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Manu Ginobili

Ginobili’s Career Highlight: Winning 2014 Title

Ginobili’s Career Highlight: Winning 2014 Title

Manu Ginobili announced his decision to hang it up in the past few weeks after a hall of fame caliber professional basketball career that spanned 23 years, including 16 as a member of the San Antonio Spurs. So with all of the awards, recognition, the rare designation of being one of a select non-American born [...]

September 18, 2018 Anou Enright Blogs 0

LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Kobe Bryant Other NBA Stars React to Manu Ginobili’s Retirement

LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Kobe Bryant Other NBA Stars React to Manu Ginobili’s Retirement

After 16 years in the NBA, Manu Ginobili is calling it quits. Please take a moment or a few jillion moments to bask in your subsequent sadness. I know I will. This is a big loss for the NBA. Ginobili, 41, remained exciting to watch even as he ebbed out of his heyday. Anywho, Ginobili [...]

August 28, 2018 admin Blogs 0

Manu Ginobili to Meet with Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich to Discuss NBA Future

Manu Ginobili to Meet with Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich to Discuss NBA Future

Get ready to have a really bad case of the sadz: Manu Ginobili may be ready to retire from the NBA. Nothing has been determined, it seems, at the moment. However, according to ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the 41-year-old future Hall of Famer will meet with San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich to discuss his [...]

August 23, 2018 admin Rumors 0

Steve Kerr Sorta Tried Convincing Manu Ginobili to Delay Retirement After Warriors Defeated Spurs

Steve Kerr Sorta Tried Convincing Manu Ginobili to Delay Retirement After Warriors Defeated Spurs

Manu Ginobili may have played his last game in the NBA. But not if Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr has his way. Following the Warriors’ Game 5 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night, TNT’s camera’s caught Kerr delivering a pretty straightforward message to the 40-year-old Ginobili: [tweet https://twitter.com/danfavale/status/989011009401774080] If you [...]

April 25, 2018 admin Blogs 0

Rudy Gay Wants Manu Ginobili’s Blood Coursing Through His Veins After Spurs Clinch Playoff Berth

Rudy Gay Wants Manu Ginobili’s Blood Coursing Through His Veins After Spurs Clinch Playoff Berth

Thank the basketball gods for Rudy Gay. Seriously. Do it. He just gave us one of the greatest off-beat quotes in NBA history. The San Antonio Spurs clinched a playoff berth with a victory over the Sacramento Kings on Monday night. Their effort wasn’t the best at times; they spent a good deal of the [...]

April 10, 2018 admin Offbeat 0

Manu Ginobili Says Spurs Don’t Expect Kawhi Leonard to Return from Quad Injury This Season

Manu Ginobili Says Spurs Don’t Expect Kawhi Leonard to Return from Quad Injury This Season

And now for another Kawhi Leonard injury saga update. The two-time Defensive Player of the Year has appeared in only nine games this season while dealing with a quad issue. Though it was first thought he was cleared to return, his status isn’t, as it turns out, so cut and dry. And while he was [...]

March 22, 2018 admin Blogs 0

Good News, Spurs Fans: Steve Kerr Can See Manu Ginobili Playing Until ‘He is Like 58’

Good News, Spurs Fans: Steve Kerr Can See Manu Ginobili Playing Until ‘He is Like 58’

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr isn’t worried about Manu Ginobili coming back for a 17th NBA season next year. He can see Argentina’s Flying Man playing well into his 50s. Here’s what Kerr said on the matter ahead of the Warriors’ Monday night tilt versus the San Antonio Spurs, per the San Antonio Express-News‘ [...]

March 20, 2018 admin Blogs 0

Manu Ginobili Admits San Antonio Spurs Didn’t Expect Kawhi Leonard to Miss So Much Time

Manu Ginobili Admits San Antonio Spurs Didn’t Expect Kawhi Leonard to Miss So Much Time

Manu Ginobili has a message for anyone who’s confused and surprised that Kawhi Leonard missed the San Antonio Spurs’ first 27 games. That message? Me too. From the San Antonio Express-News‘ Tom Orsborn: This quote from Manu kind of sums up the entire Leonard affair: ““It was never expected we would play 20-plus games without him. [...]

December 13, 2017 admin Blogs 0

Ginobili to Return for 16th NBA Season

Ginobili to Return for 16th NBA Season

While many thought the hall of fame caliber (you can debate it but he will be inducted) career of Manu Ginobili came to an end in Game 4 of the western conference finals in May when Gregg Popovich paid his respects to Ginobili by starting him and the whole arena had the feel of a [...]

July 18, 2017 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

Manu Ginobili Still Deciding Between Retirement and Returning to San Antonio Spurs

Manu Ginobili Still Deciding Between Retirement and Returning to San Antonio Spurs

It’s been about a month since the San Antonio Spurs wrapped their 2016-17 season, but Manu Ginobili still hasn’t decided whether he’ll retire from the NBA or return for 2017-18. On the bright side, though, his brother, Sepo Ginobili, did say Manu will keep playing if he feels like he can help a team, per [...]

June 22, 2017 admin Blogs 0