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Ginobili: "I don't feel like Maradona"
The brand new NBA champion with San Antonio returned to Argentina this morning to take part in a clinic at Cenard. "What's happening to me is incredible", he confessed.
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Emanuel Ginobili is back in Argentina, this time with his second championship ring, to take part in a clinic organized by the NBA. The San Antonio Spurs star came back this morning, a little after 7.
After an arduous season, now it's time for Manu to teach. Along with the other 2 argentines in the NBA, Andres Nocioni and Carlos Delfino, they will take part in "Basketball without Borders", a clinic that will start today and will last until the 4th of July with 57 young basketball players.
In the afternoon, Manu was in Puerto Madero where he took part of a press conference, where he described:
To be a star. "One lives in a cloud for 9 months. Betwen trips and security everywhere. Here it's different. I live a quiet life in San Antonio, I'm very homey. I don't feel like Maradona."
His comeback to Argentina. "It's incredible what's happening to me and this trip back adds to it. And on top of it to be representing the NBA here. I'm happy, of course. When one arrives here, the feelings are unique. I needed more time to understand how hard it's to get there. Now I'll value all this.
The latins in the NBA. "They're at a growth stage. It started years ago, and it's changing a lot with the boom of international basketball. There are a lot of brazilian kids that will be successful. And of course argentines".
The National Team. "There is a lot of time until 2006 and time will tell if I play or not. They've asked me that before and I answered, 'I don't know'. I say the same today. I'm guessing I will play, but I cannot commit yet.
The argentines and the NBA final. "I was told that people here lived it with a lot of happiness and I was surprised they followed it as if it was the Futbol Team. I could not beleive it. During the final, I tried not to think about this, but it gives me pleasure. It's good that basketball keeps growing here".
His present. "I was not expecting to have the stats I obtained this season, especially in the playoffs. It's very hard to improve on them, but I will try to do it.".
Future. "I'll take a month of vacation, without even looking at a basketball. I come from playing 4 hard years. Then I want to lift some weights and work-out to start the season in a good way".
Hernandez, the new National Team coach. "He's got the credentials and the championships to support that decision. All the options were very good".
How would a match between Argentina and San Antonio turn out? "Depends on what rules are used. If ours or the NBA's".
His role in the team. "It changed little by little. One has to gain their confidence little by little, the teammates and the coaches'. What happened in the Olympics helped a lot and made Popovich beleive I could do more. It flattered me a lot to have this opportunities, especially in the playoffs".
Ginóbili: "No me siento Maradona"
El flamante campeón de la NBA con San Antonio regresó a la Argentina esta mañana para participar de una clínica en el Cenard. "Es increíble lo que me está pasando", confesó.
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Emanuel Ginóbili ya está nuevamente en la Argentina, esta vez con su segundo anillo de campeón, para participar en una clínica organizada por la NBA. La estrella de San Antonio Spurs regresó esta mañana, poco antes de las 7.
Tras una ardua temporada, para Manu será ahora tiempo de enseñar. Junto con los otros dos argentinos en la NBA, Andrés Nocioni y Carlos Delfino, participará en "Básquetbol sin fronteras", una clínica que se desarrollará desde hoy y hasta el 4 de julio con 57 jóvenes basquetbolistas.
Por la e, Manu estuvo en Puerto Madero donde dio una conferencia de prensa en la que se refirió a:
Ser una estrella. "Uno vive en una nube durante nueve meses. Entre viajes y seguridad por todos lados. Acá es distinto. Yo allá vivo una vida tranquila, soy muy casero. No me siento Maradona".
Su vuelta a Argentina. "Es increíble lo que me está pasando y eso se suma volver a casa. Y encima estar representando a la NBA. Estoy feliz, claro. Cuando uno llega a este lugar, las sensaciones son únicas. Necesitaba más tiempo para entender lo difícil que es llegar ahí. Ahora le doy valor a todo esto".
Los latinos dentro de la NBA. "Están en una época de crecimiento. Empezó hace años y últimamente con el boom del básquetbol internacional, está cambiando mucho. Hay muchos chicos brasileños que va a tener éxito. Y ni hablar de los argentinos".
La Selección. "Falta mucho para el 2006 y se verá si juego o no. Hace poco me preguntaron eso y yo respondí: 'No sé'. Lo mismo digo hoy. Yo calculo que voy a jugar, pero no lo puedo asegurar todavía".
Los argentinos y la final de la NBA. "Me enteré que la gente lo vivió con mucha alegría y me sorprendió que la siguieran como si jugara la Selección de fútbol. No lo podía creer. Durante la final traté de no pensar en eso, pero a uno lo llena de placer. Es bueno que el básquetbol siga creciendo".
Su presente. "No esperaba tener los números que tuve en esta temporada, sobre todo en los play off. Es complicadísimo superarlos, pero trataré de hacerlo".
De aquí en más. "Me voy a tomar un mes de vacaciones sin siquiera ver una pelota de básquetbol. Vengo de cuatro años durísimos. Después quiero hacer un plan de pesas y completarlo con la parte atlética para empezar bien la temporada".
