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Emanuel Ginóbili Ginóbili during the 2010–11 season No. 20 San Antonio Spurs Shooting guard Personal information Date of birth 28 July 1977 Place of birth Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina Nationality Argentine/Italian[1] Listed height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Listed weight 205 lb (93 kg) Career information NBA Draft 1999 / Round: 2 / Pick: 57th overall Selected by the San Antonio Spurs Pro career 1995–present Career history 1995–1996 Andino Sport Club (Argentina) 1996–1998 Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca (Argentina) 1998–2000 Viola Reggio Calabria (Italy) 2000–2002 Kinder Bologna (Italy) 2002–present San Antonio Spurs Career highlights and awards - 3× NBA Champion (2003, 2005, 2007)
- 2× NBA All-Star (2005, 2011)
- 2× All-NBA Third Team (2008, 2011)
- NBA Sixth Man of the Year (2008)
- NBA All-Rookie Second Team (2003)
- Lega A (Italy) MVP (2001)
- Euroleague Final Four MVP (2001)
- FIBA Americas Championship MVP (2001)
- All-Euroleague First Team (2002)
- Italian Cup MVP (2002)
- Lega A MVP (2002)
- FIBA World Championship All-Tournament Team (2002)
- Olimpia de Oro (2003, 2004 (shared))
- FIBA World Championship All-Tournament Team (2006)
- UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador (2007)
- 35 Greatest Euroleague Players (2008)
- Argentina´s Olympic Flag Bearer (2008)
- Diamond Konex Award (2010)
- FIBA Americas Championship All-Tournament Team (2011)
Stats at NBA.com MedalsMen's Basketball Competitor for Argentina Summer Olympics Gold 2004 Athens National team Bronze 2008 Beijing National team FIBA World Championship Silver 2002 Indianapolis National team FIBA Americas Championship Gold 2001 Neuquén National team Silver 2003 San Juan National team Gold 2011 Argentina National team South American Basketball Championship Silver 1999 Bahía Blanca National Team Emanuel David "Manu" Ginóbili (born 28 July 1977) is an Argentine professional basketball player. Coming from a family of professional basketball players, he is a member of the Argentine men's national basketball team and the San Antonio Spurs in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Ginóbili spent the early part of his basketball career in Argentina and Italy, where he won several individual and team honors. His stint with Italian side Kinder Bologna was particularly productive, earning two Lega A Most Valuable Player awards, the Euroleague Final Four MVP and the 2001 Euroleague and Triple Crown championships. The shooting guard was selected as the 57th overall pick in the 1999 NBA Draft and is considered one of the biggest draft steals of all time. Ginóbili returned to Italy and only joined the Spurs in 2002. He did not take long to establish himself as a key player for the Spurs, and has since earned three NBA championship rings as well as being named an All-Star in 2005 and 2011. In the 2007–08 season, he was named the NBA Sixth Man of the Year.
With the Argentina national team, Ginóbili has also enjoyed success. He made his debut with the national team in 1998, and was a member of the team which won the gold medal during the 2004 Olympics Basketball Tournament. Hailed as one of the finest European-based players to grace the NBA, he plays a high-tempo and intensive game. He is also one of only two players, along with Bill Bradley, to have won a Euroleague title, an NBA championship, and an Olympic gold medal.
