1997 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
Before the game began Coach Smith assembled the team and made a speech to motivate the players, he did not do it in every game and only in the most important games, it gave even more pressure to the players .
"9, 12 and 0, do you know what these three numbers represent this season?"
"At the beginning of the season we had a 9-win streak, and we lost to the Wake Forest Demon team and our winning streak dropped to 0 and our losing streak went to 1 . "
"In today's game our winning streak is 12, does anyone want to see that number turn 0 again? If you don't want to see this don't think about losing this game . "
"With that only 4 games left until the end of Regular Season, and we are in first place at the conference which is a great honor, I want to continue like this and have no defeat for the next games . "
After Coach Smith finished talking the whole team was much more excited and excited for this game, they knew they were favorites again and didn't want to miss this game either, plus there was one more thing Coach Smith didn't have the heart to say .
In the last game Coach Smith had left Jake in reserve and did not put him to play for many minutes, this game was different and Jake was from the beginning of the game and this gave more confidence to his teammates .
Everyone had to admit that Jake was very important to the team even though he was just a freshman, after all, Jake helped by making points, assisting, and still defending, so they were not ashamed to say that they were somewhat dependent on Jake's good performances .
AdvertisementThis game was no different and if the Tar Heels team won everyone knew that part of the merit would be for Jake who made the difference, so after a few minutes the game began .
In the early minutes the Tar Heels team started strong, they pressed harder on defense and put more effort into attacking moves, yet Coach Smith put no special defense against Duncan .
Unlike Coach Smith, the opposing coach left two players to defend in Jake's position, which was because the coach was confident that Duncan could put pressure on the defense even though he had one less player in his defensive area .
After a few minutes Jake received the ball and advanced to the attacking court, after passing the middle of the court he passed the ball to Carter, Carter advanced to the left and after the three-point line went to Okulaja which was more open .
Okulaja received the ball more freely because Duncan did not want to risk leaving the inner area to defend against him, but so another player who was responsible for marking Jake had to leave his position and defend against Okulaja .
Okulaja seemed to expect something like this and passed it to Jake who was behind him, Jake received the ball and easily got rid of his marker, with space he tried to shoot three points to make 3 more points for the team Tar Heels .
This was the second time a move like this had happened, with only one player defending against him, Duncan was easily able to make individual plays and points, while with two players defending against Jake the Tar Heels team was freer to make the plays .
So Jake had some opportunities to make 2 three-point plays for the Tar Heels team attack, so the Tar Heels team had the advantage in the first half, the game continued like this for a few minutes .
With Duncan inside, the Tar Heels team did not attack much in the indoor pitch, so Carter and Jamison were getting more balls, just as Okulaja didn't risk three-point shots because Duncan could almost certainly get the rebound .
Seeing this Coach Smith risked and put Williams in place of Okulaja and so wanted to see if that would give the team more chances to attack while weakening their team's defense, this made the players of team Tar Heels more excited .
"With more than 9 minutes into the game, Coach Smith seems to want to risk more than at the start of the game, putting Shammond Williams in place of Ademola Okulaja the three-point attack plays strengthen as the defense weakens . "
"From the beginning of this game we can see that Coach Smith wants to compete to see which attack is stronger, normally I would say it's the safest attack with Tim Duncan that has only one player scoring him, but with Jake in the plays of three points, I can't say that . "
"It's true, from the start of this game we can see that team manager Wake Forest Demon is very concerned about Jake putting two players in, yet Jake has scored 8 points so far 6 points in two three-point plays . "
"That's why I understand what Coach Smith is trying to do, after all, Okulaja has been going out for several unmarked plays and has only made 2 points having missed two shots off with almost no marks . "
"We'll see the rest of this first half if Coach Smith's bet pays off . "
As it was said with Williams joining the team, the defensive force of the team dropped a lot, in another game almost after Shammond Williams joined, Jerry Braswell charged forward and passed the ball straight to Duncan .
Duncan was being tagged by Zwikker after Williams entered the game, yet Duncan was not intimidated by the new player on defense and after a spin made a dunk to score 2 points for Wake Forest Demon . Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www . webnovel . com for visiting .
This was Wake Forest Demon's most played move in this game and so Duncan had 8 points in the first 10 minutes of the first half, he fears the ball with his back to the basket and either passed the ball or spin and made the points .
Still, team Tar Heels had the most points leading the scoreboard, after a few more free runs Shammond Williams was able to hit 2 shots out of 3 making 6 points in 4 attempts and Jake hit 1 more shot from outside in two attempts .
So when the first half was over Jake had played for 18 minutes and scored 17 points, 4 assists, 2 rebounds, and 4 steals, twice Jake managed to steal Tim Duncan's ball after offensive rebounds .
With this, the team Tar Heels finished the first half with great advantage and although Duncan scored many points his teammates were well scored and did not perform well in the first half .
"With the end of the first half we can see that Coach Smith's strategies are working more in this game, the Tar Heels team had the advantage in the whole first half, but after Shammond Williams took the place of Ademola Okulaja the Tar Heels team further opened up the lead . "
"True, even allowing Tim Duncan to play more freely on Team Wake Forest Demon he could not make so much difference on his own doing just two-point plays, on defense Duncan can't help much either because Team Tar Heels attacks just far from where he defended . "
"And they were right, everyone knows that Duncan is very good at offense, but plays much better at defense, just as Team Wake Forest Demon did not hesitate to send two players to mark Jake, team Tar Heels also did not hesitate to give up many attack rolls to avoid Duncan . "
"Surely if at the beginning of the season the Tar Heels team had played like that they would have won, one still doesn't understand why Jake didn't play that game since his games before that game had been with Jake's great performances . "
In the second half, team Tar Heels continued the same style of play and still had the biggest advantage on the scoreboard, after a few minutes the coach of Wake Forest Demon decided to take one of the defenders against Jake to mark Williams .
He thought that this way team Tar Heels would make a change and put Okulaja in the game and team Tar Heels would lose the three-point play, but Coach Smith wouldn't do something like that and kept Shammond Williams in the game and Jake had more freedom to play .
So Jake was told to keep trying outside shots to make more three-point plays, Jake naturally accepted that and with only one player in defense, he was much easier to attack .
When the second half ended, Tar Heels team won more easily than anyone expected, Jake played for another 18 minutes in that second half and scored 25 points, 3 assists, 3 rebounds, and 3 steals .
"What an unexpected game we had here at the Dean Smith Center, we all came to see a rematch between two strong teams and favorites to win the NCAA tournament, but what we saw was an easy win for the Tar Heels team . "
"At the beginning of the season Duncan was still very underrated and with two Centers playing together the Wake Forest Demon team took advantage of that to win many games early in the season, but later in time everyone understood that only Duncan played so well on that team . "
"So either teams put more than one player to score Duncan or let him play just like the Tar Heels team did, so many times the Wake Forest Demon team ended up losing like today . "
"What defines how opponents face this Wake Forest Demon team is how much confidence that the team has in attack and Coach Smith had full confidence in Jake Smith and Shammond Williams in the attack . "
"And so we saw this game with the Tar Heels team winning easily and Jake having a great game hitting 10 three-point shots in 15 attempts and scoring 42 points at the end of the game . "
As commentators have said with Coach Smith's strategy at work, the Tar Heels team easily won by 89 points against just 66 points from the Wake Forest Demon team .
