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Good post...the vibe in that area is outa control.
Euroleague 2002 Final 4
Kinder vs Panathinaikos
http://euroleague2008.infrontams.biz...up.php?id=1925
Good post...the vibe in that area is outa control.
I still clearly remember the moment when Tim Duncan was drafted by San Antonio Spurs with the 1st overall pick in the draft of 97, and I am still delighted for the choice.
wow, Kinder had great, young talented team.
Thanks for that link
Good post he was pretty good at that time
another Ginobili classic from 2001 - Kinder vs. Tau
http://euroleague2008.infrontams.biz...up.php?id=1950
this game also features Scola and Oberto playing for Tau
Yeap, great time, I remember his young face!!!
Great CSKA Coach Ettore Messina talks about young Ginobili in his newest blog update:
http://www.sports.ru/blog/messina/6709339.htmlAt that time (2000) we signed Manu Ginobili from a small team of Reggio Calabria. In our idea, Manu was the player who could grow up behind Sasha, knowing that Sasha (Danilovic) was on his way down. We knew that if we found a way for them to get along well and using Sasha’s inner ability to put pressure on young players, we could help Manu into becoming a great player. I remember, Sasha has just returned from Sidney Olympics where he played at his normal level, but also got injured. He showed up for the first practice of Kinder. We had many young players and some new faces from the coaching staff in our gym.
Sasha was having a normal practice. I remember, I told my assistants that he looked like King Lion. He walked in, he practiced, he never forced any situation, he did not force anything to show his real abilities to the teammates, because it was clear to everybody who was the chief of the team. At the same time, he was evaluating the situation. At one point, during a full court drill he was at one end of the court while Ginobili was driving for a lay-up at the other end. Manu missed the lay-up with little contact and stared at one of my assistants who didn’t call the foul like saying: “It was a foul, I missed because of the foul”. Immediately, we heard Sasha’s voice: “Hey, where do you think you are? Reggio Calabria?” It was a way to show Manu he’s no longer a golden boy of a small team, but one of the many in a great club. From that point on, no more words where said and Manu practiced as hard as he could.
After the practice I was joking with my assistants: “King Lion established his territory”. The only question remained: will Sasha be patient enough with Manu and will Manu be willing to listen to him? How will they get along? That night I was home watching television with my wife Laura. It was 10 p.m. The phone rang, I picked up.
– This is Sasha.
– What’s up, Sasha?
– I just wanted to let you know that from this moment I’m no longer a basketball player.
– What’s going on?
– Nothing. I’m just going to retire.
At that moment, he had the opportunity to become a co-owner and the president of Partizan Belgrad, that was for him like CSKA for, say, Gomelsky. He decided that he could not stand the fact that he could no longer be Sasha Danilovic. He was like Michel Platini, who retired because he thought he couldn’t any longer be at the level he wanted to be. He couldn’t accept this. Money was not a factor in his decision, because he left a lot of money on the table. He could have gone through two more years with Kinder making a lot more money.
It was an incredible thing. It showed me what it means to have a pride, what it means to have a desire to excel. This decision also showed he had a great respect for the team. Knowing his condition, he no longer wanted to be an obstacle for Ginobili to develop. I’m pretty sure about this, even if he never said anything about Manu. But I think this way he was giving Manu more opportunities. Manu was put in the starting five and started climbing the stairs to become a great player, the MVP of the Euroleague and the MVP of the Italian league that year.
Last edited by Dawkins; 01-20-2009 at 07:36 PM.
I know it isn't Manu related, but coud anyone find any Tiago games from this season in that archive?
I can't help myself.... arrggghhh......... tiago if he don't ever come here.....
wasn't rigaudeau kinder best player back then?
here are some torrents
http://forums.interbasket.net/f55/ac...ead-5099/#post
Since you have to pay to watch current games, I doubt you can watch them on Euroleague's offical site
but you can check out some clips of his team, TAU
http://euroleague.infrontams.biz/pub...p?squadra_id=8
http://acbtv.acb.com/channel/26
here are his stats
http://www.euroleague.net/compe io...=bas&pcode=CBY
http://www.acb.com/stspartidojug.php...cod_edicion=53
Manu was MVP of Serie A (Italian League) in 01 and 02
Manu was Euroleague Finals MVP in 01 too
Last edited by DANILO DRASKOVIC; 01-20-2009 at 09:16 PM.
maybe it was before 2001, i don't remember
Rigaudeau was there from 97-2003
maybe it was before 2001, i don't remember
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Rigaudeau
I heard that story about that Virtus practice.
Sasha was so special that even his last practice will be remembered.
As for the young Manu, he was really what got my interest for basketball back.
I simply had never seen before some of the things he was doing on a baskeball court.
Too bad they never played together.
Thank you!!!
didnt know Marko Jaric was on that team w/ Ginobili
^
yep
Janobli !!!
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