Pedro Martínez after Deck’s withdrawal: “It is not planned to go to the market”

Peter Martinezcoach of Real Madridstated that the club is not expected to go to the market after learning of the long-term injury of Argentine international forward Gabriel ‘Gaby’ deckwho must undergo surgery and will be out for several months due to previous instability in his left shoulder, after an episode of joint dislocation.

“It is not planned. We have a very large squad. Right now we have two long-term injuries, but we consider that we can continue to be competitive with the players we have, as we have shown today,” he said at the press conference after the Euroleague duel in which his team beat Armani Olimpia away. Milan by 89-98.

Martinez He stated that what he liked most about the game was “the ability to overcome the first few minutes with too many losses” and highlighted the good minutes they played in the third quarter: “I think it was our best moment so far this season. In that stretch we scored several free throws, we made two good shots… and basketball is a very emotional sport, so when you score, maybe you defend even better.”

Regarding proper names, he downplayed the fact that Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot did not shine on this occasion: “We played many games, some weeks three or four. We would all like the players to always be in good shape, but this is a team game. Some days some stand out and others stand out on others. I am not worried because some of them did not have their best day today, because they are all of tremendous quality and they will all have opportunities to make up for a bad performance.”

He also talked about Nick Smith Jr.: “Every game is different. We played the last game two days ago and he had a great performance, he scored easily. He is a very young boy, it is his first experience outside his country and he needs time to understand that here basketball is a little different. The rhythm, defense and physical contact are different here and he has to learn, but he is another boy with an excellent mentality.”

“We don’t expect him to be a superstar for us; what we expect from him and the others is that he helps the team in different ways, some days more and other days less, but always with the same mentality of trying to help the team in defense, in rebounding… and he usually does it very well,” he concluded.