William Gates (28 December 1971 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American former high school and college basketball player, and a subject of the 1994 Kartemquin Films documentary film Hoop Dreams.
Gates was a teenager from the Cabrini–Green housing projects. He and Arthur Agee, from West Garfield Park, hoped to hone their basketball talent into professional careers with the NBA. The documentary Hoop Dreams followed them through their recruitment by St...
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William Gates (28 December 1971 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American former high school and college basketball player, and a subject of the 1994 Kartemquin Films documentary film Hoop Dreams.
Gates was a teenager from the Cabrini–Green housing projects. He and Arthur Agee, from West Garfield Park, hoped to hone their basketball talent into professional careers with the NBA. The documentary Hoop Dreams followed them through their recruitment by St. Joseph High School. During high school, he worked hard both to improve his basketball skills and his academics to the best of his ability, though he initially struggled with a low reading level. He struggled to get the required score of an 18 on the ACT exam needed to earn a scholarship at Marquette University, but finally managed a 17.5 aggregate score, which was rounded up to 18. At St. Joe's, Gates suffered a knee injury which limited his playing and recruitment offers. After he graduated from Marquette, he became a real estate agent....
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