Manu lost an award of 'best hispanic basketball player of the year' to....

[zocool16]

...Carmelo Anthony

Melo won and attended the awards show titled "Tecate Premios Deportes"

He even spoke a little spanish.

I interviewed him afterwards and asked him about latinos in basketball and how they stacked up against the US. If you wanna read the interview, check it out at:

http://www.insidesocal.com/deportes

It's in spanish though, sorry for the english-only readers, im sure someone can translate it though =).

*important: please leave comments on my blog, thanks forum. =)

[Trainwreck2100]

So a black guy beat out a white guy for hispanic player of the year?

[knee-knee-3]

So a black guy beat out a white guy for hispanic player of the year?

:lol

[O-Factor]

So a black guy beat out a white guy for hispanic player of the year?

:lmao

[Robinzine]

What a stupid award. What next - Irish basketball player of the year? Best Jewish power forward? Best white player of European origin? Best foreign born black player?

Give me a break. These types of awards only put people in divisions and marginalize them. They serve no other purpose.

[timvp]

Irish basketball player of the year?Pat Burke.


Best Jewish power forward?Yaniv Green.


Best white player of European origin?Dirk Nowitzki.


Best foreign born black player?Tony Parker.

[Ginobilly]

what a weird award that was, I never knew Carmelo was Hispanic. I think though Manu should have won cause he has stated that he is of Spanish/Italian pure decent.

[mystargtr34]

:lol timvp

[JPB]

Best foreign born black player?

Tony Parker.

:nope

TP = Best foreign half dutch half US black french naturalized, born in Belgium player.

[PM5K]

His dad was Puerto Rican...

[ElNono]

What's even worse is that Melo is the one that did worse last season amongst the nominated (Melo, Manu, Pau). Besides Pau probably being the one deserving it, they're probably still butt-hurt over Manu never showing up to the award ceremony (and sending a tape) the last 3 or so years he won the award.

[mrspurs]

:nope

TP = Best foreign half dutch half US black french naturalized, born in Belgium player.

great block......hahahaha

[urunobili]

Mexican award for basketball? weird...

[exstatic]

What's even worse is that Melo is the one that did worse last season amongst the nominated (Melo, Manu, Pau). Besides Pau probably being the one deserving it, they're probably still butt-hurt over Manu never showing up to the award ceremony (and sending a tape) the last 3 or so years he won the award.

Well, perhaps if they want someone international to show up, they shouldn't award the thing in the middle of the fucking offseason.

[gospursgojas]

Mexican award for basketball? weird...



The only current Mexican player in the league that I know of is Najera

[I. Hustle]

That is just retarded. All they want to do is say “Wow you are good… for a hispanic guy.” It’s dumb that they give these awards out and the winners don’t even know they are being patronized. Also hispanic doesn’t mean mexican automatically. It was a wide range of spanish speaking people that are lumped together and given that name to categorize us. A white guy can be a white guy and a black guy can be a black guy but we gotta be hispanic?! From now on I will refer to myself as a brown guy.

“During the 1970s, the United States Government defined the term "Hispanic" to identify Latin American individuals, and their descendants, living in the U.S. regardless of race.”
“The U.S. Office of Management and Budget currently defines "Hispanic or Latino" as "a person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race".

[Supergirl]

I had no idea Carmelo Anthony was half-Puerto Rican. Which he is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmelo_Anthony#Personal_life

Manu Ginobili, however, is not Hispanic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu_Ginobili#Family_and_personal_life
He was descended from Italian immigrants. The fact that he was nominated for this award shows how little the award means, IMO.

[lebomb]

Who is the best Eskimo athlete???

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

Who is the best Eskimo athlete???

Scot Pollard. No, Trajan Langdon.

[sribb43]

The DUI is what must have put him over the top

[ElNono]

Manu Ginobili, however, is not Hispanic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu_Ginobili#Family_and_personal_life
He was descended from Italian immigrants. The fact that he was nominated for this award shows how little the award means, IMO.

