Real Madrid’s Old Guard: The Legends – Rudy Fernández, Sergio Rodríguez, and Sergio Llull

Real Madrid has started the season well. The victory in the Super Cup, with victories against Barça (80-90) and Unicaja (81-88) allowed the whites to win the tenth Super Cup in their history, the sixth in a row, four of them playing in the final against the Blaugranas. It has been a demonstration that the team led by Chus Mateo follows the line of continuity of the last decade, first with Pablo Laso and now with a new messiah who in his first season led the club to the conquest of a new Euroleague, the third of a project that, if we used terminology associated with the NBA, would be a true dynasty.

And within it, three names stand out above all the others. For its durability, quality, insistence on talent, perseverance in effort. Three men who have been there through thick and thin, in the ugliest moments and also, as a common denominator, in the greatest successes. Rudy Fernández, Sergio Llull and Sergio Rodríguez are tireless, unique, titanic. Eternal: with an endless resume, together and separately, they continue at the foot of the canyon, adding great moments like the great champions they are. Without putting an expiration date on their spectacular careers and keeping intact the ambition, the desire to win, to expand a resume that continues to expand the pages of a story that is an inexhaustible source of trophies and exciting, beautiful battles.

And they have not always coincided together at Real Madrid: Rudy, the oldest (38 years old) went through Joventut, went to the NBA and was in the 2011 lockout with the whites before living his last American journey in the Nuggets and subsequently heading, definitively, to the capital of Spain. Since then he has worn the white shirt uninterruptedly, with a great relationship with the club and being an absolute reference. Sergio Rodríguez, 37 years old, is living his second stage in the entity: first he was from 2010 to 2016, before and then he went through the NBA and other teams in Europe. He returned last year to fulfill the dream of the Undécima just as he had done before with the Novena. And Sergio Llull, the youngest (35 years old, he will turn 36 in November) but equally veteran of the trio, trained in Manresa and joined Madrid in 2007. Since then and despite constant calls from the NBA, specifically from the Rockets, has never left. And he is the youngest of the three, but also the one who has worn the white shirt the longest, already exceeding 1,000 games and chasing a record that seemed impossible to beat, that of Felipe Reyes who accumulated 1,046.

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But that’s not the most surprising thing. Both together and separately, the three players have extraordinary resumes. Whether in clubs other than Madrid or with the white shirt, the trio has had successes, which combined translate into 39 seasons at Real, 75 titles (whether in the white team or in others) and 25 medals with the Spanish selection. Statistics that are incredible as a whole, but are also incredible when we break them down individually, giving each player their own merits.

Rudy Fernández: 3 Euroleagues, 6 Leagues, 6 Copas del Rey (1 with Joventut, the rest with Real Madrid), 9 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Intercontinental, 1 Eurocup (with Joventut) and 1 EuroChallenge (also with Joventut ). Furthermore, the captain of the National Team is the most successful of the trio and the one who has been with La Familia the longest, having surpassed Navarro’s 253 caps in the last World Cup, a historical record. He has 6 golds, 3 silvers and 2 bronzes. In total, 27 titles at club level and 11 medals in FIBA ​​tournaments. Sergio Rodríguez: 3 Euroleagues (2 with Madrid and one with CSKA), 6 Leagues (3 ACB, 2 Russian and 1 Italian), 6 Cups (4 with Madrid and 2 with Milan), 6 Super Cups (one Spanish and one Italian), 1 Intercontinental (with Madrid). The most nomadic of the trio and the one who has worn the most shirts, he has won 7 medals with the National Team: 2 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze. Sergio Llull: absolute and historical legend of Real Madrid, who in his most glorious stage is impossible to mention Without the Balearic, Llull has another resume for the annals: 3 Euroleagues, 7 Leagues, 6 Cups, 9 Super Cups and 1 Intercontinental give him a total of 26 titles. With 7 other medals with Spain: 4 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze.

Three active generational players who have added to their record with another title, the ninth of the 10 Super Cups that Madrid has won in history (historical leader). Three players who make up Real Madrid’s old guard, the one the team turns to in its most difficult moments, with the quarterfinal series against Partizan last year in the memory and Llull’s winning shot against Olympiacos as another scene iconic of European basketball. They are eternal and have names and surnames: Rudy Fernández, Sergio Rodríguez and Sergio Llull. Legends.

2023-09-23 06:47:18
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