The money from Dubai puts an end to the legend of Marcelinho Huertas in the ACB

At 43 years old, Marcelinho Huertas' amazing love affair with basketball still seems to have no end. At the controls of La Laguna Tenerife, performing without a trace of decadence and shattering longevity records. This same Sunday he scored 19 points against Ricky Rubio's Asisa Joventut. He remains the player with the highest rating (17.1) of the team now managed by Jaka Lakovic, fourth in the Endesa League with five wins in seven games. And yet, there is nothing that succumbs to money. Not even the legend of the Brazilian. The point guard immediately leaves for Xavi Pascual's Dubai Basketball.

Surprising news, although it is not the first Euroleague team that has recently claimed the infinite player. Huertas renewed his contract with Tenerife this summer, where he was completing his eighth season. He had accumulated 739 games in ACB since he made his debut in Badalona on October 2, 2004, with the shirts of Joventut, Bilbao, Baskonia and Barça before arriving on the island. He also played two seasons with the Lakers, sharing a locker room with Kobe Bryant. The final touch of his career is in the desert of Dubai, according to journalist Chema de Lucas.

There he will seek, together with Xavi Pascual and the entire Spanish coaching staff, to lead a stellar squad, which this season has taken another step forward in terms of ambition. Elie Okobo, Thomas Walkup, Tornike Shengelia and Mamadi Diakité arrived at the stroke of a checkbook. The Emiratis are sixth in the Euroleague, with seven wins in 10 games.

Huertas will meet again with Pascual, with whom he met at Barça. This Sunday, the Brazilian had become the eighth all-time top scorer in the Endesa League (7,560 points), surpassing Joe Arlauckas on the list. Last week, the point guard was the third player with the most games played, passing in this case Nacho Rodríguez (only Rafa Jofresa and Felipe Reyes surpass him).