The Filming in Austrália
So the two spent the whole day taking care of the children as volunteers, some of these children were from poor families and needed centers like these to survive, some children came from families that were able, but would go into debt if they paid for the treatment of their son .
Seeing this situation with children so good that they needed help, Jake was happy to be able to help because of his work, Jake thought again that in the future he would make even bigger donations, but only to institutions that he trusted .
Of course, even though making the donation Jake asked not to reveal that he had made this donation so as not to appear that he was doing it just to get the media's attention, even though Jake was well known, the children could not recognize him and so Jake stayed with Eva the last day of him with the kids .
Eva liked it a lot and was much happier after spending the whole day with the kids, Jake knew she would like it, he wanted to see someplace where there were people with paralysis in his legs just like he did, but Jake imagined that Eva didn't I would like to spend a day volunteering in a place like this .
So Jake would go alone and make donations to help people who were like him, of course, a good part of people who suffer accidents can continue with their normal lives and could even work as he did, but some people couldn't and needed help .
Jake wanted to help people because he wanted to see the people he helped be happy and also because he was happy to do that, Jake in a few years would have billions of dollars and if the businesses he invested and planned to invest in the future were right he would have hundreds of billions of dollars in shares .
Jake actually just kept investing because he knew he could make a lot out of it, but in fact, he didn't even know what he could do with that much money, Jake still didn't think about having children, but when he only had the shares of Amazon a lifelong heritage for his children .
So Jake thought that donating part of that money could be something that would make them happy and help a lot of people and maybe even save lives after they came home Jake thought about talking to Eva before the day was over .
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"Thanks for the idea you had, son, it was great to spend time with the kids, I hope they get well soon because they have a beautiful future ahead of them . "
"I hope they will be fine too, if you want in the future we can make a few more visits when I come to Miami . "
"I think it's a good idea, we'll do this more often . "
"Okay, mom, tomorrow as you know I'm going to Australia to participate in the filming of the movie The Matrix, I'm sorry I can't spend this vacation with you, but this is a good opportunity for me to fulfill my dream of becoming one actor and make a successful film . "
"I really think this film will be a much bigger success than the people participating in the film are expecting and if I have an important character in this film part of my dream will be realized . "
"I understand that Jake, I know you always make your decisions with the best in mind, I wish you could spend more time here at home because after you join the NBA it will be difficult for you to have time to come home during the season . "
"It's true, but it is possible that this NBA season may take longer to start than last year, I cannot be sure of that, but if it happens after the film is over I will try to spend a few more weeks here at home before to start training . "
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"Also, in just over a month we will see each other again in the NBA draft, you have to be there and hope that I find a good team . "
Eva didn't know why, but she believed that Jake was right that the season was going to take even if she knew it had never happened before, maybe Eva just wanted to believe it, or maybe it was because of the incredible things that Jake has achieved in the last few years .
Before Jake left Anna came to their house after closing the restaurant earlier and Jake can talk to her a lot and then they had dinner and Anna stayed at Jake's because it was too late .
The other day very early in the morning Jake said goodbye to his mother and Anna and went to the airport to meet Yuen Woo-ping for them to go together on the plane to Australia, Jake was excited to start filming, but was nervous about the long day trip like Jake had to do once going to Tokyo .
Jake thought that maybe when he had to arrive in Sydney he would have to spend a day or more resting before he could start shooting, but he didn't say anything to Yuen Woo-ping and would wait to see how he would arrive before saying he would have to rest .
After a long trip that Jake slept on the plane, they arrived in Sydney, contrary to what he expected the impact of the flight was not so great for Jake that he arrived just a little tired .
Yuen Woo-ping was actually more tired than Jake and as the two arrived later in the afternoon they went to the hotel room where the film crew was resting to meet with the directors and the rest of the travel team the next day .
Jake was not recognized at Sydney airport because no one in the sports media he knew the most could imagine that Jake would go to Australia after school ended, for many Jake was still in Miami .
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So the film crew would have the peace of mind to continue filming and there was a lot for them to do now that Jake had arrived, the idea of the directors the Wachowskis brothers, was to record some scenes with Jake that were delayed while Jake still had to train to learn how to fight on the cables .
