Hoop Dreams 25-Years Later

[Heisenberg]

Thought this board needed a non-Hauser thread.

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Hoop Dreams is now 25-years old and they chronicle how the movie affected Dwayne Wade.  Good read


When Dwyane Wade was a 12-year-old shooting jumpers on the playgrounds of Chicago, a movie came out that would help navigate him through his future Hall of Fame career.

Released in 1994, "Hoop Dreams" shadowed the bumpy fortunes of Arthur Agee and William Gates, two inner-city Chicago youths dreaming of NBA stardom.

Wade's path to the Final Four with Marquette and championships with the Miami Heat would be lined with the same challenges faced by Agee and Gates, including the pressures of injury and young parenting, and the avoidance of drugs and gun violence.

Twenty-five years since its premier, "Hoop Dreams" still impacts Wade. "I watched it many times, and it resonated with me because we all have hoop dreams," the recently retired three-time NBA champion tells CNN.

Keep reading here

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/04/sport/hoop-dreams-25th-anniversary-spt-intl/index.html

[mujivitz06]

Really amazing read.

[Skatastrophy]

I watched that movie and it didn't help me.