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After Hoop Dreams--Lecture

Hoop Dreams Wkst.

Journal #2A-B. Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul Jabbar

Journal #3 Bill Russell

Big East Mascots

Hoop Dreams Wkst.
A. Arthur Agee B. William Gates C. BOTH

1. Recruited to St. Joseph’s H.S.
2. Played varsity as a freshman.
3. Pt. Guard, freshman team.
4. Scholarship to Marquette University.
5. Father in jail-drugs/burglary.
6. 4th-5th grade reading level as freshman.
7. Had not seen father in 3 years.
8. Reached on grade level freshman year.
9. Attends Jr. College, bad grades you know—can’t make 700 on the SAT.
10. Brother was a great player, but did not make it.
11. Said he would be a better father than his had been.
12. Became a father in high school.
13. Gene Pingatore was his coach.
14. His father says he could play well when he was young.
15. His team never makes it Downstate.
16. Grades were his downfall.
17. Does graduate from college.
18. Injuries probably prevented him from making it big.
19. Became a youth social worker later in life.
20. Isaiah Thomas was his idol, put his nickname on his shoes.