In his famous novel Doctor Passavento the writer Enrique Villa-Matas He delves into concepts like loneliness, destiny, and freedom, but a second reading (of both his work and this book in particular) allows us to understand it from a different perspective, namely through a quote. “When a man dies, he does not realize that he is dead, since everything around him is the same. He’s at home, his friends visit him, he walks the streets of his town, he doesn’t think he’s dead. but then he begins to notice something, which at first makes him happy and then worries him, he notices that everything in the other world is more alive than he is.’. What the Catalan writer was talking about was none other than metaphorical and existential death, which can be reached under different conditions. Getting out of this situation is the most complicated, but the important thing is to know what it is. a round trip.
380 days ago his life Ricky Rubio He suffered a setback again, yet another setback in a life experience full of ups and downs, which always accompany success in his sports career. The child prodigy of Spanish basketball came of age with hits, on and off the court. A path through which you learn. Learning to understand your mind as well as your body, manage your emotions and know how to deal with this carousel that is life.
380 days ago, Ricky was injured. And seriously. In his left knee, as in 2012, he suffered a torn ACL, a misfortune that ended his best season in the NBA and the goal of reaching a new goal with the Spanish National Team.
And for 379 days Rubio has gone through all the possible phases and has experienced all kinds of emotions. Anger, fear, insecurity, loneliness… But also illusion, motivation, joy and hope. And it is that throughout this process of physical rehabilitation that the Catalan went through, he had to hit rock bottom, say goodbye to the old man. I. But only after he has dead without knowing it until much later. Well, when you think you have everything under control, you know how it feels, even in low moments, you can’t understand the situation until you take a step back.
Now, after more than a year, the native of Masnou will go to court again with the task of playing an official match. The date and pick hold no hidden meaning, in fact, it won’t even happen in front of the Cavaliers crowd. More than 4,000 kilometers will separate Cleveland from the Target Center, a Coliseum where the re-emergence of a renewed man with a mission: come back stronger
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They say that in order to disappear someone has to have seen you and Ricky before, from what happened on December 28, 2021 to his presence in half a day in September with the Cavs, he was barely visible. While this penance called physical recovery lasted, the point guard had time to retrace his steps, remember every moment that led him to this point, including the traumatic point of no return. The most difficult and critical thing for Rubio to be able to enjoy the game again today was his stepWhy me?” in the “you will see how I return“.
But this itinerary can never be done alone, or at least it shouldn’t. The Catalan has been surrounded by an environment that has taken care of him and listened to him in all the phases he has gone through. From his partner to his physiotherapist, José María Sánchez, passing through other keys in recent years, such as Raül López, who has acted as a technical and mental pillar with his experience as a professional, or José Manuel Calderón, now a member of the Cavs.
A year of work
All for return 𝒉𝒐𝒚
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However, despite the extra support from those closest to him, Ricky has faced the frustration and cruelty of the processsomething that has sometimes been passed on to those around him as a result of his inability to jump on the track.
“I wasn’t the best version of myself”recently recognized the player in El Reverso. “I consider myself a person who doesn’t have too much of a bad mood, but this year I had a lot of it. And the people I was very close to had to suffer it.”.
Ricky Rubio’s return against him Portland Trail Blazers the night of January 12, 2023 is not another case of the phoenix bird being reborn from its ashes as a youth. He is probably the same person, only with a changed perspective, having understood that there is a beyond worth discovering. ONE beyond which can only be approached if they discover their own state and condition.
Now, Ricky will be free again with the ball in his hands and under the lights of the best league in the world.
Healthy, confident and excited.
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