Emanuel Ginobili

MrSpur · May 9, 2002

http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/articles/20020509/402395.html

Sean Deveney
The Sporting News

So, you think the Spurs are in trouble if they don't go out and find an athletic perimeter player this summer? Are you pretty sure the Clippers are hopeless at point guard if starter Jeff McInnis leaves as a free agent? Perhaps you've concluded there's no way the Pistons will be able to find any versatile bench players with size on the free-agent market.

Think again. All three teams have the rights to European players who can solve those problems. The upshot is that the three were chosen with low-risk, second-round draft picks and have been playing in Europe in the meantime. "It goes to show you," says Pistons international scouting director Tony Ronzone, "if you have a second-round pick, why not use it to take a chance on a European guy, even if you have to wait?"

All three are likely to come to the NBA next season.

Shooting guard Emanuel Ginobili, Spurs. The 6-6 Ginobili (known as 'Manu') is an exciting player. He will be 25 this year and was a steal for San Antonio, which picked him up with the next-to-last pick in the 1999 draft -- he would be a lottery pick this year. Ginobili is an Argentine playing in Italy, and was last year's Euroleague Finals MVP and the Italian league MVP. He is a pretty good shooter from the perimeter, but he can handle the ball, blow by defenders and has jaw-dropping leaping ability. "He is the best athlete in the European game," Ronzone says. "He makes plays that no one else can, and he will fit right into the NBA. I would not be surprised to see him in the dunk contest."
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Rocketblast · May 11, 2002

He got hurt in a motorcycle accident recently.

mfclark · May 11, 2002

Originally posted by Rocketblast
He got hurt in a motorcycle accident recently.
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I believe that was another of their foreign 2nd rounders from the past - 2000 or 2001 draft, I think.

Robertas Javtokas, a center, now that i look it up: http://www.azcentral.com/sports/cheapseats/0503javtokasax-ON.html.

MrSpur · May 11, 2002

mfclark is correct. That was Javtokas who was in that wreck. He survived the wreck though it sounds like his career is over.

Ginobili was selected with the next to last pick of the second round in 1999. Supposedly he is the real deal. That will be something if the Spurs strike gold a second time after nabbing Parker with the last pick of the first round in 2001.

Rocketblast · May 11, 2002

Sorry.

MrSpur · May 14, 2002

http://www.manuginobili.com/

Dr of Dunk · May 14, 2002

Is this "The Second Coming"?

Rocketblast · May 14, 2002

No.

MrSpur · May 14, 2002

Should be interesting.

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