Then they would shoot the action scenes and cable fights with all the actors and so they could continue shooting normally and finish on time if something delayed the actors would have to stay another month and Jake could stay up to 2 months beyond the end of filming because the scenes in which he could record alone he would do after all .
Jake and Yuen Woo-ping were able to rest well and the next day the two went to talk to the directors, the directors knew that Jake had arrived and had to organize the scenes that would be recorded in the next few days, they were talking to the rest of the staff movie and they saw Jake and Yuen Woo-ping coming .
"Jake, you finally arrived, we have been waiting for you for the past few weeks, I hope you have learned all the fight scenes in these months with Yuen Woo-ping . "
"Thank you for giving me that time, I know I couldn't make it when filming started because of the basketball season, but I will do my best to record the delayed scenes and not delay the shooting . "
"Yuen Woo-ping taught me everything I needed to learn for this film, now we will have to see how I'm going to do while I'm struggling over the cables, I think in a few weeks I can learn . "
The Wachowskis were happy to see Jake's willingness to shoot the scenes, they risked a lot by bringing Jake who was not a very experienced actor for this film, especially since Jake couldn't be on the film for several months like the other actors .
Even so, they thought Jake had talent and could call several fans of his to see this film, the Wachowskis were happy when they learned that Jake was learning the fighting moves well if Jake could fight well the film would be more successful .
"Now that you are here, we are going to record the scenes where you appear that was late with the other actors, you can meet them later when you learn to fight on the cables we can do this scene too . "
It seemed like a simple thing to shoot some scenes without an actor and make that actor appear later, but for the actors to better show their feeling in the scene it was better that they did the scene with the other actors .
Mainly because sometimes the director likes to use multiple cameras and shoot in different ways and so they shot from different angles, so the actors in animation films were respected because they only saw the scene and had to start several times to decide .
"Here is your script Jake, the scenes that are marked are the ones that will be recorded today and for that reason, you should focus more on memorizing, we will pass on the scenes that you have to record in the next few days, you can go meet the other actors if you want . "
Jake received the script and saw that just as he expected he had many lines, neither in the day nor in the entire film, and Jake hoped for that because even the main characters didn't have so many lines in this film that there was a lot of action and fights .
Jake was just as important as Cypher in this film and they were indirectly related in the story of The Matrix, Jake had heard about the character he would play from the Wachowskis brothers before, but seeing the script he could see the difference his character would have in the original story he knew .
Jake was feeling better after sleeping and the long trip hadn't affected him as much as before, as he wouldn't be running a marathon he could also recover faster than last time and so he didn't need to say anything to the Wachowskis .
Jake was very excited when he went to meet the actors in the film, he was very easy on Keanu Reeves who was not yet so famous because the movie The Matrix would bring him more success, Jake also liked the other actors and really wanted to meet them .
Jake soon went to where Keanu Reeves was because he wanted to talk to him more, Keanu Reeves was famous even before the movie The Matrix, Jake watched some of his films Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Bram Stoker's Dracula and Speed .
But the films that Keanu Reeves made that Jake liked the most were the Matrix, Speed, Constantine, The Lake House, and John Wick franchise, even so, Jake watched almost every Keanu Reeves film and in the future, he would be one of the most beloved actors in the world .
"Mr . Reeves, it is a great pleasure for me to meet you in person, I am a huge fan who has watched several films that you have made and I really enjoyed . "
"You must be Jake Smith, I heard a lot from you too, you don't have to be so formal with me and you can call me Keanu, did I hear that this is your first supporting character in a movie?"
"Yes Mr . Reeves, this is the first film that I will have a character that is important for the film, I am very happy to work with you, I am sure that this film will be a success . "
"It is good to see that you are excited, you learned in the last few months with Woo-ping, so if he said that you are prepared you will have a good performance in this film, don't be nervous and do what the directors say and everything will be fine . "
"Thank you, Mr . Reeves, I will speak to the other actors and then we will meet at the scene of the shooting . "
Jake was happy that Keanu Reeves was as nice and kind as he had heard in the media, Jake admired Keanu Reeves for many things, one of which was because he was filming this movie and doing fights even with a spinal injury .
