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Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.
Top billed cast
Duane MartinKyle Lee Watson
Tupac ShakurBirdie
Bernie MacFlip
Marlon WayansBugaloo
LeonShep
Wood HarrisMotaw
Michael RispoliRichie
David BaileyRollins
Tonya PinkinsMailika
Byron MinnsMonroe
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