Chapter 470 - Basketball and Business 4 (1/2)

That was the problem with Jake not having many friends who played basketball, he thought that would change when he started playing in the NBA, after all, he could play with his teammates, after all, Coach Guthridge had told him that sometimes training with players with little skill could be more of a hindrance than a help.

Jake started to train even more because since a few weeks before Kate started training with her dancers and her show team to sing on the day of the game, it had been a few months since Kate did the last show and even though she was still going to the gym to keep in shape she still needs to train.

Kate was a pop music singer and even though she had changed her style of music in the last few months, she still sang and danced at her shows, this was normal for a pop music star, but to achieve this a lot of training was necessary.

At the beginning of her training, Jake asked to go along to give some support while watching the training, so Jake could see the intensity of the training and how many times Kate and the other dancers had to repeat the choreography of the music, sometimes making small mistakes.

But as soon as Kate's manager learned about it, she forbade Jake to attend her training, after all, it could distract Kate from training and sometimes paparazzi and journalists would stay where she trained and so they would know that Jake was her boyfriend.

Jake and Kate didn't care that the paparazzi knew this, but Kate's manager thought it was not yet the right time for them to find out, after a while if the paparazzi revealed that Jake and Kate were dating and they said they were together in secret for many months fans would more easily accept.

Certainly, a lot of rumors have existed since Kate hugged Jake the second time they met at a party, the rumors were even bigger now that it was announced that Kate would sing on the day of the game that Jake was organizing.

Jake understood that Kate's manager was right and so he stayed at home training, Jake ever wanted to meet in person and talk to Kate's manager and thank her for taking such good care of his girlfriend.

So at that time, Jake had more time to train and realized that he had gotten better after training so many times in imagination training with players who had SS rank skills, so Jake had decided to join the NBA this season.

When the games come back, players would not be so excited about the games because of the reduced game season and a lower salary, so Jake thought he would have more opportunity to play more time in the games just like the other players in this year's draft had.

This was the last day that Jake had to train alone because that day the players that would come to the game would arrive in the city of Miami, Jake had organized all the details for the game that they would have and even the company that Kate suggested that he hire to organize the equipment Kate would need to sing on the day of the game, she had already come to the Miami Arena and knew the equipment needed for the show.

So the other day Jake had already agreed with all the players on his team that they would train at his home in Miami, which had a professional court and was a place that had no danger of having the media appear to ask questions of the players.

The players of the opposing team could train in a court that Jake had rented for the next 5 days, Jake had prepared everything to have a good game, even though Jake had arranged for the players to eat in his mother's restaurant, the hotel where they were also had a restaurant of course.

But for the first day, he called Antawn Jamison and Vince Carter to dinner with him, after all, they were the best friends he had on the Tar Heels team and until now they were the best friends he had in the NBA.

”Hi, Jake, what a great game you organized for us, Hahaha, I thought we would still be a few months away from playing again.”

”It's true, I was already at North Carolina training with our team, I tried to help them with training and study for another semester, but I really wanted a game like that so I wouldn't be out of shape.”

”I also really wanted to play basketball again, I could just ask you to play, but I thought I could enjoy and make a game that could make us better known to NBA fans and we could also help a charity.”

Vince and Antawn thought that Jake had a great idea, in fact, others might have an idea like that, but they wouldn't be able to organize a game like Jake did so quickly and even call a singer and have the game broadcast and even get sponsors.

Of course, they didn't know that Jake intended to pay for everything himself if he couldn't get sponsors, plus Jake would donate $ 1 million which he would pay to pay for all the costs of the game and still help a charity.

”You said you were at North Carolina University with the Tar Heels team, so you can follow the team these past few months, it's amazing how the Tar Heels team continued to win several games and took this game streak without losing to 75 games before they lose.”