NBA: Willy Hernangmez: “It will be a dream to play again with Doncic” | NBA 2019

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The Spanish Charlotte Hornets player, Willy Hernangmez, said it will be “a dream to play again with Luka Doncic” before the 'NBA Pars Game 2020', the first regular season game on French soil in history to face the Friday Hornets and Milwaukee Bucks.

“Of course it will be a dream to play again with Luka (Doncic) and with Kristaps (Porzingis), who have been my companions. You never know what is going to happen and where you are going to be, but right now I am focused on trying to take advantage of the opportunities, on playing anywhere and being able to give the maximum of m, “Hernangmez said.

“With Luka we are always supporting each other, always playing the game console, talking on FaceTime… It makes me very happy for how he is playing, for how he is dominating the league and that he is always there, giving us courage to my brother and me, because he knows they are difficult times, “he added about the Dallas Mavericks Slovenian.

Asked about Friday's game, the Madrid-25-year-old, said he arrives at a good time. “I'm at my best moment of the season, no doubt. It's been a complicated year and I try to take every opportunity by working every day to the fullest. Sometimes it is very difficult, there are days when it becomes very difficult and you get up frustrated, “he admitted.

“It makes me very excited to be here in Paris, close to home and breathe an environment very similar to ours. I've been here many times and I love it. From Madrid all my family and friends will come. It is an opportunity that I didn't want to miss and everyone will come, yes, “he explained.

“In the end, coming here what you most notice is the 'jet-lag', it is hard to have to get used to being here three days and then come back and continue playing there. It's complicated, that's why we try to train here at the same time as there respecting the difference, “added the former Real Madrid.

In this sense, Hernangmez acknowledged that he would love to have this match played in the capital of Spain. “I would like to have matches in Spain, that Real Madrid and Bara were NBA teams, although obviously with the distances and the 'jet-lag' is complicated. The important thing is that the NBA is growing globally and reaching other parts of the world and is a breakthrough, “he said.

“I really like the NBA and European basketball, obviously I am very aware of Real Madrid, but in the end the NBA is the best league in the world,” added the Spaniard, who was also asked about Giannis Antetokounmpo, to be his rival this Friday. “Everyone tries to stop it, it is the MVP and for us it is obviously a player to take into account. It will be very hard, since we will have to defend as a team, with constant help and protect the area very well,” he concluded.