“I’m the MANU of football” Lionel Messi on being compared with Hall of Famer Manu Ginobili
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Manu Ginobili, the San Antonio Spurs underrated legend was one of the headliners for Saturday night’s enshrinement event in Springfield, Massachusetts. The 4xNBA Champ spent all 16 of his NBA seasons in San Antonio, forming a Big Three with Tim Duncan and Tony Parker that was, and undoubtedly will remain, one of the league’s greatest. Ginobili has played in more games than any other player in NBA history, and he has a greater winning percentage (72.1%)
Lionel Messi of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) was humbled when a journalist likened him to NBA player Manu Ginobili. A journalist then made a comparison between Ginobili and the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner. The Argentine, on the other hand, made a humble remark, claiming that it should have been the other way around. “It makes me very proud to hear a journalist Say that Manu is the Messi of basketball. In fact they should say that I am the Manu of football.”
Manu Ginobili gets enshrined in the NBA
Manu Ginobili is perhaps the most adored player in San Antonio Spurs history. He has built a successful international basketball career that few can equal in addition to his accomplishment in the NBA. Ginobili won four NBA championships during his 16-year tenure with the Spurs and had a career winning percentage of.721 (762-295), which is the highest in NBA history for players who have played in at least 1,000 games.
Ginobili was the Spurs’ all-time leader in 3-pointers made (1,495) and steals (1,392) despite being selected 57th overall in the 1999 Draft. He also finished his career third in games played (1,057), fourth in assists (4,001), fourth in free throws made (3,380), and fifth in points (14,043). He was a two-time All-Star (2005, 2011), a member of the All-NBA Third Team in 2008 and 2011, and the NBA Sixth Man of the Year in 2008.
After moving remarks by the other twelve members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2022, it was finally time for Spurs great Manu Ginobili to deliver the event’s closing address. He was greeted with the largest round of applause of the evening. The “Manu” chanting began as soon as emcee Ahmad Rashad said his name. They made you believe they were in San Antonio.
In his speech, he expressed gratitude to Gregg Popovich and told Duncan that the coach had taught him how to lead while still being the finest player to ever play. Then he talked about how Tony Parker and he made the ideal partnership because they knew when to complement one another and when to let the other take center stage, at least for the brief moment when it was their ball instead of Duncan’s
Additionally, he gave shoutouts to people like Bruce Bowen, Matt Bonner, Tiago Splitter, Boris Diaw, Michael Finley, and Fabricio Oberto, to name a few, further he acknowledged the whole Spurs organization, including Will Sevening and the equipment managers.
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