Hernández, el nuevo DT de la Selección. "Tiene las credenciales y los títulos suficientes para apoyar esa decisión. Todas las opciones que había eran muy buenas".
¿Cómo saldría un partido entre Argentina y San Antonio? "Depende con las reglas que se juegue. Si son las nuestros o las de la NBA".
Su rol en el equipo. "Fue cambiando de a poco. Uno se tiene que ganar la confianza de a poco, tanto de compañeros como de cuerpo técnico. Lo de los Juegos Olímpicos potenció mucho mi juego e hizo creer a Popovich (el técnico) que yo podía dar más. Me halagó muchísimo tener esas posibilidades, sobre todo en juegos de play off".
No offense to the Argentina national team, but Spurs vs. Argentina would be a destruction. If they played 100 times, Spurs would win 99 times.How would a match between Argentina and San Antonio turn out? "Depends on what rules are used. If ours or the NBA's".
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It'd be odd with Manu being on both teams.
He's such a spaz, he'd probably try to play for both teams. Seven minutes at a time.No offense to the Argentina national team, but Spurs vs. Argentina would be a destruction. If they played 100 times, Spurs would win 99 times.
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It'd be odd with Manu being on both teams.
I don't know about that, but it would be funny if the two Manus bumped into each other and they both flopped! LOLNo offense to the Argentina national team, but Spurs vs. Argentina would be a destruction. If they played 100 times, Spurs would win 99 times.
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It'd be odd with Manu being on both teams.
I liked after one game one reporter asked Manu what it's like to play against him and he said I don't know I never had to play against myself.
Good...because Maradona is a coke fiend.Ginobili: I don't feel like Maradona
WAS a coke friend.
he's rehabilitated now. Have you seen him? he's lost like 40 pounds and is exercising like . He's getting his life back together. He now works for Boca Juniors.
Glad to hear it. Hopefully he can stay that way.
Maybe you have some facts that can prove it, how Tim could play with FIBA rules?
If they have to play just one game with FIBA rules, Spurs chances are 40%, but best of 7, Spurs will win even without Manu.
PD: Sometimes I just forget that you're just a writer.
What does that mean?Sometimes I just forget that you're just a writer.
I would like to watch NBA play some international teams.
We'll find out how NBA teams would fare against Euroleague teams in 2006. They are also going to have that 4-team tournament (2 NBA teams and the Euroleague Champion and Runner-Up) in Europe.
On a shallow note- He looks so cute with that hat.
Are you saying Spurs would also beat a team composed of Lebron, Melo, Stoudemire, Marbury, Iverson, Wade, Boozer, etc!!!!! 99 out of 100 times!No offense to the Argentina national team, but Spurs vs. Argentina would be a destruction. If they played 100 times, Spurs would win 99 times.
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It'd be odd with Manu being on both teams.
what are u smokin????
and led by coach Brown
Like Manu said it depends what rules they use. I think Argentina would win if Fiba rules were used, and Spurs would win if NBA rules.
I think Manu's answer should have been: "Depends which team I play for." - that's the truth
The US team had like two weeks to practice. And putting Larry Brown in charge of a team of young players is like putting oil in charge of water. Brown is the worst coach in the league at trusting young players.Are you saying Spurs would also beat a team composed of Lebron, Melo, Stoudemire, Marbury, Iverson, Wade, Boozer, etc!!!!! 99 out of 100 times!
what are u smokin????
and led by coach Brown
Like Manu said it depends what rules they use. I think Argentina would win if Fiba rules were used, and Spurs would win if NBA rules.
I think Manu's answer should have been: "Depends which team I play for." - that's the truth
The Spurs would destroy Argentina, are you kidding?
Parker > Sanchez or Montecchia
Manu = Manu
Bowen > Nocioni
Duncan > Scola
Mohammed and Rasho > Oberto and Wolkowisky
Where are you hoping to have an advantage?
Unlike the US national team, the Spurs have played with each other all year (and some for longer than that).
Please don't lose all your credibility by claiming something so far fetched.
Ginobili basks in glow of Spurs NBA victory back in Argentina
BILL CORMIER
Associated Press
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Tim Duncan was the Finals MVP but Manu Ginobili is the people's choice here, returning to his native Argentina after his second NBA ring with the Spurs in three years.
Ginobili, who lost the MVP le to Duncan by a 6-4 vote after San Antonio's 81-74 victory over Detroit in game 7, said he's just glad his team turned up the Series winner.
He told a news conference Thursday after flying to Buenos Aires that he's just ready for a vacation.
"About the MVP, they commented a lot about that here and that's understandable," said Ginobili, looking relaxed in a T-shirt as he was mobbed by local journalists at a Buenos Aires hotel.
Speaking in Spanish, he added, "I believe Tim was the rightful winner ... we both now have the ring and I just feel enormous satisfaction for what we've just lived through."
Ginobili flew here to take part in a program backed by the NBA and the International Basketball Federation called "Basketball Without Borders."
The program was to include a basketball training clinic for young people of diverse backgrounds, stops to promote education and even a visit to a hospital that treats children with the HIV virus.
