@MANCHESTER UNITED I don't know what this has to do with anything, but last I checked there is not even 200 recognized nations in the world. Also, I love basketball, not soccer. Not that one man can speak for a country, but you seem to want to do it for "240" of them.
@@javirios3107 Well, RU-vid says that comment was from 2 years ago... I was working on mechanic school 5 days a week at the time and not doing any drugs. So, I was probably not very high.
Manu isn't hall of very good... It isn't the nba hall of fame it's the basketball hall of fame. A gold medal when you're not on the USA team and however many rings manu has is more than enough
@@slusheee3865 He doesn't even travel. Look up what a gather step is. He literally just plays according to the letter of the rules as opposed to people just assuming what is legal based on the feelings they had when they were learning as a kid.
Ginobili was a different breed. He sacrificed himself for team success and accepted to be coming off the bench to change the game. It cost him several all-star games and individual accolades, but brought his team 4 rings. I personally think that he's in the conversation when it comes to the top 5 SGs of all time. In terms of basketball IQ I dare to say nobody's was higher in his era. Ginobili is the ultimate team player who set an example how the game should be played. His career is an eye-opener to see why his game was superior to egotistic ballhogs and statpadders. The only man who comes up in my mind as a close comparison is the late Hondo Havlicek.
I think it’s unfair to that spurs team to talk about any of them being one of the GOATs on an individual basis. They all bought into a true team ideal, which is how they won. Tim Duncan was no different, nor was Kawhi (at the time)
We can leave all the "best" and "greatest" arguments aside, but it's hard to deny that Manu may have been the most FUN player to watch for the last 10 years.
Agreed. Can't tell you how much I've loved watching Ginobli play over the years, and I am not a Spurs fan. Manu may not be one of the all time greatest, but he's absolutely near the top of the all time "fun to watch" list. And a pure winner (and future HOFer) as well.
@@soccercodes7943 nope. You know why James Harden wasn't a star until he left OKC? Because big threes doesn't really exist. Someone always has to make sacrifices, Chris Bosh did it in Miami, Kevin Love did it in Cleveland, etc. You just can't give the ball to three scorers
@@bosyogurtlight actually harden was already a star when he was with Okc, that’s why Houston paid him so much to go there, just a Manu was a star even bigger than Duncan and Parker, even though popovich didn’t like him.
brigadierburnsauce Spurs fan here. Lillard is sorely underrated & one of my favorite players not on my team. McCollum is awesome too. I would love to meet y'all in the playoffs. You guys make us bring our A game. Much respect.
If you weren't scared of Manu when your team faced him you weren't a real NBA fan. I respectfully always hated Manu cause he would come off the bench and he wouldn't let teams breath. All he needed was a good shooter and a decent center coming off the bench with him and it was game over. He will be missed. Viva Argentina desde Puerto Rico✌️❤️
Pops overrated. Timmy made him a "great coach". Kawhi made him a "legendary coach". But hes not a good coach really. Phil Jackson, Pat Riley, Chuck Daly, Coach Brown forgot his name and Jerry Sloan were better coaches.
We are gonna miss these moments here in San Antonio!! Thank you Manu for all the great memories as a SPUR and most importantly your loyalty to the franchise and city!!!!! Win or lose you finished your career on one team you didn’t need to jump around and gather rings!!!!!! You will be truly missed Manu hope to see you on the side lines coaching the Spurs one day! Enjoy your retirement and God Bless your family 👍🏻👍🏻
unbelievable finish. the music and the drive was tooooo perfect. manu's frustration after these olympics will make him rain fury next year. spurs 2017 champs lets get it, manu mvp he deserves it, spurs 82-0 they've earned it...........and timmy comes in as assistant coach
if he went to the spurs a lot of people would be like oh my god he just wants to win a ring but then wouldve gotten over it. now that he went to the warriors, if they dont win THIS YEAR then all his accomplishments will from now will have a HUGE asterisk and his legacy will forever be questioned. KD's move is simply a product of the PC generation in the US right now
@@user-zc2ym3gn4q You're saying those guys are underrated? I just *strongly* disagree. Kyrie is one of the most overrated players of his generation, at least; just so "talented" but he doesn't play winning basketball. Love and Bosh? I mean, give it a few decades after they retire and they could get there. People could look back at their careers, see the numbers but how they dipped once they went to winning teams and think that they were good stats/bad team guys, think that they were passengers on winning teams much more than they were, not being able to contextualize how much playing with LBJ just tanked their fucking numbers, just strangled their ability to be creative and dominant. (And like... Bosh, to his credit, signed up for it, he was willing to take a hit to his personal numbers if it meant winning. And Love has at least said, after the fact, that he has no problem with his numbers dipping since he sacrificed stats for winning. BUT I don't think there's any reason they *had to* put up worse numbers to win. They just happened to end up on teams that demanded it. That doesn't mean it wasn't possible for them to be (statistically) dominant on a good team, on a contender even.) And of course, AD is widely acknowledged as one of the top-10, at least, most *talented* players of his generation but just doesn't have it mentally, isn't really interested in being consistently dominant. You can argue people are overly harsh on him because his defense is so impactful but gets minimized a bit because his offense is only occasionally, rather than consistently, dominant, but the reason people are so critical of his inconsistency is *because* they know how fucking talented he is.
2:15 to 2:20 is the craziest sequence I've seen from this guy: behind the back cross over, then decides to shoot with his right-then thinks about the pass-then awkwardly shoots it with his left. This is the first time I've ever seen this from Manu...and he has plenty of highlights.
He could have arguably been the “star” on another team. Imagine if he had the opportunity and the green light to put up 20-25 shots a game. His numbers would have been crazy
Well, he lead Argentina to a gold medal being the 1 option. And, of course, destroying team USA with Duncan, Iverson and others. Including a young Bron.
josexavier1997 No, the system got the most out of Manu. He's a skilled athlete with an interesting and unique skill set but in no way is he a franchise player. If he wasn't with the Spurs he'd probably bounce around the NBA from team to team, contributing and occasionally even starring but never quite fitting in. Part of the genius of the Spurs system is they take a guy like Manu who would be lost in the shuffle on most teams and allow him to play to his strengths, cover up his weaknesses and enjoy a possibly future Hall of Fame career.
zyxwut321 So how would you explain him leading the Argentina team beating USA in 2004 with him scoring 29 points and he averaged 19 pts that tournament. So to say he'd bounce from team to team is disrespectful. And Ginobili didn't even get the chance to really shine until Pop said he'd sit back and watch and let Ginobili do his thing.
+zyxwut321 He would almost definitely have gotten more shots/touches and probably more minutes leading to more points. But at the end of the day, manu will be remembered far more than a mediocre volume scorer like Monte Ellis or JR smith. The Spurs system in a way got the most out of him that was possible, but also limited the touches any one specific player got after the Twin Towers era
+zyxwut321 Yeah, manu isn't a frashise player. That's why just before coming to the NBA he was the best player in Europe and in Argentina team he beat USA twice, winning even the gold medal. You really know what you are talking about
It was at this moment, Aldridge knew where he belonged Edit: Immediately after posting this, I scrolled and saw that someone else already said this, almost verbatim, FIVE YEARS AGO... damn, I'm late to the show
I miss watching the Spurs play with the family or the buddies and having some cold ones. Whether they won or lost we had some great times. GO SPURS GO!!!
I love Manu...but he's not on the top 5 or even on the top 10. He's a GREAT play maker and always changes the game around and clutches when he needs to but you can't leave out Reggie miller, ray Allen, or Kobe.
