball is all I know,
so I start working
at the University of Colima.
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I fell in love with teaching,
with coaching.
I fell in love with
having -- having class
so I can develop kids
who want to play the game,
who --
who have aspirations to --
to play it professionally,
you know?
I'd rather have this
than the money,
you know, and the fame.
That's it, Kobe!
Kobe Bryant!
Kobe Bryant!
It's heaven, man.
How many people can say
they live and wake up
and look out their door
and see a volcano -- two.
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Man, when I die, man,
don't send me home.
Burn me and --
and -- and spread me
in the -- in the beach,
'cause this is where I --
this is where I fell in love.
This is where I found
peace, my family.
I'm gonna finish it
out here, man.
They're gonna bury me in Colima.
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My sons are watching,
and this is the first time
my youngest gets to see me play.
I mean, this is -- this is --
these are the moments, man,
you know what I'm saying?
This is why
I got to get this "W."
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We are here
to face Chino's team again,
and I want to beat them
so fucking bad
and have my revenge.
There's, like,
a fucking history, man,
that they always win it.
I mean, anybody that wins,
you got to respect 'em,
but that don't mean that
I don't want to beat their ass,
you know what I'm saying?
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- One, two, three.
- Win!
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They can't stop you, Khalil!
Go right back at them!
I got fucking El Chino on me.
This is the moment
I finna get my revenge.
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All the way, Khalil!
Boom!
Each one of these guys are
looking for their last shot.
This is, like, the last one
for them to get signed.
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They don't know that
somebody's here.
All they have to do is
show him they --
they good enough
to play in the League.
Yeah!
You banging something, baby.
Listen, Khalil.
Keep hoopin', keep hoopin'.
Feeling good right now.
They're playing well, man.
We up right now, but, you know,
we got a long way to go, man.
I have to
come back with a contract,
'cause if not, then all
of these years we playing,
like, all this work
that I put in
could it definitely be gone.
* I'ma gonna get it
Don't let 'em touch it.
Move!
Good move!
And I don't want to give it up
and get a 9-to-5 job, you know?
I'm totally able to dunk
and put the ball in the basket.
You know, I'm 6'7" --
like, why am I not
doing something in that field?
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Can't stop you, Khalil!
Go right back at 'em!
* Its time to turn my dreams
into schemes *
* Schemes!
* Schemes into plans
* Plans!
* Plans into history
* Show 'em who I am
* Now here we go, hey
* Talk about it be, about it,
show 'em who I am *
* Now here we go, hey
* I'ma show 'em who I am
He playing his game, baby.
He playing his game.
* Saw it all in my foresight
* Been ready for this moment
my whole life *
Ohhhh!
Let's go, baby!
Let's go, baby!
Let's go!
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* Yeah, all I care about
is counting money *
* All I care about is
counting money *
* All I care about is
counting money *
* All they care about
is counting money *
* Dollar bills on my mind
* If you ain't talkin'
about them riches *
* You wastin' my fuckin' time
There we go.
Take your time!
Take your time!
Watch out, watch out!
Watch out.
There you go. Jump!
Come on, Josh!
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My God, man!
You fucking serious?
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Everybody counting on me.
I came to be an example...
for my kids, for my girlfriend.
I want to give my sons stuff
that money can't give.
My son, Chris --
he looking at the teams,
and he's sizing up.
Even him, as a 6-year-old,
he like,
"Man, probably, y'all gonna lose
to the all-American team,"
and I'm, like,
"Ain't that a bitch?"
He think we gonna lose.
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You a bitch, nigga.
You work, nigga.
You don't play ball.
We're all good.
Push-ass nigga.
But, man, can they talk
a lot of shit, too.
Like, they're popping
hella shit, bro.
Man, he talkin' shit
like he good or something.
I can't believe these nigga
had the nerve
to talk shit, though.
You heard me, playa.
That nigga gonna try
and bully y'all niggas, man.
That's all they gonna do,
is try and bully y'all niggas.
That nigga's going
right back home,
right back to the office.
Yo, this is the last one.
Let's get it.
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I used to
be a USA Select player.
I know how to attack them.
I feel I'm a leader
of the wolf pack.
I'ma pop 'em off
for the money, man.
I'm gonna secure the bag.
Come on!
Come on!
My God, man!
