Few longer races will see Spanish basketball. Felipe Reyes will continue to be active for at least one more season, having turned 40, the last representative of the generation that forever changed the home basket: with Pau Gasol in the dry dock, only he and the globetrotter Carlos Cabezas, whose last adventure was in Uruguay (Nacional de Montevideo), they resist the passage of time of those born in 1980 .

This Friday Real Madrid has announced what was an open secret, the renewal of the captain for one more course. It will be 17th for Cordovan since he will arrive from the Students, more than 1,000 matches in white : "I feel at home and have been playing for Madrid for half my life. I am very happy to be able to defend these colors," he declared on the club's television. .

This strange season, with the stoppage forced by the coronavirus in March, has led the center to postpone his retirement. The little physical wear -without counting the Final Phase, he has barely played 22 games between ACB and Euroleague , with an average of eight minutes on the track- and Felipe's impressive resistance to injuries and physical deterioration, have made him want to continue beating records, although both the coaching staff and the player themselves have a clear role: "I am going to contribute, above all, experience and serve as captain. I have to help my teammates, especially the younger ones and facilitate the incorporation of those who join this year. In this team it is very easy, because we have players of an incredible human quality ".

During the last Final Phase of the ACB, Reyes became, during his debut against Gran Canaria, the first player in the history of Real Madrid, both in soccer and basketball, to play a game with his 40th birthday . If all goes well, also with 41 he will continue to give lessons on competitiveness in WiZink, the legend of the entity. "Beating great players like Luyk or Brabender, who have been so important, encourages me to continue competing at the highest level," he admits.

Felipe's debut in the ACB takes us back to distant times, no less than on October 4, 1998, with the Students in Vitoria. His record is unique, he has won 27 titles between clubs and the Spanish team (236 games and 10 medals), from which he said goodbye with bronze at the last Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

He is the player with the most games in the ACB and in the Euroleague , among another handful of impressive records. "The secret is to love basketball. Since I started playing when I was 10 years old, it has always been my passion and it continues to be so. I am looking forward to continuing to leave my skin in every training session and in every game," he summarizes.

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