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Quino Colom (Andorra, 1988) returns to Spain, where he had to leave so many times in search of recognition.

The last, a few weeks ago, to the Red Star, with whom he will face Madrid tomorrow and on Friday, night for the morbidity at La Fonteta, which until recently was his team, Valencia.

The one who paid him but had him out of any call due to a sharp decision by Jaume Ponsarnau.

"Without recording" and with the joy recovered, the world champion returns who, this time, this time lectured: "It will be difficult for him to return to the ACB."

Kazan, Istanbul, now Belgrade ... It seems that outside of Spain they want him more.

Because it's weird.

Many times I have wondered ... But since I don't have a clear answer, I don't think about it.

Outside of Spain they value me more, sportingly and financially.

For some reasons or others, outside have always given me more opportunities and the role I needed. Within days of arriving, they changed his coach.

What did you find in a historic one like Red Star? I'm happy, the club has bet heavily on me.

They really wanted me to be here and I to play again, to enjoy basketball.

And in a big city, similar in many ways to Spain.

The clear objective is to stay in the Euroleague next year and that happens by winning the Adriatic League.

From the outside it may seem easy, but there are quite a few teams with options.

In Euroleague we are somewhat off the playoffs.

We will do what we can to get hooked. Do you already know what happened in Valencia so that they did not want you despite having a contract and a good first season? Not yet.

I was convinced that my second year was going to be even better, that I was going to join the system more.

It was decided that the team would do better without me, that even with a contract I was not going to play, that neither with injuries nor anything was going to enter a call.

I think my behavior and my efforts were good. Will Friday feel strange at La Fonteta? It would have been more special with the public.

But I have to face it normally, because if I go extra motivated, the excess of desire makes you play badly. Did the situation affect you psychologically? I was frustrated at not being able to play or help.

I've been a professional for 15 years and suddenly a coach tells you that you won't have a minute.

The companions helped me a lot.

I am a positive person and I tried to make the best of the situation.

Without playing half a year, another Euroleague team has signed me: that makes me see that there are people who do value me.

You learn from everything. What do you think triggered the situation? The strangest thing of all is that, since I arrived, at no time did I feel that they wanted me to be there.

I don't really understand why they signed me, why I was encouraged to sign when I had other offers.

They didn't give me the role they told me, they didn't believe in my style.

If you sign me up, you have to give me the ball so that I can create for others, to play pick and roll.

Maybe I, too, should have done a little more to prove myself.

Scariolo gave him the reins of the selection in the Windows despite his inactivity situation in Valencia.

What did you feel? It is a gesture that will remain forever inside me.

In times of trouble or maximum difficulty is when you see the people who help you.

Both Scariolo and everyone in the selection show why they are called Family.

They gave me a major morale boost.

And, from there, the offers began to arrive.

The teams saw that he was still in shape. His case coincided with the situation of another world champion, Beirán, separated in Gran Canaria. These things usually happen when someone makes a mess or there is a fight in the locker room ... cases, no one understood.

In the end, we helped the national team and luckily we are both playing well.

I'm happy for Javi too. Did gold change his life? Yes, wherever I go, everyone remembers that I am a world champion.

It is something beautiful and difficult to achieve.

And more than winning, which was impressive, I take the road there.

There was a year in which I even had a hard time finding equipment at ACB.

Then, with Sito Alonso, I played very well in Bilbao, the offers came from abroad, the three years at Unics, undoubtedly the best, the Windows that seemed like they were going nowhere ... and then you end up in the World Cup winning the gold ... Do you still have the thorn to succeed in the ACB? It seems difficult for me to return to the ACB.

I had some fear of returning and with what happened in Valencia ... it will not be my first option.

Do you dream of the Games? They will be a motivation.

Going to the national team is the best thing that can happen to a Spanish athlete, but you always know the difficulty.

There are very good bases.

Ambition and illusion are there.

The national team is the greatest pride of my career.

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