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Aww now I feel bad. LET HIM PLAY!!!
put that mofo in his place imo
Aww now I feel bad. LET HIM PLAY!!!
WONT PLAYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!
Well maybe he will after all he can just appear there and say IM MANU GINOBILI 4xNBA CHAMPION NOW MOVE GY!
Even if he is sued by the entire Spurs Organization he is so ing stubborn that you can never know.
Good news. Spurs have a duty of care to protect their players and assets and made the right decision. It Is the Spurs who are giving Manu 7 million this season, they have to protect their 7 million $ asset. If Manu was to play, got injured and miss the NBA season would Manu forfeit that 7 million? Don't think so. NBA is a business. You don't just hand someone 7 million bux then have them go out and risk further damage to an existing injury and then miss the season. Time to rest and heal. Spurs are the employer, Manu is an employee. That's business.
That is better, is a good argument. (?) Spurs Family my ass!
Gotta love them trolls!
Spurs did the right thing.
That is family, not the Spurs family how send letters.
Those hoodies are pretty sick tbh.
are you a real person tbh?
It's hard to imagine anyone getting this upset about the spurs holding a 37 year old Manu with a broken leg out of the FIBA tournament...It's not like the spurs are holding him out of the tournament to spite him. He's injured. If the spurs had known he had an injury as serious as a fractured leg in the NBA finals, no doubt they would've held him out or at the very least strongly considered it/limited his minutes significantly. It's a no-brainer to keep him from hurting himself further here when the potential for aggravating such an injury is so strong. Manu goes all-out, especially in international play. That's what we love about him as a player. He'll play through any injury as long as he can still walk. He has no "50% effort" switch — it's all or nothing. That's dangerous for a guy with a broken leg. Best to have him rest and heal.
When he was a kid a truck parked on top of his head... things were never the same again.are you a real person tbh?
It's hard to imagine anyone getting this upset about the spurs holding a 37 year old Manu with a broken leg out of the FIBA tournament...It's not like the spurs are holding him out of the tournament to spite him. He's injured. If the spurs had known he had an injury as serious as a fractured leg in the NBA finals, no doubt they would've held him out or at the very least strongly considered it/limited his minutes significantly. It's a no-brainer to keep him from hurting himself further here when the potential for aggravating such an injury is so strong. Manu goes all-out, especially in international play. That's what we love about him as a player. He'll play through any injury as long as he can still walk. He has no "50% effort" switch — it's all or nothing. That's dangerous for a guy with a broken leg. Best to have him rest and heal.
major props to the Spurs FO. I hope Manu doesn't pout about this like the Manu s are already doing.
Chances are he'll have more opportunities in the future to play with NT. This will be the last year for the big 3 though. I was talking to someone the other day that's clued me that this will be Manu's last year in the NBA. Take it for what it's worth, but I trust the guy. His friend owns a restaurant that Manu frequents and he pretty much said this was it.
He's not off the hook yet. He needs to win us one more, and then he can do whatever the he wants with his body.
If the Spurs win #6, this thread should be bumped as one of the reasons why, tbh.
And, for someone that is such a stickler for detail, limping is not the equivalent of knowing he has a broken leg. The team may not have wanted to know the extent as long as he was willing to play, but they do have plausible deniability.
David was a more freakish athlete, Manu was the better basketball player. David didn't start playing until later as a kid, and it always seemed to show.
ok, I get it. If Manu was in his prime I'd have been very mad, but that is not the case.
Are people joking with this? Letters remain the principle form of business communication. They can be delivered electronically of course, but physical copies are still the gold standard for formal communication. And in many ways they are more private and can be as personal as you want them.
Actually David was a highly skilled big man. Sure he's not as behind the back dribbler or a great three point shooter, but 7 footers in that era dominated on the block. David was a good post up player and had a good mid range jumper and was a highly skilled defender even after he lost his athleticism.
I wouldn't be surprised if MANU asked for this. Which gives him an out from playing..."The Spurs forced me not to play."
With the state of the Argentinian basketball program (there was a chance Scola, Ginobili, and the rest were going to boycott it anyway)...coupled with his injury...I wouldn't be surprised at all if Manu just decided to let the Spurs take the blame. Which the Spurs would gladly do for him.
Excellent post, tbh.are you a real person tbh?
It's hard to imagine anyone getting this upset about the spurs holding a 37 year old Manu with a broken leg out of the FIBA tournament...It's not like the spurs are holding him out of the tournament to spite him. He's injured. If the spurs had known he had an injury as serious as a fractured leg in the NBA finals, no doubt they would've held him out or at the very least strongly considered it/limited his minutes significantly. It's a no-brainer to keep him from hurting himself further here when the potential for aggravating such an injury is so strong. Manu goes all-out, especially in international play. That's what we love about him as a player. He'll play through any injury as long as he can still walk. He has no "50% effort" switch — it's all or nothing. That's dangerous for a guy with a broken leg. Best to have him rest and heal.
To be fair, I only kept replying when hypocrisy was mentioned. Employers, by the very nature of the relationship, get to be hypocritical. Sorry to sound so redundant, but the hypocrisy mantra was grating, to me.
In Argentina you can not ban a player to represent his country even when in full compe ion, the priority is ARGENTINA SELECT.
something you do not understand.
They will break the spirit of Manu, depues many years in the spurs will send a letter in his day ban birthday?? too bad about the leaders of the Spurs!
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