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great! all i need is oberto to hurt his back in a chuck person-style accident on the plane home
Hurt Ginobili tried to play in bronze game
By Gelu Sulugiuc
BEIJING, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Argentina guard Manu Ginobili said he tried to play in the bronze medal match against Lithuania at the Olympics on Sunday but his ankle injury was too painful.
"I wasn't able to run," he told reporters. "I can walk, I can jog even, but running like you run in a game like this I couldn't. I didn't try to be a hero, I just preferred for the guys that are healthy and in good condition to play."
Despite playing without their top scorer, Argentina won the game 87-75.
"They've shown a lot of character," Ginobili said of his team mates. "What they've done today is one of the best performances I've seen. I'm really proud. Winning the bronze is not the same as going home empty-handed."
Ginobili aggravated an old injury in the first quarter of Argentina's semi-final loss to the United States.
"In the morning he was very quiet and didn't say anything to anybody," said Argentina coach Sergio Hernandez. "Only the doctor told me he would try his best to play. He felt great pain so you know he was hurt if he couldn't play in this match."
Ginobili said he did not know if he would be ready for training camp with his NBA team, the San Antonio Spurs.
"I'm going to San Antonio now and after some (tests) we'll see," he said. "It's the same ligament injury I suffered against the Lakers. I'll be fine."
Ginobili suffered a swollen ligament in his left ankle in the NBA playoffs this year and the Spurs had tried to convince him to skip the Olympics so he could rest.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/feedarticle/7748333
great! all i need is oberto to hurt his back in a chuck person-style accident on the plane home
Anyone that is that much of a compe or would of tried to play... can't fault him for that
Manu thread!
I disagree. He went to the Olympics to win the Gold. Once that chance was gone, he should of locked it down no questions asked. To try to play is just stupid.
"I can't walk, but I want to play!"
Manu is a compe or but he needs to learn to take a step back.
call manu stupid for trying to play while hurt. he did that during the lakers game- he is such a fierce compe or. that's the reason why the spurs got him. that's the reason why true spurs fan like him. he is just being manu. and i admire him for that.
Being a compe or is all fine, but taking unnecessary risks with an existing injury is quite another.
he's on tv... walkin for the medals SOMEONE GET HIM A WHEELCHAIR!
Walking with a noticeable limp. At least he's walking.
Dude still needs a wheelchair or maybe even a cane. , if Oberto was any kind of teammate, he would've carrier Manu out on his shoulders.
Now get your ass back to S.A and keep it there!
I'm having Monty Python flashbacks starring Manu as the Black Knight.
according to the article, he said he could walk
I've got one leg two arms.
I shoot behind 3 point line fine!!!!
Coach Hernández: "Silently, Manu started to dress up for the game. No one, neither me or the players, said anything. He then went on and started with the warm up shooting on the court. After 10 minutes, he came back to the locker room and started to cry."
I watched Argentina's bronze medal game, which I am so delighted they won. Congrats to Gino and Fabbs, especially. Great going guys.
I saw Gino walk on court for a timeout. He was limping but did not look in anywhere near the bad shape that local news broadcasts seemed to speculate.
I am not at all surprised Gino tried to play in the game, nor do I blame him.
I wish he could have played, at least the final few minutes and could have been on court when the buzzer finalized Argentina's win.
Sucks
But hopefully Ginobili is happy now. A bronze medal considering Manu and Nocioni were hurt and Pepe didn't show up is a of an accomplishment.
Manu being upbeat going forward is important, especially if he has to do any type of long rehab. The Spurs can't afford to have Depressed Manu going forward.
Ok, now that this Olympic basketball gold is over. Im gonna say this. Bad Manu, bad bad bad Manu.
Of course he tried to play, he is Manu Ginobili, he will try to play as long as he has two legs and the capacity to breathe. You know Manu will be the one dude in the park hustling for a game well into his 60's.
Fearless Manu...Good thing he didn't forced it
Who's running the show down there? There's no way any of the coaches/trainers and staff should ever have allowed him to even put on a uniform and try to warm up.
Sounds like Manu is.
No one would stop him on the ANT because today was their last day together as a group in all likelihood. No one would tell him (especially the "doctors") to go sit on the bench.
ARG – Ginobili ends up just as happy as if he’d played
BEIJING (Olympics) – Manu Ginobili laced up his high-tops and tried to play for Argentina on Sunday in the bronze medal game against Lithuania but felt too much pain in his ankle and had to watch from the bench.
Ginobili suffered a recurrence of the ankle injury that nearly knocked him out of the Olympics in the first quarter of his team’s semi-final defeat to the United States.
Argentina coach Sergio Hernandez revealed after his team’s 87-75 victory over Lithuania that Ginobili became emotional after the pre-game warm-ups.
"We came in this morning knowing Manu would not play but then we saw him putting the uniform in the locker room, silently as Manu is,” Hernandez said.
“He put his bandages in his foot and no-one said anything. He joined his team-mates in a warm-up and he tried out his foot for 10 minutes but he felt pain and he went back to the locker room, got changed and started crying.
“For us, the thing that struck us was how Manu felt he had failed and that just was a further motivation for us to play hard, and to play with double the effort.
“Manu is not irresponsible, he is under contract (with San Antonio) and he wouldn't play if he was injured as this was the case.”
Close friend and teammate Luis Scola said that the entire team had been inspired by Ginobili.
"It touched us all that Manu tried to the last minute to play with us,” Scola said.
“But we as a team trust the team. Those who don't know us think that without Manu we cannot do anything but that is not true.
“Of course, I could I would always like to have Manu playing alongside me but I think what makes a good team is the fact that other players are able to step up in these situations."
In his absence, Leo Gutierrez and Paolo Quinteros each had 11 points.
Manu Ginobili, who watched the game wearing a pair of jeans and an Argentina polo shirt, spoke to FIBA.com after the game.
"I'm very happy,” he said.
“It's not the same thing going home with a medal than empty handed.
“I think my team pulled off a show of unique basketball, of temperament, of unity and character.
“I am really proud of what my team-mates did, of the game they played.
“It's not always easy to play for third place but they did an incredible job.
“They were perfect.”
Indeed, the medal takes away all the pain.
“I tried to play but it was not possible,” Ginobili said.
“I've been more hurt from an emotional level than a physical one not to be able to play before.
“But now, I am as happy as if I would have.
http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/08/...News_arti.html
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