* You know the type of women
I don't like *
* LeBron James, Steph Curry,
give it a star type *
* See you in the club, man,
that's all they like *
* Switch the ball to the left, stiff arm 'em
with the right * Tim: Easy pass, easy pass.
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Come on, man -- Hey!
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I was open!
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Hey, fellas, look.
This is it.
This is it right now.
Score the ball,
and we stop them on defense.
This is it.
This is it!
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Tim, go to Ronald!
Like that, Ron!
Like that, Ron!
They got lay it all on the line
because there's a guy
in the stands
who come here
to scout for players.
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If we win,
one or all five of the guys
are in a contract.
If they don't,
it's possible, easily,
he could change his mind
just like that.
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Hey! Hey!
We ain't got no time-outs!
No time-out!
It gets to overtime, we down 2,
and I got fucking
El Chino on me.
This is the moment
I finna get my revenge.
Khalil ended up having
the ball --
last opposition.
Only 10 seconds left...
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...three seconds...
two second...
one second...
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...game over.
I lost to El Chino again.
I feel bad 'cause
I know how bad Khalil wanted it.
They were saying,
"Go for the win,"
'cause they don't think
they can go another quarter.
I had it, and I missed.
I know a lot of people
wanted this.
I let a lot of people down.
I know it's gonna haunt me.
It's all about the last shot.
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Right now,
living in Tallahassee, Florida.
I ain't got nowhere to stay.
So I'm living with my homeboy.
He's just getting out of jail,
so right now,
I'm sleeping on the couch.
This was my bedroom, like...
This is where they let me sleep,
you know?
I would feed you, cat,
but you ain't
my responsibility, baby.
Shit, I don't got a job no more.
I was considering going
to the Army
and all this and that
and the other
and my system ain't working.
I don't like way that feel.
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I'm a basketball player
before anything.
I planned on the NBA, you know.
My coach said,
"He should've been in the NBA."
I'm not no average player, so...
As long as I stay on top
of my game,
anything possible.
I'm gonna give myself
two more years.
Two more years,
and then I'm gonna let it go.
It's just gonna be something
I got to do.
Hope for better,
pray for better.
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I went to Mexico
with all sense of mind,
"I'm gonna play my butt off,
I'm gonna come home
with a contract,"
but I ended up coming home
with nothing.
Basketball is only a game.
Life is the real deal, man.
I got a beautiful family --
wife, son.
I'm in the pros right now.
I'm a professional dad
and a professional husband.
I won already.
I'm hoop-dreaming now.
I'm hoop-dreaming now, man.
That's the coolest part.
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I want you guys to take
this summer opportunity
as a chance to learn
something that you enjoy.
This is summer school,
so let's make this fun.
Man, growing up,
my whole desire was,
"I gotta make it to the National
Basketball Association."
Never imagined myself
to become an educator,
but I can provide for my family
with this job here.
What's our favorite hobby, guys?
Come on, Raekwon.
Tell us what you got going.
What's your favorite hobby?
What's your favorite sport?
You mind if I ask you
why do you love basketball
so much?
What do basketball do for you?
Okay, good answer.
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Basketball is what I love.
I want another
basketball opportunity,
but it's gonna have to fall
in the right place.
I'm gonna play the game
and not let the game play me.
My family's what is
most important to me,
so I got to be more than
a basketball player.
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That's a good win, man.
We got the money, man.
Let's enjoy the bag.
Just gave it everything I had.
Man, my sons are watching.
And it was all worth it,
know what I'm saying?
This whole trip, this whole run,
the connections I made
in the end --
everything was
all worth it, man.
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I'm good.
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He got me
at a vulnerable moment.
He come at a very
vulnerable moment, man.
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I just figured
I let my whole team down,
I let everyone
in the crowd down,
and then at the end of the day,
it was, like...
You know that beautiful sun ray
that comes through
the dark rain cloud?
It was like that.
It was...
it was beautiful.
It made me cry.
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It's not so much about
the last shot that you missed.
It's about the next shot
that you're gonna make.
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Whoo!
I'm feeling pretty confident.
I know I-I'm ready for it.
I'm pretty prepared.
I am so excited about this.
I can't wait until it starts.
It's, um...
I'm trying to keep it
bottled in,
so by the time
I get on the court,
that's when it explodes.
When you're in the States,
nobody acknowledge you
or nothing.