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After that Jake told Laurence Fishburne and Hugo Weaving that he was also a fan for their work on The Matrix and also in other films, the two had a very successful career and Hugo Weaving mainly for being part of The Lord of the trilogy Rings, V for Vendetta and part of the Marvel films .
Jake was also happy to meet Carrie-Anne Moss and Joe Pantoliano who had outstanding characters in this film, the other actors did not know that Jake was a fan of them because of the film The Matrix and just thought he was polite and excited and liked him .
The other actors were not bothered by Jake coming to Sydney after them for filming because they knew that all of this was the directors 'decision and the actors normally did not question the directors' decision unless they were big names in Hollywood and so they could pressure the director .
Jake was calm because he already knew the film very well and seeing his script Jake can see why the character he would play did not exist in the movie The Matrix he watched because his character would only change the story of the film a little, but the end of the film would be the same .
Jake's character could make the story more realistic and acceptable to the audience, the name of the character Jake would make was Jev, some critics said the story was meaningless because the crew of Morpheus' ship to Nebuchadnezzar always survived by escaping from the agents .
But in the film, it is shown that not even Morpheus can fight the agents and so there was no logic that they could survive so long by invading the Matrix, even more, because they had other ships that could also enter the Matrix without problems .
So Jake's character would be the only one of the ships that could fight against the agents to help his team escape in the most dangerous missions, of course, Jev could not dodge bullets and always had to be taken care of in fights .
So also when Neo who was Keanu Reeves' character appeared as "The One" and Cypher decides to betray them, the crew would suspect that in fact, Jake's character could be the traitor because Jev always fights the agents and finds a way to escape alive .
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So even though Jake's character was important, it didn't have much relevance to the story and was cut to make Neo more special as the only one who can fight the agents .
Even so in the changed story, Jake would have an important character who would have a highlight and would be one of the few who would survive Cypher's betrayal at the end of the film, Jake's character would not die in the first film .
But Jake worried about that because he remembered that the second and third films would be shot together and he would not have time to participate in the other films so the story could have a problem in the future .
But Jake wasn't going to talk to the Wachowskis about it because they could just change their mind and make the two films in two separate years outside the NBA season and Jake would definitely be on the record .
Or the Wachowskis could simply give Jake a small part in the next film and kill his character so as not to cause trouble for the shoot, anyway Jake was happy to be in that first film .
As Jake's part was more in the fights and in the action scenes he didn't have many lines in one day of recording and with his photographic memory, he could decorate after reading a few times, as Jake knew the film well he had to train the speaks a few times to look like the other characters in the film .
After that Jake trained how to speak and trained his diction, Jake didn't know how the directors would want his character, so he could just train as he normally did and then he would change to the way the directors wanted .
But the afternoon that day they went to shoot some scenes that Jake's character had and that was late, in those early days, Jake would do the scenes that were in closed scenarios and then he would do the scenes of open scenery .
It was a good thing that the place where they were filming was in the Fox studio so that they could have more time to shoot the scenes, everyone expected Jake to make mistakes in the first scenes because he didn't even know what his character was like .
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The first scenes that Jake would have to shoot were on Morpheus' hovercraft, Nebuchadnezzar, Jake entered just before the film crew and looked like a fan inside Nebuchadnezzar, he saw the film The Matrix many times and that was one of the most important scenarios of the movie .
Of course, the coolest things were done in computer graphics and Jake could even see some green screens inside the Nebuchadnezzar, over time the actors were positioning themselves and the film crew as well .
Jake was already wearing one of the clothes that Nebuchadnezzar crew members wore and the makeup had already been done, Jake could feel the makeup in the neck of the hole where the cable to enter the Matrix was placed .
Jake still felt like a fan as the sound crew and camera crew positioned themselves, Jake was called in by the Wachowskis brothers to work out the last details before they started shooting the scenes .
"Jake, this scenario is the Nebuchadnezzar hovercraft, much of the film will be shown in this scenario and most of the characters in the film will also be here, your character is a man who is serious whenever he does the missions and relaxes a little when he is away of the Matrix . "
"You have to try to talk like the other characters and when you talk to Neo and the other characters you have to look kinder, remember that your character is one of the only ones who believe that Neo is "The One" . "
"I see, in these next scenes on Nebuchadnezzar I have to look kinder even though I am serious, and I also have to speak and act like the other characters . "
"Okay, did you manage to memorize your lines for today's scenes?"
