Ginobili, 2022 Hall of Fame.
In the 2002 NBA Draft, the second Hall of Fame: the previous one was Yao Ming.
—— Summer 2002, Men's Basketball World Championship Team of the Year: Yao Ming, Dirk, Peja, Cameron, Ginobili. Yao Ming and Ginobili also began their NBA careers in the fall of 2002.
Yao effectively ended his NBA career in the summer of 2009.
Ginobili until 2018.
Ginobili entered the industry that year, playing as a substitute in the Finals. The Spurs and the net were 1-1, and the two sides glued in the final minute of the third game. Ginobili stopped the game with a mid-range shot, hit a free throw, and then blocked Kidd's three-pointer to seal the win. Someone asked after the game whether rookie Ginobili would be nervous when such a big scene was alive and dead, and Parker said: He has seen big winds and waves in Europe, which is a common thing for him!
After being selected by the Spurs in 1999 in 57th place... In 2001 Ginobili took Bologna to the European Championship and the Italian Championship, two Europa League Best Scorers, two Italian League MVP, two Italian Cup winners, 2001 American Championships, 2002 World Championships Runner-up and Best Team, 2003 NBA Championships, 2004 Olympic Championships, 2005 NBA Championships, 2006 World Championships Best Team, 2007 NBA Championships, 2008 Olympic Bronze Medal...
At that time, there was a saying in the Spanish-language media that Ginobili was a guy who turned a stone into gold.
Everywhere you go, you're a champion.
In the history of the men's basketball World Championship, except for Oscar Schmidt, no one has been in the best team three times - Ginobili, Gasol, Theodosic, scola are all two.
We all know he led the team to the 2004 Olympic Championship, by the way:
The seventh person in Olympic history hit a shot (eighth was Sabonis, ninth was Durant).
The fourth person in Olympic history to shoot free throws – the third is Gasol. By the way, Yao Ming is the seventh.
The fourth assist in Olympic history (the third is Kukoc, and the seventh is our jiangsu old defender Sun Fengwu).
The fifth scorer in Olympic history – in front of him are Schmidt, Gates, Gasol and Scola.
Say Ginobili is the preeminent defender in FIBA history... If you make it up, you can also compete.
It's just that guy who wins championships everywhere and plays as a substitute for the Spurs.
Strangely enough, Ginobili hasn't always been the sixth man. Others are substitutes squatting enough on the starters, starting when the old under the bench.
Ginobili is up and down, cycle after cycle.
He was the sixth man in his rookie year and won the championship.
Beginning in his second year, he started for the Spurs for half a year. In the third grade, he started all year round and scored a career-high single-game 48 points against the Suns.
In the fourth grade, he played 56 starts in 65 games. Started in the first half of the 2006–07 season and came off the bench in the second half.
In the 2010–11 season, he played 79 starts in 80 games.
The 2004-05 season was interesting. He started all 74 games in the regular season. After losing to the Nuggets in the first game of the playoffs — where he clearly had 23 points, four rebounds and five assists — he was substituted in the second game. As a result, the Spurs turned over four games in a row. Ginobili scored 32 points in game three and 24 points in game four.
After playing supersonic, 2-2, the Battle of Tennoyama started again: 39 points.
After that game, Coach McMillan said the Spurs had two organizational guards: Parker and Ginobili, interspersed back and forth: "I don't know which one to defend. ”
During the 2005 Finals, Popovich said this:
"Ginobili plays too fiercely and too aggressively, usually the player plays 8 to 9 minutes before he gets tired, but his play intensity will make him exhaust his physical strength in 6 minutes; That's why I'm thinking about putting him on the bench and completely destroying the opponent with his rhythm. ”
This sentence, coupled with McMillan's "double-organization defender", can summarize Ginobili.
In his bones, Ginobili was an organizer—a better organizer than Parker. Passing vision, quality of the ball, judgment, reaction, mind, much more powerful.
