Anthony Mackie plays “Tech,” an underprivileged young man; he’s struggling to get his GED as he spent time in a juvenile home for committing a crime, which consequently affected his education and reputation. He works part time in a sneaker store and plays street ball in between all of this to make extra money and live out his passion- basketball.

“Noah,” played by Wesley Jonathan, is Tech’s best friend. Noah has a different life from Tech. He lives in the suburbs, his grandmother is raising him because his parents died early on, and Noah is very focused on going to college to become a doctor. Noah isn’t passionate about ball the way Tech is, but he has a natural talent for the game and it shows…. especially to Vaughn.

Emmy-award winning Wayne Brady plays “Vaughn.” Vaughn is a former sports agent turned club-owner, but he can’t leave the game alone, despite the success of his club. He collects bets on these underground street games, makes a pretty good profit and pays out a pretty penny to the players as well. Vaughn has an eye for talent and although he has faith in Tech, he really wants to get Noah under his wing and take him to the NBA to make a real profit.

Vaughn actually gets “Vanessa,” played by Eva Pigford, to try to convince Noah to consider the NBA, but Noah is fixated on studying medicine and becoming a doctor. He realizes the importance of education and its lasting effects as opposed to torn ligaments that can kill your whole basketball career. Vanessa meets Noah at a party, becomes his girlfriend and then fiancée, right after telling him she’s pregnant- all of this happens in the wink of an eye literally. Vanessa is a gold-digger and just like Vaughn, she sees the potential success in Noah and doesn’t want to risk missing out.

To sum up the film without trying to give everything away, Tech and Noah share a deep secret and this secret has indebted Noah to Tech. Noah will do almost anything for Tech because of this, but they genuinely have love for one another. Vaughn and Vanessa team up to leak information to the press about Noah playing street ball which can hurt his college opportunities and make Vaughn’s offer to help, look that much more appealing.

Noah refuses to deal with Vaughn and opts for possibly going to community college and getting a part time job to raise his baby with Vanessa after they get married. Vanessa becomes fed up with Noah’s refusal to try to go pro and make “real money” and now all of a sudden, she miscalculated things and the baby isn’t his. She tells Noah that her ex-boyfriend, street baller, “Jewelz”, fathered the baby.  Jewelz is the captain of Tech and Noah’s rival team, “Platinum.”