Monroe: Spurs sure Manu will play in Beijing

[SPURSGOAT]

And when the Argentine Olympic Committee announced that Ginobili had been chosen to carry the Argentine flag in the opening ceremonies?

“I knew it was all over,” Popovich said. “I e-mailed Manu something like ‘I’m sure that’s not going to affect your decision at all.’?”

The Spurs’ head coach is encouraged by Ginobili’s e-mailed assurances that the ankle feels strong, but he will be watching Argentina’s games in Beijing holding his breath.

“He said the ankle has felt great in his one-on-one workouts and in his personal training,” Popovich said. “He’s out of shape and says his calves are hurting from all the running he’s been doing, but the important thing is that he says the ankle feels good.”

This right here; you can tell Pop is getting fed up with this... as I have said before, don't be surprised if he gets traded in a couple of seasons if he keeps pulling this kind of crap.

[Brutalis]

Oh well they will be knocked out of the tourney quick anyway.

[Brutalis]

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some Pics today




looks like manu is playing for the rockets summer league team.

He looks old now.

[SPURSGOAT]

Oh well they will be knocked out of the tourney quick anyway.

That would be best... less risk of injury.

[benefactor]

Wonder how many will change their tune about him being "patriotic" when he is not available for the first 2 months of the season? I hope he is alright...I do. But I worry about him not being honest about it. We will see when the tourney starts.

I still maintain that if he is not 100% and could possibly hurt the Spurs by risking himself in the Olympics he is being selfish. There is a fine line between selfishness and national pride.

[MmP]

Even if Manu was really hurting, he'd still play. He gave Pop some lip service but I highly doubt Ginobili ever considered not playing.

That's totaly untrue. Way off. Try to moderate in what you say. You can't just assume things.

When Manu gave his first press conference a month ago he was almost assuming he wasn't going to play. He worked hard his ass to be 100% phisicaly to be able to play. But his attendance in the olympics was uncertain until this week.

[Spurs Brazil]

I hope Manu wins the gold again