<h4>Chapter 548 The New NBA Star 8</h4>


    "What did you think of Jake’s debut season and how are the yers’ rtionship with so many stars on the team?"


    "As I said, I think Jake is an excellent yer and he showed that by averaging 34 points and 11 assists in the season, Jake can y 48 minutes in every game and is an excellent PG that helps me and the other yers."


    "I think Jake deserved to be chosen as the yer of the month in 3 months this season, I think that I and the other yers know that we are lucky to have a team with excellent yers."


    "Even with great yers on the team, we don’tpete directly for positions in the starting team, and the focus this season is on winning the NBA title, so we are very united and this is shown in the Lakers team games."


    Kobe answered some questions because he was happy with the victory, Kobe got used to the reporters always talking about Jake in the interviews, he was being sincere saying that he thought Jake deserved to be called the best yer on the team and that he was happy about it.


    Of course, Kobe still wanted to be the best yer on the Los Angeles Lakers team and the NBA and so he thought about ying even better in theing seasons and oveing Jake, nobody knew how he would feel if he couldn’t ovee Jake after a few seasons.


    After interviewing Kobe, the reporters went to Shaq to talk to him, Shaq was also excited about the team’s victory and the yoffs that would soon begin, so Shaq also agreed to talk to the reporters.


    "Shaq, what do you think of this Los Angeles Lakers team ranking for the yoffs and with the team finishing first at the Western Conference and being the team with the best attack of the season?"


    "I am very happy with this, my teammates and I have struggled a lot and have worked hard to achieve this even with this short season and this difficult sequence with many games."


    "I can say myself that I tried my best and I’m happy with the result that our team has achieved, now we have the yoffs to y and times that we continue to y well to win the NBA title."


    Shaq was really happy with the team’s result this season, the Los Angeles Lakers team having the best winning campaign and being the best offense was proof of how well he and the other yers yed.


    "Shaq, in addition to your rookie season, you managed to qualify with the team that you yed in all the years for the yoffs, you think that this is perhaps the best team with the best teammates that you are going to yoffs?"


    "This is difficult to say, I have yed with excellent yers in other seasons, especially in the 1994-95 season when we reached the NBA Finals, but I can say that if we win the NBA title this season, then I can say that this is the best team with the best yers I’ve ever yed."


    "Shaq, what do you think of Jake’s debut season?"


    "Sometimes it’s hard to remember that Jake is a rookie, he’s one of the best yers I’ve ever yed with, in this game today where he scored 51 points and even made 11 assists show his NBA season well"


    "Jake is the yer in the entire NBA today and has the most points per game and has the most assists as well, Jake has an average of 8 rebounds and 8 steals per game also showing how he is also a great defensive yer."


    "If Jake is not the MVP of this season I think that nobody should be chosen as MVP, Jake certainly deserves it and it is very good to know that he is on my team."


    The reporters were impressed with Shaq’s praise when he spoke of Jake, it was difficult to see Shaq praising other yers so much, it showed that Shaq had really been impressed with Jake’s skill this season.


    After talking to the yers on the Los Angeles Lakers team, the reporters went to look for Jake to talk to him, Jake didn’t want to talk to the reporters, but he knew it was better to talk to the reporters after that game.


    "Jake, congrattions on your great performance in that game, and for the first time in the NBA that you scored more than 50 points."


    "Thank you."


    "Jake, now that the regr season is over and the Los Angeles Lakers team have won 44 games out of 50 games that season, what did you think of your debut season?"


    "I think it couldn’t be better, I had the confidence of the team coaches throughout the season and I also had the confidence of my teammates."


    "I was able to help the Los Angeles Lakers team by ying 48 minutes in every game, and I got that point and assist average which was very good, the average steals and rebounds were also what I expected."


    "The most important thing was the result of the Los Angeles Lakers team, I’m happy that the Lakers team has won so many games and qualified for the yoffs, now we have to continue ying well in the yoffs."


    "Do you think you deserve to win the MVP award after being chosen as the yer of the month in the 3 months of this season?"


    "This is hard to say, I certainly yed the best I was able to y and the Los Angeles Lakers team was the best team this season, I was also lucky to lead several statistics this season like average points, assists, and steals in every game."


    "So I’m not going to deny that I think I am one of the yers who deserve to win the MVP award as well as other yers who have also had an excellent performance this season, I hope the fact that this is my rookie season does not affect my chances of winning the MVP award. "


    Jake didn’t want to do the interview because he knew reporters would ask that question, he didn’t want to be arrogant saying he deserved to win the prize, but it would be false if he said he didn’t think he deserved to win the MVP award.


    So Jake said what he thought, that he was one of the yers most likely to win this prize and if he didn’t win it would be because this was his rookie season, Jake tried not to be arrogant, but he had to say he deserved to win that award because it was the truth.


    "Jake, do you think the Los Angeles Lakers team can win the NBA title this season?"


    "I think so, I am confident that the Los Angeles Lakers team can win this season and if the team remains with the same yers we may be able to win the NBA title in theing seasons as well."


    The reporters were surprised by Jake’s statement, they expected him to try to deviate from the question and would not answer, but contrary to what they expected Jake clearly answered their question.


    In addition, Jake said that he thought the Los Angeles Lakers team could win the NBA title in theing seasons beyond this season, that was something the team’s fans would definitely like to hear, but the other teams would not like to hear that.


    In recent times only the team that had Michael Jordan can win the NBA title for several years, they knew that Jake was an excellent yer, but they didn’t think he was like Michael Jordan, but if they thought well with Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant the Los Angeles Lakers team was very strong.


    After the interviews, the yers returned to their home, the Los Angeles Lakers team would y only after 4 days and so the yers would have 3 days to rest before the start of the yoffs.


    In those 4 days the yers would have to train in the first 2 days they could rest on the third day and on the fourth day they would y, of course, this was expected by the yers, after all, they would have decisive games in the yoffs, Jake thought that if the yers wanted to rest they had to win the 3 games and they would already qualify and could rest.


    Jake went back to his house and called his mother to talk to her, Eva already knew that that day Jake would y thest game of the regr season and then the yoffs would start, Eva had already decided that she would close the restaurant on game days Jake’s and would travel to watch.


    "Hi, mom, I called to say we won today’s game, after 4 days the yoffs will start and our team will y against the Minnesota Timberwolves team."


    "How nice to hear that, Jake, I’m going to watch every yoff game that your team ys, I’m going to hope that the Los Angeles Lakers team wins and that you’re the highlight in every game."


    "You don’t need to watch all the games, mom, it will be very tiring for you to travel so many times in May to watch the games, besides, you have to take care of the restaurant."


    "I’m not going to discuss this with you again, Jake, I already decided that and since I can’t watch all of your games, I at least want to watch the decisive games."


    Jake would lie if he said that he was not happy to hear that his mother would watch all his games, Jake knew that Eva could not go to watch the regr games of the season, even so, he sometimes looked at the stands thinking about how good it would be for him to find his mother watching his games.


    So knowing that Eva would watch all his games in the yoffs would make Jake want to y even better to show his best performance to his mother, Jake had already prepared some things to give morefort to his mother.


    "Okay, well, if you’ve decided you want to watch the games, I understand that, but I’ve prepared some things for you and you’ll have to do it if you want to watch my games in the yoffs."


    "Okay, what did you prepare."


    "When you have two games in one city you cannot travel back to Miami before the games are over, you will have to stay in the city of games until the games are over."