In his 16th season in the league, Manu Ginobili has been one of the most significant veteran presences in the locker room for the San Antonio Spurs that head coach Gregg Popovich has leaned on over the years.

It is something that Popovich recently acknowledged as he pointed to Ginobili still being one of the primary players that have laid the foundation that has been established in San Antonio over nearly the last two decades, according to Paul Flannery of SB Nation.