Chapter 241 Preparations for the Olympics 7 (1/2)

”And you Jake, go to a good university now, do you think you can get a place in the starting lineup from the first year?”

”I don't think so, maybe if it's the same way Coach Mike did with Lucas and Nathan, maybe I'll go into some reserve games and then start later if I play well.”

Jake knew it would be hard to become a starter playing at a university with a strong basketball team as it was the University of North Carolina; he was not arrogant to think that the coach would trust him right away.

But as he talked to Mark the question was not whether he could become the team owner but when that would happen, Jake had a lot of confidence as his target was the NBA and Mark also believed that this would not be a problem for Jake.

”If I can I'll see you playing on television, I want to see how many titles you will earn at university, it won't be as easy as playing with weaker opponents in high school, I'm sure some are even better than you.”

”I have no doubt about that, but I am confident that I will be able to improve until the end of university, as for winning the titles you know that it is not just up to me.”

”I know that, but Jake, we all want to see you in the NBA one day, my dream is that you will become MVP in a few years and I can be proud of my coworkers that I played with you, that I taught you playing as Center and you're my friend.”

After finishing talking Mark eventually started crying, it must be hard for someone who loves basketball as much as Mark knew he couldn't be a player if he decided on his own it wouldn't be so painful.

But he was pretty much obliged, Jake didn't know how to comfort his friend, after all, Mark could be happier in the future having a good job than spending a lifetime trying to become a player.

Jake also knew that knowing that Mark had practically given up on being a player broke the spirit of all of Jake's teammates who were going to college this year.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.

After all, Mark was the best after Jake, if neither Mark could become a pro they also thought that unfortunately, they could not be the reality of thousands of young people every year.

Many high school basketball geniuses did not even have the opportunity to enter a good university to showcase their talents, and many at the university did not have the opportunity to become professionals.

Of course, this wasn't everyone's basketball dream, but many saw his dream of falling apart after years, Jake knew Mark wasn't that skilled, he was good at rebounding and was improving fast.

But if even Jake didn't currently have the ability to stand out, his friend Mark and his other teammates much less, then Jake thought it might be better if they quit early as Carter and Harrison did.

Of course, Jake didn't know if Mark could get the chance to become a pro if he kept trying this way, so Jake had the best thing to do was back whatever decision they made.

Jake knew he was lucky to have such an understanding mother as if his mother were like Mark's, he might not have the opportunity to go back and everything would be different.

”Are you going to race at the Jake Olympics?”

”Yes I will, I didn't think you knew.”

”Of course we knew, we all have a television at home, we saw your television commercials too, I didn't expect you to be good at running either, that explains why you can play a whole game full of energy.”

”Hahaha that's not true, all of us on the team can play an entire game without being replaced.”

”True, but seriously I hope you can win, so we'll be much more proud to talk about playing with you.”

”I will try.”

After crying a little Mark seemed much more relaxed, they talked much longer before saying goodbye and Jake going home, Eva was happy to receive more chocolate from Jake.

After a few more days Jake was still going through his training routine and finally got a call to record, but it wasn't director Crowe to talk about the movie, but NBC asking Jake to help with making some recordings for the station to make some calls to the Olympics.

After all Jake was one of the main subjects of this Olympics, unfortunately, it was not about his talent although he won the Chicago Marathon and came second in New York, it was more because he was young and also playing basketball besides participating in the marathon competition in the Olympics.

Luckily, they now only gathered some information about him in school and sports, but didn't get too deep into it if everyone found out about the sponsorship he received or even his various investments would be problematic for him.