Valencia
Basket will retire the number 17 of its eternal captain Rafa Martínez and will
rename court 3 of L'Alqueria del Basket in honor of the shooting guard from
Santpedor in a double event that will take place on Sunday, October 2, before
and after the home premiere of the Valencia Basket in the Endesa League in a game
that will face Joventut Badalona at 6:30 p.m. Before the start of this match,
at 5:30 p.m., Rafa will reveal his name on the new court 3 of L'Alqueria del
Basket in an act open to fans who want to come and share that moment with him.
Immediately after the conclusion of the match against the Green and Black team,
Rafa Martínez's #17 will go up to the sky of La Fonteta to become the third
number retired in the history of the entity along with Víctor Luengo's #15 and
Nacho Rodilla's #11.