Xavi Albert: "It is a privilege to have been there"

26/07/2022

The coach of the LEB silver team of Valencia Basket last season, Xavi Albert, was called by the Portland Trail Blazers to be part of his coaching staff in the Summer League in Las Vegas.


An experience that Xavi summarizes as "A dream, a privilege to have been there. A world that you see many times, that you have very far away, idealized, especially for those of us who have followed it since we were kids, and an opportunity that I feel very fortunate to have been able to live".


Of the time he has spent at the Blazers' facilities, he confesses that he has had many surprises about the organization: "The management of the work group itself, of such a large and capable human group as they have there, I think it is something to take good note of how they do it, the positivism with which they work, the energy with which they do it and how well coordinated they are to be able to get the best out of it".


In addition to the experience, Portland managed to win the tournament and be crowned Champion in Las Vegas. "My intention to take away from the experience I had already taken away from it prior to the final results. What happens is that then you have the wonderful experience of being able to live that, despite losing the first game, you are winning, the basket average is getting better, you see yourself playing the final phase of the championship and you get something more out of it, which is to be able to prepare for a decisive game" Albert confesses.


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