Jerrick's Journey

Back in the Day, Jarick was very good at math. Although he was very smart and good at school, he struggled socially. school years went on, he grew more and more into wanting to be an engineer. He was really into building and fixing things. He would take all the engineering courses in high school. He learned how different tools Works, he also learned how to program Electronics. He grew incredibly fascinated with that field. Never in his Wildest Dreams could you ever imagine doing anything different. As he started the process of picking and choosing what colleges to apply to and ultimately shows what school he wanted to attend, he made sure to pick a school with a great engineering program. Instead of weighing his options, He chose to attend the Arizona State Univerity to be an engineer. He went all-in on the thought of being an engineer. “Wow,” you said, as he couldn't believe he was actually going to get an opportunity to live out his dream. 

When he got to college he quickly began to start his classes in engineering. He loved it, he really enjoyed the people he was surrounded by, and he really enjoyed the experience. He thought to himself that it wouldn’t hurt his life if he took some classes to help himself socially. Those classes ended up being the best thing for him to do. In those classes he learned how to connect with people, he learned how to handle uncomfortable situations, and he learned how to talk to people he hadn’t met before. It was a skill that completely changed his life. He started getting more and more friends. He started going to parties. He started living his best life, and it was a huge change from his life before. 

As his first quarter of college was nearing the end, he had many friends, and he went from being a nobody to being one of the “popular” people. He was much happier with his life how it was but there was just one problem. He wasn’t nearly as interested in being an engineer anymore. He started to enjoy it less and less the more he realized he liked working with connecting with people and making relationships. This problem created problems with his parents because they were paying for his college to be an engineer, and now he doesn’t want to do that anymore. He talked with his parents and they tried giving him the advice to stick it out and just do what he used to love to do, but he couldn’t stand doing it anymore and decided to change his major.

After long thinking, he decided to tryout business. He enrolled in all these economics classes, and business classes. He got very confused but he enjoyed the content more so he stuck with it. He finished off the semester in those classes, and he really enjoyed it. He was much happier at the end of the semester than he was at the beginning. One of the reasons he is happier is that with his friends he joined a gym, and started to get in shape. He really enjoyed doing that with his friends. He especially likes playing basketball, and he started to realize he had a hidden talent in basketball. 

To start off the second semester he really started to understand and grasp the content he was learning in his new business classes. He not only understood the classes but started to excel in them. As time started to go on, he applied for an internship at a company that sold sports equipment. He started studying prices and selling sales strategies so he got the internship. When he went for the interview he realized he was in a good position to receive the internship, and sure enough, he got it.

Later that year he started going to the store to learn how the company worked, and he was most excited because he knew once the internship was over he would have a full-time job for the company. So he started to excel, he started to really understand people, and he started to really understand why people might want to buy things, he started to exploit that part of people. One day a famous basketball coach from the NBA came into the store and he went to Jerrick to talk to him about what he wanted to buy. It was Christmas time so he was looking for something for a gift for his kid. Jerrick helped him out, and the coach really liked him and asked for his name so every time he came back he would know who to ask for help. When he left Jerrick made sure to tell him that he’s a big fan and that he loves playing basketball. The coach left and went on with his day. 

Fast forward a year and the NBA team that, that coach was a part of was looking for new players, so they held a tryout. The coach remembered Jerrick and asked him if he wanted to try out. Jerrick didn’t know what to do he was so excited. He of course went to the tryout, and he not only played well but impressed the coaches also. After the tryout, the coach walked over to Jerrick to offer him a 10-day contract to see how he can contribute to the team, and after the 10-day contract, they would reevaluate to see if they will offer him a year contract. 

He started his 10-day contract and was playing out of his mind. In NBA games he was averaging 15 points per game and for that team, in particular, that is super good. He began getting media attention, and before people knew it he was an internet sensation. He gave the team and management nothing else to do but offer him a year contract. While they were negotiating, due to his social classes he took in college, and due to his business classes in college, he talked his way into getting $1 million dollars for the year. 

Never in a million years would he ever have thought that he would be in the NBA, he started his journey wanting to be an engineer, then wanted to be a salesman, and now he is in the NBA.