Hoop Dreams is a story about two teens on the streets of Chicago (Arthur Agee and William Gates) wanting to make it out of the hood. Both had on dream and one dream only and that was to play ball. William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each day from inner-city of Chicago to St. Joseph High School in Westchester, Illinois, a predominantly white suburban school well-known for the excellence of its basketball program. Gates and Agee dream of NBA stardom was big in their heads, the obstacles they had to go threw were the motivation for them to work harder. Between Arthur not being able to pay for school and William getting injured, the road was tough for these two super-stars out of the hood.
"Right now I want to play in the NBA that's something I... think about all the time" (Joravsky, back cover) -William Gates
"When I get the NBA, first thing I'm gonna do, I'm gonna see my Momma. I'm gonna buy her a house. Gonna get my dad a Cadillac... So he can cruise to the games" (Joravsky, back cover) -Arthur Agee
"Right now I want to play in the NBA that's something I... think about all the time" (Joravsky, back cover) -William Gates
"When I get the NBA, first thing I'm gonna do, I'm gonna see my Momma. I'm gonna buy her a house. Gonna get my dad a Cadillac... So he can cruise to the games" (Joravsky, back cover) -Arthur Agee