Jim Carroll is lid van het basketbalteam van een katholieke school in New York. Jim en zijn vrienden gedragen zich echter nauwelijks als vrome jongeren. De manager van het basketbalteam steelt uit de kastjes van de opponenten en het favoriete tijdverdrijf van de jongens is het experimenteren met pillen.
Nee, helaas is The Basketball Diaries nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Camera | David Phillips | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Jim Carroll | Author |
| Production | John Bard Manulis | Producer |
| Directing | Scott Kalvert | Director |
| Writing | Bryan Goluboff | Screenplay |
| Sound | Graeme Revell | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Dana Congdon | Editor |
| Production | Liz Heller | Producer |
| Production | Avy Kaufman | Casting |
| Directing | Lisa Katcher | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Chris Blackwell | Executive Producer |
| Production | Dan Genetti | Executive Producer |
| Production | Kathie Hersch | Line Producer |
| Art | Christopher Nowak | Production Design |
| Art | Harriet Zucker | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | David C. Robinson | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Diane Hammond | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Jacqueline Arnot | Set Dresser |
| Sound | Paul B. Clay | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Larry Hoki | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | David J. Hudson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Victor Iorillo | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Victor Iorillo | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Susan Kurtz | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Jeffrey Perkins | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Daniel Tripoli | Sound Effects Editor |
