By Patrick Ambrose Ricky Griffin has a dream of becoming a world class basketball player in the NBA. He has potential to go all the way but with the struggles he faces leading up to his chance, will he succeed? The day grew older and thoughts spiraled through Ricky's mind. He had worked so hard to make his parents proud, to make his friends proud, to make Jonathan proud. How, after what happened, would he make it to the big stage? But now he was tired and felt himself drifting to sleep.