00:00Man, I'm just, you know, I'm out of work.
00:08It's just, it's just so much at this point in my life that doesn't matter all the obstacles that I
00:16have surpassed in life, all those things just came to this moment, man.
00:20Those are the things that you really appreciate in life and make you keep going and keep being hungry.
00:27January the 4th was a day that I'm never going to forget about it.
00:32That's when I tore my, my, my patellar tendon this year and being in Spain and you think that the
00:43adversity is coming your way when you are in your best moment.
00:46And I don't know how many months later, like 11, 12 months later, you come up here, you debut, being
00:53in the NBA.
00:54It's just an amazing feeling.
00:56God is great, man.
00:58Celebration, like Wes said, you guys had a little celebration this morning.
01:02Man, it's just appreciating the opportunities.
01:06It's a crazy time for us, for everybody.
01:08So all the guys that are being called off are taking advantage of the opportunities.
01:14And, and, and over time is being rewarded by this.
01:19How do you handle that moment where you're going to be in, it's not going to be a long stretch
01:25of time.
01:25You know, you have to make an opportunity.
01:27You also can't go crazy.
01:29Yeah.
01:30That's when you are professional.
01:32That's when you keep your composure and understanding that you need to do your role and do it at the
01:38best.
01:38My role is communicating, telling people to locate in, in, in the core, grabbing rebounds, defending, and you, you cannot
01:48let the excitement of the moment take over your head.
01:53You have to keep composure, understanding that this is your job and you have to do it at the best,
01:57at the highest level.
01:58Would you be able to watch?
01:59Uh, I think so, uh, it, it, it, it's been a crazy day, man.
02:03If I tell you that, uh, this morning when I wake up, I had 20 missed calls and everybody was
02:10like trying to reach out to me because, uh, and I was, today was actually the day that I decided
02:16to stay in bed and on bed 15 minutes later.
02:20And it was the day that I got caught up.
02:23Um, I have to make it to the arena is normally take me 15 minutes.
02:28It took me seven to get there.
02:30So it's been just an amazing day, man.
02:33It's, it's hell of a year, best way to close the year.
02:37And, and I'm just happy, happy for me, happy for my family, happy for my country.
02:41I'm happy for the people that believe in me and happy for myself.
02:44Who called you?
02:47Man, Coach Mike, uh, my head coach from the capital city, Google told me, uh,
02:54Amber teammates, they send people to knock on my door and it just, it's just crazy, man.
03:00It's just.
03:04What does this mean for young Colombian basketball fans?
03:10Man, my, oh, I always been saying, don't let nobody tell you.
03:13No, if I tell you then how many people closed the doors on me, how many people told me I
03:19wasn't good enough?
03:20How many people told me I was lazy?
03:22How many people told me that I was just tall, just a tall guy that somebody that was unathletic and
03:28I just put the work in and I never let those comments get over my head and it stopped me.
03:34How, otherwise I appreciate those people that at some moment they were haters because I know they are swallowing their
03:41words right now.
03:43How many guns did you get on the bus and sleep?
03:46Man, um, I drove to the arena and I was normal.
03:50I called my, I called my, I called my family, I called my dad and then when we went to
03:57walk through this morning, I was getting the parking lot and I just couldn't believe it.
04:00And now you stop and cry.
04:02Like it just, it just, it just stopped these times of life where you're never going to forget about it.
04:10Has there been a moment today where you've kind of been able to, to breathe and kind of relax and
04:15take everything in or is it pretty much then high speed all day?
04:18I've been able to kind of look around and kind of taking what's happening.
04:21Being honest at this point, if, if I'm dreaming, please don't wake me up.
04:26I mean, I've been trying to lock in every, all day.
04:29I knew that I could have an opportunity to play today.
04:32Obviously it's being a fast paced day, but I'm just trying to, you know, um, slow it down and take
04:38it easy and enjoy it.
04:39Enjoy this time of life because as much as you put the, the, the work here, you need to understand
04:45that you need to appreciate this moment and enjoy it.
04:47Because this is going to be for, these are the memories you're going to carry on forever.
