Two brothers, Javier and Oscar, who have made basketball not only their profession but also their way of life. Birth Gran Canaria, the largest leads to Tenerife Group 'B' League EBA, while the 'small' enjoys minutes loan at UB La Palma of the Golden Adecco The success of their homeland, a taste sensation and, especially taking into account the potential of these different bases on the track, but united by blood and a similar trajectory.
"My brother has something that few people have and he loves his profession over any thing," said Javier Alvarado begins on Oscar it qualifies as "a player too mature on the court, who can read the game and has a great capacity for leadership. "
The second family, meanwhile, also is proud when speaking of more, which considers "a leader on the field, a scoring guard and quick, even if you have a good day, always take responsibility in the final moments."
Sports, a family tradition
If anything was clear at the life of Alvarado was that would practice sport, because it is the greyhound breed: "We inherited this passion from our parents and They, in turn, of their own, as my grandmother was a swimming champion Spain in the years 60 " , highlights the firstborn, while explaining that "both my father and my mother practiced sport competitively, my father played football for many years and my mother was a professional ballet. This, of course, definitely influenced our sporting vocation. "
The fact is that Oscar came to the basket in the footsteps of Harvey ("I remember spending hours sitting on a ball watching my brother's training "), which, however, fell in love with this infection by his group of friends "I tried in many sports: swimming, football, wrestling Canarian gymnastics ... but it was to meet my gang childhood, in which almost all practiced basketball, and hooked up today. "
BC Starts at St. Bridget
Pablo Account Czech sports journalist Gran Canaria (Director of the magazine "6'25 Basketball Zone" and editor of Diario AS) and neighbor of Rodriguez Alvarado family during childhood and adolescence, "Javi started playing basketball with me, the little basket in my house."
Over time, these neighbors were evenings on the court's College Ayala Juan del Rio, where he trained the CB Santa Brigida " and now '10 'Tenerife proved to be "the best of his generation." "As base reminded me Raul Lopez when he was in full authority, for he saw the basketball three seconds ahead of the rest" , says Czech.
In any case, his follower and friend says "could have been spent in any sport, because it has a natural talent for it, see it playing football, for example, was crazy."
On Oscar, the director of "Basketball Area 6'25" ensures that "must be a genetic issue, because it started out very soon" . However, the view that "has greatly helped the example of his brother, especially in professional matters."
Czech latter also stresses that, while in cadet in Heidelberg, "his coach was Jorge Santana, the father of the player of the Adecco Tarragona Gold, of the same name. " "It's a great technician and very demanding, which I learned many things" , enter the '17 'palm.
Individually, Oscar can boast of collecting titles. Not surprisingly, emerged as top scorer MiniCopa the King as a child, won a national and a European MVP, plus the consideration of best passer in Spain for three consecutive seasons.
also was twice champion of Spain cadet by regional teams, champion and national runner-up clubs in Gran Canaria, Spain runner-up in Europe and fourth U16 team in the old continent. There should also highlight its debut in the top flight of English football, Eurocup and, recently, the Adecco Oro
debut CPF in the Gran Canaria and Pedro Martínez
The Alvarado agreed that "for a player Gran Canaria, be on the team of his country and his debut in the ACB is the ultimate we can ask, "declares the cash Tenerife, while his brother adds that " has been proud to defend the jersey of Gran Canaria and I hope my distant future, because the closest is the UB La Palma, is in my home team. "
also emphasize that "it so happens that both debuted in the ACB with the same coach, Pedro Martínez, in different stages, and so we keep a special affection and much respect" .
About that time, Oscar specifies that went against the students and "d uring the game I was not nervous because everything was very fast, but when I left the hall, I was shaking for all he had lived. " "Everything went round, because I scored a triple and we won three," stresses proud.
History repeats itself: The UB La Palma and Sebas Arrocha
"My brother always told me it was a great choice joining the UB La Palma, "says Oscar , which was left advice from Harvey, as "he had played there a year and spoke wonders of the club and its environment."
The truth is that the whole league start Frade is still spectacular, although, in this sense, Oscar prefers to be cautious: "This is how it starts, but as ends."
Similarly Palma says the captain, the iconic Sebastian Arroyo, who has endorsed the 'beautiful island' with the brothers Allen. "Both are equipped with a special talent to play basketball," guard believes, also stands out them "the brash, vision, pins that are large and have good legs to defend."
On the other hand, Arroyo mentioned that, confirmed the release of Oscar UB by the Gran Canaria 2014, the mother of his current teammate called him and asked, like Harvey, "to look after him and the typical, help him with personal issues and sports."
The truth is that, as highlighted veteran captain, "he needs much help either, because it also has self-confidence to interact and always with the smile on his face. " And in sports, Sebas called attention " this predisposition that has to listen and be competitive," , as it believes that "is the best guarantee to arrive and be many years playing basketball. "
too many coincidences
Fate has willed that these brothers experienced a similar path, but that also meet other similarities to consider, as physics ("Son virtually traced, "says Sebastian Arrocha) and a taste for the educational arm of the studies.
In this sense, Oscar hopes to finish this year the two subjects that drags of 2 º Bachiller, it hopes to enroll in University to study Teaching, Certification also chosen by Harvey, although he is left with only perform practice it.
"I love my basketball work after having to do with the kids, because I really like, something I've noticed on campus that we were going to the Grange, the youngest end Rodriguez Alvarado family.
By Ana Rosas
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