The surprising new record in the NBA of Emanuel Ginóbili, retired four years ago and weeks after entering the Hall of Fame

On September 10, Emanuel Ginobili will be formally inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame. at the ceremony to be held in Springfield, in the state of Massachusetts in the United States. One more individual award, perhaps the most important of all for him, from his successful career that ended four years ago, on August 27, 2018, with four rings with San Antonio Spurs in the most important basketball league in the world plus gold medals at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games and bronze medals at Beijing 2008 and second place at the 2002 Indianapolis World Cup with the Argentine team.

“To me, this stat really helps illustrate how dominant and consistent those Spurs teams were. Throughout the history of the NBA, 141 different players have played at least 1,000 games. Only three of the 141 players won more than 70 percent of the time: Tim, Tony and Manu,” Goldsberry said.

The specialist went further with the data to embolden what was done by the pupils of Gregg Popovich: “For context, only one team in the entire NBA won 70% of their games last season and it was Phoenix – these three guys did it their entire careers. Simply incredible”.

Emanuel Ginóbili played 16 seasons in the NBA wearing jersey number 20 for the San Antonio Spurs. He entered at the age of 25 after sweeping European basketball and finished at 40: he conquered the crown in 2003, his debut competition, 2005 –on the verge of winning the MVP award, which finally went to Duncan–, 2007 ( with his compatriot and friend Fabrizio Oberto) and 2014. He had two participations in the All Star and received the award for the best “sixth man” of the league.

The name of the Hall of Fame honors the Canadian professor James Naismith, which invented basketball in 1891. The facilities where NBA glories are recognized are located in Springfield, Massachusetts. In that sports sanctuary, they are distinguished side by side, with photos and shirts.