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Imagining him just two months ago seemed daring. And, nevertheless, the return of the ACB is already a reality that this Wednesday, with Barcelona-Joventut as its opening match (3.30 p.m., Come on), it will have its ball on the air, three months later ( 101 days passed from the dispute on day 23 ) of the total break for the coronavirus. There where so many have been shipwrecked, even the Euroleague itself, the national competition, so often mistreated by its own members, has managed to survive, riding the wave of the return of LaLiga soccer and government facilities for it.

After an express preseason, he will now enjoy two weeks of showcase, showing off in Valencia - the patronage and drive of Juan Roig is essential -, almost the only top-level basketball on the entire planet (27 leagues have been canceled in Europe, only the The Bundesliga is currently up for grabs and the NBA wouldn't kick off until the end of July.) It will also be a good test to gauge your health, the a priori excellent scenario and all the unknowns that surround a tournament without anything like it in the past and, surely, not in the future either.

The motto is 'To return is to win', emphasizing the hopeful news of the return to normality of the game, of the desire for basketball of an amateur who, however, will not be able to be in the stands of the Fuente de San Luis. But also to return is to mitigate economic losses and that is why the organizational efforts have focused on ensuring that nothing goes wrong in Valencia. In health security, with only the previous positive of Francis Alonso, from Unicaja, who was isolated. And with the improbability of new cases arising once all the participants in the bubble have been detained, including a hospital device in L'Alqueria, the wonderful fields attached to La Fonteta.

Also unknowns surround the physical and technical state of the players. Alex Mumbrú, Bilbao coach, warns that "the shooting percentages will not be the same as in the last games before the break" and that "the rebound will be very important". It has already been proven in Germany, how hard it is to recover the feeling, how the show suffers. Fear of injury is another major concern. The key is not to be afraid. The whole of society has taken some risk, so we have to do this for the good of basketball. It is good that it starts, that this does not stop. And as we like and love him, go ahead, "reflected San Emeterio on the commitment of the players, although several of them showed their reluctance in public.

Obviously, in sports it will not be a normal League, nor the team that lifts the title in two weeks, after a total of 33 matches without respite , will savor it with the same intensity. Legitimate champion, obviously, but not the same. "It will be a rare competition, like a longer Copa del Rey," warns Dusko Ivanovic of what will forever be the CBA of the coronavirus, which saw 12 teams leave La Fonteta, divided into two groups, all starting equally terms. When, for example, in March Barça, leader then, had 10 more wins than its rival today. Why 12 and not eight, as the playoffs mark? Why were six teams left without participating or without playing in a tournament due to decreases that will not take place?

This was decided unanimously, although not all the voices were in favor, although nobody put themselves in the role of the LEB Oro teams that seek to ascend. A tournament, therefore, à la carte, conditioned, of course, by the circumstances. “Given the current situation, it is not possible to speak, if need be, of a perfect year. Many things have influenced ", summarizes Sergio Llull on a hypothetical white triplet, since Real Madrid has already won the Super Cup and the Cup. Together with Barça, he starts again as a favorite this time, with Valencia and Baskonia as candidates for the surprise.

When everything starts working, there will be other asterisks to clear. What will happen to the teams that, after a couple of days, are already without sports options? Because there will be (only the first two of each group advance to the semifinals) and the incentive of the European places was plucked this week . The distribution of the teams that will be in the Euroleague (Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Valencia and Baskonia), in Eurocup (Gran Canaria, Joventut, Unicaja and Andorra) and in the FIBA ​​Champions League (Zaragoza, Tenerife, Basket and Burgos), are already done, regardless of what happens in La Fonteta.

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