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08-10-2015, 12:30 PM
Manu Ginobili on putting off retirement: "I can still contribute"
Ma (http://www.sbnation.com/nba/players/21775/manu-ginobili)nu Ginobili (http://www.sbnation.com/nba/players/21775/manu-ginobili) recently sat down with Argentine newspaper La Nacion to discuss his decision to keep playing. The video of the full 25-minute interview in Spanish can be found here (http://canchallena.lanacion.com.ar/m1/1815865-manu-ginobili-en-la-redaccion-de-la-nacion-la-derrota-te-hace-mas-humilde-y-te-dignifica). La Nacion also offered a condensed version (http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1816049-manu-ginobili-uno-sabe-que-es-menos-decisivo-que-antes) for its print version. What follows is a translation of that article.* * * * *
Do you have more responsibilities after deciding to keep playing?No, just the opposite. LaMarcus Aldridge (http://www.sbnation.com/nba/players/21819/lamarcus-aldridge) and Kawhi Leonard (http://www.sbnation.com/nba/players/132534/kawhi-leonard) have more responsibilities. It's going to be easier for me, just because of what happened the last few years and because of a natural decrease in minutes. I'm not playing even 23 or 24 minutes anymore. I can't be on the court for 82 games at 30 minutes per game, no matter how much I want to do that. I consider myself important for the team as a playmaker and a leader but not so much in terms of my effect in the game. I know I'm less decisive than I used to be so I don't have high expectations. Three or four years ago, how the team fared depended largely on me. Now it's like, "Leonard, take over." Or Parker or Aldridge or whoever. It's changed a lot....
http://www.poundingtherock.com/2015/8/8/9121107/manu-ginobili-delay-retirement-contribute
Ma (http://www.sbnation.com/nba/players/21775/manu-ginobili)nu Ginobili (http://www.sbnation.com/nba/players/21775/manu-ginobili) recently sat down with Argentine newspaper La Nacion to discuss his decision to keep playing. The video of the full 25-minute interview in Spanish can be found here (http://canchallena.lanacion.com.ar/m1/1815865-manu-ginobili-en-la-redaccion-de-la-nacion-la-derrota-te-hace-mas-humilde-y-te-dignifica). La Nacion also offered a condensed version (http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1816049-manu-ginobili-uno-sabe-que-es-menos-decisivo-que-antes) for its print version. What follows is a translation of that article.* * * * *
Do you have more responsibilities after deciding to keep playing?No, just the opposite. LaMarcus Aldridge (http://www.sbnation.com/nba/players/21819/lamarcus-aldridge) and Kawhi Leonard (http://www.sbnation.com/nba/players/132534/kawhi-leonard) have more responsibilities. It's going to be easier for me, just because of what happened the last few years and because of a natural decrease in minutes. I'm not playing even 23 or 24 minutes anymore. I can't be on the court for 82 games at 30 minutes per game, no matter how much I want to do that. I consider myself important for the team as a playmaker and a leader but not so much in terms of my effect in the game. I know I'm less decisive than I used to be so I don't have high expectations. Three or four years ago, how the team fared depended largely on me. Now it's like, "Leonard, take over." Or Parker or Aldridge or whoever. It's changed a lot....
http://www.poundingtherock.com/2015/8/8/9121107/manu-ginobili-delay-retirement-contribute