A white former NBA professional retires from the pro game and gets a job as a basketball coach in a predominantly black inner-city high school.
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| Ken Howard | ... | Ken Reeves 54 episodes, 1978-1981 | |
| Kevin Hooks | ... | Morris Thorpe 54 episodes, 1978-1981 | |
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Byron Stewart | ... | Warren Coolidge 54 episodes, 1978-1981 |
| Timothy Van Patten | ... | Mario 'Salami' Pettrino 54 episodes, 1978-1981 | |
| Joan Pringle | ... | Sybil Buchanan 53 episodes, 1978-1981 | |
| Thomas Carter | ... | James Hayward 42 episodes, 1978-1981 | |
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Nathan Cook | ... | Milton Reese 40 episodes, 1978-1981 |
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Ken Michelman | ... | Abner Goldstein 40 episodes, 1978-1981 |
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Ira Angustain | ... | Ricky Gomez 40 episodes, 1978-1981 |
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Erik Kilpatrick | ... | Curtis Jackson 39 episodes, 1978-1980 |
| John Mengatti | ... | Nick Vitaglia / ... 34 episodes, 1979-1981 | |
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Ed Bernard | ... | Jim Willis / ... 33 episodes, 1978-1980 |
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Russell Phillip Robinson | ... | Manager Phil Jefferson / ... 25 episodes, 1979-1980 |
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Ken Reeves was a professional basketball player who had to retire because of injuries. Against his sister Katie's advice, Ken takes a job as the basketball coach at Carver High School in Los Angeles, a tough, mixed-race school. Jim Willis, Ken's friend, was the principal for the first two seasons and was replaced by Sybil Buchanan, the former vice-principal, in the third year. Written by J.E. McKillop <jack-mckillop@worldnet.att.net>
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In the pilot episode, mens high-school basketball head-coach, Ken Reeves drove a snazzy red Mustang convertible sports car. In subsequent episodes, he is seen driving only an old station wagon, probably in an attempt to show Reeves as more down-to-earth instead of a glamorous and retired National Basketball Association athlete. See more »Goofs
Ken Reeves' NBA career is referred to several times in the series, but the number of years and the teams he played on seem to change each time. For instance, he tells reporter Sally Adams in "The Offer" that he was in the Chicago Bulls' starting lineup for 10 seasons. In "Wanna Bet", street hustler Bobby Magum remembers Reeves playing for Chicago, Denver, and Milwaukee. Finally, in "Little Orphan Abner", he tells Abner Goldstein's grandparents he spent the last six years of his career with the Bulls. See more »Quotes
Jim Willis: You had it easy sonny boy. You'll never know what it's like have to sit in the back of the bus and then give up your seat to a white man or pee in your pants because you can't find a bathroom that'll take you... Now I know a racist when I see one. And I'm looking at one right now.See more »
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This had to be one of the most accurate portrayals of inner city life ever made. This show dealt with it all, drugs, gangs, sex and even death. The second season was to me its peak. You got to see the losers become winners, but not without paying a price. Thorpe infecting Coolige's girlfriend with syphilis (predating the AIDS crisis), a player dying of a brain hemorrhage during practice and the most heartbreaking moment, Jackson getting murdered on the eve of the team winning the city championship. But, the most amazing thing is that this would be the breeding ground for two of the finest directors around, Thomas Carter and Kevin Hooks. Bruce Paltrow not only was a genius director, but he was also a professor and his charges learned well and became great on their own.