Manu Ginobili has announced on Twitter he will play for Argentina this offseason

[littlecoyotecoin]

spurs pay his salary.. spurs should have final decision on what he does in the summers.... if wants to play in europe, he should go sign a contract in europe

This is a very uneducated opinion. Please add "or sense." under your user name.

[littlecoyotecoin]

When I saw "Manu Ginobili has announced..." on the Hottest Threads panel on the side of the home page, I thought it was about retirement.

Yes, we are very lucky that it wasn't that, just unlucky for what it was.

[it's me]

If the spurs are still relying on a 37 year old guard after winning a ship with a stellar TEAM performance and a 22 year old FMVP........ then they are completely ed. Green, KL, Enrique, COJO, etc. should take the torch..... Manu and Tim should be playing 10-15 min during regular season games... dudes are 75% retired already.

[Clipper Nation]

this thread having more pages already than the "Congratulations to the 2013-2014 NBA Champion SAN ANTONIO SPURS!!!!!"

Is Client getting paid by the page?

[littlecoyotecoin]

If the spurs are still relying on a 37 year old guard after winning a ship with a stellar TEAM performance and a 22 year old FMVP........ then they are completely ed. Green, KL, Enrique, COJO, etc. should take the torch..... Manu and Tim should be playing 10-15 min during regular season games... dudes are 75% retired already.

Who said relying? No one said relying. That would be what you call a straw-man argument. And, I completely agree, they should be playing 10-15 minutes a game in the regular season, and a whole bunch of DNP-CDs. But, when playoffs roll around, if Tim and Manu are healthy and rested, your odds of winning increase significantly.

[Johnny RIngo]

If the spurs are still relying on a 37 year old guard after winning a ship with a stellar TEAM performance and a 22 year old FMVP........ then they are completely ed. Green, KL, Enrique, COJO, etc. should take the torch..... Manu and Tim should be playing 10-15 min during regular season games... dudes are 75% retired already.

[phxspurfan]

just wanted to post in this thread. Done.

[it's me]

spurs pay his salary.. spurs should have final decision on what he does in the summers.... if wants to play in europe, he should go sign a contract in europe

...... that reasoning is BS tbh.... and all morons keep repeating the same .....the ing NBA teams make their money off the ing players that get people's asses to sit down and watch them play. Playing for their national team is more a passion than a business from most international players.

[slick'81]

Just keep patty and Boris nines let Manu rest all season

[eric365]

Sit Manu for the first month of the season. No games, light practice drills. We don't need him to blow out regular season scrubs.

Seriously this.

Give him a normal offseason and physical training time after the summer and says he has whatever fake injury. We don't need him to begin the first 2 month of the season

[ElNono]

Is Client getting paid by the page?

can't disclose

[it's me]

Who said relying? No one said relying. That would be what you call a straw-man argument. And, I completely agree, they should be playing 10-15 minutes a game in the regular season, and a whole bunch of DNP-CDs. But, when playoffs roll around, if Tim and Manu are healthy and rested, your odds of winning increase significantly.

That's what a bunch of morons make it sound like..... all of a sudden Manu is the Lebron of the Spurs.... WTF? and playing for his country would ruin all aspirations.... give me a break, let the old man have a vacation in Spain, play with his friends, have a nice paella and tempranillo wine before retirement lol.

[littlecoyotecoin]

Seriously this.

Give him a normal offseason and physical training time after the summer and says he has whatever fake injury. We don't need him to begin the first 2 month of the season

We won't need to come up with a fake injury. His nickname is El Contusion, for Christ's sake. He'll have SOMETHING to list.

[it's me]

I know.

[Brazil]

dat thread

[Dizzle]

spurs pay manu.. they should own his rights to play basketball...

if he wants to play somewhere else, go sign a contract somewhere else

[littlecoyotecoin]

spurs pay manu.. they should own his rights to play basketball...

if he wants to play somewhere else, go sign a contract somewhere else

Subtlety is lost on you. You are a dumb person.

[DAF86]

Ginobili played summer before last. He suffered from it. He sucked in the Finals. They lost. That is it and that is all.

And they should have won it all. Thanks for giving another example that proves that Manu's decision has very little to none effect whatsover in the Spurs' le chances for next season.

[littlecoyotecoin]

And they should have won it all. Thanks for giving another example that proves that Manu's decision has very little to none effect whatsover in the Spurs' le chances for next season.

But, they didn't do it all. 'Should haves' get the trophy stored in Miami. And, jokes made about Manu because he was spent, and had 8 turnovers that would have made a free-throw here and there irrelevant. You're looking for support where there is none. Manu's own words put that loss on his shoulders.

[DAF86]

But, they didn't do it all. 'Should haves' get the trophy stored in Miami. And, jokes made about Manu because he was spent, and had 8 turnovers that would have made a free-throw here and there irrelevant. You're looking for support where there is none. Manu's own words put that loss on his shoulders.

Dude, stop trying to be right and get what I'm saying.

[Mel_13]

spurs pay manu.. they should own his rights to play basketball...

if he wants to play somewhere else, go sign a contract somewhere else

In a thread replete with moronic takes, this one is this worst.

[vander]

Dude, stop trying to be right and get what I'm saying.

you're saying that the Spurs payed Manu for nothing in 2013 because his performance/contribution was irreverent and they should have won in spite of him?

so, then why would they pay for that a second time?

[DAF86]

you're saying that the Spurs payed Manu for nothing in 2013 because his performance/contribution was irreverent and they should have won in spite of him?

so, then why would they pay for that a second time?

Nope, I'm saying that if the Spurs were able to get that far/win it all with Manu/Tony not being fully fit then I don't see why they can't do it again next season therefore I don't understand why folks are freaking out so much.

[Pocho La Pantera]

personally I would trade him for whatever I could get. maybe Spurs could work a deal with Indy to sign and trade Stephenson.

You would have traded him since 2004, off loser.

[SupremeGuy]

I'm getting sick of international players making money off of the NBA and then ing them over by playing for their country. What a load of . We need more Americans like Tim and Kawhi. And yes, Tim is American.

Amen! It needs to start being written into their contracts.