Chapter 332 The Major Marathons 6 (1/2)
It seems that Haruto was also a movie fan as well as a basketball fan and was such a fan of Jake because he saw that he was also a good actor, was the first person Jake knew that was really his fan and became his friend for it.
Jake had a good memory and so still managed to talk about the talk with Haruto and the two did well in the report at the end of the talk unlike the other two who didn't even pay attention to the talk.
So Jake and Haruto became friends because Haruto was a fan of Jake and because Jake wanted to hire Haruto to work with him in the future, after returning from the lectures Jake returned to his dorm to rest.
After a week since the Boston Marathon Jake could finally return to training, he himself felt that after resting for almost 3 weeks between these marathons he was much more rested.
Now he would just have to train normally because he would have no marathon to run until September, Jake had been asked to do an interview with ESPN to talk about basketball and marathons.
Jake had already become a sports star after being able to do all this at the age of 18, in the NBA many teams have already shown an interest in having Jake play on their team.
Jake was already seen among teams the same way as some current NBA stars because Jake had high-level skills that could help lead any team to victory and had infinite potential that all teams wanted to see in a young player.
Some NBA team managers and big companies also knew that David Falk was Jake's sports agent and would negotiate his NBA contracts, which made many teams respect Jake even more.
Jake naturally accepted and went to one of the ESPN stations that would be broadcast to commentators at ESPN's sports center, he was naturally very happy about it and was already used to doing interviews.
”We're talking to Jake Smith today who is one of the new college basketball and marathon stars in the world, Jake emerged in the sports world over two years ago in his third year at high school and shortly after winning the Chicago Marathon with 16 years.”
”After that, we just saw Jake in sports news winning several high school basketball championships and winning multiple marathons and even the Olympics.”
”In that 1997 year that is not even halfway through, Jake has had several impressive achievements, he won the ACC tournament and the NCAA tournament with the Tar Heels basketball team and won the London Marathon and the Boston Marathon.”
”Jake, what do you feel after you got all of this at the age of 18 and convinced everyone in the sports world that you're already a big star?”
”First of all I would like to thank you for the invitation to speak here on ESPN, I have always enjoyed this channel.”
”I feel that even though it seems that things happened quickly and very early, everything happened with a lot of work and preparation over many years, I ran into Chicago two years ago when I thought I was ready and so I won.”
”As for basketball I always train a lot and this season I was lucky to be part of an amazing team like the Tar Heels team that has great players, it is thanks to a lot of hard work and my amazing team that I could win so many things this year and last years.”
”Of course, I'm sure you had to train and work hard to achieve everything you have today and win so many competitions.”
”Let's talk a little about your first season in college basketball, what was it like having such an impressive season with just 2 losses in 36 games and winning every tournament this year?”
”I am very happy with that, as I said I am on a team that has excellent players and an excellent coach, I learned a lot during the season and could perform better in games.”
”This is my first season and as a freshman, I'm happy and couldn't expect a better season than this one, next season I hope that the experience I got this year will help our team win several games and maybe have a season as good as that was it.”
”That's right, I could say for sure that this must be the best freshman debut season of a college basketball season.”
”In addition to winning all the individual awards, he could in addition to the best defensive player award, Jake broke many individual records and helped the Tar Heels team break a few more records.”
”I'll show you some records that Jake broke this freshman season.”
Jake's 1996-97 Season Records
Jake tied Shaquille O'Neal with 11 blocks in a single game in the 13 Mar UNC 94 x 61 Fairfield Stags game.
Jake broke Mark Wade's record of 18 assists by making 21 assists in a single game in the 6 Feb UNC 97 x 64 Florida State Seminoles game.
Jake broke the record with more steals making 12 steals in one game in the 29 Mar UNC 92 x 52 Arizona Wildcats game.
Jake has done 8 triple-doubles and 13 double-doubles this season and 2 quadruple-doubles.
More steals in an NCAA tournament final four-game with 12 steals in the 29 Mar UNC 92 x 52 Arizona Wildcats game.
More blocks in an NCAA tournament final four games with 8 blocks in the 29 Mar UNC 92 x 52 Arizona Wildcats game.
More assists in an NCAA tournament final four games with 20 assists in the 31 Mar UNC 92 x 69 Kentucky Wildcats game.