The following is from THE LAST TEMPTATION OF RICK PITINO by Michael Sokolove, published by arrangement with Penguin Press, a member of Penguin Random House, LLC. Copyright © 2018 by Michael Sokolove.
To anyone who has spent time around basketball, Christian Dawkins is a recognizable type. He is the kid who has no game but wants to be involved, so he figures out another way into the action. He knows the good players and can talk to them about their best moves, about some fool they made look bad in a recent game, and some other hotshot on the circuit who thinks too highly of himself.