Tim Duncan still had a great game and got a double-double scoring 26 points and 13 rebounds, but did not score more than Jake so Tar Heels team won with Jake winning the star clash with more points but helping less to the team .
This showed many media people the strength of the Tar Heels team in this clash between favorites and what many thought if Jake played more time in the first game this season the Tar Heels team would probably have won .
After this game, the Tar Heels team reached an astonishing 13-win streak and players were confident of winning the remaining three games of Regular Season and arriving with more confidence for the ACC tournament .
Even though they were confident everyone knew that the next games would be difficult because they would face two opponents who were having a great season and had two very strong teams and would play as a visitor .
Also, with all of these games in the season the team was starting to feel tired and only players like Jake didn't look tired, so in the next games Coach Smith would have to make more rotations in positions and let the reserves play longer .
Only Jake coach Smith intended to keep playing for a long time in every game, the team's fitness coaches have often said that Jake had a lot of stamina and stamina and had no risk of getting injured or getting tired in matches .
This was better for the team, and Coach Smith believed that because he knew that outside of Jake's basketball team training he was still training for the marathons he played, which showed how much stamina Jake had .
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After a few more days the day of the next game came, team Tar Heels traveled to face the next opponents that were team Maryland Terrapins, in the last confrontation between them was a difficult game with only 5 points difference .
But that was because Team Maryland Terrapins was very strong and had a great season, and the last game this season was right after Team Tar Heels lost to Team Wake Forest and Jake didn't even play 30 minutes in that game .
So in this game, as Jake would start playing and play longer Team Tar Heels was not worried about the game, if the team had a good game Coach Smith would use more reserves to rest the main players besides Jake .
After a few hours both teams were ready to start the game, as the last game was won by the Tar Heels team by a few points and today they would play at home the Maryland Terrapins team was confident of trying to win .
In the first half, the two teams were very equal, Jake could make some smart moves and so the Tar Heels team still had the advantage, but the Maryland Terrapins team also had a strong team and made the game difficult .
In the first half Jake played for 19 minutes and scored 18 points, 6 assists, 4 rebounds, and 4 steals, with a great first half he could get the Tar Heels team to take the lead, but the points difference was not much . Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www . webnovel . com for visiting .
Just as Coach Smith thought some players were removed from the starting lineup a few minutes earlier and let the reserves play longer, on the contrary Jake had more playing time if it wasn't for Ed Cota having more difficulty playing in other positions Coach Smith could Let Jake play longer .
In the second half, the game remained balanced, the Maryland Terrapins team playing well and Coach Smith giving more time to the reserves, so even with Jake playing very well the Tar Heels team never got a big advantage in the game .
After the game was over the team Tar Heels still got a good win, in that second half Jake can play for another 19 minutes and made 22 points, 6 assists, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals, so playing was critical to the team's victory .
"A great game for the Tar Heels team, in fact, it should say it was a great game for Jake, the whole team of the Tar Heels team played today, both early players and the reserves . "
"Still with the performance of Jake who managed to organize the plays and score several points with the starting team and the reserve team the team Tar Heels still got the victory . "
"True, Jake is the typical player who can be said that the longer he plays the better the performance, today he played for 38 minutes and almost quadruple-double in that game, he scored 40 points, 12 assists, 9 rebounds and 8 steals, it took Jake more time to go down in history for this game . "
"With his performance, this season Jake has certainly entered history as one of the best players on the Tar Heels team . "
"Coach Smith is lucky to have him in the team, we can clearly see in this game that he intended to make a rotation in the team formation to rest the key players and Jake supported the team well for them to win . "
"But doesn't Jake have to go into rotation either? He has been playing for a long time and always doing well if he has a player who has to be protected from fatigue and injury it is for him to have a chance to win the ACC tournament . "
"If it was another player I would agree, but don't forget that Jake is also known for being a very successful marathon runner who has won Olympic gold medal and has the current world record, I would not doubt his stamina to play these games . "
Team Tar Heels won the game by scoring 102 points against Maryland Terrapins' 85 points, Jake getting a double-double this season, now they had a 14-game winning streak with two games left before the Regular Season finale .
Coach Smith was very successful with Jake's performance and have been able to rest the top players longer, he would do that in the next game as a guarantee and so would have the team rested for the last Regular Season game and the entire ACC tournament .
After a few more days was the day of the next game, it was the penultimate game of Regular Season and they had to travel again to play another game as a visitor, the early players like Carter and Jamison were more rested .
They were looking forward to playing even though they were tired to see the team win, but with Jake on the team, they knew they could rest for a few minutes in the games after all the next games were more important and they wanted to win the ACC tournament .
Even though everyone was excited to have a winning streak of 14, they all expected a tough game against the fourth-placed team at the conference, all the more so because they were a strong team and they were playing as a guest .
The opposing team for this match was Team Clemson Tigers, in the first game between the two teams this season Team Tar Heels easily won by more than 20 points difference, but nothing could guarantee that this game would be equal .
Still, the Tar Heels team had a better season and a better team in that game, and the Clemson Tigers team came from a losing streak over the last few games, so it seemed that they were favorites to win .
After a few hours, both teams were ready for the start of the game, Coach Smith would also rotate the team during the game so Jake would play longer and have more responsibilities during that game .
In the first half, both teams had a well-balanced game with the Tar Heels team with a slight advantage, it was a similar game to the last one, but the Clemson Tigers team seemed to want to take advantage of the rotation of the team Tar Heels players .
So they tried to let more players defend against Jake, but even then the early players and the reserves also had quality and even playing less time could still make a lot of space to make the moves .
In that first half Jake played for 19 minutes just like in the previous game and can make 15 points, 7 assists, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals, even with more than one player in defense against him, Jake can still make the moves .
In the second half, the Tar Heels team was still maintaining the lead on the scoreboard even though the rotation, even with more than one player defending against Jake the overall result of the game did not change .
In that second half, Jake can play for 18 minutes and made 12 points, 6 assists, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals, even though scoring fewer points being better scored Jake still managed to make a good game and a triple-double .
They might hinder Jake's individual result in the offense, but in defense and as PG Jake could still play very well even with two players in defense against him, so the Tar Heels team can win .
Team Tar Heels won by scoring 84 points against Team Clemson Tigers 71 points, all who entered the game did their part and so with another good performance from Jake Team Tar Heels won the game and Coach Smith successfully rotated the team without losing any games .
For the next games, the Tar Heels team would be with all their most rested players and would still have a 15 win streak this season, they would go all out for the last Regular Season home game with the support of the fans .
