hoop dreams

The movie hoop dreams is about two inner city youth teens who's dreams are to make it in the NBA to help their families. the talent these two young men had was very good, they could have went places with their talents. they faced so many challenges growing up from, poverty, education, money, and family.
    Their basketball dreams were going to get them somewhere in life and out the bad streets of Chicago. All they had was family, it was hard to survive in their environment, it was so poverty sticken. Arthurs family was on the verge of losing their home, because their mother got laid off. They struggled throughout the whole documentary, weather it was not being able to pay their bills, or not having food on the table. His father couldn't handle the pressure and began living the life of drugs. his home life was all bad, even so was his school. Arthur got recruited to go to a white school called St. Joseph High, it was a good school for him, it also worked for his basketball career, but he wasn't financially stable and wasn't able to continue to go to the school. Once he left St. Joseph's he did not attend school for two months, from there he went to Marshall High. He went through so much in his high school life, from his father resorting to drugs and abandoning their family, to them on the verge of losing their house. He did not it his environment get him down, he continued to strive and was able to take his team all the way to the championship game; where they lost but still played good. His grades and act test score wasn't high enough to go to a division one school, so he had to settle for a junior college first. After school he did not proceed with his dream of becoming a professional basketball player, he became a preacher, and went on to teach a program for the children to help them never forget their dreams and to proceed it. the organization Hoop Dreams helps children with education also, he goes to different schools throughout the world and speak on his life and dreams, but also to continue on with school and get an education.
    William Gates always dreamed about playing in the NBA, he wanted to get his family out of the ghetto and into a safe environment. He got recruited to play at St. Joseph's High and he was the only freshman to start the varsity team. he was the main focus at the school, mainly they were focused on him winning them the championship that they got a rich family to pay half of his tuition at the school. He had so much pressure on him to make it into the NBA, everyone wanted him to from family to friends. he had a daughter in his junior year of high school, but did not tell his coach or anyone about it. he didnt want to mess anything up, but the burden became to heavy and he decided to tell, he got help for his child just like they helped him. he always had a drive for basketball, until he tore something in his leg and he couldn't play for a while tell it healed. it always got to him because no matter how many surgeries he has had he always would re-fracture his knee. after his knee problems he kind of lost focus in everything from school, to basketball. he felt that without his knee right he wouldn't be able to perform like he used to. since not doing any work in school when it came time to pass his act test, he had to take it twice because he did not pass the first time, and in order to get int a division one school he had to have at lease an 18 on his test. he finally got the 18 and decided to go to Marquette College where his older brother went but never got the chance to play.  After graduating from Marquette William became a real estate agent. in 2001 he got the offer to play for the washington, wizards but couldnt play because he had injured his foot.
     these two young men had people waiting for them to go pro. they had people counting on them. William's brother Curtis was depending on him, he put all his time and day into him, he wanted him to make it because he didnt make it. but he died after the film was being shot. Arthur's father wanted him to make it, he lived in Arthur's shadow because he never got the chance to make it into the NBA so all his hopes and dreams went into his son. everyone wanted these two young men to make it, they started off loving the game of basketball but as they were pushed and tried it just became like  a job to them and no longer became just a game.