"Yes, I think I managed to decorate and I hope I won't delay filming . "
"No problem, you arrived yesterday from a long trip and you don't have much experience, I just want you to get your lines right and try to get into the character . "
Jake knew that in fact the directors and the other actors expected him to miss him several times before he started getting it right, but Jake didn't care about that because it was true that he had no experience and with no one expecting much from him Jake had less pressure to do the scenes .
Because Jake was not in the first weeks of filming, the directors decided to make the scene that Neo woke up from the Matrix and his body was rescued, so the first scene would be of Jake's character talking to the character of Keanu Reeves .
So contrary to what everyone expected, Jake did well on his first attempt, he looked serious and even so he welcomed Neo and still talked in a similar way as the other actors talked .
Of course, Jake still didn't get it right the first time and the directors corrected some mistakes he had made for not knowing the character, with Jake acting so well the other actors started to respect him more and the directors were more demanding .
So Jake managed to record the first scene much faster than everyone expected, then it would be a scene where Mouse arrived to talk to Neo and so the three talked a little, these scenes were fast, but took a few hours to be recorded and so The day's recordings ended and the directors were happy with that .
The Wachowskis were happy with Jake's performance on his first day and were happy to have made that bet if Jake knew how to fight as well as Yuen Woo-ping said they knew they would have no problem putting Jake in that movie .
After the first day of filming that Jake participated, the members of the filming had a dinner at the hotel to talk and socialize, the most incredible thing was that almost none of the actors knew Jake about basketball or even the marathons he won .
Only a few who followed sports watched the NBA and other major competitions, but as several actors were not American they did not follow College basketball or marathons .
But that did not stop Jake from being able to talk and other actors and film crew from enjoying what he was like since he was a child Jake knew how to talk to people and make new friends easily .
And social situations like this dinner helped him a lot because people became more open and kind and made friends more easily, Jake can talk a lot with the other actors who did not have much participation in the film and even talked for a while with Keanu Reeves .
But it was more difficult for Jake to talk to Keanu Reeves because even though he was very kind, Keanu Reeves was a famous actor and so it was more difficult for Jake to talk to him having so many people who also wanted to talk to Keanu Reeves .
Even so, Jake can relax a little more and talk to most of the actors and even with the film crew after that Jake went to rest early because early in the morning he would have to train the cable movements to prepare for the film .
The other day Jake woke up very early and went to prepare for training, in the afternoon they would have more footage to do, so Jake went to the place where he was told to go and there were Yuen Woo-ping and his assistants and Jake you can see the cables and the place where he would train .
Jake already imagined what the cable training would be like, but seeing it in person even he was surprised how they had equipment and machines to help them have more movement and safety too .
"Hi Jake, today we are finally going to be able to start your cable training, I am sure you will not take long to learn everything you need to learn, after that, you will be ready to do the fight scenes . "
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"The most important thing for you in this training is to learn how to balance yourself while being suspended by cables after you learn to balance yourself you will have to learn to move freely and then we will train the fighting movements . "
"Some of the dubs in the movie will demonstrate how you need to move and then they will fight so you can see how you have to do it . "
After Yuen Woo-ping said that the machines lifted the stuntmen by the cables and in a short time they managed to balance themselves, after that some started to show what the fight scenes would be like .
Even if it was difficult to train most fights it would not be off the ground but on the ground itself and the cables would only serve to simulate scenes with blows to appear that the opponent had attacked with more force than it was in reality .
Some simpler scenes had already been done, but they needed Yuen Woo-ping to help organize the most important fight scenes, one of the scenes was Neo and Morpheus in training, Neo and Neo's struggles with Agent Smith .
The scene in which Trinity fought with dozens of policemen and ran away from the agents had also been filmed, even if it was a complicated scene to do, Jake's character would participate in few fights, but the fights he participated in would be important and had to be well choreographed .