He is. His dad and mom were born in Argentina and he was born in Argentina. That the family tree can be traced back to Italy doesn't make him any less Hispanic.
I'm actually in the exact same situation as Manu. My grandfather was Italian, and I have dual citizenship. Doesn't make me any less of an Hispano.

[Walton Buys Off Me]

A hundred bucks says Carmelo puts this on eBay by the end of the week.

[JoeChalupa]

:lmao

[hater]

Arenas got robbed

[kuato]

So a black guy beat out a white guy for hispanic player of the year? --------> Man, there are hispanic people from all the colors. :donkey , really sad.

[Guajalote]

Shaq got cheated on this award. Perhaps if he had insisted on the correct Spanish pronunciation of his name, he would have been an award recipient.

Just remember for future reference: "Shaquille O'Neal" is correctly pronounced
"sha-KEY-yay oh nay ALL"

[kuato]

He is. His dad and mom were born in Argentina and he was born in Argentina. That the family tree can be traced back to Italy doesn't make him any less Hispanic.
I'm actually in the exact same situation as Manu. My grandfather was Italian, and I have dual citizenship. Doesn't make me any less of an Hispano. ----> That happens a lot with argentinian people because there was 2 great eropean inmigrations to South America and speccially to Argentina, the american dream was not only in North America, there was some kind of american dream in Argentina too. :blah

[GOUTSA]

I had no idea Carmelo Anthony was half-Puerto Rican. Which he is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmelo_Anthony#Personal_life

Manu Ginobili, however, is not Hispanic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu_Ginobili#Family_and_personal_life
He was descended from Italian immigrants. The fact that he was nominated for this award shows how little the award means, IMO.

He's from a spanish speaking country, doesn't that mean he's hispanic?

[Supergirl]

He's from a spanish speaking country, doesn't that mean he's hispanic?

No, actually, Hispanic means people of Spanish descent: "Etymologically, the term "Hispanic" is derived from Hispania,[1] the name given by the ancient Romans to the Iberian Peninsula (present-day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar)." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic

Now, the article on Wikipedia goes on:
"During the 1970s, the United States Government defined the term "Hispanic" to identify Latin American individuals, and their descendants, living in the U.S. regardless of race.

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget currently defines "Hispanic or Latino" as "a person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race".

The terms Hispanic and Latino tend to be used interchangeably in the United States due largely to a syntax inconsistency between the English language and the Spanish language.[citation needed] Some define the term "Latino" as a shortened version of the noun '"Latin American." Others define the word "Latin" as the name of the language used by the ancient Romans, while "Latino" is the name given to the people who spoke the language."

[lotr1trekkie]

Melo can't speak english very well. Now it all makes sense. When did he cross the Rio Grande?

[hater]

No, actually, Hispanic means people of Spanish descent: "Etymologically, the term "Hispanic" is derived from Hispania,[1] the name given by the ancient Romans to the Iberian Peninsula (present-day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar)." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic

Now, the article on Wikipedia goes on:
"During the 1970s, the United States Government defined the term "Hispanic" to identify Latin American individuals, and their descendants, living in the U.S. regardless of race.

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget currently defines "Hispanic or Latino" as "a person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race".

The terms Hispanic and Latino tend to be used interchangeably in the United States due largely to a syntax inconsistency between the English language and the Spanish language.[citation needed] Some define the term "Latino" as a shortened version of the noun '"Latin American." Others define the word "Latin" as the name of the language used by the ancient Romans, while "Latino" is the name given to the people who spoke the language."


hispanic also means your mother tongue is spanish. So Manu is hispanic. never trust wikipedia 100%.

[ShoogarBear]

So a black guy beat out a white guy for hispanic player of the year?

You shouldn't have bought out Bob's Smokehouse.

[ShoogarBear]

This is good. Haven't had a good "Manu is Hispanic?" thread in a while.

[E20]

Kobe Byrant is 1/8th mexican he should have gotten the award.

[Trainwreck2100]

You shouldn't have bought out Bob's Smokehouse.


I didn't but it out