On the 28th day of July, 1977...
by silverandblack_davis on Jul 28, 2010 6:05 AM CDT
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Print... God created....
... Man-u.
And He looked at it and saw that it was...
... a motherf2king wizard.
Happy birthday to the man whose PtR's title bar is dedicated to, and owns the hearts of many Spurs fans.
Just for kicks, a look back at what happened on this very blog a year ago:
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Happy birthday BatManu!
Biggest coach Pop/Tiago Splitter homer on the internet™
by Josh Guyer (completely deck) on Jul 28, 2010 8:20 AM CDT reply actions
Also born on this day:
Jackie Kennedy Onassis
Phil Proctor
Jim Davis
Sally Struthers
Soulja Boy
And Johan Sebastian Bach died on this day in 1750
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by Josh Guyer (completely deck) on Jul 28, 2010 8:22 AM CDT up reply actions
This day needs to be renamed. Manu Day? Manumas? Manukah? Manuween? Super Awesome Badass Day?
"We suck on 'D. Both individually and team-wise, we suck. We're pretty consistent that way. I don't know if I have an answer to that. If I did, we wouldn't suck quite so bad." - Popovich
by Aaron "Hirschof" Preine on Jul 28, 2010 8:25 AM CDT reply actions
I vote “Manumas,” as in “We get MORE Manu.”
by DrumsInTheDeep on Jul 28, 2010 8:40 AM CDT up reply actions
I was also thinking we could possibly fashion the Manu holiday in style of the ancient Greek festivals and holidays.
We drink tons of wine (Pop approves) and sacrifice a Frenchman.
"We suck on 'D. Both individually and team-wise, we suck. We're pretty consistent that way. I don't know if I have an answer to that. If I did, we wouldn't suck quite so bad." - Popovich
by Aaron "Hirschof" Preine on Jul 28, 2010 8:48 AM CDT up reply actions
Nando, we hardly knew ye.
The people of the village fell silent, as the beast opened its mouth. And then the beast spoke, and said "LOL BRO".
GOL
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by Josh Guyer (completely deck) on Jul 28, 2010 9:25 AM CDT up reply actions
personally, I like Manuween
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by Josh Guyer (completely deck) on Jul 28, 2010 8:46 AM CDT up reply actions
“On the twelfth day of Manumas,
an Argentinian sent to me…
Twelve jumpers a-fading,
Eleven passes amazing,
Ten dunks a-slammin’,
Nine fast breaks a-blazin’,
Eight seasons a-golden,
Seven clutch shots a-winning,
Six Lakers a-crying,
Five Cuban tirades,
Four Euro-steps,
Three title rings,
Two future Spurs,
And a dead bat in the AT&T!”
"We suck on 'D. Both individually and team-wise, we suck. We're pretty consistent that way. I don't know if I have an answer to that. If I did, we wouldn't suck quite so bad." - Popovich
by Aaron "Hirschof" Preine on Jul 28, 2010 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions 27 recs
Wow. Just wow. This needs to go on the front page.
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by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jul 28, 2010 11:12 AM CDT up reply actions
The dead bat thing is really underrated. We made a big deal about it for a week, but the hand eye coordination and quickness it takes to snare a bat out of mid air is astonishing. It’s hard to hit those things with a tennis racket when the bat is confined to a small room. Manu made contact in the AT&T Center. Crazy….
"GINOBILI!" -- Sir Charles
"I mean, Dartmouth really sucks and Cornell only beat us by 18. Temple will beat the hell out of Cornell. Promise." -- Me
Follow me on Twitter @DartFred
by Fred Silva on Jul 28, 2010 11:19 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah. Even in slow motion on the DVR his hand still moved extremely fast.
by doggydogworld on Jul 28, 2010 1:40 PM CDT up reply actions
When you lay it out like that, it just gets more ridiculous. Any highlight video of Manu’s career will be woefully incomplete without the bat swat.
"You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas." -Davy Crockett
"Give me an army of West Point graduates, and I'll win a battle. Give me a handful of Texas Aggies, and I'll win a war." -Gen. George S. Patton
“The bat swat”
Great name for it, AFA.
I always knew someday I was going to go viral - Paul "Double Rainbow" Vasquez
Rec’d to the stratosphere!
"You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas." -Davy Crockett
"Give me an army of West Point graduates, and I'll win a battle. Give me a handful of Texas Aggies, and I'll win a war." -Gen. George S. Patton
by Trey Felder on Jul 28, 2010 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Awesome. Christmas couldn’t come any sooner.