In the NBA's history of pure No. 2 position, on the passing organization, it is probably Jordan, Maddie, Maravich, Wade, which are comparable to Ginobili, really better than him, but not necessarily.
For that Spurs, Parker, Ginobili and Duncan can all attack at all three points, which is a bit of a luxury. So I often put Parker and Duncan in the starting lineup, and Ginobili on the bench and divided them.
Ginobili had the courage to score 48 points in the regular season and 39 points in the playoffs in his third grade, but he was not a scorer in his bones. Not shooting mid-range, desperately attacking the basket or shooting three-pointers, career playoff shooting rate of 43%, but the true shooting rate of 58% - that is, by the free throw and three-point pile. As far as Parker's no-ball threat is concerned, don't mention it.
In contrast, Parker's instigation and no-ball threat are inferior to Ginobili's, but one-handed shots around the cover can stand the test of the playoffs.
So: Parker + Duncan with the regular line-up, Ginobili with the second team.
In those years, spurs starters tended to play less well than substitutes: because the starting lineup was basically Parker's ball holding and Duncan's interior line, and the shooters were in position. I want to seek change, just like 2014, put Dior in the first place. The substitute is to bring a group of small spirits to Ginobili and dance freely. Opponents also have headaches: after all, the Spurs are solid and stable in the first team, and the second team suddenly becomes a Latin hot dance. Normal people will feel that the rhythm of this game is really dividing.
Well, the rhythm.
Ginobili's passes and breakouts like to change rhythm.
Low dribbling, instantly lowering the center of gravity, playing a surprise.
He is not strong, tall (198 cm), and does not like to pull left and right. He likes to rush to the opponent at high speed and press the shoulder to force the opponent to react and then dribble the ball behind his back or directly step in Europe, otherwise he will retreat to shoot when the opponent's center of gravity retreats.
Probably:
"If I'm not strong and tall and have the world's top stride, why don't I just start speeding up and then change direction a little?"
So visually, Ginobili's breakthrough is very good, but not strong, but cunning. Dribbling even broke through, straight line sinking shoulder walk provoking the opposite center of gravity, even a small change of direction to get rid of
When other breakthrough masters get rid of it, many of the dribbling routes are zigzag-shaped, but Ginobili is S-shaped.
This cunning rhythm actually affected Popovich.
From 1997 to 2004, Popovich was a relatively conservative coach. Defense first, twin towers around the shooter, scolding Parker every day.
In an interview in the summer of 2005, Brent Barry said that "Ginobili scored goals in training in all crazy ways, with all parts of his body. ”
Popovich expressed this meaning: he was initially shocked by Ginobili's madness, but then he accepted; Because he found out that everything Ginobili did, not to show off, just to win.
As long as you can win, crazy points are also OK.
Since 2005, the Spurs have evolved from Duncan to Duncan, Parker and Ginobili, and slowly evolved: increasing ball holding blocks and reducing Duncan's back-to-back play. By 2008, Ginobili had the sixth-man season of the year, and he was already the Spurs' first-place average of points per game. By the 2010-11 season, the Spurs began the era of big passes.
Popovich and even the Spurs' overall change of mind was given to him by Ginobili.
Before Ginobili arrived, Popovich put Captain Jack on the bench, only willing to use old shooters such as Cole, Payson, Negro, Ellie, Cole, and Porter. Defenders take the ball for themselves? Inexistent.
In addition to the twin towers, the inside line is Malik Rose and Pudu, the meat men.
After Ginobili, Popovich accepted Bonner, Hill and Mason, Neil, Dior and Mills.
The space type long and dual guard, the original and spur system is not very compatible; But after Ginobili, Bobo's employment scale is wider: as long as he can win, he can also recruit some more waves.
