Well then he feels that playing in the NBA enables a player to extend his career as opposed to playing in the international leagues wearing you down faster, but he doesn't start hitting his exercise routine until the start of this interview, and it's only running that he says he has started doing. Hmmmm.......he can do anything he wants. I'll take a Manu semitired but sharp and accurate with reflexes over a Manu completely rested but off the mark come regular season, wouldn't you?
Regular Season;. He'll be ready come playoff time.
the Olympics.
olympics are stupid...
The Olympics are very political and used to show off the host country in a positive light. If you have children, check their toothpaste label very carefully
Agree, Manu sniffs the playoffs approach como un montero que tiene hambre por la caza.
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He's sick of seeing the same old faces of the NBA.
Thank you for posting the link.
He's dying for ... come on Manu, play instead of speak
I think NBA fans don't realize the importance of international basketball. In Soccer the World Cup is the main event. In basketball the Olympics and World Championships are starting to have a similar impact. Americans assume that international compe ion is lame, but since the U.S.A. team can't ever win, international fans might disagree.
Americans, at least my american family, trends to consider themselves as the center of the know universe, even they got surprise we an undeveloped country got a decent subway
What is essentialy different is the feeling they got about Intl events, FIFA World Cup, Olympics, FIBA World Cup are major events in those sports.
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Americans, at least my american family, trends to consider themselves as the center of the know universe, even they got surprise we an undeveloped country got a decent subway
What is essentialy different is the feeling they got about Intl events, FIFA World Cup, Olympics, FIBA World Cup are major events in those sports.
It's not so much not being into International Events, Americans prefer not being pelted with a variety of OBJECTS, save the whole RUMBLE in the PALACE. We're also not real big on RIOTS, unless it's something political. Secondly, America is all about CONVINENCE. If it ain't convinent, than it happenin'. International compe ion in NOT CONVINENT.
oh yeah, there are constantly riots and projectile throwing all the time in the olympics and WC. there is no security at all!
and convenience explains why the US only wins at home, like in atlanta, and indianapolis. ok, maybe just atlanta.
the olympics? you weren't saying that if TD would have won a gold one
Yeah, they never finished HS. So stupid.
Yeah, you are right, US team should play only in places where everybody kisses their asses. Home court is everything Yeah!!!!!
Not at all. I love watching Team USA play international ball, and I love seeing teams like Argentina step up on the world scene.
I just hate seeing Spurs play during the off-season when they could be resting for another championship season.
Team NBA Championship > Gold medal imfo.
I'd rather he rests his foot.the olympics? you weren't saying that if TD would have won a gold one
Sharing a gold medal with Bryant and Melo....yuck.
It is an issue for NBA players. Do you rest, or represent your country on the international stage?
For Spurs players it is more of an issue because they go deep into the playoffs, and their season is in effect longer. That makes the off-season rest period shorter.
I don't see how there could be any dissension about the topic in question. The thing that unifies all of the posters here (save the trolls) is that we are all Spurs fans, not Olympics fans/fans from Argentina-France-Slovenia or what have you. Playing during the off season is dangerous and just so I say it before someone else does: it's much more dangerous than the chance of getting hit by a bus perchance. One is random and one had more probable chances. We should want our team's players to rest up especially after such a playoff run. Just like another poster said: ready for playoffs > ready for regular season
He wants to play for his country. It's the same fire that drives him to excel on the Spurs. You can't have one without the other.
If he laces up for Argentina in 08, I'll be cheering for him just as hard.
Wrong, we are all basketball fans. And the Olympics is great basketball. I'm guessing you didn't watch Athens in 2004.
CBF has stayed silent on manu ever since he got his head out of his ass during the playoffs but I have to speak up.
Screw
That
Stuff
Manu + Olympics = Argentina Glory + Spurs Agony.
No thank you. Keep him away from the Olympics at all costs.
I used to want Manu to rest during the summer, but he actually plays better when he doesn't take a break in the summer. The 2004 Olympic Gold was his springboard to one of the best playoff runs I've ever seen during the 2005 playoffs.
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