Ginobili: I don't feel like Maradona

[Athenea]

I would pay to watch Bowen vs Nocioni

[nkdlunch]

I would pay to watch Bowen vs Nocioni

I second that!

[diego]

whats this about arg team players not being good enough for the spurs?

the spurs more so than any other NBA team have been interested or made formal offers:
nocioni, oberto, scola, montechia...

and in a FIBA game, guys like nazr and parker are considerably less effective (lack of shooting/passing/ball IQ)

add to that that intl ball has less fouls to give (anybody think that might be a reason why tim fouled out twice ?) and the spurs aggressive D might not be effective.

i dont think arg > spurs, but if they played 100 times under FIBA rules, arg would win at least 10, and possibly up to 40-50. in no way would they be destroyed. the most important skill in FIBA ball is outside shooting to break the zone, and we know that is not a spurs strength.

under NBA rules on the other hand, no contest, argentina gets killed.

happy now TimVP?

[MaNuMaNiAc]

I understand that, but Ginobili not winning Finals MVP shouldn't trump the Spurs winning the NBA championship. I gather that the Argentine media (and some of its people) would have been happier if the Spurs lost in the Finals but Manu was named MVP.

you seem to overlook the fact that not every Argentinian is a basketball fan, and more importantly not every Argentinian basketball fan is a Spurs fan. however, every Argentinian is a fan of Argentinian athletes. So why exactly should Argentinian reporters focus on the performance of other Spurs when the national interest lies on Manu. Only real basquetball fans care about how each and every player performed, and over here real basketball fans are not a majority. You're not being realistic Timvp.

I also disagree about the Spurs DESTROYING the Argentinian national team, although I do think the Spurs would win, I don't think it would be by a wide margin.

P.S. Hey TimVP, if its not too much trouble, I would love to find out more about your grandfather. If you could send me a PM with the info that would be great.

[manubili]

it's an interesting and absurd discussion. It had never happened, and never will.

You can always be right hipothetically.

I think (and hope) that Manu is just the first argie player in his way to the top of the NBA. He's not just an exception.

But, only time will tell. I can't wait to see what happens next season.

nkdlunch, where are you from??? I thought you were from Argentina too!

BTW: Manu always talks about young brazilians players that are about to explode. They already own us in football, please, let us keep with basketball, in southamerica at least! Brazilians are so damn talented!

[Jelly]

whats this about arg team players not being good enough for the spurs?

the spurs more so than any other NBA team have been interested or made formal offers:
nocioni, oberto, scola, montechia...

and in a FIBA game, guys like nazr and parker are considerably less effective (lack of shooting/passing/ball IQ)

add to that that intl ball has less fouls to give (anybody think that might be a reason why tim fouled out twice ?) and the spurs aggressive D might not be effective.

i dont think arg > spurs, but if they played 100 times under FIBA rules, arg would win at least 10, and possibly up to 40-50. in no way would they be destroyed. the most important skill in FIBA ball is outside shooting to break the zone, and we know that is not a spurs strength.

under NBA rules on the other hand, no contest, argentina gets killed.

happy now TimVP?

Don't go getting your panties in a twist. Nobody said that Argentine players aren't good enough. Obviously, we San Antonians are very thrilled with our Argentinean player extraordinaire.

[Jelly]

If you're laughing at how Argetine press covers the NBA, you should see how much they laugh when they hear US press talking about soccer.

Good point. Although I have to tell you I NEVER hear the US press talking about soccer. (but I'm sure they do in some obscure circles, and I'm sure that whatever they do say it probably sounds pretty silly to real "futbol" fans)