Floorburns - John F Carson - Bog

So this was the end ol his basketball career! The old man had dumped him, used him for an example in some crazy moral lesson. So he had broken training a few times. Other guys did. But who had scored the points when they were needed? Les Beach, that's who! But, no, Raines had called him a ball hog...self-centered, conceited, biggity, headline hunter...
The way Les Beach sees it, everyone has it in for him because he comes from the wrong side of town. He doesn t realize that he brings many of his troubles upon himself, and he will fight at the scrape of a shoe. Only his fierce love for the game and the interest of a few special people make him swallow his pride to get back on the team, but even then it takes some doing to knock the chip off his shoulder.