Jake would fight in the scene where Morpheus would be captured and he would also fight in the scene in which Neo's group fled after Morpheus had been captured, in that fight Jake's character would be injured after helping everyone escape and he would be the one who would kill Cypher to save Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus .
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So Jake's character would be important in the film even if it didn't take away the importance of the other characters and besides some scenes that would be changed the rest of the film would be the same, the only difference was that it would be longer because of those scenes .
After Jake saw the dubbing demonstration he started to learn how he had to move when he was suspended on the cables to gain balance, just as Jake had thought it was much more difficult than he thought .
After a few hours of training Jake had learned to gain balance and could now move better by hanging on the cables, but Yuen Woo-ping realized that Jake had learned better than he expected, even so, they would need a few days of training before they could start filming the fight scenes with the actors .
In the meantime the recording of the scenes from the movie that didn't need a fight happened, even when I didn't have to record Jake, I would go to the scenes to see how one of his favorite films was recorded, because of that the other actors and directors praised Jake because they thought that he was watching to learn .
In fact, Jake was a good surprise for the directors because he made fewer mistakes than the actors who had much more experience than him, it seemed that Jake knew the film and the characters well and therefore he had an easier time doing the scenes .
So after another week, Yuen Woo-ping realized that Jake had also learned to move while hanging from the cables and he told the directors that the fight scenes could start to be recorded .
The directors hoped for this because the scenes that didn't need to be recorded outside the studio were ending, now they could do several fight scenes and then make the recordings that needed to be done in the city and that was more complicated .
For a film like A Matrix the fight scenes were very important and very difficult to do, so it was one of the most complicated things in the film and so the directors asked the actors to do several months of training with Yuen Woo-ping .
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The fight scene that would take place after Neo went to see the oracle where Morpheus would be captured would be one of the most important scenes in the film and it would be this scene that they would record now that Jake had already trained on the cables .
In this scene the mouse character would be killed after Cypher's betrayal and then Neo's group would try to escape and Morpheus would sacrifice himself for the group to escape, in this scene Jake's character would be fighting the other agents while Morpheus would be captured by agent Smith .
After Morpheus is captured, Jake's character thinks about rescuing Morpheus, but he has to fight to help Neo and the others to escape and after that fight, he is shot and has to go back to the ship before and even wounded he still takes the gun and kills Cypher to save Neo .
Some changes would be made in this scene to make it happen and this scene would have more fights and more emotion, Tank also survives Cypher's attack in this scene and because Jake remains injured only Neo and Trinity return to try to rescue Morpheus .
Most of the fight scenes in this movie involve Neo, Morpheus, and Trinity, so Jake's character would not have as many scenes to fight, but with the few scenes he would fight Jev would be remembered in the film and if the audience liked him he there would be even more fight scenes in the next films where the secondary characters had to fight more often .
As soon as the fight scenes started, the actors and the Yuen Woo-ping brothers realized that Yuen Woo-ping spoke the truth by saying how Jake fought very well, the other characters had a few months to learn and because of the lack of physical training and training . martial arts their fight scenes seemed very fought .
But with the efforts of the actors and the fights being well choreographed, it still pleased the audience and the critics, but Jake was an athlete and quickly learned what Yuen Woo-ping can teach and so he really looked like a professional fighter fighting the other actors .
Jake had even greater control than the others and so the scenes became more realistic and Jake didn't hit anyone in the recordings and avoided being hit, this made the scenes where Jake's character fought to be recorded more easily because the agents were actors more trained in fighting .
The Wachowskis brothers were even happier and knew that they had been right to invite Jake to participate in this film if this film even had sequences that even they didn't think Jake's character would have even more importance in the next films .
After a few more weeks, part of the fight scenes had been finished, even though the actors were talented the scenes had to be choreographed and the actors had to fight using the cables so that some blows seemed to send the opponent away .
But Jake had to stop recording again to go to the NBA draft this season, he had already warned the Wachowskis brothers about it and in his absence, other fight scenes that Jake's character would not appear in could be done .
Thanks to Jake's good performance, the recordings were early and they wouldn't have to stay in Australia any longer to finish filming, Jake went directly to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada just as he had agreed with David Falk and his mother who was going there too .
