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No one ever seriously thought Manu Ginobili would play for another team besides the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA. Except, maybe Manu Ginobili. The Spurs were forced to more than triple their original offer for Ginobili this summer after the Philadelphia 76ers, of all teams, made an unexpected push for the 38-year-old guard. Ginobili […]

With the retirement of the great Tim Duncan, the San Antonio Spurs knew they were going to have a huge void to fill in the roster this offseason. Another franchise in the league threatened to make that void even larger for the Spurs and steal away another one of their coveted veterans. The Philadelphia 76ers […]

Manu Ginobili has been a key asset to the San Antonio Spurs scheme since he made his NBA debut in 2002. After 14 years and 4 NBA titles, Ginobili announced that he would make a return next season, despite injury complications that sidelined him throughout the latter half of the Spurs franchise best 67-15 season. But ever since The Big […]

After 19 seasons in the NBA, Tim Duncan has decided to hang up his jersey and retire. During those 19 seasons, Duncan made a lot of contributions to the city of San Antonio, the Spurs, the NBA and the game of basketball. Players and coaches all over the league took to social media to express […]

Manu Ginobili is coming back to the Spurs for his 15th season in San Antonio. After announcing last week that he would not yet retire, Ginobili then revealed he would field offers from teams around the league despite having played his entire career with the Spurs. He ultimately decided not to leave the franchise, announced […]

Last week, Manu Ginobili revealed via his blog that he will be returning for a 15th NBA season: “The most important news to tell you is I am determined to continue playing in the NBA… I definitely want to continue enjoying the basketball a little more”. The 14-year, 39-year-old veteran is still contributing to the […]

As the Spurs wait to hear the decision of free agent Kevin Durant, they at least have some good news to go on today. Veteran guard Manu Ginobili announced on his personal blog that he will return for his 15th season. Although Ginobili played just 19.6 minutes per game last season, the lowest average of […]

According to The Vertical’s Woj, The San Antonio Spurs have strong reason to believe that Manu Ginobili will return for one more season, even after declining his $2.9 million dollar player option. Ginobili, drafted by the Spurs in 1999, has been in the silver and black all his life. If he were to play in […]

Right at the deadline to do so, Manu Ginobili opted out of his $2.6 million player option with San Antonio to become a free agent. Ginobili maintained that his decision for next year will be completely independent of what Tim Duncan decides to do, when asked by reporters earlier in the season. He doesn’t seem […]

With the Spurs exiting the playoffs at the hands of the Thunder on Thursday, speculation has begun on whether San Antonio veterans Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili will retire. The one person who might know is their head coach, Gregg Popovich, but not even he is filled in on the legendary Spurs players’ plans. Popovich […]

The San Antonio Spurs were just bounced from the playoffs by the Oklahoma City Thunder, but 14-year veteran guard Manu Ginobili isn’t ready to say whether he’ll retire or not. A four-time NBA champion and two-time All-Star, Ginobili averaged just 9.6 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game during the regular season, his lowest […]

A lot has been made of the final few seconds of Game 2 between the San Antonio Spurs and the Oklahoma City Thunder. It was indeed a crazy, crazy finish. Dion Waiters appeared to throw an elbow at Manu Ginobili while attempting to inbound the ball in a one-point game with under 14 seconds to […]

We’ve already heard Dion Waiters’ opinion on the wild finish between the San Antonio Spurs and the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night. Now, it’s time to hear from the other man involved in the controversial inbounds pass. With under 14 seconds to play, Waiters threw an elbow at Manu Ginobili while throwing the ball […]

Dion Waiters called it immediately. While most of the basketball world raised their fists to the sky with outrage after an offensive foul wasn’t called on Waiters for throwing an elbow at Manu Ginobili while inbounding the ball in the final moments of Game 2, a few others took a closer look at the action. […]