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Family and personal life
Ginóbili comes from an Italian-Argentine family of basketball players. His oldest brother, Leandro, retired in 2003 after seven years in the Argentine basketball league, while Sebastián has played in both the local league and the Spanish Liga Española de Baloncesto. Their father Jorge was a coach at a club in Bahía Blanca, where Ginóbili learned to play the game.[2] Given the proliferation of basketball clubs in Bahía Blanca and his idolization of Michael Jordan, Ginóbili's love for basketball grew rapidly.[3]
Ginóbili has dual citizenship with Argentina and Italy.[4] As a result of his travels, he can speak Spanish, Italian and English fluently.[5] In his free time, Ginóbili enjoys listening to Latin music, watching movies and relaxing with his friends.[5] In 2004, he married Marianela Oroño.[6] On May 16, 2010, his wife gave birth to twin boys, Dante and Nicola.[7]
Professional career
Argentine and Italian years
Ginóbili made his professional debut in the Argentine basketball league for the Andino Sport Club team of La Rioja from 1995–1996, and was traded to Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca the next year.[5] He played with his hometown team until the Italian league attracted him, and in 1998 he moved to Europe, spending the 1998–1999 and 1999–2000 seasons with Basket Viola Reggio Calabria.[5] In 1999, he teamed with Brent Scott, Brian Oliver and Sydney Johnson to win a championship.[8] Ginóbili then entered the 1999 NBA Draft and the San Antonio Spurs selected him late in the second round with the 57th overall pick.[9] However, he did not sign with the Spurs at this point in time. Instead, he returned to Italy to play for Kinder Bologna, which he helped win the 2001 Italian Championship, the 2001 and 2002 Italian Cups, and the 2001 Euroleague, where he was named the Euroleague 2000–01 Euroleague Final Four MVP.[5] He was also named the Italian League MVP in 2000–01 and 2001–02, and made the Italian league's All-Star game three times during this period.[5]
San Antonio Spurs
It was not until after the 2002 FIBA World Championship in Indianapolis that Ginóbili joined the Spurs. There, he made the All-Tournament team alongside future NBA star Yao Ming and established NBA stars Dirk Nowitzki and Peja Stojakovic,[10] and helped lead Argentina to a second-place finish.[5] In his first season in the NBA, Ginóbili played backup for veteran guard Steve Smith.[3] He spent much of the early season injured, and found it hard to adjust to the NBA's style of play. As his injury improved, so did Ginóbili, winning the Western Conference Rookie of the Month in March, and being named to the All-Rookie Second Team at the end of the season.[5] Still, he only started in five games as the Spurs chalked up a 60–22 regular season win–loss record.[11][12] The Spurs then entered the playoffs eager to upend the defending champions Los Angeles Lakers, and this was when Ginóbili rose to prominence.
In contrast to his regular season, Ginóbili became an integral part of Gregg Popovich's rotational set up in the playoffs, playing in every game.[5] The Spurs eliminated Phoenix and Los Angeles[13] and in those games his scoring threat took opponents by surprise, giving them one more thing to cope with against the now highly-favored Spurs. He helped guide them past the Dallas Mavericks in the Western Conference Finals and then the New Jersey Nets in the Finals,[13] securing San Antonio's second championship. After the win, Ginóbili won his first Olimpia de Oro ("Golden Olympia") as Argentina's sportsperson of the year,[14] and even met Argentine president Néstor Kirchner.[3] A gym in Bahía Blanca was dedicated in Ginóbili's honor as well.[3]
In the 2003–04 season, Ginóbili began featuring more regularly for the Spurs, starting in half of the 77 regular season games he played in.[11] His statistics improved in all major categories, as he averaged 12.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.8 steals per game.[11] During the 2004 playoffs, the Spurs met their perennial rivals, the Los Angeles Lakers, in the Western Conference Semifinals. Following Game 5 where Derek Fisher scored a buzzer-beating jumpshot,[15] the Spurs lost Game 6 and the series 4–2.[16] While Ginóbili did not start in a single playoff game as he did in 2003, his playoff statistics improved significantly, with 13.0 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game.[11]
After some initial issues with San Antonio over his contract, Ginóbili re-signed with the Spurs and started every game during the 2004–05 season.[11] This was his best season yet as he was selected as a reserve by NBA coaches to the 2005 Western Conference All-Star team, marking his début in the elite mid-season showcase.[5] During the playoffs, Ginóbili's play was pivotal to winning San Antonio's third championship. The Spurs first defeated Phoenix 4–1 in the Conference Finals,[17] before prevailing in a very defensive oriented seven-game series against the Detroit Pistons.[18] Ginóbili recorded career-highs in his playoff numbers, most notably 20.8 ppg and 5.8 rpg,[11] and had the third highest point total in the entire playoffs.[5] In the NBA Finals MVP Award voting, the shooting guard was a candidate but was edged out by teammate and captain Tim Duncan.[3] The former finished the 2004–05 season as the second leading scorer on the team.[5] During the season, he became only the fourth person to win consecutive Olimpias de Oro, this time sharing the award with soccer star Carlos Tévez.[14]
