NBA The Argentine is a great candidate
EThe former basketball player Emanuel Ginbili He acknowledged feeling the “honor” of being included in the list of possible members of the Hall of Fame of the NBA, although he clarified that he will not change it if they choose him or not in February, with a view to the possible entry of September 2022.
Ginbili and 49 other characters linked to basketball will be submitted to the analysis of a panel of experts, to decide whether to become the first Argentine and Spanish-speaking person to enter the pedestal located in the US city of Springfield, next September.
Ginbili, on the official payroll, was highlighted in the first place, which fuels the chances that he will be elected next September 12 and 13, just when one of the requirements will be met: four full seasons of retirement.
“It’s an honor. See me coming. It’s a nice mime, it doesn’t change me if they choose me or not. If it happens, great. If it doesn’t happen, nothing happens. It is something very important at the basketball level, “said the man from Bahia in an interview with Solo Bsquet.
At 44, Ginbili has no secrets at the NBA level (He was a four-time champion with the San Antonio Spurs, but also in FIBA (Olympic champion in Athens 2004), one of the requirements to be able to be at the evaluation table.
Ginbili’s main competitors are other basketball players with a career as long and prolific as his, such as Shawn Marion, Richard Hamilton, Mark Jackson, Marcus Camby, Chauncey Billups, Tom Chambers, Muggsy Bogues, Michael Finley y Tim Hardaway.
The Bahia native currently has a role as a young talent developer and recruiter for the Spurs, pushed by his historic coach Greg Popovich. “Pop told me Stop fucking riding a bike and doing things for the world and come to work, and what the Boss says, you do. I couldn’t do everything he wanted, but we kind of made a middle ground and reached this agreement, “he said.
“I love it because I am at home. It is in a way what I did before, but without being in pain or stress. I try to share my experience and be a link between the leadership and the players, “he added.
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