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Rucker Park Setup by Paul Volponi

J.R. and Mackey are friends on and off the basketball court. Both have dreamed of the championship game on Rucker Court. When the dream becomes a reality, J.R. dies in a stabbing. Part of playing in the Rucker Park area is knowing who to trust. Basketball is the game in this neighborhood. Gambling, bribes, and payouts corrupt the game. Mackey needs to decide how to play the game after his friend dies.

This is a realistic fiction novel about how the game of basketball is played on the inner city streets. It is a great book although it is filled with profanity. If one can get past the profanity in the book and read it for the story, it is well worth the read. I wish the author would have left out the profanity, but it is probably a realistic portrayal of the inner city game.