Emanuel Ginobili had anticipated an audiovisual appearance last week with an Instagram story, in which he was seen with his four NBA champion rings. Finally, this Friday the mystery was unveiled with the publication of a trailer for the movie Space Jam 2 with the participation of the native of Bahia along with LeBron James, Bugs Bunny, El Gato Silvestre and others.
Although the former number 5 of Argentina and 20 of the Spurs does not participate in the film, in the promotional spot for the streaming platform of the HBO chain he is seen chatting with the Looney Tunes after being presented by Silvestre himself as “Olympic gold , four times NBA champion and sixth man “, since during much of his career at the San Antonio Spurs he had that role, coming off the bench, and for which he won the award for the best in that field in the 2007 season. -2008.
The Bahiense, a cup in the hand of the Tunes along with his four rings, enters the locker room of the losing team (the score is 1039 to 37 at halftime) to start a nice exchange with the protagonists. “It’s been three years since he touched a ball eh, no no, to play or talk,” the magical left-hander claims to leave Daffy Duck speechless.
As a final touch, Silvestre asks him “What if Roman calls you?”, Referring to the catchphrase made popular by journalist Sebastián Vignolo to convince players to join Boca de Riquelme and that he became a meme on social networks. “You killed me there,” answered Ginobili, who knows the field of advertising well since he starred in numerous spots during his time as a Spurs player.
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