The first Basketball Without Borders event took place in Europe in 2001 and similar stops are expected this year in China and South Africa, among other venues.
On Monday, Ginobili also was to make a homecoming visit to his southern Argentine city of Bahia Blanca, where hundreds filled a basketball arena to cheer during the NBA final.
Ginobili said every game was grueling in the Series and that he had now been playing basketball nearly nonstop for four years if he included his Olympic medal-winning performance with Argentina's national team along with the regular NBA seasons.
"I'm now going to take a month of vacation doing nothing, not even look at a basketball," said Ginobili. "It's been four straight years without stopping between NBA games and the national team."
Meanwhile, he said he's getting accustomed to fans stopping him in the streets in a country where soccer is the craze but basketball is gaining new adherents thanks to Ginobili's s om.
In the 1970s, Argentine Guillermo Vilas gave tennis an enormous push here and some sports columnists are already placing Ginobili among the greats of Argentine sport along with Vilas and soccer legend Diego Maradona.
Ginobili said modestly, "I'm still not accustomed to that kind of thing: people stopping your car and waving or fans approaching you."
But he added, "I'm not the kind of person who is besieged like Maradona. He can't take two steps in the street while my situation is different."
Classic.
Ginobili "losing" the MVP award gets bigger press than the Spurs winning the NBA champion. Someone needs to clue them in that basketball is a team sport.
It's not about looking at who's better than who. If we go by your way of thinking, let me put it this way:The US team had like two weeks to practice. And putting Larry Brown in charge of a team of young players is like putting oil in charge of water. Brown is the worst coach in the league at trusting young players.
The Spurs would destroy Argentina, are you kidding?
Parker > Sanchez or Montecchia
Manu = Manu
Bowen > Nocioni
Duncan > Scola
Mohammed and Rasho > Oberto and Wolkowisky
Where are you hoping to have an advantage?
Unlike the US national team, the Spurs have played with each other all year (and some for longer than that).
Please don't lose all your credibility by claiming something so far fetched.
is Parker > Marbury/Iverson?
Manu > Wade/Richardson?
Bowen > Lebron/Melo?
etc?
where are u seeing the advantage there? but Argentina moped the floor with that team.
nope, I did not claim anything. I said I concurr with Manu. Are you saying Manu was lying to the press?? He is one of the most honest guys out there, so I beleive he really beleives what he said, so I just said I concurr. If I'm losing credibility, then Manu is losing credibility to you. You're the one claiming something.
I was mainly surprised with your statement of 99 out of 100 times and saying it would be destruction.
So my statement is I concurr with Manu. Your statement is Spurs will destroy and beat Argentina and why not Team USA 99 out of 100 times and it doesn't matter what rules are used. just checking w/u. It's ok to disagree
Well, he's the biggest sports star of Argentina right now, you sort of expect this.
It's not about looking at who's better than who. If we go by your way of thinking, let me put it this way:
is Parker > Marbury/Iverson?
Manu > Wade/Richardson?
Bowen > Lebron/Melo?
etc?
where are u seeing the advantage there? but Argentina moped the floor with that team.
nope, I did not claim anything. I said I concurr with Manu. Are you saying Manu was lying to the press?? He is one of the most honest guys out there, so I beleive he really beleives what he said, so I just said I concurr. If I'm losing credibility, then Manu is losing credibility to you. You're the one claiming something.
I was mainly surprised with your statement of 99 out of 100 times and saying it would be destruction.
So my statement is I concurr with Manu. Your statement is Spurs will destroy and beat Argentina and why not Team USA 99 out of 100 times and it doesn't matter what rules are used. just checking w/u. It's ok to disagree
There's a big difference between a team that was just thrown together and a championship team that went through the playoffs and came out as the best.
And what was Manu supposed to say? He would have been booed out of the country if he said the Spurs would destroy Argentina.
Argentina's Team Play is what makes them a great team...
The Spurs play team ball too...unlike Team USA...plus being experienced together...
The Spurs would roll Team Argie...their second best player is going to be coming off of our bench...and it's not because we are stupid or can't judge talent...
But all that doesn't matter...because Argentina beat Team USA fair and square and that's all there is to it....Arrogance and Ignorance aren't excuses for losing...they are reasons for it.
The Spurs would kill them. They a) have more talent AND b) are a team (which is what the Olympic team was lacking). Any NBA champion would kill them.So my statement is I concurr with Manu. Your statement is Spurs will destroy and beat Argentina and why not Team USA 99 out of 100 times and it doesn't matter what rules are used. just checking w/u. It's ok to disagree
Thank god for NBA LIVE.
Is it so hard for you guys to understand how big it would've been for an Argentine to win this award? The voting was so close (6-4 voting results) its pretty obvious the media was going to focus on that.
We've been playing basketball for a long time, timvp, we know its a team sport.
Even our media knows it.
I understand that, but Ginobili not winning Finals MVP shouldn't trump the Spurs winning the NBA championship. I gather that the Argentine media (and some of its people) would have been happier if the Spurs lost in the Finals but Manu was named MVP.
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