Tag: Manu Ginóbili

Manu Ginóbili the Man behind Spurs' Quick Start

Manu Ginóbili the Man behind Spurs’ Quick Start

If you were to track and compare Manu Ginobili’s career numbers, you would have thought that the 32-year old Argentine star was on a downward trajectory. (Discuss Manu in our Argentinian Basketball Forum) However, Ginobili is having a career year; […]

Video: Manu Ginobili’s slick pass vs. Minnesota Timberwolves

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 […]

Marko Jarić leaves NBA, signs with Real Madrid

Marko Jarić leaves NBA, signs with Real Madrid

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 […]

Spur's Manu Ginóbili doubting himself

Spur’s Manu Ginóbili doubting himself

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 […]

NBA: Injuries frustrate Ginóbili, Bogut, & Turiaf

NBA: Injuries frustrate Ginóbili, Bogut, & Turiaf

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 […]

NBA: Revitalized Nash, Ginóbili fills in for injured Spurs

NBA: Revitalized Nash, Ginóbili fills in for injured Spurs

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 […]

Top International NBA Scorers: Oleksiy Pecherov!

Top International NBA Scorers: Oleksiy Pecherov!

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 […]

PETA upset with BatManu Ginóbili

PETA upset with BatManu Ginóbili

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 […]

Video: Manu Ginobili is Bat-Man for Halloween

Manu is back! During last night’s game between the SAn Antonio Spurs and the Sacramento Kings, a stray bat found is way into the Alamodome. The bat was flying around the arena around the first quarter of the game. When […]

NBA: 2009-10 NBA regular season begins

NBA: 2009-10 NBA regular season begins

The 2009-10 NBA season begins today with 8 teams in action tonight. Some of the storylines to follow/keep an eye out for this season: Is Kevin Garnett healthy? Shaquille O’Neal and LeBron James in Cleveland. Will it work? Vince Carter in […]

NBA Preseason Gallery: International Players

The NBA season starts tomorrow, but before the regular season begins, we’d like to present some NBA preseason pics and images of Andris Biedrins, Nate Robinson, Dirk Nowitzki, Carlos Arroyo, Erik Spoelstra, Ersan İlyasova, David Andersen, Shaquille O’Neal, Danilo Gallinari, and […]

Top 30 International NBA Scorers of all-time

Top 30 International NBA Scorers of all-time

During the 2008-09 NBA season, a rejuvenated Shaquille O’Neal moved up five spots on the NBA’s all-time scorers’ list. After scoring 1333 points, his highest total in four seasons, O’Neal is now #5 on the all-time list having surpassed Dominique […]

Manu Ginóbili is back after summer of rest, love

Manu Ginóbili is back after summer of rest, love

It’s been nearly a year and a half since Manu Ginóbili has been healthy and well-rested. After injuring himself in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, playing in just 44 games the following season because of injury, Manu sat out this year’s […]

NBA Images: Media Day 2009-10

The NBA season is upon us and the clubs were in action this past week with NBA Media Day – a chance for the local and national media to interview the players about this upcoming season, have the players stick […]

2009 FIBA Americas Championship Preview

2009 FIBA Americas Championship Preview

Event: 2009 Americas Championships Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico Discuss: Americas Championships Thread Info: The tournament will determine which four teams qualify for the 2010 FIBA World Championships of Basketball. The tournament will feature ten teams from Northern and Latin […]

Tony Parker caught between NBA and France

Right now Tony Parker is somewhere in San Antonio rehabbing an ankle sprain, but no doubt the 6-2 point guard would rather be in France. Alerted to a mild ankle sprain Parker suffered on July 23 in a warmup game against Austria, the […]

NBA Video: Top 10 Plays by International Players

NBA.com just released their top ten plays by international NBA players during the 2008-09 season featuring Marcin Gortat‘s left hand smash on Samuel Dalembert, Steve Nash abusing Anderson Varejão off the dribble, Yao Ming‘s flip shot over Marc Gasol, Hedo […]

After 7 years, is David Andersen moving to Atlanta?

After 7 years, is David Andersen moving to Atlanta?

After being drafted in the second round of the 2002 NBA Draft, Aussie big man and Euroleague star David Andersen might finally become an Atlanta Hawk. That’s all according to a report from El Mundo Deportivo, Andersen’s agent has informed his […]

Pau Gasol to play in Eurobasket 2009

Pau Gasol, the Los Angeles Lakers forward and NBA all-star, has decided that he will join the Spanish National Team during this year’s Eurobasket.  “The (NBA) season went really well for me and now I want to defend our country,” […]