Blog 2: The Crossover

After reading more pages of my book "The Crossover" I ended up finishing the book. As I got more in the book, JB and Josh's dad ended up becoming sick and collapsing three times due to his heart issues. The first time, it was when he was in the house and with their mom. The second time, it was when he was on the phone, and Josh walked in finding him on the floor. The final time was when Josh and his dad were playing a quick game of one on one before their tournament. Josh lost the ball, his dad picked it up and went for the dunk, but before he jumped for the dunk he ended up collapsing. The family ended up going to the hospital. Only problem was, JB was still in love with Miss Sweat Tea and they had to be in the hospital during their championship game. Josh was feeling alone and upset while his dad was in the hospital. One reason as he stated in the book was when he said "I am starting to feel alone without dad here." This clearly proves that Josh was feeling alone as he was by himself while his dad was sick. As the book ended, their father had sadly passed. Their team did end up winning the championship and let JB and Josh keep the trophy. Even though their father had died, they knew that he would want them to continue with their life and to keep playing ball. So although it was hard for all of them, JB, Josh, and their mom continued to live their life of basketball, education and work without forgetting "Da Man."

Throughout the whole book I was able to point out two different conflicts. One conflict was dealing with their dads health issues. Before JB and Josh were born, their dad played basketball in the Euro League across the world. After being noticed by some scouts at a few games, he had been invited by the Lakers to play for their NBA team. That was his favorite NBA team, but he had to deny the offer because it was too dangerous to play. An example is when their mom had told him that she did not want him playing anymore basketball no matter what because of his health problems. That clearly shows that his health issues had stopped him from playing basketball including playing in the big leagues. One final conflict I noticed in the book was JB having a girlfriend. It was just bad all around because he would spend more time with her than his brother or family. Also, he would forget about playing basketball and watch some games in the stands with her rather than being on the court. It was also a big conflict because Josh got jealous easily. In the book, they were just finishing dinner when Josh heard the phone ring. He picked it up and talked with her since she thought he was JB and he ended up liking her. After that was the game he almost broke his brothers nose during one of their games. That clearly proves that JB having a girlfriend was a conflict making Josh jealous.