A prison inmate is offered early release on condition he convinces his basketball star son to join the governor's favourite team. During a temporary parole, the proud father faces a crisis of conscience when he learns he is not the only one out to exploit his boy's talents. Spike Lee's drama, starring Denzel Washington, Ray Allen, Milla Jovovich and Rosario Dawson.

A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.