Review Detail of Piggy in All I Really Want Is To Play Basketball

The story of the novel is quite straightforward which is basketball. Simply basketball. This correlates with his character, as from my perspective, the protagonist is emotionless and sole pursuit in life is basketball. The world is self-explanatory (USA). Honestly, this novel is quite boring. There's nothing besides basketball, which I understand is the whole theme and all, but what about his family? the audience's (people in the novel) perspective? romantic interests? Essentially, he's like a robot.