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“My idea is to continue linked to basketball”

05/13/2022 at 21:36

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The veteran base del Monbus Obradoiro Albert Oliverwho this Saturday, against Valencia Basket, will play his last game as a professional, said this Friday that his “idea” is to continue to be linked to basketball in the future.

“I like this sport, that’s why I’m still here. We’ll see what the future holds, but I do believe that I will continue linked to basketball”, he commented at the press conference of his farewell, in which he was accompanied by the president of the Santiago club, Raul Lopezand the technician Moncho Fernandez.

assured to leave “very happy” because he understands that he makes “the decision” at the right timeafter 22 years playing in the ACB league with eight different teams.

“I say goodbye being in a club that He has treated me very well from day one.. It is a great club to say goodbye to basketball for everything: for its people, for its body, and for my teammates. When I played against them, one of the good things they said about Obra was about the atmosphere in the team”, he assured.

A great atmosphere that he was able to verify in these two years in which He has felt “very comfortable”, despite being two “difficult” seasons in sports because Obradoiro suffered “a lot” to stay in the top flight.

“I have felt as in a family both years and, personally, I appreciate it since I didn’t have my family here with me. I have been lucky to have great colleagues who have supported me a lot. Despite playing fewer minutes this year, I have always felt highly valued by the coaching staff and my teammates, even though I was next to the bench with polo”, he was honest.

The president of Obradoiro, excited, stressed that in these two years he realized why Oliver He has lengthened his career so much: “Because of his unconditional love of the game and his ability to compete. Thank you, Albert, for having put us in the vein of both things every day, but above all for your leadership and exemplary character”.

“Leadership and exemplarity require words, but above all deeds. You have added a lot to the team, both when you have been on and off the track. You have made us all better: teammates, coaches, employees, managers…”, added Raúl López.

The Galician team is the last club of the Catalan base throughout a extensive sports career which has led him to wear the shirts of Joventut, Caprabo Lleida, Manresa, Valencia Basket, Estudiantes, Gran Canaria and Betis, before reinforcing in September 2020 an Obradoiro who had lost Turkish international Kartal Ozmizrak due to injury.

Oliver He is the second oldest player in the history of the ACB league, only behind the American Darryl Middleton who, in 2011, wore the Valencia shirt at the age of 44 years and nine months. Tomorrow he will play his last match at the Multiusos Fontes do Sar against Valencia Basket.

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