After these games, Coach Smith was convinced that what the fitness coaches said was true and he could use more Jake in the next games longer and so the team would be stronger .
Before the match against the Clemson Tigers team Coach Davis finished the new training plan for Jake, so he sought out Jake the day before the match against the Clemson Tigers team .
Coach Davis knew naturally that Jake should be busy for the next day's game, but his job was just to create the training plan and see how Jake was executing that training plan .
It was Jake who decided which day to train and if he agreed to follow that training plan, Coach Davis also followed up some Jake training with the basketball team that also included training at the university academy .
Even though Coach Davis was required to be flexible and did not add any gym training to Jake and just ordinary training, he also decided to maintain Jake's 50 km of training and just added some aerobic and cardiovascular exercises .
That was Jake's daily training routine and some training would also have to be changed a few weeks before competitions or when Jake was on vacation, with that training enough for Jake to be able to run in the three modalities he wanted to try for a gold medal at the Olympics .
With more time Coach Davis would also add some positioning training and other techniques needed to run shorter distances, with the lack of training time that was what he could prepare for Jake .
If Jake was a full-time athlete he could prepare for training at various times of the day and even elsewhere besides the track where Jake was currently training, unfortunately, Coach Davis knew that Jake was trying hard to take some time to train .
So Coach Davis made sure to give Jake this training plan and explain why it was so similar to his current training, Jake understood what Coach Davis was saying and was happy with the coach's consideration .
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Jake agreed with the coach that on his vacation he would have more time to know what Coach Davis's full training was like, after all, Jake still had the classes he attended every day and another month of games with the basketball team before the holidays .
If the team reached the NCAA tournament final there would still be 10 games left by the end of the season, so naturally Jake wanted the team to reach the NCAA tournament final, the reason Coach Smith is rotating the team now is the ACC tournament .
If the team reaches the final they would have to play 3 games in 3 straight days without any rest, Coach Smith naturally had confidence in his team and hoped they would reach the ACC tournament final .
After the last game the Tar Heels team spent the next few days training for the last game of Regular Season, they now came from a sequence of 15 straight wins and already had one of the best seasons in history for the Tar Heels team .
This last Regular Season game would be even more special, it was a game at Dean Smith Center against their rival team Duke Blue Devils, in the last game they had a tough game even with Jake playing the whole game and doing a double-double .
So everyone hoped that even though the Tar Heels team had the advantage would be a difficult game, Jake was glad to hear that his friends would be watching the game and the Dean Smith Center should have the bleachers full of fans waiting to see the Tar Heels team win .
On the day of the game players were nervous even though they were playing at home, even though Jake was a little nervous about this game, Coach Smith didn't even need to cheer up the players because everyone knew how important winning this game was .
After a few hours, both teams were ready for the start of the game, Team Tar Heels was the favorite to win this game, but Team Duke Blue Devils was the second team in this conference .
At the beginning of the game contrary to what everyone expected Jake didn't have a double mark and only one player was placed to defend against him after all the team coach Duke Blue Devils knew that the whole team was strong and not just Jake .
With an average of over 30 points per game and several double-doubles, everyone was thinking that only Jake led the team in victory, but if it was well observed the rest of the whole team was having a great season in Jake's shadows .
Antawn Jamison averaged over 20 points per game and took just slightly fewer rebounds than Jake, Vince Carter also with his dunk and good indoor moves had more than 15 average points per game because he played less time sharing his time on the court with Shammond Williams .
In addition to them, Serge Zwikker and Ademola Okulaja were also having a great season and even Charlie McNairy and Ed Cota with less court time also played very well at the time they were on the court .
Only by having such a team could they have 24 wins in 26 games of the season, only Jake alone could not do that if he was on a weaker team, so team coach Duke Blue Devils knew that if they couldn't stop Jake with just one player in defense they could not win .
It was a bet by team coach Duke Blue Devils based on trust in his players, so in the first half different from what happened in other games Jake was performing well and his colleagues were having a hard time playing .
So in the first half, the game was more equal between the teams, yet Jake could more freely find the ways to get his teammates to receive the passes and he scored several points himself .
In that first half, Jake played for 19 minutes and managed to score 18 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds, and 4 steals, so Tar Heels team managed to open a small lead on the scoreboard at the end of the first half . Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www . webnovel . com for visiting .
In the second half of the game, both teams made some changes in strategy, but the focus of the game was still on Jake, he was a good player and playing in PG position what he did determined if the team played well .
Also, even though Jake had the freedom to play, he never forgot to make moves so that the team scored the points and not that he had more points, so Coach Smith trusted Jake to be the PG, otherwise Coach Smith would already have placed Jake as SG .
In that second half, Jake can play for 18 minutes and managed to score 20 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds, and 4 steals, so he made another double-double and led the team to another victory, the Duke Blue Devils team played a lot well, but the Tar Heels team was simply superior .
"And so we see another amazing game to crown the end of this Regular Season, we follow the top two teams from this conference, Duke Blue Devils team made a good game, but Tar Heels team still came out with a comfortable win . "
"This was expected, the Tar Heels team has had a better season and their players are better, even some of the Tar Heels team reserves could play in other teams in the initial lineup . "
"Also, Coach Smith has been doing a great job with this team, we can see that they have a lot of different ways to score the points on each move, so it's hard for a team to defend against them . "
"That's true, and there's Jake who can become the leader of any team at all universities, this is just his freshman season and he's been doing that, I hope to see for years to come . "
"With Jake as an opponent it is difficult for a coach to organize the defense strategy in the game if the Tar Heels team were weak it would be easier, but with such a strong team if two players were placed to defend against Jake the rest of the team can play quietly . "
"Soon we will be watching the ACC tournament games, and these teams can meet again, and at that moment we'll see if the Tar Heels team can win again . "
"I think the Tar Heels team is a favorite to win the ACC tournament, no team rivals them this season, only the Duke Blue Devils team they lost today and the Wake Forest team can threaten them, but I think this year the team Tar Heels will be champion of the ACC conference . "
Team Tar Heels won the game by 98 points against Team Duke Blue Devils' 87 points, so Team Tar Heels ended this year's campaign in Regular Season with ACC's # 1 conference team with 16 wins and a loss in 17 games .
With all this, it was impossible to say that the Tar Heels team was not a favorite to win the ACC tournament and even the NCAA tournament, after which game players would have four days to rest before the first ACC tournament .
With the rest, the players had in the last games with Coach Smith's rotation they would have to be at maximum physical strength after that rest after all the ACC tournament would be in 3 straight days of games .
Only someone like Jake would be comfortable with this sequence of games, Jake was confident of victory because in his past life the Tar Heels team had won and this year he would also be playing .
Over the next few days, the team had only rest without any training before the first ACC tournament game and Coach Guthridge came to talk to Jake personally banning him from running in the next few days .
Jake knew he would have no problem even if he trained, but as the next few days were important to the team he agreed to be without any training, after all, it would do just fine for him to be the next few days without any training .