Like, when you was coming up,
when you were just
starting high school,
they were, like --
everybody know who you are.
Everybody following you.
And then,
when that dream is crushed...
you know what I'm saying,
people fade away.
I heard a saying --
"All you need is one person
to believe in you,
and you can get it done."
Not saying that you can't
do it by yourself,
but it just makes it
that much easier
if you have someone, like,
"Yeah, you can do it."
All you need is just
one person, so...
Just having that
feeling down here,
you're walking on the street,
and then one person
asks for a photo,
next thing you know,
it's 31 people, you know?
That's more than reassurance.
Yeah, I got a lot
to prove, so, um...
I just want to keep on
working hard
and, I want to
just remain to be a pro.
In this game, we play it
cool and collected,
and I'm kind of just learning
the ropes because I'm a rookie,
so I'm just taking
this head-strong.
I'm ready for it.
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I just came back from Mexico.
You know,
going to work every day
and sanding door frames,
you know,
for a whole eight --
eight hours.
Sucks, though.
Like, I don't know
what the future holds.
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No!
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Heading to Texas, man --
heading back home.
Yeah, it'll be exciting, man.
Get to see my family again,
see my friends,
nephew, niece.
I'll probably pick up
where I left off over there,
selling cars at...
Classic Kia.
I'll always play basketball,
whether it's just shooting
around in the gym,
playing with my nephew,
or something like that,
but as far as only depending
on basketball,
I think that it'd be a kind of
a hint for me to, like,
it's time to wrap things up,
you know?
Maybe just play for fun
or something like that,
and it's not that big of a deal
where I'm gonna
jeopardize my lifestyle
or how I'm eating to,
you know what I'm saying,
trying to play basketball.
That just --
That just wouldn't be
a smart thing for me to do,
like, not in my eyes.
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See you later.
Right now,
I have the opportunity
to play down here in Mexico.
Heading to the bus station
where I can meet my team.
* I got dreams
of being a rich nigga *
* A wealthy man is too grand
to fit in the big picture *
* And being broke
ain't even in the scope *
* So what's the plan?
Once you're down here,
you don't want to go back home.
You know, even though I have
kids and responsibilities,
I'm...
I'm continuing to live my dream.
As far as my body can take me,
as far as my mind can take me,
as far as this journey
can take me,
basketball can take me.
* I can get it, yeah
* I can get it, yeah
* I can get it, yeah
* You know I'm with it, yeah
Everybody that has a dream
or does something
that they love, there's --
there's gonna be price --
a price to pay, you know?
You're gonna have
to sacrifice something.
I feel like this is
my opportunity
to get all I can
out of basketball.
Nothing's gonna stop me.
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You'll be all right.
Sucks, but I'll be --
I'll be back.
I have a feeling
I'm gonna see you --
see all you guys again.
* Can't just let me be
* Can't just let me live
* I'm trying to lift
the shadow *
* But the cloud
ain't got no give *
I mean, pro ball
is always there in my mind.
Like, this trip really
gave me, like,
the reminder of what it,
you know, takes,
and basketball has
had an effect on
so many different areas
of the world, you know?
It's so much bigger
than what I thought it was.
* Darkness all I see
* And darkness all I hear
* I'm trying to lift
the shadow *
* But the cloud
ain't got no give *
I always feel
like I could've played better.
I could've been
in a little bit better shape.
My very first game
that I played in, you know...
I was almost dead.
Sometimes, I dwell a little
too much on my mess-ups.
I'm always looking
for the next game
to try to erase something,
I feel,
but there's no more games.
I mean, I'll...
basically go back home
and go to work.
And...
you know, and see what --
see what develops.
Just came back from Mexico.
I was depressed about it
for maybe, like,
a week or two, and then...
pretty much I was back
in my work mode.
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I'm just, you know,
going to work every day
and sanding door frames,
you know,
for a whole eight --
eight hours.
I'm always thinking about
basketball while I'm working.
I mean, it makes time go by.
I remember playing in
some nice, intense games --
crowds, you know,
people watching it,
getting involved
in those games that are tight
just gets your juices
flowing again,
so after I do a long shift
over at work, painting,
you know what I mean,
I just want to keep
playing even more now.
But it feels so far away.
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Go touch the water --
Agua, Christopher?
Coming back out here to Mexico,
my plan was to --
to see my kids, man.
Ooh!
