In this coming-of-age documentary journey, three under-the-radar high school basketball players navigate the uncertainty | dG1fOVJ5X0V6anhNdU0
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00:00Cali County Fire, Operator 29, what's the address of the emergency?
00:07I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you guys just don't want to play.
00:10None of you guys are getting scholarships right now.
00:12You're juniors, you're going to be seniors. Nobody's recruiting you based on potential.
00:17It's either you do the job or you don't.
00:19High school athletes bank on playing AAU basketball in the summer to boost their recruiting profiles.
00:25Los Angeles Elite is the club program that I started 10 years ago.
00:29These kids have one dream. They want to play college basketball.
00:32It's a lot harder now. The recruiting waters are a little harder to navigate for high school kids.
00:38Yo, what up, Manila?
00:40Yeah, he's like that. White boy, like that.
00:42Butler offered me, and I got offered at Santa Clara as well.
00:46We just don't know where he's going to be and how close that will be, and it's gone so fast.
00:51How old is he?
00:5219! Why does that matter? George is gone!
00:56But what this team is going to need more than anything is JB.
01:01You're a divisional basketball player.
01:03Who am I looking at here?
01:04Marco is from Ghana.
01:06Take care.
01:07Yeah, I do. I miss the food. I miss my family.
01:09What's going on with your student visa?
01:12Basketball could take me far. I could use basketball for my benefit and my family.
01:18I could better my community.
01:25For more information, visit www.fema.gov