Chapter 193 - Ernie

A few seconds left I decided to hold the ball, we had already lost due to being down by a few points and team USA could see it in my eyes that we had given up as they started to celebrate. This was going to be our last game since we had been eliminated. Kobe came down and shook my hand as he said "you're such a great baller I can't wait to see you in the NBA". 

"I nodded my head and said likewise this was a great game you've given me my first loss in a long time which humbled me as I thought that I was on top of the world and could not lose any games but now that I know that I have weaknesses to work on I'll be sure to bring it the next time we face each other".

Kobe looked a little disappointed as he said" face each other huh so that means you have no plans on joining the Lakers?" I shook my head and said "you're already great there'll be no point and me joining you it wouldn't be fair if I was to join one of the greatest players Kobe, that means you would win a ring every year if I was to join". 

Kobe laughed and said "that's true, it wouldn't be very competitive if you were to join me, well I wish you nothing but the best and try not to let the media get to you" Kobe said before turning away.

The buzzard sounded, we had lost the game. I had broken records with the points that I had made. 83 points I don't think anybody in Nigeria history will be able to break that record anytime soon so I left with just that.

LeBron and other banana boat crew brothers came to say hi to me and invited me to celebrate tonight. I laughed and said "how can I join you guys to celebrate if I lost". They all laughed but said that's fine then we're just all going out to celebrate life not the win. I finally agreed to their invitation even though I didn't really feel like going out after taking that L, but those guys were like Brothers to me so I might as well hang with them any chance I could get who knows what the future has in store. 

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At the locker room it was quite depressing as everyone had their heads down after the loss. I couldn't believe they were acting like this and quickly yelled at them. 

" You guys need to get your act together, did you really think you could beat team usa. You guys should be celebrating the fact that it was even a close game. We came came so there's no need to beat yourselves up just take this experience and use it as a driving force to get better in the future if in the future Ghana doesn't have a team I'll come back to this team to play with you guys once again but next time you guys should be better so that you can fight alongside me thank you for being the best teammates

The team was inspired I could see it in there glowing eyes as they lifted their heads up high and started cheering for me they each came to thank me for my hard work especially coach who knew that they would have gotten this far because of me

That night we all went to celebrate and you got even met up with team USA as they were out and about too. Surprisingly to Nigeria and team USA bonded well as they were all getting to know each other, Tope was very fond of Kobe while Chris Paul was hanging out with Ola.Find authorized novels in , faster updates, better experience, Please click <a href="#!!!_12675490905537405/ernie_51968780632379002">#!!!_12675490905537405/ernie_51968780632379002</a> for visiting.

The banana boat crew were together once again as we partied all night long. They had to leave us early because they had practice the next day unlike us who are going to be leaving the big stage soon. Team Nigeria continued to party even coach had joined in as this was the best feeling he had ever gotten so he was the most excited even though we didn't win a gold medal coach was able to still get sponsors for the team and surprisingly a lot of other International teams had approached Tope to see whether he wanted to play for their respective teams during the regular season.

I was happy for them all and after a week we went our separate ways. I was finally going back home sitting in the airplane watching the guys up in ESPN talk about the draft nights coming up. They were all talking about how I was the favorite to be and of course just as predicted Chicago had gotten the first pick on the first round but I hope that other teams would make a move on me and bid high.

Even though Chicago had their Glory days I didn't want to end up in that Windy City and you know how cold it could get but Chicago fans were crazy too so I knew I would have a large city backing me if I was to go with them.

Ernie "This guy Eazy has been playing for a long time since middle school, I heard not only could he shoot the lights off but he could also dunk like Kobe Bryant. The next draft class is going to be the best with Eazy on top, they should lead the next generation to a whole new game. This guy was able to win several cups in his high school year even in middle school he was able to win one.

He then went to take the Terps who were also terrible the previous years all the way to the end as they won the championship there too. After that he enrolled into the military further making his resume good not only is he a baller but he's a soldier too we know how the soldiers mentality he, he's hardcore stuff and is fit for the NBA. I'm placing all my bets on him, that he will be the best player to ever join this league" Ernie said.