Usman Garuba starred in a historic day for Rodense basketball

In which María Espín, captain of Movistar Estudiantes – Liga Endesa, and Javier Zamora, coach of the Spanish U17 National Team, also participated.
The ‘Route Garuba Castilla-La Mancha. We are the same, we are different’ had a stop at La Roda thanks to the Albacete Provincial Council and JCCM

The rodense basketball lived this wednesday a historic day with the visita de Usman Garuba Alari (NBA-Houston Rockets). It is not every day that an NBA player steps onto the court of the Juan José Lozano Jareño pavilion and shares time to talk, play and train with the Rodense basketball academy.

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Thanks to City Council of La Roda, Provincial Council of Albacete and JCCM the ‘Ruta Garuba Castilla-La Mancha. We are the same, we are different’ He had stop at La Rodawhere boys and girls from the CP La Roda Basketball School were able to participate in an unforgettable experience with three national and international basketball greats: Usman Garuba, NBA player for the Houston Rockets; María Espín, captain of Movistar Estudiantes – Liga Endesa; and Javier Zamora, coach of the Spanish U17 National Team.

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The one in La Roda is one of the twelve training clinics to be developed in our community to “make visible, raise awareness and convey the importance of meeting the objectives of sustainable development in the social, environmental and economic dimensions,” explained the president of the Provincial Council of Albacete, Santi Cabañero. The head of the provincial institution attended this meeting together with the Deputy for Sports, Daniel Sancha. Both were received by the mayor of La Roda, Juan Ramón Amores, who recalled that Usman Garuba began his sporting career in La Roda by participating in the mini-basketball tournament as a Real Madrid player, “today he returns home and that is how we want him to feel”.

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Loves wanted thank the Diputación and JCCM for making this experience possible so enriching for the students of the rodense school. In turn, the mayor of Rodense also wanted to highlight the presence of María Espín and Javier Zamoraimportant references for the quarry and is that “La Roda lives basketball”.

GAruba said remembering his visit to La Roda as “an unforgettable experience, it was spectacular”, also at a very special moment for him as he had just signed for Real Madrid. Since then “Nine years have passed and I am very happy to return”assured this young man who said “basketball has given me everything in my life, It has given me friends, colleagues… it is a sport that transmits many values”. A clear example of overcoming and effort, in addition to the irrefutable proof that “dreams come true”, although for Garuba “The most important thing is not to get overwhelmed, to have your feet on the ground and your head furnished”.

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Regarding the current reality of women’s basketball, María Espín stated that “We are taking small steps but always forward and with more and more strength”, assured. “The good thing is that we are moving forward and there is increasing awareness of the importance it has; it is the same work, the same hours, effort, dedication and sacrifice (as the male) and more and more people are betting on women’s basketball and women’s sport in general”, assured the captain of Movistar Estudiantes – Liga Endesa.