Twelve-year-old Picasso Dewlap is new to Cedar Island and is having trouble making friends. Things get worse when he loses a game for the community's basketball team. Then Picasso meets Ed, a young Sasquatch, who he discovers is a natural basketball player. WIth Ed playing, Picasso's team begins winning every game. Picasso soon becomes the most popular kid in his school. But he soon learns that true friendship is more important than winning games...