Jake went to Vancouver a few days earlier because he had arranged with David Falk to speak to him prior to the NBA draft, just as Jake hoped the Clippers' team won in the NBA Draft lottery the right to choose the first pick .
So everything would be easy because the agreement between the Clippers and the Lakers had already been completed and the Lakers just had to tell the Clippers' team to choose Jake for the first pick, then they would make the switch and then everything would be fine .
In this situation, Jake was still concerned because maybe the Clippers 'team didn't really expect them to get the right to choose for the first pick and if they did, they might not close the deal with the Lakers' team because Jake knew they wanted to choose Michael Olowokandi .
In addition, after the NBA draft, Jake could officially sign the contract with the sponsoring companies that David had already made a verbal agreement with, especially Adidas, which would pay a few million in that contract and was very important .
Jake had asked the directors for two weeks to be able to sort out everything he had to do after the NBA draft and be able to go back to Australia, Jake knew that a few days after the NBA draft the teams would announce the NBA lockout and so Jake could quietly return to filming .
So without giving too many details, Jake had already asked David to speed up the signing of contracts with the sponsoring companies and even with the Lakers' team, so as not to have any problems and delay his schedule .
David did not know the real reason and thought that Jake was concerned about the filming he was doing, David was not so excited about it because he was concerned that the team that selected Jake would not like him to be gone for a few more weeks .
So David agreed that it was better to speed up the signing of the contracts because later it would be more difficult for these companies to withdraw from the agreement, with David urgently organizing the meetings the companies that had already prepared for it a few months ago agreed to sign the official contract quickly .
David couldn't ask the Lakers 'team to do this because until Jake was selected by the Clippers' team their deal was not going to happen, moreover, David represented the side of many players who were against the NBA owners and that was one of the reasons for the NBA lockout .
Fortunately, Jerry West's interest in Jake was great and he had the authority to sign the contract with Jake quickly, in the next few days before Eva arrived in Vancouver, Jake and David were scheduling several meetings and resolving the final arrangements for the deals .
So the two could see a sports program on television that was talking about this year's NBA draft that would take place in 2 days, naturally, that caught Jake's attention because it was known to everyone that Jake would be in that draft .
"In the coming days, we will have the NBA draft for this season, with the discussion between NBA players and owners the future of this season is uncertain and may even be canceled which has never happened before . "
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"Few players who are big stars like Michael Jordan, Shaquille O'Neal, Hakeem Olajuwon, Patrick Ewing, and others are paid very high salaries and only the biggest teams can pay those salaries . "
"In the meantime, ordinary players are paid very low wages and the teams want a salary cap for the teams to try to maintain a more competitive season in the coming NBA seasons and for them to pay fewer wages of course . "
"But even in this situation the players who came from universities, high school, and other countries are wanting to enter the NBA and so this year's draft has to happen, this year's draft seems to have big names who can be NBA stars in coming seasons . "
"It's true, I also think that the draft can be one of the best in history and so more teams can have good players to try to get a place in the playoffs for the next seasons . "
"So today we're going to try to decide who the players are most likely to be the top 10 choices in this draft and which players the teams might want more and need more of . "
"Yes, I think the player who could be first in this NBA draft is Vince Carter, he has performed very well in the last three years playing for the Tar Heels team and won two NCAA tournaments and has the style of play that all teams want . "
"It really is possible, Vince Carter is a very skilled player who scores a lot and is still improving and is also the type of player that fans like and can help teams regain popularity . "
"But if you think about it like that Antawn Jamison has a better chance of being the first pick in this draft, he was one of the best players on the Tar Heels team in recent seasons and had a great rebound and point average in games too . "
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"Thinking about it Larry Hughes can also be a good choice if the team needs an SG, he will definitely be in the top 10 in this draft . "
"If the team needs a Center this season they don't have many options, there are Raef LaFrentz and Michael Doleac who can play as Center and as a PF also in games, we also have Robert Traylor and Michael Olowokandi who can be chosen . "
"That's right, but we don't really have a big name that everyone expects to be an NBA star like Shaquille O'Neal and Tim Duncan in recent years, as a strong player we also have Dirk Nowitzki who comes from Germany and can be a star the NBA for the next few seasons . "
"We have other players like Paul Pierce who is an interesting player for several teams in this draft and playing as PG we have Jason Williams and Mike Bibby who can also be the first pick of this draft . "
Jake was watching this program and was secretly impressed because the commentators hit almost every player who would be in the top 10 in what Jake remembered before he had his second chance .
