Hey, I'm the author of Extra Basket, and let me personally introduce you to one of the most pivotal arcs of the story — the White Arc.
This arc hits different. It's not just about basketball. This is where the story starts peeling back its layers — where bonds are tested, secrets are exposed, and choices begin to matter a lot. The White Arc starts at Chapters 45, and trust me, it's a turning point.
We start off in a hospital room — Ridgeview Community Hospital — where Ethan Albarado, Lucas Graves, Evan Cooper, and Louie come to visit their teammate, Aiden White, who's injured. It's supposed to be a moment of comfort, but tensions rise quick. Aiden's older brother, Noah, is against him rushing back into the game, and the clash between hope and dreams begins.
Lucas doesn't hold back. He challenges Noah, reminding him that support and belief are just as important as any physical recovery. And Ethan? He's carrying memories from another life — yeah, we're going there — and he offers Aiden a mysterious healing ointment that could accelerate his recovery. Whether it's real or not, what matters is the faith behind the act. That right there sets the tone.
But that's only scratching the surface.
Outside that room, there's a darker story playing out. Panny White, Aiden and Noah's mom, is being tempted with performance-enhancing pills from a masked figure named The Sheep. These aren't your average supplements — they promise greatness, but with twisted consequences. And she's desperate enough to consider it… until she shows them to Noah, who immediately senses something's off. Smart kid. But things are about to spiral.
Ethan starts getting worried. He knows these pills — he's seen what they can do (Novel), and it's not good. Meanwhile, in the shadows, a broken man named Greg Tarrow is fueling the chaos. Once a big name in supplements, he lost everything because of the White family's success — and now he's out for revenge. Sheep becomes his ally, manipulating people like chess pieces.
Sheep isn't just some shady drug dealer — he's calculated, connected, and dangerous. Even Nurse someone you'd never expect, is secretly reporting on Aiden's condition to Greg. Yeah, it's that deep.
And while that chaos unfolds, Charlotte's mother, Romanov Graves, the CEO of the major sports corporation BAC, gets hit with disturbing news — a player collapsed after taking one of Sheep's pills. Realizing what's at stake, she starts a quiet investigation of her own. The corruption's already starting to infect the sport from the inside out.
Chapter 51? Emotional peak. Panny faces Sheep directly in his creepy underground lab and says no to the pills. Sheep, calm and cold, warns her she'll regret it. Greg? He's too far gone — ready to unleash enhanced teenagers to prove his twisted vision of "greatness."
But it's not all dark. Aiden starts showing signs of recovery. Noah begins to trust Ethan. There's a sense of hope building — but it's fragile.
Then the bomb drops.
Noah calls Ethan in a panic — Aiden and Panny have been kidnapped. Ethan immediately ditches an important game against the Thunderhawks and rushes to help. Lucas, Evan, and Louie don't even hesitate. They leave the court too, choosing friendship over victory.
Charlotte sees the team disappearing. She hops on her mom's motorbike and chases them down, following the trail straight to Ridgeview Park, where everything — the past, the pills, the family trauma, and the lies — starts to collide.
The arc closes with the storm just beginning. Everyone's in motion, and everything is on the line. This is more than basketball now. This is about Story, legacy, and the cost of chasing greatness.