A piece of Reggio Calabria in the NBA Hall of Fame: the former Viola Manu Ginobili in the Olympus of basketball

Manu Ginobili will be introduced in the NBA Hall of Fame: the former Viola will have a place in the Olympus of stars and stripes basketball

Gives Reggio Calabria at the Hall of Fame NBA. A piece of Reggio’s basketball will forever be remembered among the greats of stars and stripes basketball. The names for the 2022 class will be announced tomorrow, but some previews of “The Athletic” leave no room for doubt: Manu Ginobili will be a hall of famer. A pride for the city of Reggio Calabria who admired him with the Viola In the 1998. Immediately a promotion to A1, then a wonderful Playoff ride that went down in history, ended with a bittersweet 5th place overall. In Reggio Calabria there was an air of great, very great, basketball.

The eyes of the NBA scouts have reached the shores of the Strait, right between the two seasons spent in the city: i San Antonio Spurs they chose him at the 57th pick of the 1999 Draft, deciding to wait for him for 3 years, observing him as he matured at the court of coach Messina with the Virtus Bologna of the 2000 Grand Slam. It would turn out to be one “steal”. The trio formed with Tim Duncan e Tony Parker dominated the league, for 16 seasons Ginobili dressed in black and silver conquering 4 NBA rings in the 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014 seasons. To enrich his palmares, also the Olympic gold in Athens 2004 (in the final against Italy) and the bronze in Beijing 2008, and the silver at the 2002 World Championships in Indianapolis. Numbers from legend.

Along with the Argentine phenomenon also a series of important names. Swin Cashnow manager of the New Orleans Pelicans, has 2 Olympic golds and 3 WNBA titles in his palmares. Tim Hardaway he has been 5 times All Star and in the league he has 15 seasons played with the jerseys of Warriors, Heat, Mavs, Nuggets and Pacers. George Karl is the 6th in the ranking of the most successful NBA coaches in a full 27 years of career. Bob Huggins he was twice college coach of the year, winning over 900 games, most of them with Cincinnati and West Virginia.