Woj: Basketball world owes Manu Ginobili and ARG national team debt of gra ude

[ElNono]

Let us pray

[DesignatedT]

[diego]

nice article.

It should be pointed out though, that manu was never a young soccer player. He was born into a basketball family and started dribbling as a toddler, he was practically born with a basketball in his hands. Watching NBA games as a kid definitely inspired him to be better, but the love of basketball was always there and his family is the source.

[ducks]

arg might have lead to some changes in the usa team
however I think it still should be the ncaa le team that year that should go to there and play
they have more chemistry then any usa team

[emanueldavidginobili]

nice article.

It should be pointed out though, that manu was never a young soccer player. He was born into a basketball family and started dribbling as a toddler, he was practically born with a basketball in his hands. Watching NBA games as a kid definitely inspired him to be better, but the love of basketball was always there and his family is the source.

This, his Father played on Argentina club teams and has two brothers that played professionally, its in his blood.

[Dr. John R. Brinkley]

No wonder Wojo gets the inside scoop from the Spurs time and again. You write articles like this you will get inside access (in my opinion). And of course, as a Spurs fan, this is an awesome article.

[roycrikside]

nice article.

It should be pointed out though, that manu was never a young soccer player. He was born into a basketball family and started dribbling as a toddler, he was practically born with a basketball in his hands. Watching NBA games as a kid definitely inspired him to be better, but the love of basketball was always there and his family is the source.

It was a pretty decent article, but honestly I love Manu as much as anybody and even I thought Woj was laying it on a bit thick here.

And yeah, I think it's presumptuous and lazy of Woj to assume Manu had a passion for soccer once upon a time. Manu has stated in numerous interviews he's not a very big soccer fan (I think he might watch the national team in world cups, but that's about it). It's not even his second favorite sport, tennis is.

If I've read correctly, Bahia Blanca is to Argentina what Indiana is to the U.S., as the country's unofficial basketball capital. Pretty much everybody from there likes basketball more than soccer, right?

Also, as far as scoops go, Woj is good, but Ludden is the Yahoo guy who gets all the Spurs scoops. I think both Duncan and Pop are really in solid with him.

[ElNono]

If I've read correctly, Bahia Blanca is to Argentina what Indiana is to the U.S., as the country's unofficial basketball capital. Pretty much everybody from there likes basketball more than soccer, right?

It's a city that has produced a lot of (good and great) basketball players, and probably the place where basketball's popularity is higher than most other ARG places, but I wouldn't go as far as saying everybody from there likes basketball more than soccer.

[lefty]

Woj and Kobe ting on TP

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Awesome!

[callo1]

Like Pop said, "He is Manu Ginobili"