We're gonna have fun.
I'ma take 'em to the beach.
And...
and spend some time with 'em.
They ain't never seen
a beach before,
and that's where
they want to go.
Josh!
It's hella funny
watching 'em do this.
I do the best I can to tap in
with them,
and it keeps you pointing.
But me making
the mercenarial money,
you know what I'm saying, that
-- that paid for everything.
You all right?
You know,
you got to leave again,
but I-I told 'em,
you know what I mean,
God -- God willing,
you know what I'm saying,
I'm gonna come back
and bring them to the States.
They're too young right now,
but I know they'll eventually
understand the road
that I set out for myself,
for my family --
that's what I'm out here
doing this for.
I wanted to do it for them.
So all I'm waiting for is
to reap the benefits
of all this work,
'cause I'm still pushing
and, I mean...
we can't do nothing
but get better
and go up, you know what I mean?
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Y'all ready?
Quit making excuses.
Then go. Go.
Take off. Take off!
Take off --
five times around.
I can't go and say
I want to be a nurse or --
or a lawyer
or something like that.
I have to go back to school
and do all that type of stuff.
My heart ain't there,
you know what I'm saying?
My heart in basketball,
so I have to do something
in that circle.
Yeah, I ain't got to be playing.
It can be something affiliated
with some kind of way
with basketball,
you know what I'm saying?
You're gonna defense slide.
So, after coming back, man,
and playing and travelling
and stuff,
I'm trying to set up programs
where kids get to travel
and go places
and get to see
the outside world.
Go.
* What if I fail
to provide all my needs? *
* If I can do for you
what you do for me *
* Or would you treat me
like bum on the street? *
* And tell me that I sow exactly
what I preach * Let's go.
* These ain't complex questions
that I ask *
* Our obligation to each other
is our task *
* And if you choose to do
yourself, that ain't bad *
* But do for other,
you solidify your path *
* Therefore, I ask
This, right here,
is the Hartwood Apartment
where I used to play.
This, right here,
made me strive for more,
And now...
what, 16, 17 years later,
it still the same.
There's many kids living
in these apartments, man,
you know, and there's nothing
out here for them to do.
Right now, Durant,
like, is in a bad spot.
Instead of going forward,
it's going backwards.
There's no jobs,
there's no opportunities,
there's nothing to do
for kids right now,
so I came back to Durant
because I was determined
to do something
for the people of my hometown --
to try to bring some kind of
life here through sports.
Look, y'all go home,
continue to work.
Stay out of trouble, okay?
- Yeah.
- Listen to your parents.
All right?
Hard work on three.
One, two, three.
- Hard work!
Okay.
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I'm not gonna say I'm done
with tournament basketball.
I'm finna get a --
a good group, a team together.
I want to go back into Mexico
for a tour,
but this time, fuck it, man,
we gonna go take it.
We're gonna win it.
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You gotta win,
you know what I'm saying?
There ain't no bitches out here.
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I'm from the street.
I'm a product of my environment.
I got to go get that money
because I got two babies
right here.
I love you, baby.
I fucked up with the cartel.
You know, they'd kill me,
so I just got to
go ahead and leave,
no matter what.
I checked the transmission
fluid. It was good.
I ain't touched a basketball
since I've been back.
The longer I work
at the car dealership,
the further away
basketball goes.
I'm on a bad knee.
It feel like it's on fire.
There's only so much your body
can go through,
you know what I'm saying?
I still love the hell
out of the game,
but I'm out.
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We still have
one last tournament.
Come on, Khalil!
Somebody might end up leaving
with a contract.
I want to tell you something,
you be like, "All right, I got you."
That's what big men supposed
to fucking do.
If we don't win tomorrow,
then...
it's a wrap, man.
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Hey, Tim.
How you doing, Coach?
This is, like,
the last leg right here.
This is, like, the last one
for them to get signed
with somebody.
This is our last day
actually playing.
This is their last chance
to actually try to,
um... get a contract, you know,
from somebody.
Well, it's very important
to see the guys...
Yeah.
...in action.
Okay. Okay.
In action.
So, I won't --
I won't even tell them that
you're here or anybody's here,
in the stands,
but I will make them aware
and tell them,
"You never know
who's watching."
I can't tell any of the players
about what's going on right now
because that's, like,
added pressure.
