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Ya...it's hilarious, except for the fact that Ginobili could probably get a decent workout by mall walking.
I have to admit it's pretty funny stuff
The Mall Walkers: Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili
Posted by Teach at 10:36 AM . Thursday, August 27, 2009
Labels: Manu Ginobili, NBA, San Antonio Spurs, Teach, Tim Duncan
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While most stories out of San Antonio this offseason have focused on the team's new acquisitions, the Associated Press is now reporting on the health of Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker.
Despite the additions of Richard Jefferson and Antonio McDyess, the Spurs' success this season depends on the health of their big three, which is why all Spurs fans are happy to hear that Duncan and Ginobili have taken up mall walking this offseason.
Ginobili described the experience as, "tough at first cause no one really knows how one's ankles and knees will hold up on the escalator, but I just have to stay focused and use tunnel vision...no orange juliuses or cinnabuns...they go right to the hips."
Fellow teammate Michael Finley introduced Duncan and Giniobili to the idea of mall walking, claiming that it's the reason he's still playing basketball after all those years in the ABA: "it's a great physical and mental workout. Verne always tells stories about when her husband Rupert was over in the Pacific, fighting the Japanese, and I just try and relate those to playing against the Lakers. Verne really puts things in perspective."
Asked if mall walking might increase one's chances for further injury, Duncan responded, "that's why we stretch."
Some critics of the Spurs hear that the team is doing laps at the local mall, a hobby normally reserved for the elderly, like Finley, and wonder if the team will be in the physical condition required to compete at an NBA level, to which Spurs coach Greg Popovich responds, "I tried going a few laps with them, but I tuckered out and wound up sitting on a bench outside of Panera, so you tell me who's out of shape."
Ginobili laughed when asked if the story of his coach was true, "yeah, we went pretty hard on him at the start, hoping he would get tired. As soon as he was out of sight, we hopped on the rascals and raced to the arcade."
Ya...it's hilarious, except for the fact that Ginobili could probably get a decent workout by mall walking.
Can't wait to hear all of the ignorant Faker and Dallas 'Cuban' fans coming up with all new 'geriatric' jokes as if they're that funny, Just remember Fakers and Mavs, the Spurs avg age now is only 27.8 Lakers are in the low 27.something and Dallas, well I haven't done the math on them because they're not so much as a 'BLIP' on my radar. 2009-2010 Spurs Younger, Faster, Stronger, Better. Watch out LA.
I'd rather run a marathon than walk into the mall. I step into a mall and all of my energy is instantly drained. It's like Chopper Kryptonite.
not to mention constantly evading the hundreds of kids and 300+ pound moving shopping mountains takes a lot of lateral movement and straign on the knees and ankles
sounded like something from the onion...
but it wasn't. weird.
You do understand that this whole article is nothing but a geriatric joke, don't you? Manu's in Argentina, not walking North Star or Ingram Park.
or la cantera, the nicer of the malls in san antonio.
Just because it's not The Onion doesn't mean it's not a joke.
I beleive Manu's already back in SanAn
No one outdoor mall walks in SA in the summer.
Maybe he is. They're still not mall walking. Please replace your femur bone back into it's socket.
I wish Timmy and Manu mall walked at the mall I work in. That would be so cool!
It's a Joke. Tim and Manu are not mall walking.
they should J walking...its good, rack up the fines yo...
What mall are they walking at?
In a serious note, mall walking is not good for your knees, the floor can really mess up your knees the floor is too hard to do a lot of walking.
"the team is doing laps at the local mall, a hobby normally reserved for the elderly, like Finley" Easily the funniest part of story.
Asked if mall walking might increase one's chances for further injury, Duncan responded, "that's why we stretch."
That's what I wanna know...but I wouldn't think a respectable news source would report that. They need their privacy ya know.
People actually thinking the story is real is a lot funnier than the actual story itself.
Hey, we can hear. Who do you think you are talking to? Finley?
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