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All I can say is i'm upset that he got hurt again. He will be back though. So i'm still optimistic.
Manu makes only 9 m a year, that's a lot lower than even some role players. You under pay him, you cant complain about him being injured, get over it.
The Spurs got just what they deserved. They sat around all off season and refused to get younger. They chose to gamble their future on an over 30 Duncan and banged up over 30 Ginobli along with a slow, over 30 Oberto in the middle.
At this point in his career Ginobli is a 20-25 minute a game man. They needed to go out and get a legit starting SG. But instead they resign Finley.
What the is it with these incredibly ignorant takes?
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Duncan isn't a "gamble", Duncan is still the cornerstone of this franchise.
He is 30 as well as Bowen, Ginobli, Oberto and Finley. Duncan needs help, he can't go out there and put up 30 & 15 any more. We needed to get younger and more athletic. Yet we wanted to keep it Jurrasic Park. Cant blame Ginobli when all along we knew that he was breaking down. We needed a legit starter at 2Guard and Finley aint it
The free agents the Spurs chose to go after signing elsewhere =/= the Spurs choosing to keep it "Jurrasic Park".
Sheesh, the influx of ignorance this summer has been worse than most.
I was expecting Argentina to defend its le. Until Manu was downed. But still they have superb 1st half game with Scola and bench taking control.When I saw Manu went down and didn't return in the 2nd half I was not interested to watch the entire game anymore.
I knew they had no chance but a Spur now with the ankle injury? that was so devastating for me. With our new recruits, I was looking forward to a BIG start for the 2008-09 season. But that was what you wanted to see, right? Beat Manu! Beat Manu!
Clearly you can see USA had beaten Argentina but not Manu. And with their All-Star line the led went down to just 6 pts? That was no revenge. Hey I notice that odd smile faded on Melo's face after thatthat was scary
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Okay despite Kobe's bestselling jersey in China you can still hear the loud boos in the arena. I was surprised. The whole world is not behind you afterall.
SO ARE YOU HAPPY NOW AMERICA?
It would have taken divine intervention for Argentina to beat the US team, even with Manu Ginobili playing.
Are you kidding me? Are you really that stupid? Give me the names of all the $9-10MM role players. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.
Manu's stength became his weakness. His burning desire to play in the Olympics was more important to him than his long term health.
The pressure of his country's wishes meant more to him than getting 100%healthy.
I love it when the Argies call Spurs fans selfish for worrying about the ramifications of this injury on the coming NBA season. And yet, the Argentine Olympic "Powers that be" pick an injured athlete to carry the opening ceremony flag in a not so subtle way of pressuring him into playing. How is that NOT selfish as well?
This Olympic experience will have a long term effect on Ginobili's basketball career. That's unfortunate.
wouldn't listen to pop nooooo had to go and play in the ing olympics
The guy was under intense pressure from his countrymen to play.
I am not so sure he really had that much of a choice, it is expected in Argentina that he would and should play, if he didn't play he would have been under heavy criticism there.
Very tough break, sorry to see it.
He say it before the injury: "i want and i will go"
I'm sure this has been posted somewhere already, but he had a severe ankle sprain his rookie year, didn't play for the first part of the season, then went on to win a championship. Yes, I realize that he was younger then, but he's still an athlete in better condition than most.
Weren't people wanting him to get limited minutes at the beginning of the season anyway? I'd say they're getting their wish.
Well hopefully Manu's MRI comes out well. If I were to guess, I would say we don't see him play until December or later. But that's a total guess.
wow, that sucks. Hope he gets better soon
Does someone know when Manu will have his MRI ?
It seems that they canceled today's one because of swelling in his ankle.
Will they wait that he came back to SA ?
I'm guessing they would do it as soon as the swelling subsides enough ... 2-3 days, maybe?
I have a feeling this is going to be one of those things that doesn't go away this season.
Why the is it so hard to believe that Manu might just have wanted to play in his last Olympics?? I'm not saying you're wrong, people here obviously wanted Manu to play, but pressure wasn't the only factor here. Manu would have played either way IMO.
This is the worst offseason in franchise history
part of me is dreading the result of the MRI...i'm thinking that his ankle has some serious damage to it and he may miss the season...i hope not.
What if he said otherwise. Would our Argentinian fans have been ok with this? Keeping in mind the service that he's already given to the NT. Where i come from it would be ok. I suspect in Argentina probably not.
Yah i agree Manu wanted to play and im sure that's how it will always be but when he showed no improvement from injury, having his own doubts about being able to play. The naming of him as flagbearer woould of made it very hard for him to say NO. The timing of it seemed very opportunistic.
Last edited by Slippy; 08-23-2008 at 09:03 PM.
Manu LOVES olympics and NT. There's no presure here.
Manu showed improvement from injury. But his doctor say that was a time-bomb for anytime (NT or Spurs)
Everybody knew Manu was the flagbearer many months ago. Was too ovious.
You are right. You could tell from Manu's interviews how important this was to him in his soul. I believe with zero pressure, he would have still wanted to play. Manu loves the Olympics and playing for his country.
are you a spurs fan are whaat..Spurs fan dont laugh over a star player that just got injured!...Stupid
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