Publisher's Synopsis
A boy's rise and fall through basketball.
I raise the gun to my head and say aloud, "I'm sorry everybody." I pull the trigger one last time. How did I get to this point, 22 years old, lying dead in the middle of a rundown motel room floor? How did I go From Nothing to Something to Nothing?
Darwin Waters grew up in the Addison Projects of Oakland, California, a normal kid with the normal problems any kid faces. Things begin to change when his uncle comes to town. An ex-basketball star who let drugs stop him from living his dream, Uncle "Frog" grooms Darwin to be star player. But success and the road to stardom come at a price. Lured into a dangerous world of drugs, Darwin becomes both a user and a dealer...