Prediction For Hoops

During silent reading time, I was reading Hoops. The main character is depressed, and he has no idea why. He started to drink Scotch, and play basketball to treat his depression. He works at Grant which is a hotel, and he always kick it at that place when he gets into an argument with his mother. The main character is Lonnie Jack and his father told him that his days will pile up on him. While Lonnie went to shoot some hoops, he meets a homeless person who threatened him with a knife, but he is drunk. I predict the homeless person will somehow help Lonnie in the future. Also I predict basketball will help a tragedy, or problem he will face during the future.