Jason Paul Collins (born December 2, 1978) is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Atlanta Hawks. Collins attended Stanford University, where he was an All-American in 2000–01 and appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated on March 15, 2000. He finished his career ranked #1 in school history for field goal percentage (.608) and #5 in blocked shots (89).
He graduated from Harvard-Westlake School, where his backup was actor Jason Segel. Collins, playing alongside his twin brother, Jarron, won 2 California Interscholastic Federation state titles during his four year career with a combined record of 123-10. Over those 4 years, he broke the 31-year California rebounding record with over 1,500.
As a rookie along with Richard Jefferson, Collins played a significant role in the New Jersey Nets' first ever NBA Finals berth in 2002 against the Los Angeles Lakers.
In the 2002–03 NBA season Collins took over the starting center role for the Nets and helped the franchise back to the NBA Finals. Prior to the 2004–05 season, he signed a $25 million contract extension with New Jersey for five more years.
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Plot
Construction company owner John Matthews learns that his estranged son, Jason, has been arrested for drug trafficking. Facing an unjust prison sentence for a first time offender courtesy of mandatory minimum sentence laws, Jason has nothing to offer for leniency in good conscience. Desperately, John convinces the DEA and the opportunistic DA Joanne Keeghan to let him go undercover to help make arrests big enough to free his son in return. With the unwitting help of an ex-con employee, John enters the narcotics underworld where every move could be his last in an operation that will demand all his resources, wits and courage to survive.
Keywords: ak-47, ambush, arrest, beating, birthday-party, car-chase, car-crash, character-repeating-someone-else's-dialogue, character-says-i-love-you, cigarette-smoking
How far would you go to save your son?
[first lines]::Craig: That party we just threw, there were over a thousand people there, bro.::Jason Collins: No way. Oh, my God. I can't wait to get up there.
John Matthews: I admire you so much. The stand you're taking. You didn't take the easy way out. Not setting up one of your friends. I couldn't do what you did. So it looks like you're the one teaching me what real character and integrity is all about. I love you, son.
Plot
Jason is a tough skateboard kid from a single-parent home who has found himself entangled in a life of crime and darkness. Meanwhile, Steve is an increasingly frustrated minister at a well-respected church in town - the same church where his now deceased father-in-law ministered for 30 years. One night, as Steve as confronted by Jason and his friends, Jason's words cut deep. Steve cannot forget the truth that came from this skateboarder "punk". Steve decides what he must do - he will make Jason and his friends his new heavenly assignment. Unfortunately, Steve's congregation is not as excited as he is about reaching wayward youths. Steve and Jason are on the same road, confused and unsure about their futures, as they begin a friendship that is about to bring changes they could not have possibly imagined.
Keywords: christianity, family-relationships, father-son-relationship, hypocrisy, skateboarding, teenager
One man cared too late, another man didn't care at all, until... they came together!
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