Campazzo, Delfino, Prigioni and more: the joy of the Argentine National Team for Manu Ginóbili

The players and the coach of the national team made clear their happiness for the award given to the Argentine basketball legend.

Emanuel Ginobili will write a new page in the history of Argentine basketball: he will enter the NBA Hall of Fame, in a ceremony that will take place this Saturday at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. And, from the Argentine National Team (which disputes the AmeriCup) They made clear their happiness for the decoration that Manu will receive.

The Argentine National Team celebrated for Manu Ginóbili: the joy of Campazzo, Delfino and Prigioni

Facundo Campazzo assured that the decoration that Manu Ginóbili will receive “means a lot for Argentine basketball and the whole country” because “It goes beyond sport.” “You have to take something like this dimension. It’s very thick,” he said.

“I learned a lot from him. Everything he represented as a player, how he prepared, seeing him train. I didn’t even need to tell you anything to learn”, added in dialogue with TyC Sports. In turn, he stressed that he “ceded part of his game for a common good such as the National Team.” And he sentenced: “It is one of the greatest values ​​that I take from him.”

In turn, Nicolás Laprovittola also congratulated Ginóbili. “It’s incredible how he, without being a player, continues to achieve things. He is a source of pride for all Argentines, for all of us who love this sport.” And he added: “It was an honor to have been a teammate of his. He was my idol throughout my childhood, the person I always admired.”

Carlos Delfino, who was part of the historic Golden Generation, assured that this achievement of Manu “is the crowning of an incredible career.” and he added: “It is a pride for all of us who had to play, share a little of this trip. For me and many, he is the best player in history. He is the 1, 2, 3… It was far away. It is setting a very high bar, it is a place for the chosen few. She very much deserves it.”

In addition, he defined him as “a good partner, a person who always integrated into all groups. Over time, he was more than a partner, a friend.” And he sentenced: “He left me many teachings”.

Prigioni’s pride for the recognition of Manu Ginóbili

Pablo Prigioni, current coach of the Argentine basketball team, assured that the recognition that Ginóbili will receive “is something unique.” “Who of us, of all that litter, could imagine that Argentine basketball would have someone so close integrating such a select club? I feel very proud,” he said.

“We have made some joke that it was a only once in life to have a friend so close being part of an NBA Hall of Fame ceremony”, he claimed. In turn, he defined what it was like to be his partner:

“On the one hand he is challenging, he is a player of the highest level, he demands a lot. To play alongside him you have to do well, otherwise you will be exposed. On the one hand, it was a requirement. On the other, a pleasure to enjoy, on and off the field. Those of us who share with him are lucky.”