Since in the coming days there would be no training Jake took the opportunity to go out and spend some time with his roommates, they have become very friends in these last 6 months, almost whenever Jake was at university the four went out to eat together .
Jake trained every day with Zack and always talked to him about the marathons he ran, they also talked about other things and got very close, with Aaron that Jake became friends last he also talked a lot .
They always talked about various things about American football that Jake was very fond of watching, Jake didn't have many stories on the high school football team as he played only twice with them .
But Aaron had several stories about his high school years and the expectations he still had to play at university in the year 1997, Aaron also talked a lot about his father and the older brother who lived in New York .
With William, he always went to class every day, in these two semesters they had all classes together, so it was normal for them to always talk, William had much better grades with Jake teaching him .
They also talked about the stock market, Jake didn't mind giving William his knowledge of market movements in the coming years, but unfortunately, William's family couldn't afford to invest in stocks now .
So Jake gave the advice hoping William would gain some understanding of the stock market, Jake looked at the stock market now just as given as he knew what would happen in the coming years . Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www . webnovel . com for visiting .
But for William who knew nothing about the future he could study how the market worked and use Jake's tips to understand how to invest, Jake always reminded William that the stock market situation was now special and something like that would not happen again .
Jake also said that the market was now forming a stock bubble, where people could make a lot of money by investing, but they had to know the right time to exit before losing everything .
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He hoped that with these tips William would realize his dream of becoming a great wall street investor if William wanted to become a manager he could work with Jake after a few years .
Jake needed someone with a talent to help Emily take care of his investments, he just didn't think about calling William now because clearly William had no thought of just working in a joint venture and wanted to work with the stock market .
When everyone was sitting together eating lunch and William seemed to be waiting for someone, only Jake realized that and the others were just worried about eating, Jake was curious to see if it was any woman William was looking for .
After a few minutes who appeared was a tall, elegant man, when this person arrived William gave a strange smile as if he was up to something and Jake thought he might know this person who soon walked to the table where they were .
"Hahaha, you finally got Brett, I wanted you to meet Jake for a few months ago . "
"William! I told you several times not to call my brother when we went out to eat . "
So Jake finally knew who it was, it was Brett Roberts Zack's brother, so Jake thought he knew him from somewhere, Jake had seen a picture of him on Zack's desk in the dormitory and they looked a bit too .
Clearly it was a kind of revenge William was plotting for Zack, William was always annoyed by some Zack jokes and knew that only Brett could stop Zack and so William became friends with Brett .
"Don't be like that Zack, your brother wanted to meet Jake who is the only one in our dormitory he doesn't know, you said you would introduce Jake to him, but several months went by and nothing . "
"This has nothing to do with you, this is a matter between me and my brother, Jake has been busy for the last few months after we get back to the dormitory you'll meet me . "
"Zack, don't be like that with your friends, so I always have to keep an eye on you, I thank you, William, for inviting me today . "
After talking to Zack and William, Brett looked toward Jake, he seemed to be quite calm and cool, but Jake felt that he was also very serious and strict .
"It's a pleasure to finally meet you, Jake, my brother always speaks well of you to my parents when he goes home, I knew you helped him in marathon training, I appreciate always taking care of my brother . "
"It's natural to help a friend, and Zack always keeps me company in my morning training, it's nice to have someone to train with, it's nice to meet you too, Brett . "
"I know you are very busy with basketball games and studies and you have also been showing your training to Zack, with an elite athlete like you teaching him Zack will easily improve . "
Jake liked Brett, he seemed to be very sociable even though he was more serious, Jake knew it wasn't just because he was a year older because he himself had a mindset of someone over 40 and didn't act so different from Zack and from others .
"So to thank you guys for taking care of my brother, I was thinking of taking you to a batting cage to relax a little . "
"Great idea, I haven't been in a batting cage in years . "
William quickly nodded enthusiastically and Aaron also seemed excited about it, even though Zack who was angry before was happy with the idea, Jake had not been in a batting cage for many years but also liked the idea .
They went somewhere far from the university that even Zack shouldn't know where it was, everyone rented safety equipment to play with because they didn't want to buy it just to play this time .
As it was monday the place was emptier, everyone had played in the batting cage before and so no one had to go to the 50mph batting cage or lower .
Everyone talked for a while and decided to choose the 70mph batting cage, one that everyone could hitch and no one would be ashamed of, Zack and Aaron wanted to go to the 90mph batting cage, but Brett said it was best to stay together .
70 miles was not at all slow and William who was first able to hit only 1 ball out of 20 attempts, Aaron did not want to be ashamed as he had previously asked to go to the 90mph batting cage .
Even so, he missed the first 4 hits, only after the fifth ball he hit and then hit a total of 12 of the 20 hits he tried, even though it went well he was ashamed to have asked for faster balls before and everyone laughed at him mercilessly .
Zack was also afraid that they would laugh at him and so Brett was throwing first, he missed the first and then started hitting, even though he missed a few he still hit 15 of the 20 hits .
Even so, he didn't say he was good at batting and just said he came here many times over the last few months, everyone knew he was being modest, yet Aaron and Zack used that excuse that they didn't hit long and everyone laughed at them again .
Zack was still scared to hit and so Jake passed in front of him, Jake was not very good at batting in his past life and he always stayed in the 60mph batting cages and still missed a few .
The first ball Jake just let go and saw if he could hit, so on the second ball Jake moved quickly and hit easily, then it was a sequence of 18 straight hits without missing a single one .
Jake didn't want to stand out, but with a machine just throwing the ball at the same speed, it was impossible for Jake with 37 agility stat points to miss, with that agility if he took a formula 1 car, in just 10 laps he could catch the way to ride .
His reflexes and speed of thought were much faster than normal people, of course, thanks to the system, and not that anyone who was fast also had these benefits .
Zack regretted letting his brother and Jake go in front of him, yet he actually got 14 hits in 20 attempts, better than Aaron and worse than his brother, as they were just kidding and not competing all kept beating .
After a while, more people arrived and Brett told them to get out of the batting cage as they had been for a long time, but before leaving they all went to the 90mph batting cage for Jake to bat down .
Jake knew they were going to do it so it was just like it was just for fun, the first ball Jake again just let it go to catch the rhythm, the second he hit the ball, it was pretty fast and his hands got a little cushioned with the impact .
The ball came again and Jake hit again, Jake felt that if the non-metal bat would break with him bouncing at that speed, William and the others were amazed at how easily Jake hit the ball .
He would start bouncing just as the ball came out of the machine and did not swing the bat very fast, yet every time he bounced the ball he would always hit the machine back hard .
Seeing this his friends thought they would never have the courage to throw some balls at Jake, if the machine wasn't protected they thought Jake would have hit them a few times, of course, they didn't know that Jake had control over what he was doing .
But if they knew that he had control in hitting at that speed and with such force, then they wouldn't have the courage to hurl Jake who could hit them whenever he wanted .