Duncan's biggest benefit as a leader? Both Captain Jack and Cole had said, "He allowed Bobo to guide him." ”
Compared to the players who have a bigger temper than the boss and the coach is subservient, Duncan has always given Bobo face. This is the tradition of the Spurs: just like the admiral is such an MVP, a leading scorer, a rebounding king, a block king, a defensive player of the year, an NBA 50, and an Olympic gold medal with two superstars, Ken gave way to Duncan to contribute to the 1999 championship, and Duncan also had this temper.
A team, someone calm, there must be someone enthusiastic.
In the past Spurs, it was the admiral who was responsible for being calm and steady, and the young general who was responsible for picking emotions. One ice, one fire.
After Ginobili arrived, Duncan was ice and Ginobili was fire. After 2012, the Spurs were emotionally charged with Ginobili and Mills.
This personality is of course good and bad. Good for that countless big hearts, bad for 2006 against Mavericks seventh and 2013 against heat sixth. But here's what Ginobili gave the Spurs:
The fire may occasionally burn itself, but it is so bright and bright.
Ginobili is such a player who makes the audience excited.
In a way, from 1999 to 2003, the Spurs were an era of quiet support from Duncan + Admiral.
2005-16 was an era driven by Duncan's stillness, Parker's jump, and Ginobili's enthusiasm. The rigor of the Spurs in 1999 and the interspersed style of the Spurs in 2014 are the ultimate styles of Duncan and Ginobili, respectively.
But the style can be switched freely, also because Ginobili is really plug-and-play and willing to adjust.
Before the 2005 finals, Popovich gave an interview to Argentina's La Nación. There was a word game at the time: Ginobili was the sixth man. English sixth man. Spanish sexto hombre; And the "sexy man" in Spanish is hummore sexy. So there are editors in Argentina who say it's good, Ginobili as the sixth person, very sexy.
In January 2007, the Spurs' record was precarious. Popovich ran to Ginobili.
The average player would probably say:
"I was the best team at the 2002 and 2006 World Championships, the ace of the 2004 Olympic champion team, and almost became the MVP of the 2005 Finals, why did I have to play as a substitute?"
Ginobili said, "You want me to play as a substitute, right?" I can't wait! ”
So he went back to the bench, adjusted a bit, and in early February, the Spurs went on a 13-game winning streak and then won his third NBA championship in five years.
Crazy points are also OK, and so is the sixth person.
As long as you can win.
When he first retired from the jersey, he had already said many wonderful things:
For Argentine fans:
"You've had a big impact on me, and whenever I think of you getting up at seven and going to work, but watching my game at three or four in the morning, screaming in front of the TV, jumping on the couch, I try a little harder. Thank you, those who are here, those who are not here. ”
For Argentina's national team teammates:
"We win, we celebrate with joy; We lose, we feel even better, because we have fought for something more precious: failure will make us more united. For all the time, for all the friendship and experience, thank you. ”
For parents and family, at the time:
"I owe you forever, but fortunately, I still have forty or fifty years to repay you, and I will try to repay you."
So I'm not too surprised by his nostalgia, telling jokes to Duncan, Parker, and Popovich.
Just hearing a passage from him, I still can't help but be a little... Well.
After about 2007, I read this passage more than once:
I don't really care if the Spurs can win the championship again. I'd rather keep such a squad than win the championship, just want to watch them play well and happily. I hope this group of teams will train happily, tell cold jokes, organize summer bowling matches, play ball, and vacation together.
Spurs are like a warm family soap opera you've watched for a long time. You can't bear to see the end. You want everyone to live forever, to come and go in it. Shut out the storm of professional sports victories, profits, and money.
Although you know it can't actually be done.
So, look at this passage that Ginobili said:
"Winning is certainly beautiful, but failure is also part of it, those long trips, late night dinners, early morning breakfasts, jet lag, everything is worth it. I love you guys, that's friendship, that's brotherhood. ”
"I love each of you as you really are, and if you can choose a point in time to pause and enjoy that moment forever, it would be to share the moment with you."
I have a feeling, how to say it?
"I've always felt like it's my wishful thinking as a fan. That's what you thought, Ginobili. ”