Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Big Shot (Book 16) (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, 16)

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Just before halftime, Preet got the ball and a lot of the kids on the Funky Dunkers were trying to stop him from shooting and he accidentally stepped on their point guard's foot with his boot so he couldn't play for the rest of the game.

In the top drawing of page 40, it is shown that Greg's mom bought Chickpea Clusters even though in Wrecking Ball it is revealed that Greg is allergic to chickpeas. This made Greg confused as he knew for sure that he didn't made it but Susan told him that she got the message from one of the coaches, Patel, but this made Greg even more confused because Patel is the father of Preet Patel who's one the best athletes in his grade but later at school, Jabari Bruce told him that Preet had to go to his uncle's funeral so he couldn't be at the tryouts so he couldn't be on a team so his father made him his own team with Preet and all of the kids who got cut at the tryouts. Greg Heffley starts by saying that he hears that every athlete is born with a special gene and that he was born without one.

Patel argues with them, and they work out a compromise, it's similar to how the senior citizens came to the Valentine's Day dance so they can have their meeting, and a compromise is worked out in The Third Wheel. Greg got frustrated so he decided to shoot it backwards which went in, and his teammates tried to replicate it. On Twitter, Jeff Kinney said that he was working on both Book 15, now known as The Deep End, and 16 both at the same time, and book 15 was finished. The other coach didn't have a problem with it, but Susan did and said she wanted to win fair and square, so she sent Greg over to the other team. He gets off the tram with book still opened, reading it whilst I’m guiding him crossing the road to make his way to school.

Before the second half started, the team helped themselves to the Woodley's cooler that they used from summer vacation that wasn't clean. Then Preet missed a three-pointer, and the ball came to Greg and all of Greg's former teammates were all over him. Susan decides to reorganize the team, and give them a new name, the Huskies (later renamed Winter Dogs), as she becomes the coach, but uses strange techniques for practicing. They eventually made a shot by luck when Darren passed the ball to Marcus who didn't catch it and it bounced onto Yusef's head and went in. In the next practice Patel gave a speech about how injuries were part of sport, and they were gonna have to step it up.Then they had switch to their left hand which caused Greg to laugh causing his number to be written down.

While they were practicing, they made a ton of mistakes and when they did, Patel made them run sprints to the other side of the cafetorium but that everyone more tired which caused them to make more mistakes so after a while, everyone except for Preet was running sprints. After the game ended Susan said that Patel should've run different plays and that Greg should've gotten more playing time. However, the Slacksville coach put his starters back in the game and they had already scored 23 points.The team started with dribbling drills then passing but because of all the tables, half of the team had to practice on the stage that was set up for a kindergarten play. After that Susan tried to teach them some drills that her team used but none of them got the hang of it. She said that she was glad that it happened as it made her a better person which made Greg even more nervous.