A troubled NBA super-star, KENDALL HILL, punches out a referee in Game 7 of the Finals; partially paralyzing him.

Kendall is suspended from the NBA for life and is sent to prison for 5 years.

While in the joint, Kendall becomes a devout Muslim. Now broke and freshly out of prison, Kendall’s offered a job by his old friend –

Head coach of a once great, all-white, private Catholic League high school’s basketball program.

THE HURRICANE meets “Friday Night Lights”