Brain operated on a few weeks ago, Diego Maradona died Wednesday of cardiac arrest at the age of 60. He is one of the greatest footballers in history who passed away, and one of the greatest legends in world sport. A genius footballer who had a passion for basketball and the NBA.
The English also remember very well his “alley-oop” at the 1986 World Cup. “The hand of God” as he had described it after this goal unfairly granted.
Less than a year ago, in an interview with TYC Sports, the former n ° 10 from Naples repeated that Manu Ginobili was for him the greatest Argentine sportsman in history, Olympic champion and NBA champion: ” Manu is in front of everyone. He’s like Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in football. He is a phenomenon, the best sportsman in the history of Argentina, even if there is one who has played 10 years who is on his heels.. »
He also associates Luis Scola and the “golden generation”, Olympic champion in Athens in 2004, who for him changed the way the world looks at Argentinian basketball: “ Nocioni, Scola and Manu are examples for the country. »
Touched by LeBron James’ fair play
In this interview, we also learned that Diego Maradona was a fan of Spurs, even before the arrival of Ginobili. ” I supported the Spurs before Manu arrived, when the Twin Towers were there, and it was Tim Duncan and Admiral David Robinson “He says, adding that he missed two athletes a lot:” Even though they are American, they are Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods. »
In the current NBA, he took great pleasure in watching “LeBron James and Stephen Curry”, and an image had marked him: the embrace between LeBron and Kevin Durant at the end of the 2017 Finals, which the Warriors won 4-1. .
« What I liked the most was the hug LeBron James gave Kevin Durant. Not everyone saw it, but I stopped on it. LeBron lost his title, his rival took him out and took his title, and like a gentleman, he went to hug Durant like a brother. This image stuck in my head. »