They want it so bad, and when
you want something so bad,
you're gonna overdo things,
you're gonna overthink.
It could cause them
to not play their game.
Let's give them a chance
to play very well,
and after the game, we talk.
Okay. Very good.
Let's see your team.
Hopefully, they'll go out there
and play well,
'cause this is the last one.
And so, after the game,
we gonna know
what the... gonna be.
I've been waiting for this
moment for a very long time,
so now that I'm here...
nothing's standing in my way.
* ...this game for years
* It made me intelligent
* Stupid niggas fade
into irrelevance *
* I'm permanently settled
in like melanin *
* Adamantium skeletons
* The sickness is immune
to modern medicine *
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God has blessed me so much.
I feel like He placed me
in this situation
to do something good.
Now it's time for me to do
what I have to,
'cause this is the destiny
that I'm creating.
No matter what happens today,
this is the beginning --
not the end.
* You can't box for odds,
your arms will never reach *
* So trying to talk to God,
the odd is you'll never speak *
* But you could start
by washing both of your feet *
* And praying with open hands
* And bending both
of your knees *
Before every game, I pray,
'cause all of this is
because of Him.
I came to land a contract
and to be seen
and to get noticed.
I could not have done
none of this shit by myself.
Thank God for that.
Thank God for that.
Everything happens for a reason.
* I know that Yeezus
was a mortal man *
* And HOV ain't Jehovah,
just a normal man *
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I'm done, like,
with this tournament circuit,
the tournament ball
and all of that.
This knee don't work no more.
But basketball is all I know,
so I start working
at the University of Colima.
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I fell in love with teaching,
with coaching.
I fell in love with
having -- having class
so I can develop kids
who want to play the game,
who --
who have aspirations to --
to play it professionally,
you know?
I'd rather have this
than the money,
you know, and the fame.
That's it, Kobe!
Kobe Bryant!
Kobe Bryant!
It's heaven, man.
How many people can say
they live and wake up
and look out their door
and see a volcano -- two.
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Man, when I die, man,
don't send me home.
Burn me and --
and -- and spread me
in the -- in the beach,
'cause this is where I --
this is where I fell in love.
This is where I found
peace, my family.
I'm gonna finish it
out here, man.
They're gonna bury me in Colima.
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My sons are watching,
and this is the first time
my youngest gets to see me play.
I mean, this is -- this is --
these are the moments, man,
you know what I'm saying?
This is why
I got to get this "W."
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We are here
to face Chino's team again,
and I want to beat them
so fucking bad
and have my revenge.
There's, like,
a fucking history, man,
that they always win it.
I mean, anybody that wins,
you got to respect 'em,
but that don't mean that
I don't want to beat their ass,
you know what I'm saying?
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- One, two, three.
- Win!
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They can't stop you, Khalil!
Go right back at them!
I got fucking El Chino on me.
This is the moment
I finna get my revenge.
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All the way, Khalil!
Boom!
Each one of these guys are
looking for their last shot.
This is, like, the last one
for them to get signed.
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They don't know that
somebody's here.
All they have to do is
show him they --
they good enough
to play in the League.
Yeah!
You banging something, baby.
Listen, Khalil.
Keep hoopin', keep hoopin'.
Feeling good right now.
They're playing well, man.
We up right now, but, you know,
we got a long way to go, man.
I have to
come back with a contract,
'cause if not, then all
of these years we playing,
like, all this work
that I put in
could it definitely be gone.
* I'ma gonna get it
Don't let 'em touch it.
Move!
Good move!
And I don't want to give it up
and get a 9-to-5 job, you know?
I'm totally able to dunk
and put the ball in the basket.
You know, I'm 6'7" --
like, why am I not
doing something in that field?
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Can't stop you, Khalil!
Go right back at 'em!
* Its time to turn my dreams
into schemes *
* Schemes!
* Schemes into plans
* Plans!
* Plans into history
* Show 'em who I am
* Now here we go, hey
* Talk about it be, about it,
show 'em who I am *
* Now here we go, hey
* I'ma show 'em who I am
He playing his game, baby.
He playing his game.
* Saw it all in my foresight
* Been ready for this moment
my whole life *
Ohhhh!
Let's go, baby!
Let's go, baby!
Let's go!
