Tag: Manu Ginobili

There was a part of me that was like “it would be cool for the Spurs to miss the playoffs so that all the Popovich nuthuggers would stop hugging his nuts” but then there was an opposing part of me that was like “if Manu Ginobili missed the playoffs he would probably retire and it…

I would say that this was a “vintage” Manu Ginobili performance, but I don’t remember him ever having a reputation for simply burying teams under a barrage of buckets, so what he did tonight against the Blazers wouldn’t count as such. Certainly, he did sometimes do that, but that wasn’t his game, usually. This would…

Normally I don’t like it when NBA players shoot floaters, because floaters are a horrible type of shot that only players who can’t create other looks for themselves shoot, but I’ll give Manu Ginobili a pass on this one. He’s super old. He can move, but every movement increases the chances that his joints will…

Manu Ginobili needs to do everything in his power to get another Argentine player on the Spurs. He’s got a lot of respect, and therefore, a lot of clout, in the Spurs organization, so he should be able to get it done as long as he’s persistent enough. I’m thinking he should start by speaking…

I said last game that I was worried that it might be the last time we saw vintage Manu Ginobili. Forget I said that. That was stupid of me to say. It was stupid of me to insinuate that Father Time could ever claim him. After tonight, I think he can play as long as…

Manu Ginobili refuses to be claimed by Father Time. He just keeps going. I’ve been watching Jason Terry slowly lug his useless corpse around the court for the Bucks, and it amazes me how much sprier Ginobili looks. He’s lost a step or two or five, but he can still get it done to a…

It’s impossible to talk about Manu Ginobili’s old-man scoring game without using the word “crafty”. You just can’t do it. You can try your hardest, but that word will always slip out of your mouth without your meaning it to, because it is the perfect word to describe how Ginobili continues to be a competent…

This season, for the first time in his long, successful career, Manu Ginobili possesses win shares/48 below .100. WS/48 is my favorite stat out of all the stats because it almost always corresponds with my opinions on who is a good player and who is a bad player, and it doesn’t get bamboozled by low…