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0:10every day
0:21[Music]
0:26[Music]
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0:39they recruited just last year is widely
0:41held as the next lebron james
0:43we simply know him as the crane
1:17[Applause]
1:24untouchable
1:34[Applause]
1:37[Music]
1:39this way y'all put my fist up man look
1:42what you're throwing the ball man
1:46do it
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2:04stay on my way
2:20get off
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2:29tell everyone out there what it feels
2:30like to be the next lebron james
2:34lebron james i'm the only ty crane
2:39all right you heard it here first the
2:41only thai crane
2:43why do all the bench warmers always got
2:44something to say you're watching the
2:46damn game that's why
2:47got a good view huh yeah ty crane
2:49outscored a whole team by himself
2:51wonder how that happened we had number
2:5332 points i got 12 of them what'd you
2:55get kenyon
2:56shut up dawg the crap swoop down on you
2:58and deliver the basket of beatdown
2:59he clowns you dawg yeah you better shoot
3:01you had you unlock the whole game yo
3:03why don't you shut your mouth before i
3:04close it for good you didn't do
3:06either the whole game hold on man
3:12you can even play
3:33kenny ray carter richmond high school
3:36all-american 1972.
3:38good to see you sir i was really happy
3:40to see you in the stands tonight
3:42i have to tell you sir i haven't made up
3:44my mind yet
3:46as i told you it's time for me to step
3:48down the last few years been really
3:51tough well losing's heart sir
3:55this isn't about losing games i can't
4:00get them to show up for school
4:02for practice i can't get parents
4:05involved and i'm done chasing kids in
4:07the streets and putting them into the
4:08gym
4:09yeah it's a tough job richmond is a
4:12tough little city when i saw you here
4:14tonight i thought
4:15i got him he's in well actually i was uh
4:19here for another reason
4:20my son plays for saint francis he does
4:25which kid was he well you didn't see him
4:28he's a freshman he didn't play
4:30that's great great school
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4:38bring it hey let him go hey what you
4:40think everybody's scared of you i ain't
4:41scared of you
4:42oh man why are you gonna be trying to
4:44act out hard all the time man
4:47god i'm sick of you man
4:51i know that school was rough when i went
4:53there it's way
4:54beyond that now oh well then just forget
4:57about it
4:58don't even discuss it again i can't
5:00quite do that
5:01coach officially offered me the job
5:03tonight the clock's ticking
5:05and when you say offering job there's
5:07usually money involved yeah
5:09that might be a thousand bucks in it for
5:11me for five months of work
5:13oh well you can't say no to that the
5:16team
5:17it's so bad those boys are so angry and
5:21undisciplined and besides you know you
5:23don't have the time you're trying to
5:25open up a second store
5:26exactly i don't have the hell i don't
5:28have any time you promised to take your
5:29girlfriend to mexico in january and i'm
5:31definitely keeping that promise
5:32there's no way i'm not going to mexico
5:35and hanging out on the beach with you
5:36and your bikini
5:38i can't take that job so when do you
5:41start
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5:47you should have spoken to me first why
5:49it was a personal choice for me
5:51so what happens to me still gonna come
5:53to my games
5:54i'll probably miss most of your games
5:56damien i'm sorry
5:57then i'll just go to richmond and play
5:58for you no
6:00well why not dad you've always been my
6:04coach
6:05this is a great school damian put you in
6:08a great position for college
6:09dad i'm a freshman just because i'm
6:11coaching at richmond
6:12it doesn't change our plans for your
6:14future all right
6:44nine years
6:53trying to be somebody
7:02every day
7:19nice to see you again mr carter you too
7:20man
7:22if the uh offer still stands i'd like to
7:25coach the team
7:28well i hope you're up for the task these
7:30young men need discipline
7:32the job comes with a fifteen hundred
7:33dollar stipend and a major time
7:35commitment for the next four months
7:38accept great we're thrilled to have you
7:42gentlemen i hate to be abrupt but i do
7:44have a budget meeting i need to run to
7:46mr carter is there anything you need
7:47from us well i just need about um
7:5025 copies of this document
7:54i'm all set right would you see to it
7:56that mr carter
7:58coach carter gets these copies will do
8:00gentlemen
8:04i'm not saying this is not going to be a
8:06challenge but
8:07kenny you know the deal here just keep
8:10in mind
8:10he's a good boy