04:56We'll go to zoom.
04:57We'll start with Moises.
05:00Jaime, como estas?
05:02Felicidades por el gran logro.
05:05Moises Linares de Telemundo 44, aquí en la capital.
05:09¿Qué se siente lograr esta, esta gran meta?
05:12Te vemos entre lágrimas.
05:13Veo muchos colegas que, bueno, están aquí por, por ti, porque este es un día especial para Colombia.
05:20Es un día especial para todos los latinos que ven la NBA y verte llegar hasta este momento, aunque solo
05:25fueron pocos minutos.
05:26¿Qué significa para ti y qué está pasando por tu mente?
05:30Mira, por mi mente ahora mismo solamente hay seguir trabajando, seguir, seguir explotando mis habilidades, seguir creyendo en mí.
05:41En esto no es ni el final ni el inicio.
05:44Esto es la continuación de todo el trabajo que he hecho durante toda mi carrera.
05:47Y pues Dios ha abierto las puertas exactas para yo estar en este preciso momento.
05:53Jamás en mi vida pensé ser el primero, ni el segundo, ni el tercero.
05:57Y las oportunidades llegan a tu puerta cuando tú menos te la esperas.
06:00Y solamente es aprovecharlas y dar lo mejor de ti.
06:04Seguir trabajando es lo único que pienso.
06:06Seguir trabajando, trabajando, trabajando para que esto no sea de 10 días, sino que sea por años.
06:16Rafael.
06:18Jaime, felicidades. Aquí Rafael de TAP Deportes, de Puerto Rico.
06:22¿Cómo se siente estar en la NBA? ¿Cuál tú piensas que es tu rol con este equipo?
06:27Mira, es una sensación que yo lo dije en pretemporada a uno de mis compañeros.
06:35Yo jamás como fan había asistido a un NBA Game.
06:40Tengo mucho ego por mí.
06:42Y yo dije, y la primera vez que fui NBA Game estaba siendo parte de él,
06:46que fue contra los Houston Rockets en pretemporada.
06:49Después de eso, nosotros tenemos free tickets para los juegos.
06:55Y mi ego no me dejaba ir a la arena para ver, los apoyaba viendo los partidos de casa.
07:01Pero jamás dije, yo no voy a ir a un partido si no hago parte de él.
07:05Y yo creo que gracias a Dios las cosas se dieron.
07:10Mi rol está claro y mis cualidades como jugador son muy claras.
07:16Rebotear, correr la cancha, defender el aro.
07:19Son cosas primordiales para mí que me van a dar los minutos necesarios.
07:22Y es lo que tengo que hacer al mejor, al alto nivel.
07:27Gracias.
07:32Franca, francamente, hablando.
07:34Hola, Jaime.
07:36Yo creo que la emoción es para toda Colombia.
07:40No creas que eres el único que está así en esta situación.
07:44Todo lo que te conocemos y que están viviendo este momento, estamos muy emocionados.
07:51Disculpa si en cualquier momento se llega a entrecortar las dos, pero es la emoción que sentimos desde que se
07:58conoció la noticia.
08:00Primero quisiera saber qué tanto le pediste a Dios, qué tanto hablaste con tu familia, con tu mamá, con tu
08:08papá, con tus amigos del barrio San Pachito, como se reconoce popularmente.
08:13Qué tanto hablaste con él y con Dios para que llegara este momento?
08:18Mira, desde el Showcase han pasado muchas cosas que me las reservo para mí mismo.
08:25Y obviamente al momento de que hay muchos call-ups de muchos equipos, te comienzas a cuestionar que eso no
08:33soy bueno, es que qué es lo que está pasando.
08:35Pero en ningún momento me frustré, en ningún momento me dio envidia, me alegré por las personas que llegaron call
08:41-ups.
08:42Desde el más profundo de mi corazón, en ningún momento sentí ninguna clase de como que frustración.
08:50Al contrario, yo le decía a Dios, Dios, y siempre lo que he hecho, desde que me fui a mi
08:56casa a los 17 años hasta hoy a mis 24, ha sido lo mismo.