"We choose to go to the moon... and do the other things, not only because they are easy, but because they are hard." - JFK
by silverandblack_davis on Jul 28, 2010 8:12 PM CDT up reply actions
gol
Biggest coach Pop/Tiago Splitter homer on the internet™
by Josh Guyer (completely deck) on Jul 28, 2010 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions
“Veinte de Manu”
"You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas." -Davy Crockett
"Give me an army of West Point graduates, and I'll win a battle. Give me a handful of Texas Aggies, and I'll win a war." -Gen. George S. Patton
by Trey Felder on Jul 28, 2010 12:56 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
“Let there be Sickness.”
I have flying monkeys at my disposal, and I'm not afraid to use them.
by Lauri on Jul 28, 2010 8:58 AM CDT reply actions 7 recs
happy birthday doug collins!
free malik hairston!
perth wildcats - 2009/2010 nbl champions baby!
by sleep research facility on Jul 28, 2010 9:31 AM CDT reply actions
Oh God, I’m gonna hurl.
Now St Kobe’s Day – that’s a proper reason to celebrate. Lot’s of trophies & rings & parades & crap. (Yes it is customary for Spurs fans to give you crap. Such givers!)
Hey if repeating as champions were that easy even the Spurs could do it.
I’m pretty sure a quaint little town called Eagle, Colorado has a Kobe day. I don’t think it’s his birthday though.
"GINOBILI!" -- Sir Charles
"I mean, Dartmouth really sucks and Cornell only beat us by 18. Temple will beat the hell out of Cornell. Promise." -- Me
Follow me on Twitter @DartFred
I’m also pretty sure that they haven’t made him a saint either.
I always knew someday I was going to go viral - Paul "Double Rainbow" Vasquez
Yeah, saint might be a stretch for the ol’ Kobster. And to be honest every day is your day when you’ve won back-to-back (going on back-to-back-to-back) championships. Perhaps I should have said St Derek Fisher Day instead.
Hey if repeating as champions were that easy even the Spurs could do it.
Even being a Laker fan, can you not appreciate Manu? His passion, BB IQ, amazing court vision and passing. But most of all his team attitude, no swagger. Maybe you do, that’s why I’m asking.
Derek Fisher has had his moments, some great, some not so good. As a Spur fan I may not like some things he has done, but still have to admire his talent. Even so, he is no where in the same league as Manu.
Timmy D .... enough said.
by Ms. Smith on Jul 28, 2010 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hey Ms Smith,
I’m not a Spurs fan so I’ll leave the Manu appreciating to you all. And you guys appreciate him enough already. But I enjoy all the gushing. It makes it more fun when the inevitable happens.
And I thought you would appreciate this morsel from today’s L A Times: “The key to another title was retaining Fisher. You can’t win without Derek. Derek is the best leader probably in basketball.” – Magic Johnson
Hey if repeating as champions were that easy even the Spurs could do it.
Magic’s such a wonderful analyst. He always cuts straight to the heart of the matter, and never in a homerish-type way.
I always knew someday I was going to go viral - Paul "Double Rainbow" Vasquez
by J.R. Wilco on Jul 29, 2010 1:09 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Magic was a great player. But he lost any post-career chance of being taken seriously when he did The Magic Hour.
We specialize in misinformation around here. Facts and stats just get in the way.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jul 29, 2010 1:18 AM CDT up reply actions
The Magic Hour was even worse than The Chevy Chase Show, although choosing between them is like deciding whether you’d prefer to be infected with ebola or contract botulism.
I always knew someday I was going to go viral - Paul "Double Rainbow" Vasquez
I’m usually pretty sensitive regarding people saying stuff about Magic. But regarding his late-night stuff I have to agree. Not his best work.
Hey if repeating as champions were that easy even the Spurs could do it.
Agree with the comments above about how fun Magic was to watch and how amazine his game was. So I won’t say anything bad about him…but I see what you mean about some of his TV commentary. But he’s still on my good side :-)
Oh I’m fine with his b-ball commentary on ESPN/ABC, etc. But he did a general interest Jay Leno like late-night talk show. It was pretty bad.
Hey if repeating as champions were that easy even the Spurs could do it.
Pretty bad?
Magic was my favorite player growing up. I was always the kid that would argue that he was better than MJ, (this was when Magic was still in his prime and MJ had not become the champion we know him as now.)
However, he was the worst late night guy I’ve ever seen. And I watched those cause I wanted him to be good. But yeah, “pretty” bad is no where close to accurate. It’s like calling Bonner a “pure” shooter or calling Kobe a “good” person. Wrong ballpark, Olf.
"GINOBILI!" -- Sir Charles
"I mean, Dartmouth really sucks and Cornell only beat us by 18. Temple will beat the hell out of Cornell. Promise." -- Me
Follow me on Twitter @DartFred
I’m not a Spurs fan
Keep telling yourself and your Laker friends that olf. I am sure a couple of them even believe you. Maybe.
