By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
Real Madrid star forward Anthony Randolph talked about living in quarantine after his teammate Trey Thompkins tested positive for coronavirus and expressed his frustration with staying out of courts since both EuroLeague and the Spanish ACB League are currently suspended.
Here’s what Randolph said to The Undefeated on:
Not playing:
“It is a little devastating to know that your season can be postponed for a certain period of time or even canceled. It’s kind of hard to deal with when you put in so much work and we’re positioning ourselves for seeding and the playoffs, getting ready for the real season playing for titles and championships.
“But we understand at this time, the health and safety of all the players and our families is the most important thing.”
Traveling to Milan to face Olimpia Milano:
“Most of my teammates and the trainers were all worried about going to Milan to play the game. But you know us as athletes, we kind of shrugged it off as like, ‘We will be all right. They will protect us.’ There were procedures and things put in place to protect us. We just figured [EuroLeague] would protect us. And when the guys came back, everybody did what they were supposed to do.
They had gloves, masks and hand sanitizer on the trip there. It was just unfortunate that we got back after we played a couple of games that we realized that one of our players had come down with the virus.”
His hopes for the completion of the season:
“I don’t think anybody knows how this situation will play out. Me as a basketball player, I want play to resume because Real Madrid and other teams have been working since August, September in order to compete, have a chance to win a title and to compete against all the players over here. For it to end like this, it cheapens everything. But at the same time, the health of the players and the families that are involved are the most important thing.”