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* Yeah, all I care about
is counting money *
* All I care about is
counting money *
* All I care about is
counting money *
* All they care about
is counting money *
* Dollar bills on my mind
* If you ain't talkin'
about them riches *
* You wastin' my fuckin' time
There we go.
Take your time!
Take your time!
Watch out, watch out!
Watch out.
There you go. Jump!
Come on, Josh!
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My God, man!
You fucking serious?
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Everybody counting on me.
I came to be an example...
for my kids, for my girlfriend.
I want to give my sons stuff
that money can't give.
My son, Chris --
he looking at the teams,
and he's sizing up.
Even him, as a 6-year-old,
he like,
"Man, probably, y'all gonna lose
to the all-American team,"
and I'm, like,
"Ain't that a bitch?"
He think we gonna lose.
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You a bitch, nigga.
You work, nigga.
You don't play ball.
We're all good.
Push-ass nigga.
But, man, can they talk
a lot of shit, too.
Like, they're popping
hella shit, bro.
Man, he talkin' shit
like he good or something.
I can't believe these nigga
had the nerve
to talk shit, though.
You heard me, playa.
That nigga gonna try
and bully y'all niggas, man.
That's all they gonna do,
is try and bully y'all niggas.
That nigga's going
right back home,
right back to the office.
Yo, this is the last one.
Let's get it.
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I used to
be a USA Select player.
I know how to attack them.
I feel I'm a leader
of the wolf pack.
I'ma pop 'em off
for the money, man.
I'm gonna secure the bag.
Come on!
Come on!
My God, man!
* You know the type of women
I don't like *
* LeBron James, Steph Curry,
give it a star type *
* See you in the club, man,
that's all they like *
* Switch the ball to the left, stiff arm 'em
with the right * Tim: Easy pass, easy pass.
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Come on, man -- Hey!
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I was open!
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Hey, fellas, look.
This is it.
This is it right now.
Score the ball,
and we stop them on defense.
This is it.
This is it!
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Tim, go to Ronald!
Like that, Ron!
Like that, Ron!
They got lay it all on the line
because there's a guy
in the stands
who come here
to scout for players.
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If we win,
one or all five of the guys
are in a contract.
If they don't,
it's possible, easily,
he could change his mind
just like that.
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Hey! Hey!
We ain't got no time-outs!
No time-out!
It gets to overtime, we down 2,
and I got fucking
El Chino on me.
This is the moment
I finna get my revenge.
Khalil ended up having
the ball --
last opposition.
Only 10 seconds left...
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...three seconds...
two second...
one second...
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...game over.
I lost to El Chino again.
I feel bad 'cause
I know how bad Khalil wanted it.
They were saying,
"Go for the win,"
'cause they don't think
they can go another quarter.
I had it, and I missed.
I know a lot of people
wanted this.
I let a lot of people down.
I know it's gonna haunt me.
It's all about the last shot.
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Right now,
living in Tallahassee, Florida.
I ain't got nowhere to stay.
So I'm living with my homeboy.
He's just getting out of jail,
so right now,
I'm sleeping on the couch.
This was my bedroom, like...
This is where they let me sleep,
you know?
I would feed you, cat,
but you ain't
my responsibility, baby.
Shit, I don't got a job no more.
I was considering going
to the Army
and all this and that
and the other
and my system ain't working.
I don't like way that feel.
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I'm a basketball player
before anything.
I planned on the NBA, you know.
My coach said,
"He should've been in the NBA."
I'm not no average player, so...
As long as I stay on top
of my game,
anything possible.
I'm gonna give myself
two more years.
Two more years,
and then I'm gonna let it go.
It's just gonna be something
I got to do.
Hope for better,
pray for better.
**
I went to Mexico
with all sense of mind,
"I'm gonna play my butt off,
I'm gonna come home
with a contract,"
but I ended up coming home
with nothing.
Basketball is only a game.
Life is the real deal, man.
I got a beautiful family --
wife, son.
I'm in the pros right now.
I'm a professional dad
and a professional husband.
I won already.
I'm hoop-dreaming now.
I'm hoop-dreaming now, man.
That's the coolest part.
**
I want you guys to take
this summer opportunity
as a chance to learn
something that you enjoy.
This is summer school,
so let's make this fun.
Man, growing up,
my whole desire was,
"I gotta make it to the National
Basketball Association."
Never imagined myself
to become an educator,
but I can provide for my family
with this job here.
What's our favorite hobby, guys?
