A talented high school artist who's never played organized sports attempts to win a state championship basketball jacket and prove himself to his runaway father.

A talented high school artist who's never played organized sports attempts to win a state championship basketball jacket and prove himself to his runaway father. Grueling tryouts, family conflict, and strained friendships are merely the underpainting for David McNeil's greatest challenge as he suddenly finds himself in the role of friend and protector of Dribbles-an older school janitor who is also the basketball team's unofficial mascot. With self-confident new girl at school, Mary, as his guiding spirit and artistic muse, David discovers there are more important measures of a man's worth than trophies.