After Jake hitting the 90mph hitting cage without missing a beat Brett told Aaron and Zack to try, the two didn't want to be ashamed of the 70mph hitting cage .
But Brett insisted and everyone realized he was doing it on purpose, Zack knew well what his brother was like and gave up and went to try to counter, he just regretted trying to show off before, Zack still managed to hit 5 hits from 20 attempts, but if embarrassed anyway .
After Zack went Aaron also had to go and try to hit the 90mph batting cage, he hit 7 out of 20 attempts and came out a little less embarrassed, yet everyone had fun thanks to Brett .
Even though Zack spoke so badly of Brett he was one of the most fun and was like a kid, after going to the batting cage they went to a mall in Jake's car to watch a movie .
They went to see the movie Jerry Maguire in which Jake appeared again to Brett who did not watch being able to watch, seeing for the second time they could enjoy more of the movie and even laughed at the scenes where Jake appeared .
To their surprise after the movie, two girls who appeared to be high school age turned up to ask Jake for an autograph, he was well known to people after appearing so often on television and in commercials .
Also, these girls had just seen Jake appear in the movie and with him being so tall it was hard for them not to recognize him, then his friends joked that Jake was so famous that he had to wear glasses .
It had been a few months since Jake had been shopping, so he went to the music store and bought several new Kate CDs and even gave her friends a gift, his friends knew her too because now Kate was known all over the country, even more, famous than Jake .
After they still stopped at a diner in the mall to eat and talk some more time, it was hard for them to have some free time to hang out with friends to talk to so they had to enjoy it .
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"So we find out today what Jake Smith's future is in sports, he's going to be a great baseball player and win the world series . "
"True, with that batting talent you can win any game you want Jake . "
"I thought he would play American football like me, Jake already played in high school so it's more possible than baseball . "
"Don't forget that there is still football, we have to go to some field and see Jake kicking a ball to see Hahaha . "
"You say that because you're jealous, I can play a lot of sports and you none, Hahaha . "
"Oh so Jake knows how to be arrogant too, then we'll see how you fare in boxing . "
Everyone joked because they knew Jake's talent was so great, only Brett didn't joke much because he didn't have much intimacy with Jake, Jake was happy to see that everyone was joking and no one was jealous .
Of course, it wasn't because he could easily hit a fastball thrown by a machine that he would be a baseball genius, in fact of all sports Jake was least interested in baseball .
That's because he always thought baseball was the sport where it was hardest to become a star and to be the team's highlight, there are over 160 games in a season and each team has several hitters who can do the same for the team that is making home runs .
Defensively the player can only cover a small part of the field, pitchers can do more than others and have highlights, but pitchers are most likely to get hurt in games and can become heroes or villains with a single pitch .
So just having a lot of talent one could think of standing out in baseball and would have to have a good mindset to withstand the criticism that would surely come, then came American football which also has a lot of risk for players to get hurt and few games in a season .
And there was basketball, which was the sport that Jake had heard from his past life that he had the talent of many people, it's a sport Jake loved and even though he has over 80 games a season there is no risk of injury if he is not very unlucky .
That's why since his last life Jake thought that if he had a sport he wanted to play it was basketball and he wanted to win various awards and NBA rings, while athletics Jake didn't think it was possible and just enjoyed running .
Of course, he wouldn't tell this to his friends and just treated it all as a joke, Jake also knew that if he was a talented player throwing the ball to himself even if it was slower than 90mph he would still not be able to hit .
Not to mention that baseball was not just about hitting and had many fundamentals to be a good player, Jake could do well in baseball if he tried today, but that's all because he gained so many running and training statistics in basketball .
If Jake wanted to start playing baseball from the age of 10 and trained for many years he couldn't even join a normal team even with the help of the system with his lack of talent, so Jake always remembered how basketball and Athletics helped him with basketball being the main one .
After relaxing with his friends for a day Jake spent the other days doing nothing and just relaxing his body, he thought of doing various things before entering university, such as running multiple marathons or even making movies .
But just a few months after entering college Jake found that he had no time to do anything he thought, fortunately after the NCAA tournament final he would have several months to rest and do whatever he wanted .
Even if Coach Smith didn't like it he would only re-train with the team after the start of next semester in late August, by then he would have four months of freedom .
In those days when he was resting, Jake wondered how Matthew's company was doing this early in the year and whether Tiffany and Clara's companies had already started investing better for their company .
But Zhang Yi knew that if he started thinking about business he would be very busy and couldn't solve all the problems that would arise until the first game of the ACC tournament began .
So for the next few days Jake was really just resting and hanging out with his friends and even with the basketball team's Charlie, Jamison and Carter they found time to go out and talk .
After all, this rest finally came the day of the first game of the ACC tournament, the day before this game on day 6 the NC State Wolfpack team beat Georgia Tech Yellow in the first round .
No one cared about this result and only Jake knew that the NC State Wolfpack team would surprise and become the first team to leave the first round and reach the final of the ACC tournament, of course, they would lose in the final to Team Tar Heels as Jake wanted .
So on Day 7, while Team Tar Heels faces Team Virginia Cavaliers, Team NC State Wolfpack will beat Team Duke Blue Devils if everything happens as Jake remembered in his past life .
Even though none of this happens Jake had the confidence to beat the Virginia Cavaliers team and any opponents they had in the final, after a few hours both teams were ready to start the game at the Greensboro Coliseum . Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www . webnovel . com for visiting .
Since the game was in North Carolina, the Tar Heels team felt they were playing at home, from the first minutes of the game the Tar Heels team pressed their opponents into attack and defense .
Team Virginia Cavaliers this year was not that strong and Team Tar Heels was having one of the best seasons of recent years, they were coming to that game with a 16-win streak .
In the first half, Jake could play for 18 minutes and managed to score 15 points, 5 assists, 3 rebounds, and 4 steals, so he helped the Tar Heels team to have a good lead at the end of the first half .
Even though it was not an easy game, the Virginia Cavaliers team knew they would not have much opportunity to win the NCAA tournament and so the ACC tournament was their last chance to win something this year .
At least they didn't want to be eliminated in the first game, so Virginia Cavaliers were making a lot of effort in defense and were determined to have a difficult game .
Even in the second half the Tar Heels team had difficulty setting up plays and players had to use individual skill to gain space to make the move, so with Jake, Jamison, and Carter playing well the Tar Heels team had the advantage .
In addition, Team Tar Heels had the most restful and stamina players in this game, as Team Virginia Cavaliers did not have the opportunity to rotate the starting team because the reserves did not have the same strength .
So throughout the game Team Tar Heels always had the lead on the scoreboard even though Team Virginia Cavaliers was trying hard to win, in that second half, Jake played for 17 minutes and scored 16 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds, and 4 steals .
Jake can do one more double-double and Tar Heels team won 84 points against 69 points Virginia Team Cavaliers was a good start and the other day they would have another game .
Just as Jake expected the NC State Wolfpack team beat Duke Blue Devils in the quarterfinals and would soon advance to the next game and will likely beat Team Maryland Terrapins by surprising everyone and reaching the final.
