The players are a triumph of dynamism, strength and balance. I have always been fascinated by their movement and their muscular moves are a constant source of study and inspiration. Their eyes are on the ball. That ball that keeps rolling is something that could give them glory or shame. Someone is jumping, going up higher than everyone, closer and closer to reaching what he has been training for all those years.
This painting is about getting there, or trying to get there. It celebrates that constant effort to achieve your ultimate dreams and hopes and to work for them, every day, as the basketball players do during the week before the match.
