Manu Proving Once Again that He's the Best Closer in the NBA

[ElNono]

If that wasn't Manu's first buzzer beater, prove it. Show me another game winning buzzer beater...

You're either dumb, blind or both.

[history2b]

You're either dumb, blind or both.

No proof means you are a lying moron.

Post a link to Manu hitting just one other game winning buzzer beater and I'll acknowledge it.

Otherwise it's you versus me and ESPN, the sports authority of the world.

[ElNono]

We'll make this interesting... If I post (again) a video of Manu making another game winner buzzer beater besides the Milwaukee one, you leave this place until February 2011.

I mean, you already made a fool of yourself, might aswell go all the way...
Deal?

[Agloco]

Can someone explain to me how a guy who just hit his first buzzer beater ever be the best closer in the game?

Apparently "game winners" are a foreign concept to you.......

Don't get it twisted, buzzer beaters aren't necessarily game winners. The converse is also true.

[jag]

Not really. Look at his per 36 minutes statistics since the '04-'05 season. They have been phenomenally consistent.

'04-'05 19.5 PTS @ 60.9 TS%, 12.8 Field Goal Attempts (FGA) (still per 36 min.)
'05-'06 19.5 PTS @ 59.3 TS%, 13.3 FGA
'06-'07 21.7 PTS @ 60.9 TS%, 14.9 FGA
'07-'08 22.6 PTS @ 61.2 TS%, 15.4 FGA
'08-'09 20.8 PTS @ 59.4 TS%, 15.0 FGA
'09-'10 20.7 PTS @ 58.4 TS%, 15.1 FGA
'10-'11 22.5 PTS @ 62.4 TS%, 15.2 FGA

He's rank 3 in Win shares per 48 minutes of all active players in the league. Lebron James is 1st. Tim Duncan is 2nd. Dirk Nowitzki is 4th. Kobe Bryant is 9th. Wade is 8th.

That's consistent as . His field goal attempts per 36 minutes have steadily increased over the years as Duncan's have decreased. Look at his true shooting percentage though. It has always hovered right around 60 since 2005. That's good enough for 8th in the entire league for career numbers (that includes his first year where he wasn't anywhere near the player he became in 2005). Where does Dirk Nowitzki rank for career TS% of all active players in the league? He's 10th.

The numbers are nice, and rest assured I'm in no way shape or form trying to argue that Ginobili > Dirk. That's patently absurd.

I bring it up because as laughable as it is to suggest that Ginobili > Dirk as an individual talent (he's obviously not), it's equally as laughable to see Ginobili so grossly underrated by so many Dirk fans on this board. Hilarious, really, and at the end of the day Ginobili will be laughing all the way to his trophy case with 3 rings.

Hmm

"Get my basketball knowledge?"

Are you a moron? You get your "knowledge" from a media outlet, you get >information<

Like when they reported that San Antonio beat the Bucks last night, am I supposed to question whether that really happened because, after all, I wouldn't want to rely on getting my "knowledge" from an unreliable sports authority like ESPN.

Maybe Milwaukee didn't even play the Spurs last night, it could have all been a big hoax. Can't trust those ESPN guys... lol

Why not just come out and say, "I don't know if it was Manu's first buzzer beater ever and it angers me that you say that because I am in man-love with him"??

If that wasn't Manu's first buzzer beater, prove it. Show me another game winning buzzer beater...

The funny thing about this laker fan is that he thinks he's a good poster, yet you can't tell the difference between his posts and the posts of fake lakerfan trolls.

[NASpurs]

bump

[silverblk mystix]

Manu-back to back closer.

[BanditHiro]

game-winning offensive and defensive play

[Hooks]

The funny thing about this laker fan is that he thinks he's a good poster, yet you can't tell the difference between his posts and the posts of fake lakerfan trolls.

I thought he was a troll lol

[ezau]

What did I tell you about him being the best closer in the league? You s just don't believe me.

[FkLA]

You know what the other difference between these two players is, when Bryant is having off nights like Manu was today...he'll force it and chuck up shots for one of his now common 6-24 nights. Manu doesnt give a , he'll defer for the first three quarter if he's off. Just give him the ball in the fourth and get out of his way.

[ezau]

You know what the other difference between these two players is, when Bryant is having off nights like Manu was today...he'll force it and chuck up shots for one of his now common 6-24 nights. Manu doesnt give a , he'll defer for the first three quarter if he's off. Just give him the ball in the fourth and get out of his way.

Amen!

[TE]

Most clutch player in the league right now tbh

[rayjayjohnson]

the cheating spurs

[rayjayjohnson]

I'm druuuuuuuuunk

[TE]

You know what the other difference between these two players is, when Bryant is having off nights like Manu was today...he'll force it and chuck up shots for one of his now common 6-24 nights. Manu doesnt give a , he'll defer for the first three quarter if he's off. Just give him the ball in the fourth and get out of his way.

Mother ing cosigned sir!

[rayjayjohnson]

ing spurs

[rayjayjohnson]

ooooooffffff to ny melo

[TE]

ooooooffffff to ny melo

tbqh you shouldn't say that brah.


If melo leaves, the Nuggets will be the West version of the Cavs.

[rayjayjohnson]

Not if we get favors and iggy.

A man can dream

[rayjayjohnson]

the mother ing spurs ginobli s im drunk es

[LoneStarState'sPride]

See above for proof positive of the following statement. It's nice to see some things just never change.....

"The Spurs do not beat you so much as they grind you into tiny shards of psychological wreckage." -Denver Post (2005)

[Simple Jack]

Maybe Dirk can take some lessons from Manu on how to make a shot against the bucks with the game on the line, tbh, imho.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCyzCpnhqCw&feature=fvst


I'm sorry, what were you saying?

Manu is a top 5 closer no doubt, but Dirk is more clutch than him.

[ezau]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCyzCpnhqCw&feature=fvst


I'm sorry, what were you saying?

Manu is a top 5 closer no doubt, but Dirk is more clutch than him.

I hope he used his clutchness in:

2006, 2007, and 2010.

[DAF86]

Everybody knows I meant the '10/'11 Bucks, tbh, imho.