After The Shot Drops Sparknotes

“Pride in Whitman High’s basketball team runs real deep around our way, so a lot of people didn’t like that one bit. My main man, Nasir, straight up stopped talking to me.” Randy Ribay opens with this quote in the first chapter of After the Shot drops.

Bunny Tompson is a high school basketball player who has transferred to a private school to have a better chance to be recruited by colleges. His best friend Nasir feels betrayed by Bunny. Bunny was so focused on himself that he forgot to tell his best friend he was switching schools. Nasir ends up spending more time with his cousin Wallace who has been getting in lots of trouble because he is betting money that he does not have. Wallace makes a bet against Bunny's big game, and Nasir faces

It forces him to balance regaining Nasir’s trust and his busy and popular basketball life. Bunny gets to play on an amazing team, have a better education, and hopefully get noticed by colleges more. As the story goes on Bunny grows more and more conflicted about his choice to transfer to St. Sebastians. Bunny is motivated to work harder than anyone else so he can be heavily recruited and help his struggling family out.

Nasir was Bunny’s best friend until he betrayed him. He starts hanging out with his troubled cousin Wallace more and is trying to help him and his grandma because they are about to be evicted. Wallace comes up with a terrible idea to bet against Bunny’s basketball game and needs Nasir’s help. Nasir has no idea what to do and who to help. Should he help his cousin or his best friend? Nasir has to make a problematic choice. “The thing is, I don’t know how to help one without hurting the

Throughout the novel, Nasir and Bunny go to each other's houses many times to try to fix each other's friendship. Nasir also goes to Bunny’s house to steal his phone which is a problematic part of this story. “The streets are empty. The houses are dark. I walk quickly with my breath puffing out in front of my face. Nasir and I must have made this walk together a million times together throughout the years. After a few blocks, I reach the park. I know every crack and dip like the back of my hand. I know if the shots going to drop by the sound of the clang when it hits the steel rim. I know the lights click off at ten, but you can still see enough to keep shooting if the moon is bright.” There are lots of very important things that happen here; you see a different side of Wallace at the basketball courts when he finds the kitten, this is where Nasir and Bunny fix their friendship, and this is also where Bunny gets shot by Wallace. Randy Ribay wrote this story in a way that the reader can imagine what it is actually like to live