In 1990 Chicago, a taxi driver recounts to his passenger, a sportswriter, his life story. He reveals himself to be Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton, one of the first African Americans to play in the NBA.
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Everett Osborne as Nathaniel "Sweetwater" Clifton
Cary Elwes as Ned Irish
Jeremy Piven as Joe Lapchick
Eric Roberts as Judd
Jim Caviezel as Sports Writer
Richard Dreyfuss as Maurice Podoloff
Kevin Pollak as Abe Saperstein
Mike Starr as Eddie Gottlieb
Jim Meskimen as Miles Slocum
Jason Sklar as Donnie Grossman
Emmaline as Jeanne Staples
Ashani Roberts as Sweetwater's Mother
Robert Ri'chard as Pop
Paul Hipp as Barker
Eric Etebari as Frank
Gary Clark Jr. as T-Bone
Ernest Harden Jr. as Coach Will Robinson
Wayne Federman as Referee Pete
Billy Malone as Dan
Dahlia Waingort as Mrs. Lapchick
Tim Kavanagh as Arthur "Art" Webb
Ca'Ron Jaden Coleman as Young Sweetwater
Delijah McAlpin as Teen Sweetwater
Dave Cobert as Dick McGuire
Herbert 'Flight Time' Lang as Babe
Joshua King Brooks as Chuck Cooper
Steven Morse as Norm Drucker
Preston Galli as Autograph Seeking Boy (uncredited)