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.
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