The 2005–06 season was an injury-plagued one for Ginóbili, who suffered foot and ankle injuries that hindered his ability to play. He managed 65 games in the regular season, but saw a dip in major statistics as compared to the previous season.[11] During the playoffs, he returned to form, but was unable to prevent the Spurs from being eliminated by the Dallas Mavericks in the Conference Semifinals.[19]
In the 2006–07 season, the Spurs lacked energy from their reserves and Ginóbili provided it by coming off the bench for most of the second half of the season helping the Spurs attain the best record in the second half of the season. Ginóbili produced numbers closely identical to his successful 2004–05 campaign despite starting in only 36 of 75 games, his second lowest since arriving at San Antonio.[11] The 2007 NBA Playoffs saw him help the Spurs to defeat the Denver Nuggets, Phoenix Suns and Utah Jazz, before sweeping the Cleveland Cavaliers to win his third and San Antonio's fourth championship.[20]
Ginóbili was to play an even bigger role for the Spurs the following season, reaching career high averages in points, rebounds, assists, and three point field goal percentage.[11] On 21 April 2008, the NBA announced that Ginóbili had won the 2008 Sixth Man Award;[21] only a couple of weeks later, the Argentine was also named to the All-NBA Third Team.[22] In the playoffs, the Spurs defeated the Suns 4–1 in the first round,[23] Ginóbili was moved to the starting lineup in the second round against the New Orleans Hornets after the Spurs lost the first two road games. San Antonio eventually prevailed in seven games, the Argentine played another strong series, leading the Spurs in points and assists per game (21.3 and 6.0 respectively).[24] However, San Antonio lost to arch-rivals Los Angeles Lakers in the Conference Finals in five games, and once again failed to capture back-to-back NBA championships.[25]
The following season, Ginóbili was injured for most of the campaign, managing only 44 regular season games and missing the 2009 NBA Playoffs entirely. San Antonio qualified for the playoffs as the third seed with a 54–28 record,[26][27] but with an aging supporting cast (Bowen, Michael Finley and Kurt Thomas were all in their late 30s), the Spurs were only considered fringe contenders for the championship.[27] As it turned out, the strong play of Duncan and Tony Parker were not enough to help the Spurs avoid a 4–1 defeat by Dallas, and the Spurs were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs for the first time since 2000.[28]
On 31 October 2009, in a game against the Sacramento Kings, a bat descended onto the court at the AT&T Center, causing a stoppage of play. As the bat flew past, Ginóbili swatted the bat to the ground with his hand. He then carried the creature off the court, earning the applause of the crowd.[29] On 9 April 2010, the Spurs and Ginóbili agreed to a three-year, $39 million contract extension through the 2012–13 season.[30]
NBA career statistics
Legend GP Games played GS Games started MPG Minutes per game FG% Field-goal percentage 3P% 3-point field-goal percentage FT% Free-throw percentage RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high - Correct as of 10 May 2010[11]
Regular season
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 2002–03 San Antonio 69 5 20.7 .438 .345 .737 2.3 2.0 1.4 .2 7.6 2003–04 San Antonio 77 38 29.4 .418 .359 .802 4.5 3.8 1.8 .2 12.8 2004–05 San Antonio 74 74 29.6 .471 .376 .803 4.4 3.9 1.6 .4 16.0 2005–06 San Antonio 65 56 27.9 .462 .382 .778 3.5 3.6 1.5 .4 15.1 2006–07 San Antonio 75 36 27.5 .464 .396 .860 4.4 3.5 1.5 .4 16.5 2007–08 San Antonio 74 23 31.0 .460 .401 .860 4.8 4.5 1.5 .4 19.5 2008–09 San Antonio 44 7 26.8 .454 .330 .884 4.5 3.6 1.5 .4 15.5 2009–10 San Antonio 75 21 28.7 .441 .377 .870 3.8 4.9 1.4 .3 16.5 2010–11 San Antonio 80 79 30.3 .433 .349 .871 3.7 4.9 1.5 .4 17.4 Career 633 339 28.1 .449 .371 .834 4.0 3.9 1.5 .3 15.3 All-Star 2 0 21.5 .363 .000 .833 3.0 3.0 2.0 .5 7.5 Playoffs
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 2003 San Antonio 24 0 27.5 .386 .384 .757 3.8 2.9 1.7 .4 9.4 2004 San Antonio 10 0 28.0 .447 .286 .818 5.3 3.1 1.7 .1 13.0 2005 San Antonio 23 15 33.6 .507 .438 .795 5.8 4.2 1.2 .3 20.8 2006 San Antonio 13 11 32.8 .484 .333 .839 4.5 3.0 1.5 .5 18.4 2007 San Antonio 20 0 30.1 .401 .384 .836 5.5 3.7 1.6 .2 16.7 2008 San Antonio 17 6 32.9 .422 .373 .896 3.8 3.9 .6 .3 17.8 2010 San Antonio 10 10 35.2 .414 .333 .866 3.7 6.0 2.6 .2 19.4 2011 San Antonio 5 5 34.8 .443 .321 .780 4.0 4.2 2.6 .6 20.6 Career 122 47 31.4 .440 .372 .822 4.6 3.8 1.5 .3 16.5 Argentine national team
