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05-19-2007, 01:58 PM
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=27542
All during the Western Conference Semifinals series between the San Antonio Spurs and Phoenix Suns, I kept hearing about how Manu Ginobili had not produced. He had had some bad games.
Look. Ginobili is a championship player. He is a clutch player. He has an Olympic Gold Metal, an Italian League Championship, and an NBA ring. Why would anyone doubt Ginobili? He should have been the NBA Finals MVP of 2005 -- no offense to Tim Duncan.
Why would anyone doubt Ginobili, his abilities, or whether he was going to come up big in the Western Conference Semifinals?
Sure, it's easy for me to sit here, after the series is over, and talk about how it would have been idiotic to doubt Ginobili. But people did, and it was.
After his 33-point performance in Game 6, is there any doubt that Manu Ginobili is the 33rd-degree Mason of the NBA playoffs in the last two out of three years? Is there any doubt that he is the best clutch player in the NBA?
I live in Portland. This season, I watched twice in person as Ginobili ruined strong Blazers' performances against the Spurs at Portland. As soon as the game, the series, or the championship is on the line, suddenly Ginobili is hitting 3's, draining crazy flopping drives to the basket, and managing to draw a foul where there was none.
Forget about Kobe, forget about Nash... nobody talks about Ginobili. Is it because he is not an American? Is it because he has Tim Duncan on his team? Sure, he's got Duncan, but he IS an American -- a South American. So what? The European Union has all of Europe as basically equal countries. Why don't we make an American Union?
Anyway, Ginobili is the best guard in the NBA, on the best team in the NBA, and that's about it. I don't want to belittle Tony Parker's or Tim "The Big Funadmental" Duncan's performances or contributions, but I see that it is the 3rd quarter of Game 6 of the Western Conference Semifinals, and Ginobili gets an offensive board, takes it down the court, and then drains a crazy 3 to put the Spurs up for their biggest lead in the game so far.
There is no other stealth bomber in the NBA like Manu Ginobili. No one else that comes up big when it's needed the most.
Except maybe Robert Horry, who seems to be able to come up big even when he's not even playing. But that's another article.
("Obi-Wan Ginobili" image courtesy www.airbrushcat.com)
All during the Western Conference Semifinals series between the San Antonio Spurs and Phoenix Suns, I kept hearing about how Manu Ginobili had not produced. He had had some bad games.
Look. Ginobili is a championship player. He is a clutch player. He has an Olympic Gold Metal, an Italian League Championship, and an NBA ring. Why would anyone doubt Ginobili? He should have been the NBA Finals MVP of 2005 -- no offense to Tim Duncan.
Why would anyone doubt Ginobili, his abilities, or whether he was going to come up big in the Western Conference Semifinals?
Sure, it's easy for me to sit here, after the series is over, and talk about how it would have been idiotic to doubt Ginobili. But people did, and it was.
After his 33-point performance in Game 6, is there any doubt that Manu Ginobili is the 33rd-degree Mason of the NBA playoffs in the last two out of three years? Is there any doubt that he is the best clutch player in the NBA?
I live in Portland. This season, I watched twice in person as Ginobili ruined strong Blazers' performances against the Spurs at Portland. As soon as the game, the series, or the championship is on the line, suddenly Ginobili is hitting 3's, draining crazy flopping drives to the basket, and managing to draw a foul where there was none.
Forget about Kobe, forget about Nash... nobody talks about Ginobili. Is it because he is not an American? Is it because he has Tim Duncan on his team? Sure, he's got Duncan, but he IS an American -- a South American. So what? The European Union has all of Europe as basically equal countries. Why don't we make an American Union?
Anyway, Ginobili is the best guard in the NBA, on the best team in the NBA, and that's about it. I don't want to belittle Tony Parker's or Tim "The Big Funadmental" Duncan's performances or contributions, but I see that it is the 3rd quarter of Game 6 of the Western Conference Semifinals, and Ginobili gets an offensive board, takes it down the court, and then drains a crazy 3 to put the Spurs up for their biggest lead in the game so far.
There is no other stealth bomber in the NBA like Manu Ginobili. No one else that comes up big when it's needed the most.
Except maybe Robert Horry, who seems to be able to come up big even when he's not even playing. But that's another article.
("Obi-Wan Ginobili" image courtesy www.airbrushcat.com)