After resting this summer, Manu Ginóbili hasn’t had the year we were expecting from him thus far, but last night in the San Antonio Spur’s 117-99 win over the the Minnesota Timberwolves, the 32-year old reminded us of his under-rated court vision and ability for the spectacular play.

“Tonight was one of his best all around games” [...]

Marko Jarić is returning to Europe and leaving the NBA behind him.
The 31-year-old Jarić signed with Spanish club Real Madrid to help shore up the playmaker position for Madrid with an injury to Sergio Llull.
(Talk Real Madrid and Spanish Basketball in our forum)
Jarić will be reunited with Italian coach Ettore Messina, his coach when he played [...]

Manu Ginóbili was supposed to come into the 2009-10 NBA season with a renewed vigor for the game after spending the entire summer away from basketball.
Instead, the 6-6 superstar shooting guard for the San Antonio Spurs is lacking confidence and not playing his game.
“I’m lacking a lot of stuff, mainly confidence,” he said. “I’m still [...]

It hasn’t been a great week for international players in the NBA, as Manu Ginobili, Andrew Bogut and Ronny Turiaf will miss time with injuries. Here’s a Saturday roundup of the last few days in the NBA:

According to the San Antonio Express-News, Manu Ginóbili has a groin injury that will likely force the 6-6 Argentinian out [...]

The almost 37-year old Steve Nash has been revitalized in the early season. Nash tallied 21 points and 20 assists in a Phoenix win against the the Sixers last night. Without Shaq holding down the offense, Nash is averaging 12.9 assists through 8 games and has had games of 14, 17, 20, and 20 assists, [...]

On a slow news day, we thought it would be nice to list out the top 15 international scorers in the NBA through 11/06/2009.
The list is certainly worth looking at, but obviously it’s not definitive as the most games any player has played has been five.
Definitely seeing some surprises on the list.
1. Dirk Nowitzki 26.2
2. [...]

Some reverberations after Manu Ginóbili smacked the life out of a stray bat that found its way into the Alamodome/AT&T center on Saturday night.

After knocking the winged-mammal to the ground, Manu picked it up, carried it off the court and handed it to a team official. Discuss the Bat Smackdown.
Edit: The bat is reportedly fine [...]