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  1. 07-02-2005 #1
    Kori Ellis
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    Ginobili so popular at home it's scary

    Swarming crowd creates near riot during appearance by Argentine hero, other NBA players
    By FRAN BLINEBURY
    Houston Chronicle

    http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/sports/3250165

    BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA - When the doors to the bus opened and the waiting horde moved forward, it was more smothering, more unnerving than anything the defense of the Detroit Pistons had to offer.

    Manu Ginobili came home Friday and an NBA-sponsored community event at an impoverished hospital turned into a near riot as more than a thousand fans and members of the local media swarmed the parking lot and hallways to get close to their native son who has returned a conquering hero.

    There were punches thrown at several members of the league's security detail as a group of NBA players attempted to visit a pediatric ward and an HIV/AIDS unit at the Prof. Alejandro Posadas National Hospital in one of the poorest sections of the capital city.

    The Argentine-born guard of the San Antonio Spurs, who won his second NBA championship just eight nights earlier, has seen his celebrity profile rise meteorically, and that made for a tenuous situation for the contingent that included five other NBA players — Dikembe Mutombo, Andres Nocioni, Samuel Dalembert, Daniel Santiago and Carlos Delfino.
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  2. 07-02-2005 #2
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    Carlos Delfino probably thought they were all there to see him.
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  4. 07-02-2005 #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheTruth
    Carlos Delfino probably thought they were all there to see him.
    lol, so true....
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  6. 07-02-2005 #6
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    I bet Pop and RC had simultaneous heart failure seeing their $52 million investment get jostled around like that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by austinfan
    I bet Pop and RC had simultaneous heart failure seeing their $52 million investment get jostled around like that.
    He was more protected there than he was against the Nuggets and Sonics.
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    delfino looks shorter than manu in that picture, isnt he 5 inches taller
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cant_Be_Faded
    delfino looks shorter than manu in that picture, isnt he 5 inches taller
    They're both 6'6" ...
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  10. 07-02-2005 #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cant_Be_Faded
    delfino looks shorter than manu in that picture, isnt he 5 inches taller
    I think you're confusing delfino, with Scola
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    no, i know the difference between delfino and scola.

    i didnt mean to say 5 inches i was exagerrating, but i thought most of the buzz about this guy before last season was that he was like ginobili but much taller, bigger, and stronger
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