Spurs refuse Manu permission to play in FIBA tournament

[ElNono]

I think they're going to wait out the 8 weeks the Spurs said it was going to take to recover (around Aug 15), do another study, and send it again to San Antonio...

[Brazil]

offseason

[barakz21]

Nope. I just think he's still waiting out for a miracle recovery.

I see, thanks!

[Mikeanaro]

https://twitter.com/cabboficial
Hes out, some Spurs and Fiba agreed makes his comeback impossible, I tried to embed the tweet but thats like asking a deaf to sing, I never use that .

[kolko]

This is official: according to the Argentine Basketball Confederation, Manu will not play the World Cup.

http://cabb.com.ar/noticia_ficha.php?id=8035

[ABC]

Thanks kolko. Sounds pretty final.

[will_spurs]

https://twitter.com/cabboficial
Hes out, some Spurs and Fiba agreed makes his comeback impossible, I tried to embed the tweet but thats like asking a deaf to sing, I never use that .

That translates to:

Manu Ginobili won't play in the World Championship in Spain. The San Antonio Spurs aren't authorizing it, using a clause from the FIBA/NBA agreement because of his injury. The clause specifies that "NBA players aren't allowed to play with their national team if there's a reasonable concern with their health".

[CAPARG]

https://twitter.com/cabboficial/stat...18352737845248

[TE]

https://twitter.com/cabboficial
Hes out, some Spurs and Fiba agreed makes his comeback impossible, I tried to embed the tweet but thats like asking a deaf to sing, I never use that .

ed up

Good news nonetheless. Thank god. We won't see another 2013 manu again until he retires

[ManuGinobiliArg]

Manu is not going to the World .... You are happy?? Manu not sure this happy as you!!

[exstatic]

Manu is not going to the World .... You are happy?? Manu not sure this happy as you!!

I'm elated.

[kobyz]

Manu might gonna grudge on us!

[Mikeanaro]

ed up

Good news nonetheless. Thank god. We won't see another 2013 manu again until he retires

Salute!
Manu played his kiss of death act (Im fine let me play look Im blowing my birthday candles with my teammates my recently defaulted country needs some happiness let me go pleeeeeaaase!!!)but FO didn´t buy it.
Kinda mount splashmore

[Fpoonsie]

[leo_d]

I thought that with the new baby and back to back finals Manu would´ve wanted to rest. But I don´t know why he really wanted to play this WC. I´ve seen him say no to the NT for recomendation of the Spurs but never felt like this one.

You can see that this one was important to him, and even if there is no way he will back down of a 7 million dollar contract, I wonder if this was the right decision for the Spurs best interest, the state of mind in a player is really important, more in a 37 years old one.

You can say that Manu is so compe ive that he will always give 100%, but he is also passionate and this decision clearly hurt him.

I wonder if Duncan and Parker said something about the all thing.

[elemento]

Great news

It makes zero sense to play with a serious injury forcing things when you're 37 y/o. It's good for Manu and San Antonio.

[SupremeGuy]

Manu is not going to the World .... You are happy?? Manu not sure this happy as you!!

Yes, we're happy. you.

[buttsR4rebounding]

Manu is a pro. This will have no impact on his play (other than he will be fresher and hopefully more productive). I think he will join the Tim Duncan club this year and get a couple of DNP--Old's.

[Mel_13]

The rules gave Manu the right to play several summers when the Spurs would have preferred to see him rest. The same rules give the Spurs the right to prohibit Manu from playing this summer when he would have preferred to do otherwise.

[EVAY]

There is also a report out that after Manu played wednesday on his leg, it started hurting him again, and the ARGENTINE group decided he couldn't play.

This is and has always been the right decision, but at least now the injury has been tested in practice and found to hurt him by playing. Even the Argentine federation acknowledged it.

The conspiracy theories are not being supported by facts. In any event, as indicated previously, Manu says he will explain everything in his column in La Nacion.

[leo_d]

Manu is a pro. This will have no impact on his play ...

wishfull thinking.

The impacts of this decision are:

1) Argentina will not go far in the WC, but nobody expected otherwise.
2) Manu will collect his 7 million dolars, as he was suppossed to.

3) The Spurs will not repeat because they will trust an italian guy not to take it personally.

The best thing the Spurs can do is trade him before the playoffs.

[EVAY]

3) The Spurs will not repeat because they will trust an italian guy not to take it personally.

The best thing the Spurs can do is trade him before the playoffs.[/QUOTE]

[kaji157]

The rules gave Manu the right to play several summers when the Spurs would have preferred to see him rest. The same rules give the Spurs the right to prohibit Manu from playing this summer when he would have preferred to do otherwise.

I am ing amazed by the double standard between NBA games and FIBA games.
It was not even a concern when Ginobili played with this injury throughout almost 20 playoff games after it appened in the second game aginst Dallas.
Yet, after he already played that much, quoting him and Pop saying that his injury was minor and unable to affect his play, almost always described as "just some pain in the ankle", it becomes a threatening injury the week after Ginobili announces he will play for Argentina.

If this injury was so serious that he cannot play a game even after SA doctors recovery time is complete (the 8 week period finish at august 15th) wh was he able to play through 21 games inmmediatelly after it happens for the Spurs?

This is a ty rule it should be as the ASG rule when a player has to be out at least the lattest game of his team in order to be allowed to skip it.

So please posters need to shut the F up about the Spurs being honest and all that because they didn´t worry about protecting Manu rght when this happend yet it is a serious threatening injury once they are done compeeting.

[leo_d]

did you know he has double nationality (argentinian and italian), and I really don´t think "Ginobili" is native argentinian last name, but maybe im wrong.

[kaji157]

did you know he has double nationality (argentinian and italian), and I really don´t think "Ginobili" is native argentinian last name, but maybe im wrong.

You are wrong, shut up