Basketball Diaries: Movie Summary Over the past few days in class we have watched a movie called “ Basketball Diaries” This movie about a young man named Jim Carroll. In the movie Jim develops a serious drug addiction. This results in him losing everything. Jim begins using drugs while in high school. He begins with occasional drug use. This in turn leads him to total drug addiction. He gradually increases his use until his life revolves around drugs. First, He gets expelled from school and then he gets thrown out of his because of his habits. Jim starts using drugs because it makes him feels good. It made him