The young star of the Dallas Mavericks, Luka Doncic, did not hesitate to predict that Puerto Rican José Juan Barea will give a lot to talk about in his time in the prestigious ACB league in Spain.
The Slovenian said that the Puerto Rican owner will leave a good feeling once he makes his debut with the Movistar Estudiants club in Madrid.
Both baskets were teammates in the 2018 Dallas Mavericks and cultivated a friendship that was even portrayed in various games and training sessions of the Mark Cuban-owned team.
“He’s an amazing player. I think he’s going to help a lot of people with his experience. I also think he’s going to do very well. He’s going to play really well,” Doncic said in brief statements to the press after a game. of the Mavericks.
Doncic knows very well the league in which the boricua will now play. The natural player from Slovenia played for four years with Real Madrid, was selected as the Most Valuable Player of the 2017-2018 season and even appears in the ideal Euroleague team of the 2010-2020 decade .
It is not the first time that the also Rookie of the Year of the 2018-2019 season speaks wonders of the Puerto Rican player, whom he had already described as a leader for the young players of the team.
Barea, meanwhile, ran out of contracts in the NBA after playing 14 seasons uninterruptedly since 2006.
The Puerto Rican – who was crowned champion with Dallas in 2011 as one of the key figures – was announced as the new player of the Movistar Estudiants team last Saturday, January 23rd.
The 36-year-old owner was presented on Tuesday in a post on the Spanish team’s networks.
“Look who came to Madrid! José Juan Barea came to the capital. Welcome to Spain,” the Movistar Estudiantes account wrote.
Reactions to the publication were not long in coming and one of the first to leave his comment was also the former Carlos Arroyo, who played with the clubs Baskonia and FC Barcelona Barsa in the Euroleague
“I’m going to you!” Arroyo commented with vast experience in European basketball.
The Students club remains in 16th place out of a total of 18 teams with a negative 5-11 record.
The quintet is scheduled to open the second round of the ACB next Saturday, January 30, against the team San Sebastian Guipúzcoa BC.