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people who wanted to trade patty and keep parker as the starter
people without foresight and hindsight
parker averaging 3.8 assistsand 1.6 turnovers for a 2.4 assist to turnover ratio...
manu averaging 3.5 assists and .2 turnovers for a 21.0 assist to turnover ratio
Tony looked injured, tbh...people who wanted to trade patty and keep parker as the starter
people without foresight and hindsight
parker averaging 3.8 assists
manu averaging 3.5 assists and .2 turnovers for a 21.0 assist to turnover ratio
ing , YouTube video isn't available in my area. Any alternative sources?
Batum practically maxed contract with a huge disappearing act in an Olympics elimination game. I don't think he's done, he's too young a guy, but he never caught rhythm and he can get passive fir a guy of his size and talent.... didn't go down swinging, that's disappointing.
U live in Mexico?
Time to move outta Beijing bro.
And so it begins...
Manu strikes me as one to get emotional in the Spurs farewell tour.
I don't mind it, I just hope it isn't an all year thing. Obviously everyone can't just back out like Tim and skip the attention tour, but just be decent about it. A player retiring not named Tim Duncan shouldn't overshadow an entire season of basketball.
Manu strikes me as one to get emotional in the Spurs farewell tour.
Don't think it will be all year long, at least not from his part, but he's gonna get emotional when he plays his last game, and that's how it should be
Naturally. And he should soak that in, he has had a of a run.
"A Hall of Fame player. A Hall of Fame compe or. And as fierce a compe or that as a coach I've had to face in my entire time in international basketball," Krzyzewski said. "Really, there's been nobody completely like him. He plays all positions. And with the heart and commitment that he's had for his country, no one could have represented his country at a higher level or better than Manu Ginobili. ... Ultimate respect from all of us."
Ginobili, 39 won't play in the Olympics again, and after the final horn sounded, U.S. forward Carmelo Anthony wrapped his arms around a player who beat him in his first Olympics but also a man he has grown to respect.
"I know what he means not just to basketball in Argentina but to the country as a whole," said Anthony, a four-time Olympian. "He's put in a lot of work, and he has represented them in a great fashion. He's put that country on his back over the years, and I just told him, 'Thank you,' especially for me playing against him over the past four Olympics. I just wanted to say, 'Thank you.'"
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Argentina legend @manuginobili says farewell to @FIBA ball in Brazil of all places ... but love was in the air ->
By the time Argentina head coach Sergio Hernandez took him out of the gamem a section of the Carioca Arena 1 crowd gave the 2004 Olympic gold medalist a standing ovation. Players on the USA bench joined the spectators in paying tribute to Ginobili.
One of those players was recently crowned NBA champion Kyrie Irving.
The Cleveland Cavaliers guard explained to FIBA.com the reason behind his gesture for the Argentine icon.
"He has offered so much, not only to the NBA but to the global game," the 24-year said. "I just appreciate his talent. Just him being a championship winner and a lot of kids want to envy that. Not just in Argentina but worldwide. Watching his game, watching him for years even before I got to the NBA, it's just a lot of respect and a lot of love for what he's given to the game of basketball. "
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Mike Krzyzewski can still picture the whole scene. It's one of his favorite stories to recount from his time in international basketball, how he looked back over his shoulder in his first Olympics as Team USA head coach to get a handle on all the commotion behind him before a semifinal game in Beijing.
"In the tunnel, not in the view of any spectators, was the Argentina team," Krzyzewski said, "dancing together and showing spirit.
"It was beautiful. And that's how they competed."
"I love them," Coach K concluded.
"First of all, we beat an outstanding ... not just a team," Krzyzewski said. "They're what I call a program. An amazing culture.
"Congratulations to Argentina and the magnificence they've shown the world for the last almost two decades."
This was a night to pay tribute to Ginobili, Scola, Andres Nocioni and Carlos Delfino.
The last four holdovers from the seminal 2004 Argentina squad that, after failing to qualify for Sydney in 2000, stunned Team USA in the semifinals and somehow won the gold medal in their first try together.
"Truly amazing," said Kryzewski, who will never forget the achievement because he otherwise might never have had this job.
So both Krzyzewski and Team USA veteran Carmelo Anthony, who was just a 20-year-old on the roster in 2004, made sure not to leave the floor without letting Ginobili, now 39, know how honored they were to scrap with the Argentines for all these years.
"I'm not going to say the exact words [they told me]," Ginobili said. "They were just very cool and important displays of affection and respect."
USA/Argentina, in similar fashion to Spain's 92-67 cruise, was realistically over as a contest in the third quarter, but the Argentina fans serenaded their heroes with song and dance and chants for the entire fourth, paying tribute to the Class of '04 in the only manner they knew how.
Several of the Americans on the court had a similar takeaway, transfixed by an atmosphere they had never experienced.
"I love it, man," Anthony said. "There's nothing like being in front of Brazilians and Argentinians at the same time."
Said teammate Paul George: "This was amazing. We couldn't understand what they were saying, but the environment was just amazing. I'm happy they sent Scola and Manu off on a great note."
And well deserved, but he won't say ahead of time that he's retiring from the Spurs, precisely to avoid the distraction. (I seem to remember an interview he gave the last time Spurs played the Lakers and they asked him about the Kobe retirement tour, and he said something to the effect that it was fine for Kobe, given the cir stances of the franchise, but that it wouldn't be appropriate for the Spurs and what the team was trying to accomplish for the season to have a farewell tour because it is a distraction for everyone else).
He likely goes into the summer same as he has the past couple of seasons, with that uncertainty. But this emotional farewell from international compe ion seems to have started a closure chapter for Manu. If feels very different from Tony, who also said farewell to international compe ion by the way. For the french fans, Brazil and crew, bittersweet too, I imagine, but it doesn't have the same aura of finality that Manu has and it's not my attachment to either player. I admire both as HoF Spurs, it just Manu's feels different bc it's closer to the real end to his career.
Huge loss for Argentina.
What are you guys talking about? I don't recall him saying anything about this being his last year. He said he'll see how he feels at the end the next season before deciding.
Huge fan of Manu, and am so glad this guy is coming back next season.
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