There weren’t many memorable photographs within the NBA’s poorly obtained new All-Star Sport format, however one school scholar managed to outdo Damian Lillard of the Milwaukee Bucks to win a six-figure prize Sunday.
Jaren Barajas, a freshman at Los Medanos School in Pittsburg, Calif., went up in opposition to Lillard within the MrBeast $100,000 Problem.
Barajas, 18, was tasked with hitting one shot from the emblem past the 3-point line on the Chase Middle in San Francisco earlier than Lillard may hit three.
In the course of the timed competitors that was capped at three minutes, Lillard, an eight-time All-Star, hit a pair of photographs from the emblem, however Barajas then banked one in with lower than 30 seconds remaining on the clock.
It led to an emotional response from Barajas, in addition to TNT broadcasters Shaquille O’Neal and Kenny Smith, who hugged the teeneager, who was then carried round by NBA mascots and dumped right into a field of money and lined with financial institution notes.
“It was coming down to the wire, we had 30 seconds left and my Dad always tells me, ‘Use the backboard’,” Barajas stated, in response to the AP. “That’s what I had to do to make it go in.”
Barajas later referred to as the money-making shot “life-changing.”
“This is going to mean the world to me,” Barajas stated. “It’s going to help my family a lot and definitely my future. Hopefully, it’ll help me pay for my education.”
Lillard, who additionally took half within the 3-point contest, however couldn’t defend his two-time crown — with Miami’s Tyler Herro taking it — added, “I love being part of stuff like that where you can impact somebody else.”
Barajas had been chosen out of the group at random. A former highschool basketball participant, Barajas graduated from Freedom Excessive Faculty in Oakley, Calif. final 12 months.
“I got surprised with these tickets [Saturday], so I didn’t even know I was coming to the game,” Barajas stated. “So to have this experience, it’s so surreal. I’m so thankful … I just beat Damian Lillard.”
