In Argentina, people may hesitate between Messi and Maradona when asked who is the best footballer in Argentina, but if you ask who is the best basketball player in Argentina, the answer is surprisingly consistent – Manu Ginobili!
Today we will use many formulas and algorithms to get some data to measure whether a player is efficient or not, and divide the strength level of the player, which many people regard as science! But any formula applied to Manu Ginobili would seem so pale!
Manu Ginobili, a player who cannot be evaluated according to the rules of secular acquiescence. In his 16 seasons in the NBA, Manu has only won two Best Team Three, two All-Stars and one Best Sixth Man, and most of the time he has played as a substitute, such a personal honor is mediocre, but if you look at your data to measure Ginobili's contribution to the team, it is a stupid thing.
Just as all legends have their own heroic moments. The same goes for Manu Ginobili! At the 2002 World Championships in Indianapolis, the world met the young man. It was the first time since the founding of the American Dream Team that it had lost in front of the world, and it was still on its own doorstep. And Manu Ginobili is the initiator of the killing of this dream team, and he single-handedly directed this "tragedy" that happened to the Americans!
Two years later, at the Athens Olympics, this happened again to the American team, and the first person on the list of makers was Emanuel David "Manu" Ginóbili, and yes, Manu Ginobili and a group of Argentines overthrew the American Dream Team, twice!
We have never doubted the terrible strength of the American Dream Team, in the face of such a powerful opponent, the individual technology has been inferior, but it is conceivable that this Argentine team won the final victory by will! Anyone who has seen "Chosin Lake" knows this!
Many people face too strong opponents, and their hearts are either self-doubt or worship. Wherever the dream team went, the opponents worshipped, and when they thought of defeating such opponents, some were just the posture of the fans.
But manu Ginobili's emergence changed everything. People began to realize that the American Dream Team was not invincible, they would also fail, and Ginobili had long treated the Dream Team in front of him with a completely different way of thinking and attitude. Maybe he didn't think about whether he could win at all. Every time he stood on the pitch, he wanted to win.
When Manu Ginobili was a teenager, because of his weak stature, the coach would not lay out the tactics that would allow him to break through, because he was always fighting in the penalty area, facing fierce opponents, and if he was not careful, he was afraid that he would spend the second half of his life in a wheelchair. But when people saw Manu Ginobili throw his emaciated body into the box again and again in the 2005 Western Conference Semifinals, people couldn't help but sigh that Manu Ginobili naturally didn't know how to write the word "afraid"!
Manu Ginobili was so brave that he was almost reckless, sometimes making mistakes that made Popovich, the head coach, want to kill him. But he was always able to finish that damn shot and score the key goal in the most critical and desperate part of the team. His boldness and decisiveness, genius breakthrough and organizational talent, and personal humility made him destined to become the only Manu Ginobili!
Manu is not afraid of team failure or making mistakes himself. His career has been made up of countless artistic moments and stupid suicide offense, but four championship rings, combined with the Spurs' perennial 50+ wins in the SPURs' GDP era, are enough to say a lot.
The thing is whisked away, and the merit and name are hidden deeply! Manu has never fought for anything in personal accolades, even though most people still think it was he who should be awarded the MVP in 2005, although some die-hard fans still complain that he played too many substitutes and that his stats became so mediocre!
But Manu is the kind of professional player who really plays with his life, and people never forget those who are absolutely pure, just as people never forget the demon knife from the top of the Pampas , Manu Ginobili!
Note: On August 28, 2018, Manu Ginobili retired, on March 29, 2019, spurs played at home against the Cavaliers, and after the game Spurs held a ceremony to retire Manu Ginobili's No. 20 jersey!