<P> With Quentin's help, Nathan quickly gets back into shape with his basketball technique . Quentin has also befriended Jamie, who looks up to him . Unfortunately, Quentin is fatally shot while interrupting a store robbery . Nathan and Haley tell Jamie together and they also decide to take him to the funeral because Jamie wants to say goodbye . During this time, Nathan finds out that Deb and Skills are in a relationship, which disgusts him . The revelation strains his friendship with Skills but after a talk with Jamie, he comes to terms with their relationship . To ease it, Skills decides to help Nathan with his comeback . Nathan soon gets a call from the general manager of an NBA D - League basketball team in Fort Wayne (the Fort Wayne Mad Ants), who says that they are interested in recruiting him . Once Nathan gets there, he is disappointed to hear they want him as a coach, not as a player . Nathan turns the position down, but is soon asked to play Slamball by Owen (Brooke Davis' ex). </P> <P> After some hesitation, Nathan starts to play Slamball . Haley is afraid he'll hurt his back . Her worry intensifies when she sees some severe bruises on his back . Then, after a game, an old rival charges at Nathan and shoves him through a glass window in front of his wife and son . Scared that his father almost ended up becoming badly injured, Jamie makes him promise that he will stop playing Slamball . On the night of the USO concert, Nathan is at his home talking with the spirit of "Q" as he watches the Slamball championships on television . Q asks if he really gave it up for Jamie or because he stopped believing himself . After Q's pep talk, Nathan asks Haley to promise him that they won't be afraid of chasing their dreams . </P> <P> Nathan attends a trial for D - League basketball and after initially getting turned away for not belonging to a team, he is called back by the general manager who had earlier offered him the coaching position . After a successful trial, Nathan is selected to play for the Charleston Chiefs . Teammate Devon Fox threatens Nathan, and says he's not going to be taking his spot . After struggling during the training session, Nathan returns to his locker to see his photos of Haley and Jamie ripped up, as well as one of him and Quentin . Angered and spurred on, Nathan threatens Devon, saying that he's going to take his spot and Devon can have it back after Nathan is called up to the NBA . Later in the season, when Devon ruins five straight games for the Chiefs, the coach benches him . Nathan is put in and makes an assist that leads to the winning shot . Devon is later cut from the team and his starting position is given to Nathan, whose back up is Neno, who taunted Nathan at the tryouts . Nathan and Neno prove to be the team's two best players, but they play the same position, so they can't both start . The coach has Nathan teach Neno how to play shooting guard . An NBA scout from the Los Angeles Clippers comes to see the two of them play, but Nathan is worried that he won't play his best in front of the scout, so he opts to drive the ball in for Neno to score . Neno is later called up by the Clippers, leaving Nathan still in the D - League . In the season 6 finale, Nathan gets called up to the Charlotte Bobcats and starts in his first game up . </P> <P> Nathan has been playing for the Charlotte Bobcats since the finale of season 6, but his contract is up and his friend and agent, Clay, puts Nathan's career in jeopardy by being too greedy during the negotiations . Nathan, Haley, and Jamie celebrate Jamie's 7th birthday, and a woman named Renee asks to take a picture with Nathan . Later, the woman tells Clay that she slept with Nathan . After doubting Nathan and offering to pay Renee off, Haley decides to support him and not pay her anything . Dan and Rachel convince Renee to come onto Dan's talk show to tell her side of the story . In a surprising turn of events, Dan submits Renee to a lie detector test, and all of the answers she gives come across as being true . He goads her into revealing that she had sex the night of the party and got pregnant, but not by Nathan . Before Dan leaves Tree Hill for good, Nathan brings Jamie to say goodbye and says thank you to his dad for helping him get to the NBA . </P>

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