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Basketball owes Ginobili/national team debt of gratitude.

Wed Aug 22, 2012 3:46 am

Would you agree?I am about 95% agreeing with this.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--baske ... tude-.html

Ten years ago, San Antonio Spurs general manager R.C. Buford walked into a steak house in Indianapolis, leaned into a private dining room, and witnessed Manu Ginobili and the brokenhearted Argentine silver medalists gathered at a long table for dinner. Children bounced on knees, wives and girlfriends chatted, and the fiber of a 2004 Olympic gold medalist strengthened itself in the aftermath of basketball's '02 world championships.


The way the Argentines played, the passion they had for their national program, the way that they cared about each other, was something that was clearly missing with the U.S. program.----San Antonio Spurs General Manager R.C. Buford


Make no mistake: Argentina became a blueprint for the United States on its re-ascension to dominance. Yes, talent mattered, but so did culture, and no one has embodied team the way that Argentina has with Ginobili as the best player and leader.


A senior USA Basketball official, Sean Ford, happened to be at the restaurant in July 2002, and the scene of the Argentine team stayed with him. As much as any national team on the planet, Argentina's rise to relevance demanded something closer to a revolution than a response stateside.

Re: Basketball owes Ginobili/national team debt of gratitude

Wed Aug 22, 2012 3:48 am

I don't know about him being owed a debt of gratitude, but he certainly deserves props for the career he's had and the success he's enjoyed, both in the NBA and with the Argentine national team.

Re: Basketball owes Ginobili/national team debt of gratitude

Wed Aug 22, 2012 4:16 am

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Re: Basketball owes Ginobili/national team debt of gratitude

Wed Aug 22, 2012 5:09 am

What a terrible piece from Wojnarowski. I can't believe that I prefer reading his whiny articles rather than that drivel he just produced.

I'm not against Ginobili (I like him except for the flopping) nor against to what Wojnarowski was suggesting but the way he wrote that piece is turrible.

He should just stick to giving out tweets like the rest of them 'sports journalists', most of them are actually good when all they have to do is write less than 140 characters.
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