As for the Tar Heels team would face the equally strong team Wake Forest Demon and Jake hoped that his team would leave with the victory, but since the opposing team had Tim Duncan, Jake did not dare to despise the opponent.
So the next day they had the second game of this ACC tournament, of course, the favorite team to win this game was the Tar Heels team, so all the players on the team were relaxed in preparing the game.
After all, they were more rested and the team season was better, on the individual side the players of team Tar Heels also had the advantage, Jake had even more confidence because he knew that in his past life the team had won this game.
His friends were also watching this game in the stands and Jake was sure his mother was watching this game on television, so he had to give his best of it in this game.
After a couple of hours, both teams were ready to start this game, Team Tar Heels knew the strategy to beat Team Wake Forest Demon, it was just to let Tim Duncan freer and focus on defending the other players of the team.
It was the strategy they used in the last game and it had worked, after all the Tar Heels team was confident of their players' offensive capability but had no confidence to stop Duncan in that game.
Wake Forest Demon had no way of stopping Jake in this game, they couldn't leave Jake free to play because if they did Jake would make several three-point plays and still find a way to pass the ball to his teammates.
In the first half of this game everyone realized that this game would not be played as much as everyone expected, Jake was playing very well and so was Duncan, but the rest of the Wake Forest Demon players were not playing that well.
On the side of the Tar Heels team, the players were all having a good game and so naturally the Tar Heels team had an advantage in this first half of the game, Jake played for 18 minutes and scored 20 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds, and 6 steals.
With such a performance the players near the three-point line had difficulty playing near Jake, and inside was Carter, Jamison, and Zwikker in defense, as well as Okulaja who despite defending against Duncan still hampered other players.
Duncan managed to score 12 points and 6 rebounds in the first half, yet he alone couldn't make much difference in this game.
In the second half Team Tar Heels continued to play well and dominated Team Wake Forest Demon, everyone was playing well and Team Coach Wake Forest Demon did not know what he could do to reverse the difference on the court.
In that second half Jake played for 19 minutes and scored 22 points, 6 assists, 3 rebounds, and 5 steals, with this triple-double and 42 points in this game Jake led the Tar Heels team to great advantage against Wake Forest Demon.
Duncan also had a great game and did a double-double again but couldn't change the situation on his own, besides Jake Jamison also had a great performance in both games so far, besides the two other players of the team also played very well.
Jake was happy with the triple-double, he hoped maybe to get another double with the rebounds, but playing against Duncan that was impossible for now, at least the team went to the ACC tournament final.
In this game the Tar Heels team scored 98 points against just 69 points from the Wake Forest Demon team, everyone who expected a difficult and exciting game was disappointed, but at least they saw a game with several good plays from the Tar Heels team.
Just as Jake expected the NC State Wolfpack team beat the Maryland Terrapins team and would face Jake's team in the final, so Jake can be more relaxed about it because in many ways against the NC State Wolfpack team they were more likely to win this ACC tournament.
After a night's rest the other day the Tar Heels team had another game again, it was the 1997 ACC tournament final, the Tar Heels team opponent in that game was their rival NC State Wolfpack.
This was an unexpected game for everyone but Jake who knew the future, yet while Team Tar Heels was tired of playing for two days in a row, Team NC State Wolfpack played for three days in a row.
In addition, the team's season Tar Heels and the players were much better than the opponents, Jake intended to play everything he could again to secure his first trophy at university, they would be the champions that day.
After a few hours, both teams were ready for this game, the Greensboro Coliseum was full of fans and most were Tar Heels team fans, Jake was more excited about this authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.
The favorites were the Tar Heels team, but in the last three games the NC State Wolfpack team was not the favorite and they still won in the end, so no Tar Heels team player looked down on their opponents.
The initial formation of the Tar Heels team was Jake playing as PG, Shammond Williams playing as SG, Antawn Jamison playing as SF, Ademola Okulaja playing as PG and Serge Zwikker playing as Center.
In the last two games, Zwikker and Okulaja were playing very well and Williams was also joining the team as a reserve and playing better than Carter, so Coach Smith decided to make that change in that game.
The initial formation of the NC State Wolfpack team came with Jeremy Hyatt, Ishua Benjamin, Danny Strong, Justin Gainey, and Clint Harrison, with this team they didn't have much strength to fight for rebounds and seemed unwilling to.
The NC State Wolfpack team didn't make much three-point play even though their players didn't have the time to try hard for indoor play, so Coach Smith decided to try to attack more with the three-point play with Jake and Williams to try to win with more easily this game.
In the first minutes of play, the things were exactly as planned, the team's defense of the Tar Heels team was very strong in the painted area and gave more space outside the three-point line, so they made the NC State Wolfpack try more plays of three points.
On the other side was just the opposite, the NC State Wolfpack defense was stronger off the three-point line and weaker within the painted area, so in the early minutes Jake had a lot of time in the ball in several plays.
He worked well several moves with Zwikker and Jamison and the two also knew how to cooperate and so the team Tar Heels made many moves in the painted area, Jake also attacked well and when the opposing defense came with two players he passed to Williams to make the moves.
So in the first half, the NC State Wolfpack team missed many three-point attacks and could not make moves in the painted area, while the side team Tar Heels missed much less with Jake in charge of the attacks and organizing the moves.
In that first half, Jake had 22 points, 8 assists, 6 rebounds, and 5 steals, with this Jake performance Tar Heels team led by many points towards the end of the first half.
"The Tar Heels team has been dominating the game in the first half and has a great advantage for this second half, dominating the three-point balls, dominating the plays in the painted area and dominating in rebounds."
"It's true, the NC State Wolfpack team looks like they have given up on painted area rebounds and rebounds, but you can't give up one of the fundamentals of basketball without paying the price for it."
"We can see that the Wake Forest team, for example, had a great season because they dominated in rebound statistics, which means that the Wake Forest team could attack more in games."
"Another thing that has been going on a lot in this game is that the NC State Wolfpack team has been making a lot of mistakes, they missed more than 12 three-point shots, if they hit half of those attempts the game would be different in the first half."
"Not to mention the great game that Jake, Jamison, and Zwikker are playing, Zwikker scored 13 points in the last game and it looks like he will repeat the performance in that game and Jamison has been playing very well too, with Jake they have been catching almost every rebound of that game."
"A lot of this has to do with the fact that NC State Wolfpack is trying to stop Tar Heels's team three-point play, so Jamison and Zwikker have the freedom and ability to make more points with Jake's assists."
"And the NC State Wolfpack team couldn't quite defend the three-point play because Jake still scored more than 20 points in the first half, let's see if we'll see another triple-double from Jake in this game."
What the commentators were saying was right and it was obvious that the coach and players of the NC State Wolfpack team knew this too, but unfortunately, they could do nothing to change the situation in this game.
