MADRID, 10 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Spanish guard Rudy Fernández, Real Madrid player, assured this Tuesday that his former teammate Luka Doncic, current star of the Dallas Mavericks, “is going to be a reference” for several years on the international basketball scene and that, “if everything It’s going well, I hope I can compete for the NBA champion ring.
“Luka has a career that will play for many years in the NBA, he will be a reference and, if everything goes well, I hope he can qualify for the ring. He is so competitive, we know him well, I hope he gets the ring,” he predicted. Rudy about Doncic who this Tuesday will face Real Madrid with the Mavericks at the WiZink Center.
Thus, Rudy spoke to journalists from the press room of the Madrid pavilion, recalling the beginnings of the Slovenian guard in the merengue youth team. “For us, perhaps, he is the best player on the planet. When he started, with us in training, we could already see that he was special and had resources that were very difficult to stop,” he said in this regard.
“In the NBA there is a lot of one-on-one and Luka, being such a good player, adapts to all types of games. In Europe it was a little more different than what we have seen later in the United States. He has adapted very well; but not just Luka, the NBA is realizing that European talent adapts very well to the NBA,” Rudy explained.
Furthermore, he admitted to feeling “very happy that Luka is coming home, that all Real Madrid fans and basketball fans can experience a game like this, play against an NBA team and above all play against the best.” “And that among them is one of ours, which is Luka,” Rudy added.
“For us it is a source of pride. More than a colleague, he is already part of the family. We have known each other for a long time and we have seen how he has grown and the magnitude of what he generates. He is still the same as always, the one who does jokes, the one who enjoys the track,” he added.
“Very grateful for his words; everything that comes from him is a source of pride for us. We continue to have a lot of affection for him and the treatment we receive from Luka, towards Real Madrid or towards us, is gratifying,” Rudy responded to the Doncic’s previous praise.
Regarding this match against the Mavs, Rudy reduced the euphoria. “You have to value it for what it is, a friendly match. It is true that playing against the Mavericks… it is always nice to welcome teams of a very high level here in Madrid,” he said in this regard.
“But we have to be aware that on Thursday we have a demanding match in Turkey. We understand it as such, to enjoy with our fans, but being aware that the important thing is Thursday,” concluded Rudy, thinking about his next appointment. Euroleague.