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