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Foul Trouble
The book "Foul Trouble" by John Feinstein is a great story about an incredible athlete almost destroy his whole career. Terrell Jamerson is the best high school basketball player in America. His team is ready to the win the championships and colleges are offering full scholarships. Plus Terrell is also living like a rock star getting autographs and press coverage at every game. It seems like he has it all basketball talent and fame. But that's not how his best friend Danny Wilcox sees it who's also a top prospect himself. Danny knows and is suspicious about sneaker guys and managers who say they that sneaker deals are good but there really not. after reading ten chapters there has already been a handful of reporters and so called money makers who have tried to mess and destroy Terrell's reputation. so far he already has been smoking weed and was suspended for a game because of it. As a result Terrell can and might be investigated by the NCAA. Terrell as well as Danny have to play hard and aggressive on and off the court to survive the recruiting game. The Theme of this book is not to be cocky. just because your good doesn't mean you shouldn't practice. Don't throw away your career by smoking or doing drugs like Terrell almost did.
One reason why you shouldn't throw your career away and be cocky because you can be even better in the future. for example in the book Danny kept on calling player s the next Lenny Cooke. A top high school basketball player in 2002. Lenny Cooke and Lebron James were the top high school basketball players in the country. except Lebron got drafted in the NBA and one two championships and is now known as the best basketball player in the league right now. Lenny Cooke is a nobody now who took an unexpected road. and has never played a single quarter of pro basketball. To clarify he is calling Players who are messing with agents and throwing away their career Lenny Cooke cause they are doing the same thing he did ten years ago.
Another example Why you shouldn't be cocky and practice all the time is because things like drugs aren't going to solve problems they're going to make them worse and even add to your issues. After getting high Terrell was caught and was suspended for a game. In the book it said " Without Terrell to power the offense or Danny to lead the defense, the rebels looked lost from the start." The quote is telling you that drugs can result in a penalty like health issues and consequences that Terrell and Danny had to go through but in the real world there even worse doing drugs can result in getting killed or end up in jail with other drug users and deals. With out Terrel or Danny the Rebels were lost and the toreros won 85-66 but was still able to get another win in the next game.
In conclusion don't be cocky and full of yourself always practice to get better don't throw it away by doing drugs or other illegal stuff it will only increase your problems by having to deal with headaches and other health issues. Or you might just end up like Lenny Cooke and be a high school star to a nobody on a street with a name that has been forgotten. I'm still reading the book Foul Trouble and enjoy it a lot. This book teaches a lot of life lessons like another book I read called Hoop dreams. Both authors trying to teach young kids with dreams as playing pro basketball don't happen so easily you have to work at it and practice and not make careless mistakes like doing drugs. So watch your back and take care of yourself because when your the number one recruit, everyone is trying to make a play.
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