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Manu is not underpaid.
He makes a lot more money than I do and I do not play a game for a living.
I think Manu can feed his family with his paycheck, yes?
Maybe, but are you his agent?
Don't try to make people believe that there is a conflict where there is none. Manu is more than happy in SA because he wants to be in a compe ive team that is a serious le contender every year, but since you are a Portland fan that must be hard to understand.Only j/k
Manu is not underpaid.
He makes a lot more money than I do and I do not play a game for a living.
I think Manu can feed his family with his paycheck, yes?
True enough.
Manu does, however, make far less than the free market would bear for his talents and abilities.
Oh, please. If NBA stars were content to make enough to live on, NO ONE would demand million dollar contracts. By your logic, Tim Duncan is "overpaid." Try telling him that...
If you want to get into a debate of how much NBA stars are paid, (which I agree, they are overpaid, but then, I'm not paying their salaries), that's a whole 'nother thread.
The fact is, Manu could be getting more from another team for what he does.
In fact, he probably could get A LOT more. And before people go "whoa, how much more?" I'm not just talking about his court skills (which in my opinion, are priceless), but the "buzz" that surrounds him. Manu is a "superstar" now (and yes, that term is overused), and teams will want him just to sell tickets. Especially with the fast pace of the "new" NBA, Manu's worth will continue to grow.
Spurs were smart to find him early, and lucky to keep him for what they are paying him.
I'm glad he's getting his due. I remember when watching the Spurs during the 2003 playoffs being impressed with Ginobili's game to the point that I thought he should be starting over Stephen Jackson. I told my friends/family "that guy is going to be a star one day" and they were like "What?!?". I was like look at him...everytime he comes in the game he makes things happen on both ends. I started following his career closely and I would get aggravated with Popovich's short leash on Manu because I knew he could break out if he was given some freedom. I think the Olympics was the best thing to happen for Ginobili. It's seemed to open Popovich's eyes of his total game and he finally let go of that leash. Now if only he could start playing him a little more...say 35 minutes a game
That was not my post. happens and it happened to me...
This is what I'd truly like to say: Emmanuel Ginobili is not your average guy. Because he's not your average guy, you can't apply average laws to him. He totally baffles me! Is he a fluke, or is this incredible talent a long-term thing?
My problem is that I've never been faced with such an outrageous talent before. You want to think that this awesome quickness, craftiness, explosiveness is a flash in the pan. How in could somebody this good keep it up?
But we are mere mortals. We recognize our limitations. We expect that every other human has the same limitations. Then along comes Manu Ginobili...
Ginobili is forcing us to rediscover ourselves and question the limitations we believe to exist. I'm as excited that a human has forced us to question our desire to limit other humans as I am that a fellow human has done a "Nah! Nah!" in our faces.
I love Manu Ginobili, even when he fails. He is so much more for trying than anyone else is for whining...
Ginobili is the Number One on the Spurs. Duncan is now number two.
Late.
OMG, what are my eyes reading? Have you converted to the Ginobili church? Were you baptised?
Hummm Manu was MPV in almost every compe ion he was in, but ... better than TD, wow ... so much .. so early, perhaps in this moment Manu is doing some "things", but as he said ... "DO NOT forget I play next to TD, TP and the rest of Spurs"
You should then change your sig to "Without Duncan and Ginobili, we are ed"
Anyways, welcome back from the Dark Side.
The other day I thought .. man he's playing like Jordan...
I am glad that he is a Spur. And I hope all this newly-found s om (in the rest of the U.S.) guarantees that he remain a starter. I think fans want to see a star from the beginning of a game. And he does not have an ego problem so I am sure that he would not want to be involved in a controversy as to who is no. 1. He stated after game 2 that Duncan was the best player on the team and we know that Tim is no. 1.
But Manu is a great no. 2.
He's Super Man-u ( better what out Suns!)
On the news the other night they showed him on the front cover of ESPN the magazine. Do ya'll know when that issue comes out?
I believe it is June... so hopefully any time now.
I saw the cover in the paper. Looks awesome. Hey, have you guys seen our terrific trio on the cover of Slam yet?
I highly recommend buying it. The article about us is full of our quotes as is one of the most enjoyable ones I have ever read.
Manu will become an endorsement King. Kids and Chicks love him.
Nope available here, post a pic
But I thought Manu = Manure?
link to pic
tnx to Kidd 91, from another forum
tnx!!!
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