Adapting to the New School

Fight between both team

    For Greg his match against Regis could be the best, he made so great match that his school life could be better.  Everybody in school when he passed through the halls said hi or tried to talk to him. Even a teacher greets him for that spectacular game that he did. Greg was very happy and excited to have another match with Latimer since he noticed they were not that bad, but he had still many problems. The first problem he had was with Mtisha, she ignored him every time she could, she was obviously mad. The second problem was still with the coach, he does not like Greg at all and that would be a very big problem. The next match against St. Peters was the same story, the coach leave Greg in the bench until the last 10 minutes, but this time Greg was furious. He couldn't believe that the coach didn't put him in the starting team. Once he got in the game he immediately made one point for the team, Greg was on fire and then speak to his teammates in a very rude tone since they were losing he need his team to play better and as they never have done before. When the match finished, Latimer won by 1 point but there were internal conflicts in the team. Many of the teammates of Greg were mad at him because of his attitude in the match, when Ducky tried to defend him; he got in a fist fight with Jimmy, one of his own teammates. Greg was not going to stand there watching how they punched Ducky so he got in the fight, in the parking lot were Greg and Ducky fighting against Nick and Jimmy until some teachers were getting to their cars and they needed to stop before they notice them and report them. Both went on separate ways and Greg told Ducky that they kick them the ass, so in the next training he would bet that there would be another fight in between them. 


     When Greg get in the game he was mad and explosive. He fought against everyone, his own teammates and the other team players. He tooked the role as the coach and told everyone the things they needed to do and there was when the problem began. Greg said “Move that guy out of the center, move him or I'll break your jaw after the game!"(113) This quote as a reader make you imagine the exact thing that is happening in the book, Greg is very rude with everyone so there is an obvious explanation for why the fight started after the match. Greg just couldn't control himself and that could be a perfect example to tell the personality of Greg, he has a very winning mentality and if he is so rude because they are losing then is obvious that he would do anything to win.  

     After the fight Ducky and Greg were still "hot" but we could see a different type of Greg when Ducky said they needed to finish that fight. When he shouted to everyone we could have a very bad point of view on Greg, but when he tells Ducky; "We got to get this straightened up," Ducky said. "It won't help the team. I'll call Nick tonight. “Said Greg(117) At first we might thought that he would do anything to win but now I could see that he would do anything for the team. It was a very good way of acting telling Ducky that they can't keep the fight, he did think and do a good act for the team. If he would have told to keep the fight then the team would like Greg even less and he would spend more time in the bench instead of playing.   

     In conclusion, I think that Greg has everything that he need to become a NBA player, he has that spark of never giving up and always trying to do the best. Even though, he was rude with his team when he said that we could see he is a leader, he just want his team to win and to be the best and that's what an NBA player need to have to be a NBA player. Greg could control himself after the fight and that stressing match, he could have lost his mind but he controlled himself and help to control Ducky too. In my opinion Greg is adapting to the school and after the match against Regis he become very popular in the school but now with this fight he might lose a lot of popularity, so he is still adapting to the new school, new friends and new grades. For the next chapters I think that Greg would have a lot of new problems and a lot of basketball matches and what I think is that when Latimer lose we could finally see the real personality of Greg. Also I think that his grades will go up but with many people helping him like the tutor, school teachers and family. Overall, Greg is still adapting to the school so he is having some attitude problems when he get confidence with his teammates and all his new school classmates he might have a better attitude and one that is not that rude.