09:00Como Dios, tú abrirás las puertas y me colocarás en los lugares para ser exitoso.
09:04Y hasta ahora Dios nunca me ha fallado.
09:07Anoche, precisamente, ha sido una semana muy dura.
09:11Y anoche, precisamente, no estaba ni frustrado.
09:14Me acosté y le dije, mira Dios, yo sé que lo que tú tienes guardado para mí, eso no me
09:20lo va a quitar nadie.
09:22Y así fue, o sea, me acosté muy contento.
09:25Y precisamente, esta mañana fue algo muy rápido.
09:31Y pues nada, hablé con mis compañeros, hablé con mis padres, les conté las noticias.
09:36A mi mamá llorando, mi papá muy contento.
09:39A mis grupos, amigos, mejor dicho, nos cae la dicha.
09:41No he podido abrir mi celular mucho tiempo porque yo no contesto mensajes cuando es el día de partido.
09:50Y pues ahora que mi celular está que explota en estos momentos.
09:54Y pues nada, esto es para mi gente, para mi barrio, para mi ciudad, para mi país, para Sudamérica en
10:01general.
10:02Y pues que todos los sueños pueden serse realidad.
10:04Solamente hay que ser disciplinado y trabajar duro para ellos.
10:07Y desde que me fui a mi casa, no he parado, no he parado.
10:12Y llegar a estos momentos es satisfactorio.
10:15Como lo dije anteriormente, muchas personas me dijeron que no, que no era bueno.
10:19Y hoy le doy gracias a Dios por darme la motivación para seguir adelante.
10:24Jaime, ya para culminar mi participación.
10:27¿Qué mensaje le dejas a Colombia y a Latinoamérica?
10:30Que sé que están pendientes, que sé que están viéndote.
10:32Que sé que están emocionados, así como tú lo estás en este momento.
10:37¿Qué mensaje le dejas a todos ellos?
10:39Se vale la pena soñar.
10:54Se vale la pena soñar.
10:57Ese es mi mensaje.
11:02Te agradecemos en nombre de todos los colombianos, Jaime.
11:05Un abrazo, hermano. Te quiero.
11:10We'll do last question to Wayne.
11:14Hey Jaime, first of all, congratulations for being the first Colombia Boone player.
11:19I get to talk to you a lot when you play your games during the go-go.
11:22How does it mean to be a living proof of make lemonade?
11:26Man, take advantage of every opportunity.
11:29There you go.
11:31It's the best example that I can have over there, man.
11:34I've never been discouraged at any decision that I've been making in my life.
11:38When my agents told me the best way to come back to the United States was going to Spain.
11:45I say, let's do it.
11:48Mm-hmm.
11:48I take advantage of that opportunity.
11:50No matter how far I was from my city in another continent, being even farther away from my family, I
11:58just take advantage of that opportunity.
12:01I got hurt, and I improved myself, improved my body, improved mentally to grow up as a man and be
12:08able to take better decisions in my life.
12:12Going to summer league, I remember the first game I didn't play.
12:15I just played like three minutes, four minutes.
12:17And I just, and I didn't get discouraged.
12:20I was happy to be there.
12:21Mm-hmm.
12:21And the next game, I make lemonade.
12:24There you go.
12:26And sticking with the make lemonade, Jame, a lot of young guys and guys in general get discouraged.
12:33What was it that kept you going to, you know, you would realize your dream today?
12:41It can be encouraged.
12:44The fact that I know it's a supreme force up there looking up to us that know that he gonna
12:50put us in the best position to be successful.
12:53I learned that when you ask God for patience, he's not gonna give you patience.
12:58He's gonna test you patience.
13:00And when you tell God to ask for opportunities, he wanna make sure that you prepare yourself when the opportunity
13:07comes.
13:08Mm-hmm.
13:09So we never can tell God how to bless us.
13:12That's something I learned.
13:14God will bless us in the way that he's supposed to and make sure we understand the process of it.
13:19So that's, that's what I live by.
13:36So that's, that's what I live by.
13:38Thank you, God.
13:38I'm going to put your fuel for salvation here.
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