The scoring on Jake was already very strong and yet he still managed to score 22 points in the first half plus many assists, if they changed the defense to the painted area it was not guaranteed that they would achieve for the attacks of Jamison and Zwikker.
And if they did that Jake and Williams would be even easier to make the plays in the second half, and even if they wanted to fight for rebounds they had no ability to face the Tar Heels team players.
In the second half of the game with no choice to change the style of play the NC State Wolfpack team came to try to change the outcome of the game and come out as champions, so they knew that if they missed the three-point move less they could change the outcome of the game .
But it was easier said than said, they never had players who used to have a good hit rate on three-point plays, so to hit more they would also have to try harder and make more mistakes .
Since the rebounds were from the Tar Heels team in this game they would be giving the opponents plenty of counterattacking opportunities, but they had no other options than trying to make such moves .
Jake remembered watching this game in his past life, the team Tar Heels also dominated the game he watched, the problem was that they missed many moves and had many turnovers and therefore lost several chances to make more points .
So in this game Jake was keen to own the ball and control and organize the plays for the Tar Heels team, Jake also said he would do that for Coach Smith and received the coach's approval .
After all Jake rarely had a turnover in games, so he was the one who had the most security with ball possession, so by the end of the first half Tar Heels team had a big lead on the scoreboard .
And the second half continued the same way, the NC State Wolfpack team tried more three-point play and missed more and rebounded the Tar Heels team, on the other hand, the Tar Heels team had the three-spot and three-point moves balanced points .
The Tar Heels team also missed much less and so by the end of the game, everyone knew who the ACC tournament champion team was .
In that second half, Jake played for 18 minutes and made 17 minutes, 7 assists, 6 rebounds, and 6 steals, with this brilliant performance of Jake the Tar Heels team easily won this game .
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Jake had made a quadruple-double with 39 points, 15 assists, 12 rebounds, and 11 steals, after the game all just gathered in the center of the court and celebrated a lot, Jake was congratulated by his teammates for quadruple-double .
Even though everyone was happier to be ACC tournament champions, it was great to win that way because they knew they would not leave without any championships won this season and would try their best to win the NCAA tournament .
Team Tar Heels won this game and became champion by scoring 87 points against only 49 points by Team NC State Wolfpack, Jake remembered that this game in his past life was much harder and Team Tar Heels won with fewer points .
"What an amazing game we saw today here in this final game that decided who is the 1997 ACC tournament champion team, this time the NC State Wolfpack team failed to perform another miracle and their cinderella tale ended today, the Tar Heels team is the champion . "
"All merit goes to Jake who got a quadruple-double that will go down in history, and to Antawn Jamison and Serge Zwikker who dominated the game in the painted area in both offense and defense . "
"Shammond Williams also played very well today, but his performance was overshadowed by Jake's quadruple-double, Jake hit 9 three-point shots and Shammond can only hit 3 in that game . "
"If the NC State Wolfpack team had someone with the same percentage of three-point shooting hits as Jake or Williams they might have won this game . "
"True, total merit for Team Tar Heels, for Jake, for Zwikker and Jamison and even for Coach Smith who organized this incredible team, but we have to accept that part of the reason for the defeat of the NC State Wolfpack team was the very low achievement . of the three-point shots . "
"That's right, but it really can't even be said that the three-point shootout was very bad because it's actually average for normal teams, is that comparing to the team Tar Heels' hit rate is really a difference huge in performance . "
"That's not what I mean, their performance can be considered normal for a team that is bad at three-point shots, what I mean is if the team is that bad at three-point shots because they tried harder 50 shots of three points in one game!"
"The coach must know the quality of his players, so if he knew that the team was bad on all three points to try no more than 50 times! It's an ACC tournament final game and not a training joke!"
As the other commentator was saying, this commentator just realized the error of the NC State Wolfpack strategy because the Tar Heels team played so much better than them in every way .
As far as Jake remembered no one criticized the NC State Wolfpack team for attempting several three-point shots even though they had missed so many as in today's game .
"Think about it, Jake had an average of 60% three-shot hits today, which is considered a poor performance for him this season if he were on the NC State Wolfpack team and tried 50 three-point shots as they tried him would make 90 points alone! Now, do you understand why I think the difference is absurd? And that was a bad day for Jake . "
With such a comparison even the people watching at home thought it was really a bad game for the NC State Wolfpack team, they were very bad for the opportunities they had in the game .
"But you can't use the performance of a player like Jake as a comparison, so look, he made a quadruple-double with 39 points on a day you said he had a poor performance on three-point shots . "
"How many players in college basketball history do you think did what Jake did?"
While the commentators discussed what had happened in the game, the Tar Heels team players were celebrating the victory a lot, the NC State Wolfpack players seemed to be completely convinced later and see the performance of the Tar Heels team .
They weren't even sad about losing this game, everyone was already proud to have reached this final after starting in the first round, this NC State Wolfpack team had already made history .
As the players celebrated the players began to be interviewed by reporters and went to the live television broadcast, shortly after some of their teammates were interviewed Jake was called in for an interview as well .
"Hi Jake, first congratulations on winning the championship and for your amazing performance in the game today . "
"Hahaha, thanks, the victory today is thanks to the effort of the entire team and the organization of Coach Smith . "
"How do you feel about winning the ACC tournament in your first year playing at university?"
"I'm very happy, I have to thank my teammates who helped me better integrate into the team and adapt to the college level basketball game, I also have to thank Coach Smith who gave me the opportunity to play in those games . "Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www . webnovel . com for visiting .
"Jake, tell us your secret to having such a high three-point hit rate?"
"The secret is a lot of training, a lot of training and strength too, sometimes in games like today luck also helps the ball get in more often, and it is my teammates who help me get the chance to shoot three points with more freedom . "
"And how does it feel to quadruple-double in such an important endgame like this?"
"I was very happy, I've had opportunities to do things like today, but in such an important game and with a strong opposing team like NC State Wolfpack is much more significant . "
"One last question, what do you expect from the NCAA tournament after winning the ACC tournament?"
"This has not changed since the beginning of the season, our team has always been working hard and training to reach the NCAA tournament final and win at the end, after winning the ACC tournament what changes is that our team's confidence will increase . "
While Jake was talking to reporter Serge Zwikker was taking down the nets to celebrate the victory, Jake naturally also took a piece of the net and left the rest with his teammates .
After they received the ACC tournament champion trophy and took the photo for a souvenir, everyone was very happy about it and the prizes continued, Jake was naturally chosen for the first team of the ACC tournament .
Lastly, Jake was chosen as the ACC tournament MVP, this was normal thinking about his performance in the last two games and today's game mainly, he celebrated with his teammates and was very happy with today's game .
After all the celebration the team returned the same day to university, they would have a week rest after today's game before the start of the NCAA tournament, if the team played well as Jake hoped they would play 6 more games after that .
Jake hoped this season would end with the team also winning the NCAA tournament, Jake had to admit it was much better to win the ACC tournament than the national high school championship .
