Blue Chips

Blue Chips (1994)

Genres - Drama, Sports & Recreation  |   Sub-Genres - Sports Drama  |   Release Date - Feb 18, 1994 (USA - Unknown), Feb 18, 1994 (USA)  |   Run Time - 108 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - PG13
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Synopsis by Don Kaye

Blue Chips examines greed, cheating, and "winning at all costs" in the world of college basketball. Nick Nolte plays the stressed-out coach on the verge of his first losing season, who hits the road in search of new players not already signed by a bigger school. He finds three prospects: a precision Chicago shooter (Anfernee Hardaway), a giant farmboy (Matt Nover), and a talented troublemaker (Shaquille O'Neal). All three, wise to the ways of college basketball recruitment, make excessive financial and lifestyle demands before they can be persuaded to come to the school; the coach, already haunted by accusations of underhanded dealings, doesn't want to dig himself a deeper hole but has no choice.

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cheating, coach, fixed [corruption], basketball, sports