But one thing he was surprised about was that his name was never mentioned by commentators, he knew that he might not be the favorite among commentators to be the first pick, but he should be in the top 10 for having won the NCAA twice tournament and the Naismith College Player of the Year .
"And we have perhaps one of the most important players in this draft who is Jake Smith, we know which teams will have the choices in this draft, and Jake is perhaps one of the only players who would be among the top 3 choices of all teams in this draft . "
"Jake is a PG who can play as SG as well and even as SF if necessary, Jake has an incredible average of over 33 . 9 points per game and 10 . 5 assists per game, a great player in three-point shots It is very fast . "
"In addition, Jake was the College Player of the Year twice and helped the Tar Heels team win the NCAA tournament for two seasons, in addition, Jake is a great defensive player and averages 7 . 6 steals per game, 1 . 2 blocks per game and 8 . 1 rebounds per game . "
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"Even so, I don't think the Los Angeles Clippers team will think of choosing Jake as his first pick, the Clippers team should choose Michael Olowokandi because they want a Center and believe in his potential . "
"The Vancouver Grizzlies and Sacramento Kings teams can choose Jake because they need a PG, so Jake can be the second pick in this draft or the seventh pick, I'm sure Jake will be an NBA star and any team that chooses him will be doing it right . "
"But these are just our speculations and in the next few days we will see which players will be chosen in the 1998 NBA draft . "
Seeing the commentators speaking well of him Jake was very happy, he knew that the negotiation of the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers team is a secret, there were not many times that these rival teams from the same conference did negotiations like this .
So everyone would be surprised when that happened and many commentators would criticize the Lakers team for exchanging three players for a new player, Jerry West would be highly criticized and Jake would be lucky that the NBA lockout would attract media attention and he would go to Australia after that NBA draft .
The other day very early Eva arrived at the hotel where Jake was and a room was already reserved for her, naturally Jake spent the whole day with Eva while David was still talking to the companies, Jake realized that Eva was a little nervous about this NBA draft and decided to talk to her about it .
"What happened, mom? Is there anything that worries you?"
"You know well what is worrying me, I know that you are very talented and can be successful on any team, but I am nervous to know which team you will play on . "
"You don't have to be nervous, mom, I'm going to tell you a secret to calm down, it's very likely that the team I'm going to play is already decided . "
"What do you mean, Jake? Wasn't it a lottery chosen by the teams by luck?"
"Yes, it was a lottery and no one is doing anything wrong, but a few months earlier my sports agent, David, who you know well, negotiated with the Lakers team for me to play there this season . "
"So the Lakers team made an advance negotiation with the Clippers team that if the Clippers team chose me in this draft they would change some players so that I can play for the Lakers team . "
"Luckily the Clippers team got the opportunity to choose the first pick in this draft and so it is almost certain that they will choose me to make this exchange with the Lakers team, it is not certain yet because the Clippers team may change their mind at the end and choose another player taking advantage of their first pick . "
"But it is very difficult for something like this to happen and that is why I am more likely to play for the Lakers team in the coming seasons . "
Listening to Jake talking like that Eva can be more relaxed, if Jake had had all this work and asked his agent to choose the Lakers team then it should be the team that Jake wanted to play and that was what mattered to her .
Even Eva, who didn't understand basketball well, knew that the Los Angeles Lakers team was a very good team and had chances to win several games and she thought that having a good team Jake could show all his talent .
So that day passed quickly and David Falk continued talking to the companies that were sending representatives to sign the contracts with Jake when everything seemed to be right the day of the 1998 NBA draft arrived .
The 1998 NBA draft took place on June 24, 1998, at General Motors Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and would be broadcast on TNT, Jake well remembered that this was one of the most striking drafts because of Michael Olowokandi, so it was called one of the biggest draft busts in NBA history .