After 162 days, José Juan Barea finally wants to feel this “good feeling” of playing baloncesto.
The stellar Mayagüezano armador will make his debut on Wednesday, Wednesday, in the Spanish League Endesa (ACB), with his new team Movistar Students enrolled at Casademont Zaragoza starting at 15:30 (Puerto Rico time).
Barea did not play since the 23rd of August dispute for five minutes and 11 seconds in the victory of his other team, the Mavericks of Dallas, ahead of the Clippers of Los Angeles in the round of the NBA playoffs.
“It’s quite different for me. But since then, he’s treated me spectacularly. We practiced a lot and I was super good. The practices are good. Do not have time to practice. But there is nothing to play with, ”said Barea from Madrid to THE VOCERO.
“It will be my first game in good time, in a new league and with a different system … so we will see. Ha pasado muchi tiempo (sin jugar). My siento hasta raro. Voy a estar hasta un poquito raro el miercoles, pero con buen ‘felt’. I am very pleased with the opportunity and the new experience, ”he said.
Barea has not yet had a dialogue with the Spanish conductor Javier Zamora about whether he will start the initiative in his first meeting.
But what is certain is that there will be many more minutes of what happened to the Mavericks in the 2019-2020 season, including Rick Carlisle’s rents.
‘No related idea is an empezar. I imagine. Nee hy hablado eso con el dirigente. If you want to play a lot. Now it’s the same as staying focused on being able to do a lot of rehearsals and maintain salutation, ”said Barea.
The boric canaster iba debuted the past Saturday, per the league replaced the encroacher — on the fifth day since Students played for the last time on December 29 — in front of Acunsa GBC, “through sanitary issues derivative of the Covid-19 broth” that affects al conjunct madrileño.
Barea igual approves the moment to follow preparation of cara to its debut.
“I’ve got this theme (Covid’s brother who was in the team) before coming here. I know that you are taking the brute in the team, that it is good for the future because the majority (of the players) have the ten (the anticurs of the virus). But I have no doubt that I will suspend the sabbath because I have more days of practice, ”he said.
The captain of the national Boric selection will play both games — on February 7, in front of Real Madrid and the 10th Acunsa — before traveling to Puerto Rico to compete in the 19 and 20 third and final event of the AmeriCup 2022 tournament.
“I’re in some moments after 10 and have been in Puerto Rico as ten days and then well,” Barea said.
Read from the FIBA sales window, Movistar Students will return on holiday on February 27, when they join Unicaja.
Students march 14 in the table of positions.