Summary

Chapter 2 is titled “Ivan and Paris.” The opening page show images of the two players. Both are Black. Ivan is much taller and has braces. Paris has a tattoo on his right arm that is later revealed to be the Lord's Prayer. Gene often spends sleepless hours thinking about his writing career. In the opening of this chapter, he wonders if he is really going to devote years to a comic about basketball. He remembers Lou's comment about knowing the past. Over the next 12 pages, Gene presents an overview of the history of basketball. In 1891, James Naismith was a physical education teacher at the International Training School of the Young Men's Christian Association, better known as the YMCA. Naismith came up with a new game that would utilize the limited space of the gym and very little equipment. He searched for a couple...