So he was eager to know what it would be like to win the NCAA tournament which was much more important than the ACC tournament, he could only hope for it, for now, he would wait another week to rest before the next game .
One thing Jake had discovered and taken aback at this game now had to be taken into consideration, he thought would never tire of his much larger stamina even than marathon athletes.
But in this game, he realized to his surprise that after playing for three days in a row just not feeling he was tired, he realized this because his average hit of three points dropped so much in this game.
Even though he already had a much higher average than other players with the help of the system he could get a lot more three-point shots, and he always tried to shoot three points when he was confident he could hit the three-point shot points.
"Fate, do you know why I ended up making more mistakes in this game?"
[What happened was that after three straight days of playing you got mentally tired, your stamina was normal, but your mind was tired after so much pressure from important games.]
[This will happen many times yet and this is also one of the reasons why coaches sometimes leave their top players more time on the bench several times during game periods.]
[The more important a player is to the team, the more pressure they end up feeling, you're no different, but you don't have to worry because it happens rarely and even if your accuracy drops a little, you'll still play better than the others on your team.]
Jake did not expect this, of course, he knew that everyone could get mentally tired, it happened to him several times in his past life when he slept briefly and when he studied too much, but in this life had not happened once.
Knowing this Jake can be relieved because just as the system said was normal and very difficult to happen, not knowing why was much worse for him, he was lucky to always be able to ask things he had doubts to the system.
"Fate, show me my statistics window of the first job."
[Here it is.]
[Name: Jake Smith]
[Age: 18 years]
[Job: Basketball Player]
[Title: College Player]
[Position: PG, SG]
[Height: 1.98 m]
[Weight: 99 Kg]
[Force 37]
[Agility 37]
[Resistance 40]
[Intelligence 60]
[Luck 99]
Basketball Skills
[Ball Handling S]
[Body Control A]
[Man to Man A]
[Dribble S]
[Layup S]
[Set Shot SS]
[Block B]
[Pass S]
[Rebound A]
[2 Points SS]
[3 Points SS]
[Free Throw SS]
[Steal S]
[Dunk S]
Jake was glad to see that several of his strength statistics had improved in recent months, the other statistics would hardly improve with training after earning so many reward statistics.
Several of his skills have also risen in rank after these months playing on the Tar Heels team, he has played this season so far more than he had in two years at high school and was always up against skillful opponents.
So it was normal for his skills to improve quickly, after all, he already had more experience than many NBA lifelong players, but he could always gain more experience playing with people with intelligence than with system-controlled players in his space of Imagination training.
Once again Jake thought he had made the right decision by coming to college instead of going straight to the NBA, otherwise, he would have to spend at least two years playing very little time until everyone recognized his ability.
After all, he can quickly get better than his college basketball teammates after a few months, but in the NBA he knew he still had a lot of players who were better than him.
He felt it was a shame he didn't get any attribute points as a reward after winning the ACC tournament, but he already expected it as the system said he would have to become a pro before earning more attribute points.
Also, the ACC tournament was something like a regional tournament, so maybe if he could win the NCAA tournament he would get some attribute point as a reward, so he would have to work even harder.
As he would have a week before the start of the NCAA tournament Jake decided to go to Miami to stay with his mother in the coming days before returning to rest to play again, he would have his own training ground at home to do the daily training that Coach Davis prepared for him.
So the day after the final game Jake went home and arrived at the restaurant to surprise his mother, this time he didn't meet Lola as he always did when he entered the restaurant.
Jake went straight to the kitchen and saw his mother talking happily with Anna, it looked like they were talking something to put on the restaurant menu, Anna was the first to notice Jake and then went to talk to him.
"Hi Jake, I didn't think you were coming anytime soon, just yesterday we saw your game in the final, congratulations on becoming the champion, you deserve it."
"Thanks, Anna, I came here to see you, hi mom, I miss you."
"Jake, I didn't expect you to come either, aren't you going to have a game in a few days?"
"Yes I will, so as I enjoyed coming today, our team gained a few days off from Coach Smith before the first NCAA tournament game."
"You should have stayed at university resting these days, son, in less than a month the games will be over, aren't you?"
Since she had complete confidence in Jake, Eva was counting the games until the NCAA tournament final, so in less than a month the final would happen.
"That's right mom, but I still have classes until two months from now, so I enjoyed coming here this week."
Eva was so involved with Jake's basketball games that she had even forgotten that he had gone to college to study, after all, Jake had never had a problem getting the best grades in college.
This week the teachers wouldn't even miss Jake because they knew the players must be tired, and even if Jake had this week of fouls would be his only in the semester.
Jake missed his mother after several months, and took the opportunity to come this week because on vacation he could not spend all his time at home, he would have several marathons to compete in his vacation months.
In addition, soon he would have to sort things out with his investments and the companies he was involved in. Matthew's company had started selling the new digital cameras in February of this year and this year Jake could expect more profits.
Jake didn't know if Clara and Tiffany's companies had already started investing, but he was just worried about them and didn't expect to receive profits from those stocks, so if they don't come to talk to him, Jake won't ask about anything either.
Jake also hoped that by the end of next year Charlie's team would be able to fully develop a smartphone prototype and Jake would try to get as many patents as he could, then he would have Charlie's team start developing a prototype of the Android system as well.
Jake knew many things that could give him a lot of money in the coming years, but he had no energy and no time to invest in these products, so he chose these two products that would be the world's most lucrative future market.
If he could successfully invest in Google, he wouldn't even have to worry about the Android system and would just wait for a few years to start selling his shares, and so would have money for a lifetime.
If he had shares in Google and Amazon he could become the richest man in the world in another 20 years, but those shares paid no dividends, so Jake would not hesitate to sell his shares to have real money on hand.
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After all, according to Jake, he knew that the smart thing to do with stocks was to sell when they were valued and still worth it, he didn't want to continue with stocks that wouldn't be worth holding unless it was to help a friend as he was doing with Clara's company.
Jake also knew he couldn't count on Emily showing up in the next few days because he'd let her see what was going on with Amazon that soon this year would have the IPO.
For the next few days Jake stayed home training and talking to Eva every day so he rested his tired mind and prepared for the NCAA tournament games, Jake hoped his team would win, but no one could know what would happen.
Not even he who had come from the future could know what would happen in the coming days since just being playing on the Tar Heels team in those years had already changed the future he knew, he hoped that nothing bad would happen in the coming days.
After three days at home he returned to college, he did not want to challenge Coach Smith and risk missing out on the initial team formation of the Tar Heels team in the early NCAA tournament games.
At university, he continued his daily marathon training as he shared part of the training with Zack who was already running 14km every day, in the coming months Jake would continue to increase Zack's training for him to run a marathon in a few months.
After all, after these more than 4 months of training, Zack was already in good physical shape and could start increasing daily running intensity without risking injury, in fact, if he ran slower, Zack could run for more than 20 km every day.
Jake also returned to daily training with his basketball team, everyone was much more rested after a few days and was very excited for the first NCAA tournament games.