Manu lost an award of 'best hispanic basketball player of the year' to....

[Guajalote]

Shaq got cheated on this award. Perhaps if he had insisted on the correct Spanish pronunciation of his name, he would have been an award recipient.

Just remember for future reference: "Shaquille O'Neal" is correctly pronounced
"sha-KEY-yay oh nay ALL"

[kuato]

He is. His dad and mom were born in Argentina and he was born in Argentina. That the family tree can be traced back to Italy doesn't make him any less Hispanic.
I'm actually in the exact same situation as Manu. My grandfather was Italian, and I have dual citizenship. Doesn't make me any less of an Hispano.

----> That happens a lot with argentinian people because there was 2 great eropean inmigrations to South America and speccially to Argentina, the american dream was not only in North America, there was some kind of american dream in Argentina too.

[GOUTSA]

I had no idea Carmelo Anthony was half-Puerto Rican. Which he is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmelo...#Personal_life

Manu Ginobili, however, is not Hispanic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu_Gi..._personal_life
He was descended from Italian immigrants. The fact that he was nominated for this award shows how little the award means, IMO.

He's from a spanish speaking country, doesn't that mean he's hispanic?

[Supergirl]

He's from a spanish speaking country, doesn't that mean he's hispanic?

No, actually, Hispanic means people of Spanish descent: "Etymologically, the term "Hispanic" is derived from Hispania,[1] the name given by the ancient Romans to the Iberian Peninsula (present-day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar)." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic

Now, the article on Wikipedia goes on:
"During the 1970s, the United States Government defined the term "Hispanic" to identify Latin American individuals, and their descendants, living in the U.S. regardless of race.

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget currently defines "Hispanic or Latino" as "a person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race".

The terms Hispanic and Latino tend to be used interchangeably in the United States due largely to a syntax inconsistency between the English language and the Spanish language.[citation needed] Some define the term "Latino" as a shortened version of the noun '"Latin American." Others define the word "Latin" as the name of the language used by the ancient Romans, while "Latino" is the name given to the people who spoke the language."

[lotr1trekkie]

Melo can't speak english very well. Now it all makes sense. When did he cross the Rio Grande?

[hater]

No, actually, Hispanic means people of Spanish descent: "Etymologically, the term "Hispanic" is derived from Hispania,[1] the name given by the ancient Romans to the Iberian Peninsula (present-day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar)." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic

Now, the article on Wikipedia goes on:
"During the 1970s, the United States Government defined the term "Hispanic" to identify Latin American individuals, and their descendants, living in the U.S. regardless of race.

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget currently defines "Hispanic or Latino" as "a person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race".

The terms Hispanic and Latino tend to be used interchangeably in the United States due largely to a syntax inconsistency between the English language and the Spanish language.[citation needed] Some define the term "Latino" as a shortened version of the noun '"Latin American." Others define the word "Latin" as the name of the language used by the ancient Romans, while "Latino" is the name given to the people who spoke the language."

hispanic also means your mother tongue is spanish. So Manu is hispanic. never trust wikipedia 100%.

[ShoogarBear]

So a black guy beat out a white guy for hispanic player of the year?

You shouldn't have bought out Bob's Smokehouse.

[ShoogarBear]

This is good. Haven't had a good "Manu is Hispanic?" thread in a while.

[E20]

Kobe Byrant is 1/8th mexican he should have gotten the award.

[Trainwreck2100]

You shouldn't have bought out Bob's Smokehouse.

I didn't but it out