| | | | Part One |
| 1 | Samuel | Sooleyman | Protagonist. A promising point guard. |
| | Beatrice | Sooleyman | Samuel's mother. |
| | Ayak | Sooleyman | Samuel's father. |
| | Chol | Sooleyman | Samuel's brother. |
| | James | Sooleyman | Samuel's brother. |
| 2 | Ecko | Lam | The basketball coach. |
| | Francis | Moka | Ecko's assistant coach. Aka: Frankie. |
| 3 | Alek | Garang | The best point guard in Missouri. |
| | Will | Smith | A popular actor. |
| | Angelina | Sooleyman | Samuel's sister. |
| 4 | Peter | Nymal | Samuel's bunkmate. |
| | Dak | Marial | A famous high school basketball player. |
| 7 | Riak | Kuol | A merle from Upper Nile. |
| | Quinton | Majok | One of Ecko's players. |
| 8 | Awino | Leyano | Quinton's roommate. |
| 9 | Koosh | Koosh | One of Sooley's opponents. |
| 10 | Abraham | Bol | A point guard in Ecko's team. |
| | Niollo | | A professional basketball player. |
| | Daniel | Abdul-Gaber | Ecko's bigman. |
| 11 | Lonnie | Britt | The head coach at North Carolina Central. |
| | Jimmie | Abaloy | One of Ecko's players. |
| 12 | Benjie | Boone | A shooting guard at Kentucky. |
| 15 | Emmanuel | | A little boy from Lotta who asked for Beatrice's help. |
| 17 | Maria | Manabol | The South Sudan Embassy secretary. |
| | | | Part Two |
| 20 | Murray | Walker | Samuel's new best friend and teammate. |
| 22 | Jason | Grinnel | Coach Britt's head assistant coach. |
| | Jack | Garver | One of Coach Britt's assistant coaches. |
| | Ron | McCoy | One of Coach Britt's assistant coaches. |
| | Shernan | Batts | One of Coach Britt's new players. |
| | Trevor | Young | One of Coach Britt's new players. |
| 23 | Mitch | Rocker | One of Coach Britt's players. |
| 25 | Christine | Moran | The French nurse. |
| 26 | Abol | Pach | The U.K.'s shooting guard. |
| | Willis | | An assistant football coach. |
| | Ernie | Walker | Ida's husband. Murray's father. |
| | Ida | Walker | Ernie's mother. Murray's mother. |
| | Mr. | Keyser | The man who works at IRC. |
| 28 | Dmitri | Robins | A senior basketball player. |
| | Duffy | Sunday | A junior player. |
| 29 | Robin | | Murray's girlfriend. |
| 30 | Jabari | Nix | A sophomore point guard. |
| | Derell | Compton | Jabari's best friend. |
| | Harry | Greenwood | A junior forward. |
| | Officer | Swain | The police officer. |
| 31 | Nestor | Kymm | An Uganda national team coach. Ecko's friend. |
| 32 | Paul | Manabol | Maria's husband. |
| 38 | Melvin | Montgomery | The junior center. |
| | Bethune | Cookman | The junior center. |
| 39 | Johnny | Dawkins | One of Duke's all-time best
players. |
| | Mike |
Gminski | One of Duke's all-time best players. |
| | Christian |
Laettner | One of Duke's all-time best players. |
| | Grant |
Hill | One of Duke's all-time best players. |
| | Jay |
Williams | One of Duke's all-time best players. |
| | Kevin |
Washington | One of the NBA-bound freshmen. |
| | Tyrell |
Miller | One of the NBA-bound freshmen. |
| | Akeem |
Akaman | One of the NBA-bound freshmen. |
| | Darnell |
Cor | One of the NBA-bound freshmen. |
| 41 | Reynard |
Owen | A basketball scout from Team Savage. |
| | Arnie |
Savage | A basketball agent from Miami. |
| 42 | Jerry |
Biles | Florida's head coach. |
| | Omar |
Brazeale | The 5th defensive player of the
year. |
| 49 | Coach |
Wright | One of the basketball coaches. |
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Part Three |
| 53 |
Meg |
| Reynard's girlfriend. |
| |
Lynn |
Korby | The point guard of Miami Heat. |
| 54 |
Darell |
Whitley | A basketball player from Villanova. |
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Van |
| One of Arnie's coaches. |
| |
Hernan |
| One of Arnie's coaches. |
| 55 |
Valerie |
| Sooley's girlfriend. Aka: Vallie. |
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Adam |
Silver | The NBA Commissionaire. |
| 56 |
Tiff |
| One of Vallie's friends. |
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Susan |
| One of Vallie's friends. |
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Rudy |
Suarez | A Vikings pro quarterback. |
| 59 |
Gary |
Gaston | An advisor at Aegis Partners. |
| 62 |
Tyler |
Guy | Sooley's pro bono lawyer. |
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Judge |
Furlow | The Justice. |
