Blue Chips

Blue Chips (DVD)

Blue Chips scores as "the best sports movie in years!" (Jeffrey Lyons, S neak Previews). Championship-winning coach Pete Bell (Nick Nolte) runs t he cleanest program in collegiate basketball. But when he finds himself on the brink of his first losing season, Bell decides he must make a ris ky trade to protect his job: under-the-table dollars for talent. Betrayi ng his conscience and the trust of his ex-wife (Mary McDonnell), bell si gns the nation's "blue chips": a farmboy forward (Matt Nover), a playmak ing guard from the projects (Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway), and Neon Bodeau x (1993 NBA rookie of the year Shaquille O'Neal), a 7-foot slam-dunking phenom from the bayou. Now Bell has the best team money can buy... but i s he prepared to pay the price?