Manu / Oberto: Kiss Cam

[tmtcsc]

My sister went to the game in DC tonight. She said that the Kiss Cam was moving around the arena and locked in on Manu and Oberto.

The crowd started making alot of noise, prompting Manu to look up at the jumbotron. Manu complied by clutching Oberto's head and giving him a kiss on the side of his head. Oberto was apparently clueless as to what was going on. They were both sitting on the bench at the time.

I thought that was pretty funny.

[jmard5]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=280206027

"Ginobili and Oberto were good sports when their faces were shown on the big screen during the "Kiss Me" timeout, an in-house promotion in which fans are encouraged to get their dates a smooch. Ginobili leaned over and gave his teammate a peck on the side of the head."

:lol YouTube clip, anyone?

[Hemotivo]

:lol

[Spurs1234]

I was at the game, yeah, it was pretty funny, gino gave him a kiss on the forehead, everyone in the building was cracking up.

[Cry Havoc]

HAHA! That's nice of them to not act above the arena's activities.

[z0sa]

why wouldnt they? they are there solely for the entertainment of the fans -- thats all. I'll be damned if they won't act along with the arena's games

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

HAHA! That's nice of them to not act above the arena's activities.
Yeah, it was cool of 'em to play along for the fans.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

why wouldnt they? they are there solely for the entertainment of the fans -- thats all. I'll be damned if they won't act along with the arena's games
well, wouldn't some players just waive em' off and ignore them, til the fans just go "aww" all let down?

[timvp]

I'll be damned if they won't act along with the arena's games


http://supercanuk.gnn.tv/_var/blogs/17706-1d68e97f5e8457375ed687e587dabe78.jpg

[tmtcsc]

Too soon for youtube ?

[atxrocker]

the crowd wanted a professional male athlete to kiss another? san francisco arena forum.

[Radiosparks]

I was at the game, yeah, it was pretty funny, gino gave him a kiss on the forehead, everyone in the building was cracking up.

Hahahaha...I had tickets but I gave them to my co-worker because I got sick. It's ok, I'll be in Tx in April for the Spurs/Suns game.

[lefty]

That was funny

Who said Spurs were boring?

Well done by the MCI center entertainer :clap

[703 Spurz]

I was at the game too. Manu gave him a peck to his left cheek. The crowd laughed pretty loud at it


:toast

[703 Spurz]

That was funny

Who said Spurs were boring?

Well done by the MCI center entertainer :clap

Ahem, Verizon Center.....


:nerd

[ShoogarBear]

the crowd wanted a professional male athlete to kiss another? san francisco arena forum.I think they must have thought for a moment they were at a Mystics game.

[ShoogarBear]

The Verizon Center does some whack sh1t.

Believe this or not, they actually scroll across the bottom of the Jumbotron which promotional game is coming up next.

[Spuradicator]

That was funny

Who said Spurs were boring?

Well done by the MCI center entertainer :clap

People who don't know basketball.

I applaud Manu for playing along. :toast

[703 Spurz]

The Verizon Center does some whack sh1t.

Believe this or not, they actually scroll across the bottom of the Jumbotron which promotional game is coming up next.

I guess thats a new thing b/c they didn't have the jumbotron they do now from last year's game against SA.

[Joe Schmoogins]

Yah, I was at the game too... It was one of the highlights of the night for sure. I was happy to see Manu play along. Instead of shrugging it off or getting upset about it like many would have done, Manu made the camera crew look like a bunch of asses by having fun with it. I've got pictures of the game (not of the kiss) and I'll post them later if anyone is interested in seeing.

[ShoogarBear]

There were a ton of Spurs fans there. I dunno if it was 10%, but it sounded that way by the crowd noise.

I know one of the groups they propped on the scoreboard was a Trinity University Alumni group.

[duncan228]

I've got pictures of the game (not of the kiss) and I'll post them later if anyone is interested in seeing.

I'm always interested in game pics.
Please share!

