{"id":36956,"date":"2017-05-25T00:54:42","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T00:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=36956"},"modified":"2017-05-25T00:54:42","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T00:54:42","slug":"manu-ginobili-one-greatest-overseas-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=36956","title":{"rendered":"Manu Ginobili is one of the greatest overseas players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manu Ginobili hasn&#8217;t officially said he&#8217;s retiring yet, but if Monday night&#8217;s tribute from fans, teammates, opponents and his coach was any indication, it&#8217;s possible we just saw the Argentinian&#8217;s final NBA appearance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"box shadow  \"><div class=\"box-inner-block\"><i class=\"fa tie-shortcode-boxicon\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Steph Curry steps off the FT line to clap for Manu <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nGwaNHGsSR\">pic.twitter.com\/nGwaNHGsSR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CJ Fogler (@cjzero) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cjzero\/status\/866858952545492993\">May 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"box shadow  \"><div class=\"box-inner-block\"><i class=\"fa tie-shortcode-boxicon\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">manu and pop forever <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mI1j8JWjxy\">pic.twitter.com\/mI1j8JWjxy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Herbert (@outsidethenba) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/outsidethenba\/status\/866857755604393984\">May 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post1\"><\/div>\n\n<p>All we know is Ginobili was overwhelmed by the tribute:<\/p>\n<div class=\"box shadow  \"><div class=\"box-inner-block\"><i class=\"fa tie-shortcode-boxicon\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Very hard to find the words to describe my feelings after yesterday&#8217;s game. Still overwhelmed. Thank you SO very much!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manu Ginobili (@manuginobili) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/manuginobili\/status\/867029897461497856\">May 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<p>While we wait to hear what the 39-year-old legend will decide to do, at least we can ask ourselves an important question: What is Ginobili&#8217;s legacy?<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with some of his accolades: A Sixth Man award, two All-Star appearances, two All-NBA teams, an Olympic gold medal and, of course, a whopping four championship rings with the San Antonio Spurs. Oh, and one swatted bat.<\/p>\n<p>This might be the one time you shouldn&#8217;t pay too much attention some of his &#8220;mainstream&#8221; stats &#8211; if he&#8217;s done, he&#8217;ll end with 13.6 points per game, 2.9 rebounds and 3.9 assists.<\/p>\n<p>But what about those 1.4 steals per contest? Those are huge. Or the fact that his PER (20.59) is good for 58th all time, better than Bob Cousy&#8217;s and nearly as good as Allen Iverson&#8217;s?<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s throw this fact in here (although we know Ginobili has played in 213 postseason games, which helps):<\/p>\n<div class=\"box shadow  \"><div class=\"box-inner-block\"><i class=\"fa tie-shortcode-boxicon\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Most made 3-pointers in the postseason over the last 15 years:<br \/>\n1. Manu Ginobili (318)<br \/>\n2. LeBron (314)<br \/>\n3. Ray Allen (309)<br \/>\n4 Steph Curry (295)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tommy Beer (@TommyBeer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TommyBeer\/status\/867019991950008320\">May 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<p>And this one ( Net Rating for players &#8220;is the team&#8217;s point differential per 100 possessions while he is on court&#8221;) which tells you how valuable he&#8217;s been on both ends of the floor, and also how good the Spurs are in general under Gregg Popovich:<\/p>\n<div class=\"box shadow  \"><div class=\"box-inner-block\"><i class=\"fa tie-shortcode-boxicon\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If Manu Ginobili retires, he&#8217;ll do so as the all-time, on-court NetRtg king. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gZUmt4ryxz\">pic.twitter.com\/gZUmt4ryxz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Schuhmann (@johnschuhmann) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnschuhmann\/status\/866862152711274496\">May 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<p>But this goes beyond the numbers. Ginobili played the game with such intensity and beauty. Watching him speed to the hoop was always an absolute thrill because you weren&#8217;t sure what he&#8217;d pull out from his bag of tricks, and his flair &#8211; whether it was making a highlight-reel pass or throwing down a surprisingly thunderous dunk &#8211; somehow didn&#8217;t come off as showy. It was brilliant.<\/p>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post2\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Adv<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bagfactory.com.hk\/216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sun Winning Ind Co<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: Manufacture of Canvas Bag, Recycle Bad in China<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theunitravel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheUniTravel.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span> : Find the latest\u00a0<em>travel<\/em>\u00a0and tourism\u00a0<em>news<\/em>\u00a0from around the world. Stay informed with\u00a0<em>travel news<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>updates<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"module-position-P_iUSnW0iTI\" class=\"story-asset oembed-asset\">\n<div class=\"blog-oembed-wrap \">\n<div class=\"js-oembed blog-oembed blog-oembed-youtube blog-oembed-type-rich\" data-oembed-type=\"rich\" data-oembed-provider=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"embedly-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FwZRducHYars%3Ffeature%3Doembed&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DwZRducHYars&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FwZRducHYars%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;key=205dfc3e29a54717b61d110ab0ac5a3d&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Let&#8217;s not forget his influence on the game &#8211; the &#8220;Euro-step&#8221; became an NBA weapon thanks to Ginobili helping popularize it, as James Harden can attest to. And there&#8217;s this quote from Pop about what kind of teammate he is (via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nba.com\/article\/2017\/05\/23\/whether-he-retires-or-not-ginobili-legacy-set-stone\">NBA.com<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I mean, this is a Hall of Fame player who allowed me to bring him off the bench for \u2026 the last decade or something, because it would make us a better team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Where does that land him? Among the five greatest international players. Tim Duncan (if you count the St. Croix native, which I do), Hakeem Olajuwon and Dirk Nowitzki are tops on the list. Canadian Steve Nash is probably next. Then? You have to name Ginobili, for all that he&#8217;s done for the Spurs, his country and, most of all, the game itself.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a pretty incredible legacy for a player who went 57th overall (!) in 1999.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manu Ginobili hasn&#8217;t officially said he&#8217;s retiring yet, but if Monday night&#8217;s tribute from fans, teammates, opponents and his coach was any indication, it&#8217;s possible we just saw the Argentinian&#8217;s final NBA appearance. 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