The Majorcan shooting guard celebrates 500 blaugrana matches this Friday against Armani Milan in two different stages at the blaugrana club
Barça goes all out in the fight for second position against an Armani Milan who no longer plays for anything in Europe (8:30 p.m.)
Barça will go out this Friday against Armani Milan (20.30) for his fifth consecutive victory in the Euroleague and with the aim of adding a new victory that allows him to maintain second place in the fight with Madrid.
A very special match against Armani Milan for a Barça player, the Mallorcan Álex Abrines, who will play his 500th match as a Barça player. The deadly shooter from Barça arrives at a great moment at this end of the season and surely he will want to have a leading role on such a significant date in his professional career.
Abrines will achieve that magic figure – if he is not the player discarded by Jasikevicius– divided into two stages. The Spaniard signed for Barça in July 2012, from Unicaja where he made his ACB debut at just 18 years old. His first four-year spell at Barca, he won a League, a Cup and a Super Cup and was named Best Young Player in the Euroleague in 2016.
Jump to the NBA
In his head was the leap to the NBA that came in the summer of 2016 when he signed for the Oklahoma City Thunder. A stage in the American league where could not shine on a regular basis, and after being ‘cut’ due to personal problemsdecided to return to Barça in July 2019 where he continues to show his quality as a long-distance shooter.
Abrines lived a three-year stage in Oklahoma, although happiness came back home
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“Reaching 500 victories with Barça makes me very happyI’m happy to have contributed to the team and I hope there are many more,” Abrines told Barça TV. “There are many games but when you see that not many players have reached this figure and I thank the club for their confidence & rdquor ;, said the forward that he has played 259 Endesa League matches, 196 in the Euroleague, 15 in the Copa del Rey15 in the Catalan League and 14 in the Endesa Super Cup.
And it is that you open He is already the fifth player with the most appearances in the modern blaugrana era. He is only surpassed by Navarro, with 1139 matches, Ante Tomic, with 579, De Rodrigo de la Fuente’s 527, and Victor Sada with 506 matches. Abrines will enter the magical figure of 500 this Friday.
More mature on his return
“When I arrived at Barça, I shared the court with some of the great players with whom I learned a lot,” Abrines recalled. “In my return, I have already gained the maturity that I did not have before and I hope to continue winning and win the Euroleague, and I hope it comes very soon,” he said.
Abrines wants to win many more titles with Barça
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A very special celebration for the forward and also important party for the Barça that does not want to lower the guard and continue in the fight for that second place in the fight with the whites.
An Armani Milan that is played in front of its fans at the Mediolanum with nothing at stake although with a great winning streak (8 of 9) that has not helped them to enter the play-off positions.
They want to beat Barça
Despite this, I’m sure they’ll seek victory against Barça and one of the most motivated will be the ex BarcelonaBrandon Davies, who decided to make the leap to Italy, and who will not be able to fight for the Euroleague.
The Majorcan does not hide his desire to win the Euroleague, the title he lacks with Barça
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Davies is averaging 10.3 points and 3.2 rebounds although the team’s game relies on their outside like Billy Baron or point guard Shabazz Napier, a great boost for Ettore Messina’s team, although he has arrived too late.
Barça must continue to trust their players who are living a ‘sweet’ moment such as Mirotic, Satoransky and Abrines himself, along with the interior work of Vesely and Sertac Sanli who are also enjoying themselves on the track