"It's like I said, it isn't what you do with the shots you make, but the ones that don't go in. The rebounds."

Sean vows that this year will be different: he'll stay out of trouble and make the basketball team, even if it means ditching his old friends.

David also needs to make a new start. A serious accident has left him confined to a wheelchair and horribly bitter about how his life has changed.

Forced together, the boys learn to like each other, and their friendship may just be what they both need to get back in the game.

". . . the most important thing is to have somebody, even just one person, believe in you. More is better than less, but as long as you have one person, you can do it. And Joseph, this is the most important thing, and the most difficult part. It really doesn't matter how many people believe in you until you believe in yourself."

Joseph had never known the sky could be so big. But somehow out here in the wilderness everything was clearer. A guy noticed things he couldn't see in the city. Maybe he had just been too busy stealing and running and hiding from the cops to look up. Or maybe being stuck with this stupid bunch of losers and social workers was beginning to get to him. Whatever it was, the sky was huge, and full of stars. The stars were what Joseph liked best.