Medal record Men’s basketball Competitor for Argentina Summer Olympics Gold 2004 Athens National Team Bronze 2008 Beijing National Team FIBA World Championship Silver 2002 Indianapolis National Team FIBA Americas Championship Bronze 1999 San Juan National Team Gold 2001 Neuquen National Team Silver 2003 San Juan National Team Gold 2011 Mar del Plata National Team South American Basketball Championship Silver 1999 Bahia Blanca National Team FIBA Diamond Ball Bronze 2004 Belgrade National Team Gold 2008 Nanjing National Team Ginóbili is a member of the Argentine national basketball team, and made his debut during the 1998 FIBA World Championship in Athens.[5] His best accomplishment as a member of the national team came at the 2004 Athens Olympics Basketball Tournament when Argentina became the first team other than Team USA to win the gold medal in 16 years. The highlight of the tournament was his game-winning buzzer beater with 0.7 seconds remaining, on the opening day of the Olympics, in a game versus Serbia and Montenegro.[31] Ginóbili led the team in both scoring (19.3 points per game) and assists (3.3 assists per game).[32] At the 2008 Beijing Olympics Basketball Tournament, Ginóbili's Argentina defeated Lithuania to win the bronze, although the shooting guard did not play in that match after sustaining an injury in the semi-finals.[33] In April 2010, Ginóbili announced he would not participate in the 2010 FIBA World Championship due to family reasons.[34]
Player profile
Ginóbili is a 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m), 205 lb (93 kg) left-handed shooting guard[5] who has been deployed either as a sixth man or starter for the Spurs. He has established himself as a reliable and versatile back court presence, and is a relatively late bloomer, entering the NBA at age 25 in a period where entering the NBA as a teenager was very common.[3] Alongside teammates Tony Parker and Tim Duncan, he forms one of the centerpieces of San Antonio's game.[3]
Apart from his up-tempo and aggressive style of play, Ginóbili is known for his clutch play.[2][35] This is documented by his numerous European league MVP awards, and his performances in San Antonio's championship-winning campaigns. Ginóbili's modus operandi however, is a source of consternation for some of his opponents. A fierce attacker of the basket, he often lowers his head when driving to the basket, and is willing to draw charges on defense.[2] He was even listed by ESPN writer Thomas Neumann at #6 on the list of greatest floppers in NBA history.[36]
He has a willingness to do what it takes to win, and to do it at the highest possible level of intensity, every single minute he steps on the court.
Gregg Popovich, after the 2005 NBA Playoffs[2]But having traversed the major basketball continents in his basketball career, Ginóbili is one of the few players who have enjoyed success under both the physical, one-on-one play of the NBA and the more technical, jumpshooting rule set of the FIBA. He is one of only two players in basketball history along with Bill Bradley to win the Euroleague,[37] an Olympic gold medal, and an NBA Championship ring.[9][38] He is also the first non-U.S. player to win both the NBA championship ring and the Olympic gold medal, and the second Latin American to be selected to play in an NBA All-Star game (after Panama's Rolando Blackman).[38]
In 2007, ESPN sportswriter John Hollinger even ranked Ginóbili as the sixth best international player in the history of the NBA, describing the 57th draft pick as the "one of the great draft heists of all time", and attributed the trend of NBA teams drafting developing European players to the success of the Argentine.[4] The following year, Ginóbili was named by ESPN as one of the best Euroleague players to have graced the NBA.[39]
Honors
Awards
- Italian League All-Star: 1999, 2000, 2001
- Italian League Most Improved Player: 2000, 2001, 2002
- Euroleague Final Four Most Valuable Player: 2001
- FIBA Americas Championship Most Valuable Player: 2001
- Italian Cup Most Valuable Player: 2002
- All-Tournament Team, FIBA World Championship: 2002, 2006
- Olimpia de Oro: 2003, 2004 (shared with Carlos Tévez)
- NBA All-Star: 2005, 2011
- 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors: 2008
- NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award: 2008
- All-NBA Third Team: 2008, 2011
Titles
- Italian League Championship: 1999, 2001
- Italian Cup: 2001, 2002
- Euroleague: 2001
- Triple Crown: 2001
- Americas Championship: 2001, 2011
- NBA Championship: 2003, 2005, 2007
- Summer Olympic Games gold medal: 2004
- Summer Olympic Games bronze medal: 2008
See also
- List of National Basketball Association career playoff steals leaders
- List of National Basketball Association career playoff 3-point scoring leaders
References
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External links
- Manu Ginobili - Official site in English
- Manu Ginobili - (Spanish)
- Euroleague.net Profile - Manu Ginóbili
- NBA.com Profile - Manu Ginóbili
- Manu Ginóbili at ESPN.com
- Basketpedya.com Profile
- Manu's Buzzer Beater against Serbia & Montenegro at Athens 2004
- Manu Ginobili on Twitter - Manu Ginobili's Verified Twitter Account
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