Chapu Nocioni defends Manu Ginobili against Gilbert Arenas’ criticism

Chapu Nocioni crossed Gilbert Arenas for a sentence about Manu

Emanuel Ginobili left a real mark on the NBA. Different figures from the most important basketball league in the world always recognized the influence that the Argentine, winner of four rings with the San Antonio Spurs, had. Manu’s legacy seems to be indisputable for almost everyone, except for the North American Gilbert Arenas, who played for eleven years in four different franchises in his country.

The former Golden State Warriors, Washington Wizards, Orlando Magic and Memphis Grizzlies was a contemporary of the Argentine, but seems to have a personal grudge. For some time now he has expressed various criticisms against his career in Texas and in the last few hours one comment in particular made Andrés Nocioni explode in anger, who decided to come out and defend his friend.

“What happened to this idiot? He attacked the Europeans and now he is messing with Manu. You look at the complete package daddy! You were missing a few fruits. Gil!”, wrote Chapu in a story on his Instagram in which he quoted the former player to respond to the statement that the NBA triple player account had replicated: “Don’t try to compare me with the damn Manu Ginobili, he was a bench player and He was carried by Duncan and Parker,” said this 42-year-old former point guard who ended his career in 2013 with the Shanghai Sharks of China. The former Chicago Bulls, Sacramento Kings and Philadelphia 76ers musicalized his response with the song “el clown plim plim.”

The post had an ironic response from the North American. “I’m not sure what you’re saying, but I’m sure you agree with me (that I couldn’t hold back for shit) Chapu Nocioni, are you still angry about that winning shot in the playoffs?” Arena ironically said.

The Argentine, who currently works as a television basketball commentator, did not shrink from the response and replied: “It’s not for me, friend, it’s for Manu and you don’t tie his shoelaces. One more thing, it’s 2024, if you don’t understand, use a translator.” The former Washington pointed out again: ”It’s 2024, if I’m the clown you’re the client. Welcome to the greatest show on earth. Come back soon”.

The man who also knew how to shine at Real Madrid clarified: “No, thank you. “I have my own show but without clowns.” And on the other side they followed her: “A show without clowns to entertain is a bit like your career (I’ll tune in when I’m bored).”

Already in 2022, he had questioned the ability of the Argentine who is currently a member of the Hall of Fame and has his jersey retired at the top of the AT&T Center: “It is difficult to convince me that Ginobili is individually better than Jamal Crawford. We’ll look at his resume and say ‘Ginobili has 4 rings.’ Who are you going to take 1v1? ‘I’m going to take Jamal’, since we’re talking about the best player, right? That’s how I evaluate it. Manu was incredible in that structure, but when we talk about individual play, he is not among the 5 best sixth men of all time.”

Ginobili came to the NBA after being the MVP of European basketball with Kinder Bologna and Reggio Calabria. He quickly took a leading role to integrate a successful trio with Duncan and Parker, which led to the four rings that he won throughout the 16 seasons that he wore the San Antonio Spurs jersey. In addition, he won the gold medal with the Argentine team in the 2004 Olympic Games, was second in the 2002 World Cup and won the bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Arenas was a three-time All Star in his eleven seasons, where he had an outstanding performance, especially with Washington. It was precisely in the Wizards that he shared the squad with another Argentine, Fabricio Oberto, who some time ago recounted an unusual scene that Gilbert starred in: “They were playing cards and Javaris Crittenton (a youth player) and Gilbert Arenas (the star) argued because he was winning. I was in my role as a veteran, no one bothered me, and I was listening to them. When we were about to get off the plane, I took out my headphones and heard that they were talking ugly. ‘You’ll see on Monday,’ I threatened him,” he recalled.

And he added: “I asked a teammate what was happening and he told me, just in case, not to park the car next to Javaris’ because he told him he was going to set it on fire. This is how it all began, due to a difference in money. I get to the locker room, I’m changing and I see a piece of paper that says: ‘I chose one, chicken’ with four or five weapons on top of a chair. Generally the one in the league is the one without weapons. “We have to get out,” they told me.

The story was closed when Wizards lawyers called him to testify, but he told them he didn’t see anything. “My agent called me and he reminded me that if he lied he would have the same sentence as the accused. I had to testify in front of the grand jury, movie style, to tell him everything he had seen. One day I was at my house and I heard knocking on the door. It was the police who came looking for me to testify. That’s why I was late for a game. The FBI had all the telephone conversations,” he concluded.

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