Come on, Raekwon.
Tell us what you got going.
What's your favorite hobby?
What's your favorite sport?
You mind if I ask you
why do you love basketball
so much?
What do basketball do for you?
Okay, good answer.
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Basketball is what I love.
I want another
basketball opportunity,
but it's gonna have to fall
in the right place.
I'm gonna play the game
and not let the game play me.
My family's what is
most important to me,
so I got to be more than
a basketball player.
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That's a good win, man.
We got the money, man.
Let's enjoy the bag.
Just gave it everything I had.
Man, my sons are watching.
And it was all worth it,
know what I'm saying?
This whole trip, this whole run,
the connections I made
in the end --
everything was
all worth it, man.
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I'm good.
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He got me
at a vulnerable moment.
He come at a very
vulnerable moment, man.
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I just figured
I let my whole team down,
I let everyone
in the crowd down,
and then at the end of the day,
it was, like...
You know that beautiful sun ray
that comes through
the dark rain cloud?
It was like that.
It was...
it was beautiful.
It made me cry.
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It's not so much about
the last shot that you missed.
It's about the next shot
that you're gonna make.
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Whoo!
I'm feeling pretty confident.
I know I-I'm ready for it.
I'm pretty prepared.
I am so excited about this.
I can't wait until it starts.
It's, um...
I'm trying to keep it
bottled in,
so by the time
I get on the court,
that's when it explodes.
When you're in the States,
nobody acknowledge you
or nothing.
Like, when you was coming up,
when you were just
starting high school,
they were, like --
everybody know who you are.
Everybody following you.
And then,
when that dream is crushed...
you know what I'm saying,
people fade away.
I heard a saying --
"All you need is one person
to believe in you,
and you can get it done."
Not saying that you can't
do it by yourself,
but it just makes it
that much easier
if you have someone, like,
"Yeah, you can do it."
All you need is just
one person, so...
Just having that
feeling down here,
you're walking on the street,
and then one person
asks for a photo,
next thing you know,
it's 31 people, you know?
That's more than reassurance.
Yeah, I got a lot
to prove, so, um...
I just want to keep on
working hard
and, I want to
just remain to be a pro.
In this game, we play it
cool and collected,
and I'm kind of just learning
the ropes because I'm a rookie,
so I'm just taking
this head-strong.
I'm ready for it.
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I just came back from Mexico.
You know,
going to work every day
and sanding door frames,
you know,
for a whole eight --
eight hours.
Sucks, though.
Like, I don't know
what the future holds.
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No!
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Heading to Texas, man --
heading back home.
Yeah, it'll be exciting, man.
Get to see my family again,
see my friends,
nephew, niece.
I'll probably pick up
where I left off over there,
selling cars at...
Classic Kia.
I'll always play basketball,
whether it's just shooting
around in the gym,
playing with my nephew,
or something like that,
but as far as only depending
on basketball,
I think that it'd be a kind of
a hint for me to, like,
it's time to wrap things up,
you know?
Maybe just play for fun
or something like that,
and it's not that big of a deal
where I'm gonna
jeopardize my lifestyle
or how I'm eating to,
you know what I'm saying,
trying to play basketball.
That just --
That just wouldn't be
a smart thing for me to do,
like, not in my eyes.
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See you later.
Right now,
I have the opportunity
to play down here in Mexico.
Heading to the bus station
where I can meet my team.
* I got dreams
of being a rich nigga *
* A wealthy man is too grand
to fit in the big picture *
* And being broke
ain't even in the scope *
* So what's the plan?
Once you're down here,
you don't want to go back home.
You know, even though I have
kids and responsibilities,
I'm...
I'm continuing to live my dream.
As far as my body can take me,
as far as my mind can take me,
as far as this journey
can take me,
basketball can take me.
* I can get it, yeah
* I can get it, yeah
* I can get it, yeah
* You know I'm with it, yeah
Everybody that has a dream
or does something
that they love, there's --
there's gonna be price --
a price to pay, you know?
You're gonna have
to sacrifice something.
I feel like this is
my opportunity
to get all I can
out of basketball.
Nothing's gonna stop me.
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You'll be all right.
Sucks, but I'll be --
I'll be back.
I have a feeling
I'm gonna see you --
see all you guys again.
