Maurice Ginobili?
It works both ways though. In a recent interview, Manu speculated that a reason he's been embraced by San Antonio is because of his Latin roots, being Spanish speaking and all that.
Skip to 5:28:
http://www.nba.com/spurs/video/2013/...ilimp4-2495633
So yeah it cuts both ways. Basically, if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle, tbh.
Tim, Dave, Manu, Pop, Leonard, and Bruce are my heroes. Black, white, whatever.
Manu is white (I am, too, as if it means anything), so I guess people, including white folks, hate white dudes. Nothing new there. Germans, Irish, and Italians were all hated once. Who notices now? Nobody. People try to turn ethnicity into race all throughout history. It is quite irrelevant.
Frankly, being a non-black, non-American player in a majority black, majority American league may actually work in Manu's favor. He is unique. As special a player as we have ever seen. He will be remembered for what he has done. You'll see.
I like good players and guys with character. Their race and ethnic origin mean NOTHING (other than I admire a guy like Manu who played in so many different places and learned different languages to speak to his fans). The Spurs show exactly what MLK meant in the "I Have a Dream" speech. I am proud of our guys. They come from all over, they're a TEAM, and they win!
Last edited by Skull-1; 06-08-2013 at 08:40 AM.
This is probably another good thread to bring up Rasho Nesterovic, if he were a black dude would he be regarded as a better big than David Robinson, Carl Herrera, and Tim Duncan??
Bird? It's been a while since he was a sports icon. Other than some white QBs and a swimmer or two, what white sports figure is Americ'a darling? Times have changed.
Sorry that you were faced with such ignorance. The strange thing is when people speak like that they tend to embarrass themselves in public, and it becomes part of their maturation away from such stupidity. When we totally shut people up, even with their harmful words, then the ignorance festers into something so much more dangerous.
When someone tries yo get into your head like that, you can always return the favor with an intelligent quote, and send him back into the box of duh. The worst thing you can do is get into an argument of four letter words that merits the phrase stupid is as stupid does.
Agree completely. Everything else you've said since then is just stupid . The only people who say Larry Bird is overrated never watched him play. By that rationale, America should love Kevin McHale as much as every player that ever competed against him does.
Tyrone Ginobili?
I don't agree in some of points but to put Manu alongside Kobe, Wade, McGrady, and Iverson IS a major plus.
The writer needs to travel more inside & outside of U.S. because Manu is very popular also in other countries like ours. I see a lot of Duncan & #20 wearing-jerseys here.
Manu is clutch and maybe the most fun to watch in his prime. Now I blame it on his scare & NOT TO get INJURED again, so he is not flashy as we like him to be.
Last edited by milkyway21; 06-08-2013 at 10:14 PM.
well to be honest BIrd is easily top 15 not 20. but I have a hard time ranking him above these players. I'm talking about pure skill level and dominance:
duncan
jordan
magic
kareem
wilt
russell
kobe
hakeem
james
shaq
robertson
If manu was black, he would've had a shoe deal a long time ago.
If Serena Williams was white shed already been named the best tenis player ever and would be biggest sports star in the USA
Why's that? She hasn't caught up to Chris Evert Lloyd, Martina Navratilova or Steffi Graf.
She's fifth all time in grand slams, so only a ing moron would say that she's the best ever.
What a stupid racist thread, should be locked tbh.
Manu benefited a lot from being Latino and there's nothing that'd led anyone to believe that him being black would change anything.
Even Wade who had a better career is signed with some ty Chinese brand, do you expect him to have his own Nike line? This thread is beyond stupid.
LOL holy is that writer serious?
How much more loved could Manu be? He's gotten nothing but respect from the media both in SA locally and around the NBA. He IS plenty of people's heros. This is some of the most re ed ever.
I forget, is Manu Hispanic or Latino?
Manu is still my Hero & U.O.E.N.O. It!!!
Larry Bird is at the very least top five. Should him be white, black or green, it wouldn't matter, he'd be top five.
Yes he was a great player top 25 of all time. The best white american to ever play in the NBA?
LOL and Timmy is #1 and Jordan was 15th??
Im sorry but this must be done. Im going to name 7-8 players from the last 25 years that had more skill and would rank higher
and Lets remember Bird played on a All-Star team, so here goes really quick I'll name a few
1.Timmy
2.Shaq
3.Jordan
4.KG
5.Iverson (only star on team and nba scoring champ)
6. The Dream! Hakeem
7.Kobe and yes I Hate Kobe
8.Shall I keep going?? Ok fine! Malone and Robinson
9. I left off players like Durant and King James...Many others are just as good as Bird that are also left off
Last edited by TimmyDuncan21; 06-09-2013 at 07:00 AM.
Anyone who ever saw him play would have to agree. In any event the top player of his generation, probably. The man was awesome and worthy of every accolade.
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