[Joe Schmoogins]

There were a ton of Spurs fans there. I dunno if it was 10%, but it sounded that way by the crowd noise.



True. I was actually really disappointed by the Wizards fans. The Spurs fans seemed to be nearly as loud as the Wizards fans at times. IMO that's a terrible shame if you're a Wizards fan.

[Joe Schmoogins]

I'm always interested in game pics.
Please share!


Then I will be sure to post them! :)

[ShoogarBear]

DC is really a one-team town. With the exception of the Redskins, if you're not winning, they don't particularly care one way or another.

There were about five college guys in the row in front of me. About a minute into the game one of them said to another, "Hey, no Tony Parker?" Then, midway through the second quarter, with the score around 32-31, another guy piped up, "Wow, this is a weird game, not a lot of scoring." It was as if they had never heard of the Spurs before.

[celldweller]

That was hilarious!!! Too bad I couldn't get my camera up fast enough.

http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/6315/wash1is1.jpg
R E P R E S E N T !!!!

http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/1343/wash2py8.jpg

[lefty]

"Brokennose-Hairyback mountain"

[nkdlunch]

damn I did not make it to the game. too much drama in my life.

I was glad I did not go in the beginning cause manu was sucking. but then he got the usual Manu monster 4th quarter damn!!!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

:lol excellent!

Let's face it, Manu and Oberto have seen each other naked in many a shower room, won championships and world titles together... what's a bit of man-love to them?

BTW, I remember watching the crowd behind the basket when Manu was shooting FTs and there were 3 people trying to distract him. Tamest crowd evah!

[Mister Sinister]

D'awww.

[spurschick]

I watched the link and the kiss wasn't there. Is there somewhere else to view it?

[703 Spurz]

Did you guys happen to catch the starting lineup intro where the jumbotron had "quirky" little snippets about each starting player?

Manu's said something like "Has only earned 6 starts this year"
Damon's said "Only have 1 assist in previous game"
Oberto's said "Only averages 5 ppg"

I forget the other two for Bruce and Tim

[thispego]

Let's face it, Manu and Oberto have seen each other naked in many a shower room

[WalterBenitez]

Anyone have a link? pic?

[Matches Malone]

This is not the first time Manu does something like that.
I was in '06 in the Palace watching Spurs-Pistons. The Smooch-cam as it's called in Detroit panned over Manu and Tony.
The crowd started to make some noise and both of them looked up to see their pictures framed by a heart. Tony looked like "Hey...I'm new here". A smirk appeared in Gino's face, he leaned over TP and...a peck to the cheek. Crowd went wild, laughing, and cheering. A guy sitting in front of me (had already seen my Ginobili jersey) turned around and told me: "This guy is a trip, man"

Fans everwhere really enjoy when stars act like normal people. No thumping in the chest, no looks of superiority. This is what the Spurs are all about: class-act players that don't care about fame, they just care to win and have fun.

[lefty]

Anyone have a link? pic?


Brokennose-hairyback mountain
http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2006/01/20/brokeback_wideweb__470x299,0.jpg

[Jobbs]

I was there last night too. My first Wiz/Spurs game. I skipped out seeing the Spurs/Bobcats on MLK day cause it was too early.


edit: whoa...I think I got the guy in the pic on my hd-dvr of the game

[ricketts]

im stoked. i move out to the DC/Baltimore area in April. i thought i was gonna be the only Spurs fan out there. Sounds like they have a decent crew out there. hope to see you at some games.

[ShoogarBear]

This is getting me hot.

[lefty]

This is getting me hot.

[ShoogarBear]

:lmao

[703 Spurz]

im stoked. i move out to the DC/Baltimore area in April. i thought i was gonna be the only Spurs fan out there. Sounds like they have a decent crew out there. hope to see you at some games.

You never see the Spurs fans here other then when you're in Verizon. I hardly ever see anyone wearing game outside of 1 time a year the Spurs are in town

[spurschick]

silly ole bear