When he was 16, he became the youngest player to participate in a european championship. A couple of years after that, he was able to make the absolute national team and play wit some of his heroes like Pau Gasol or Marc Gasol. He was also considered the best basketball player in the world that is not in the NBA. At that time, he decided to achieve the dream that any basketball player wants to, which is to play in the NBA. He decided to present himself in the NBA draft while he was in DKV Juventud. He was the fifth pick in the draft chosen by Minnesota Timberwolves. However, he did not want to go that year directly to the league because he wanted, before leave Spain, to win the spanish league. In order to achieve that, he moved to FC Barcelona which is a team in the same city but more competitive and with better chances to win the league. He achieved that and also was able to win the european championship which was impossible to think of a 19 years old point guard to win that tournament being one of the most important players of the team.