Foul Lines
A Pro Basketball Novel
Chapter One
December 2
Los Angeles Lasers Record: 12-4
The first thing everybody told Kwaanzii Parker was not to blow a hundred grand of his signing money on a ride. Which is precisely what he did. "Gonna get me a phat crib, but the ride's gotta come first, yo," he said. Kwaanzii's selection was a Robitussin-purple Jaguar with plates that read KINGKWAAN! Like most professional athletes, Kwaanzii tooled around in an automobile equipped with a jet engine, two elaborate hood ornaments, neon underbelly, and the vanity plates. But he just hated it when somebody recognized him.
Kwaanzii, a tender eighteen, was eight months removed from his high-school prom -- which he attended with rap star Shabe ... read full excerpt from Foul Lines: A Pro Basketball Novel ebook