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Fans in the neighborhood of Saavedra, Buenos Aires, painted Ginobili on a court in La Copita square. Here’s an overhead view of the mural, and to get an idea of just how massive it is, the perspective from on-court follows:
TREMENDO MURAL de @manuginobili hicieron en esta cancha en Buenos Aires!!! 😍😍 pic.twitter.com/6U4FPJ7kpN
— InfoManu (@InfoManu) December 28, 2018
Donatas Urbonas: Wow. FIBA Secretary General Patrick Baumann passed away yesterday during Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires. Despite immediate medical care, Baumann suddenly and unexpectedly succumbed to a heary attack
It’s been many years since the 10-year-old Scola was working as a ball boy for the 1990 FIBA World Championship in Buenos Aires and made sure to get a picture with his hero, the Brazilian star setting the international stage on fire. The photograph was nearly lost, as Scola accidentally destroyed all but three photos on his camera when he pulled the film reel out too quickly. Luckily, his picture with Schmidt survived, but when Scola sees Schmidt again when he’s honored at Monday’s Nets-Grizzlies game, it might be time to get one more.
Carlos Delfino: "It's been four surgeries and very difficult rehabilitations. I traveled the world: New York, Austria, Buenos Aires. And it was in Parana where they saved my foot."
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Manu Ginobili is unable to participate in the FIBA World Cup, which begins tomorrow in Spain. But he had a decent consolation prize to enjoy with a state dedicated in his honor in Buenos Aires. No details are immediately available, but Ginobili posted a picture via his ever-active Twitter account on Friday morning.
San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili has become resigned to not playing for Argentina again after missing the World Cup in Spain through injury. "Today, I can say for almost certain, 98%, that I won't play any more (for Argentina)," the 37-year-old said in an interview with the Buenos Aires daily La Nacion published on Saturday.
Luckily, an international sports crisis was averted. An assistant traveling to Buenos Aires soon after brought a fresh contract and returned it to Texas without incident. “No birds got to him,” Sean Marks, the Spurs’ director of basketball operations, said with a laugh. “We were all waiting for Manu’s contract to show up on eBay. It hasn’t yet.”
Former Lakers teammate Pau Gasol, in Buenos Aires to present Madrid's case to host the 2020 Olympics, was asked about reports that Odom entered rehab. "I read that this morning," Gasol said. "I can't confirm it. I tried to get in touch with Lamar, but I haven't been able to do it. … I wish that he is well and, if these rumors are true, that he recovers, because I have a great love for Lamar."
Pau Gasol remains an avid traveler and a highly-cultured person, ranging from reading historical novels, making trips to countries in need as a UNICEF ambassador and attending operas. But Gasol’s latest excursion serves a different person. He landed Wednesday in Buenos Aires, Argentina where he will represent Madrid’s 2020 Olympic bid committee in hopes that his native Spain can host those Summer Games.
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Q: You said you like Buenos Aires a lot. Why? Chris Copeland: “The people here have been great. It’s a beautiful area. We're staying at a hotel right next to a river walk that’s like the one in San Antonio. Seems like it’s everything you want in a country.” Q: It’s ironic you are in Argentina. That’s the homeland of Luis Scola, who the Pacers recently acquired. What is your reaction to that? A: “I don’t want to say much about that (the trade had not officially been announced at the time of the interview). But if we could get him, it would be awesome.”
“I don't see myself coaching,” Ginobili said this week from a gym in Buenos Aires, where he spent a recent morning instructing 40 of the best young players from Latin America as a participant in the NBA's Basketball Without Borders program. “I love the game and think I have a lot to contribute. I could see myself in a role like (Steve Nash), but I just don't see myself full-time coaching.”
Now the Pope is Argentine, too. Ginobili pronounced himself surprised and proud at the news that 76-year-old Buenos Aires native Jorge Mario Begoglio — from here on out to be known as Pope Francis — had been named the new worldwide leader of the Catholic church. “It is incredible,” Ginobili said after this morning’s shootaround. “We were watching and when we heard the name I said, ‘What? Did we hear it right?’ “We were all in shock. The country is going crazy.”
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