"I wanted to go to Depaul so bad i can taste it."(216)
He wanted to move on with his life. This goes along with the first theme about change. College would change his life forever and it will be exciting, fun, and scary at first.
"Drew sit down!"(38)
As in theme number two, Drew's coach yelled at him to sit down. His attitude toward everything was bad and he thought he was the best. Its good to think that way but then you don't listen to other people and what they have to say. That can be a problem in the game of basketball because you have to work together.
"I got a cramp in my side." "You have a cramp in your side or your style."(17)
As the second theme states, Drew fought with a lot of people. His coach got on him about how he is playing and drew got frustrated and mad. He then doesn't listen to him and it makes everything worse.
"Hey Drew,we aquired 2 new white players."(16)
This goes with the first quote about change. The 2 new white players from Europe will change the way they run the team and play. They end up starting together and become friends. They have a couple of conflicts along the way but in the end the change is good and they succeeded.