* Can't just let me be
* Can't just let me live
* I'm trying to lift
the shadow *
* But the cloud
ain't got no give *
I mean, pro ball
is always there in my mind.
Like, this trip really
gave me, like,
the reminder of what it,
you know, takes,
and basketball has
had an effect on
so many different areas
of the world, you know?
It's so much bigger
than what I thought it was.
* Darkness all I see
* And darkness all I hear
* I'm trying to lift
the shadow *
* But the cloud
ain't got no give *
I always feel
like I could've played better.
I could've been
in a little bit better shape.
My very first game
that I played in, you know...
I was almost dead.
Sometimes, I dwell a little
too much on my mess-ups.
I'm always looking
for the next game
to try to erase something,
I feel,
but there's no more games.
I mean, I'll...
basically go back home
and go to work.
And...
you know, and see what --
see what develops.
Just came back from Mexico.
I was depressed about it
for maybe, like,
a week or two, and then...
pretty much I was back
in my work mode.
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I'm just, you know,
going to work every day
and sanding door frames,
you know,
for a whole eight --
eight hours.
I'm always thinking about
basketball while I'm working.
I mean, it makes time go by.
I remember playing in
some nice, intense games --
crowds, you know,
people watching it,
getting involved
in those games that are tight
just gets your juices
flowing again,
so after I do a long shift
over at work, painting,
you know what I mean,
I just want to keep
playing even more now.
But it feels so far away.
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Go touch the water --
Agua, Christopher?
Coming back out here to Mexico,
my plan was to --
to see my kids, man.
Ooh!
We're gonna have fun.
I'ma take 'em to the beach.
And...
and spend some time with 'em.
They ain't never seen
a beach before,
and that's where
they want to go.
Josh!
It's hella funny
watching 'em do this.
I do the best I can to tap in
with them,
and it keeps you pointing.
But me making
the mercenarial money,
you know what I'm saying, that
-- that paid for everything.
You all right?
You know,
you got to leave again,
but I-I told 'em,
you know what I mean,
God -- God willing,
you know what I'm saying,
I'm gonna come back
and bring them to the States.
They're too young right now,
but I know they'll eventually
understand the road
that I set out for myself,
for my family --
that's what I'm out here
doing this for.
I wanted to do it for them.
So all I'm waiting for is
to reap the benefits
of all this work,
'cause I'm still pushing
and, I mean...
we can't do nothing
but get better
and go up, you know what I mean?
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Y'all ready?
Quit making excuses.
Then go. Go.
Take off. Take off!
Take off --
five times around.
I can't go and say
I want to be a nurse or --
or a lawyer
or something like that.
I have to go back to school
and do all that type of stuff.
My heart ain't there,
you know what I'm saying?
My heart in basketball,
so I have to do something
in that circle.
Yeah, I ain't got to be playing.
It can be something affiliated
with some kind of way
with basketball,
you know what I'm saying?
You're gonna defense slide.
So, after coming back, man,
and playing and travelling
and stuff,
I'm trying to set up programs
where kids get to travel
and go places
and get to see
the outside world.
Go.
* What if I fail
to provide all my needs? *
* If I can do for you
what you do for me *
* Or would you treat me
like bum on the street? *
* And tell me that I sow exactly
what I preach * Let's go.
* These ain't complex questions
that I ask *
* Our obligation to each other
is our task *
* And if you choose to do
yourself, that ain't bad *
* But do for other,
you solidify your path *
* Therefore, I ask
This, right here,
is the Hartwood Apartment
where I used to play.
This, right here,
made me strive for more,
And now...
what, 16, 17 years later,
it still the same.
There's many kids living
in these apartments, man,
you know, and there's nothing
out here for them to do.
Right now, Durant,
like, is in a bad spot.
Instead of going forward,
it's going backwards.
There's no jobs,
there's no opportunities,
there's nothing to do
for kids right now,
so I came back to Durant
because I was determined
to do something
for the people of my hometown --
to try to bring some kind of
life here through sports.
Look, y'all go home,
continue to work.
Stay out of trouble, okay?
- Yeah.
- Listen to your parents.
All right?
Hard work on three.
One, two, three.
- Hard work!
Okay.
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I'm not gonna say I'm done
with tournament basketball.
I'm finna get a --
a good group, a team together.
I want to go back into Mexico
for a tour,
but this time, fuck it, man,
we gonna go take it.
We're gonna win it.
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