Lauri: thank goodness I have you magnificent bastards to waste [the offseason] with.
by swgeek on Jul 29, 2010 5:22 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I guess I should have said basketball fan. A true basketball fan should be able to appreciate a player’s ability on the court, in my opinion, no matter if that player is on another team.
No one player is going to win a title on their own, even your Kobe figured that out. Manu is exciting to watch, has all of the ingredients to be a Super Star but is a team player. Because that’s what this game is. Makes him more of a Super Star to me.
I love to see old clips of Magic, so much fun to watch. But I had to chuckle thinking how Kobe will take this. If I was Derek I would be watching my back.
Be smug my friend, makes it more believable that you are a Laker fan.
Timmy D .... enough said.
If I was Derek I would be watching my back.
Kobe won’t harm Fisher for he knows Magic speaks truth. He doesn’t want others knowing it, though, so if anyone should watch their back it’s Magic. Kill the messenger, as it were.
by doggydogworld on Jul 29, 2010 12:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Olf, if you would, how about writing a lengthy post about what a great person Kobe is? You know, how down to earth and honest he is. Good hearted and gracious. I think we would all be interested in this.
We specialize in misinformation around here. Facts and stats just get in the way.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jul 28, 2010 11:08 AM CDT up reply actions
Ha, can I write the rebuttal?
"GINOBILI!" -- Sir Charles
"I mean, Dartmouth really sucks and Cornell only beat us by 18. Temple will beat the hell out of Cornell. Promise." -- Me
Follow me on Twitter @DartFred
How about if you have to use fewer words? I figure olf will run out around 8 or 10.
We specialize in misinformation around here. Facts and stats just get in the way.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jul 28, 2010 11:12 AM CDT up reply actions
how about writing a lengthy post about what a great person Kobe is
Yeah thanks for the opportunity, but no thanks. They got whole sites dedicated to that. They have certainly pulverized it to death on the SBN Laker site. And I am not an actual member of the Kobe all-defense team.
Hey if repeating as champions were that easy even the Spurs could do it.
Haha.
I’m just glad I don’t have to lie to myself about what kind of person my favorite basketball player is. Make that plural. Favorite basketball players.
We specialize in misinformation around here. Facts and stats just get in the way.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jul 28, 2010 4:52 PM CDT up reply actions
in every newborn’s eyes they say you can see a glimpse of Kobe, and the goodness and truth he stands for. I just call it jaundice.
by Cedarpark on Jul 28, 2010 12:12 PM CDT up reply actions 6 recs
Happy Birthday sweet prince.
"If I was the kind of guy who posted a signature line, this would be it from now on." -SiMA
by SgtinManusArmy on Jul 28, 2010 11:02 AM CDT reply actions
Happy Birthday Manu! Your birthday and mine are only 4 days (and 11 years) apart, and I happily bask in your reflected glory.
In honor of your birthday I’ll speak of your greatness to others. This article by John Hollinger which is a bit over a month old, ranks your performance in game 2 of the 2005 NBA finals as the 21st greatest individual performance in NBA finals history.
Unfortunately, those without an insider membership can only see a stub, if that, and while I would happily cut and paste the relevant section into this window, I’m a bit worried about the legality so I’ll copy what I can a paraphrase the rest:
MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS
32 6-8 4-5 11-13 3 7 3 0 3 27
While these numbers are awsome, they don’t appear on face to be ground shattering. However, if you adjust them on a per-min basis and account for the strength of the opponent, they rank 3rd in all-time post-merger performances behind only Michael Jordan’s game 1 of the ‘92 finals, and Jordan’s game 2 of the ’91 finals.
Thats right it goes MJ, MJ, then Manu G
by RamblingSpur on Jul 28, 2010 11:09 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
In case you’re not into Twitter, here’s a photo Manu posted there several days ago, taken when he was around age 3 (and he said “enough” to the jokes about how his nose grew)
"Ginobili. . .He's weaving, he's throwing up triple axels in sneakers, he's willing the ball into the basket. It's Cirque du Soleil with refs." Dan Oshinsky / KENS 5
by janieannie on Jul 28, 2010 12:04 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
He must have told people he wasn’t very good at basketball.
by Gino20 on Jul 28, 2010 5:12 PM CDT up reply actions 7 recs
Greenage.
"We choose to go to the moon... and do the other things, not only because they are easy, but because they are hard." - JFK
by silverandblack_davis on Jul 28, 2010 8:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Birthdays galore! My girlfriend’s was yesterday, mine’s in 2 days, and my sister’s is in 4. Didn’t realize Manu’s was so close to mine. I should euro-step out of the way and move it to give him space. I am not worthy!
Happy Birthday, Obi Wan Ginobili! :D
"You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas." -Davy Crockett
"Give me an army of West Point graduates, and I'll win a battle. Give me a handful of Texas Aggies, and I'll win a war." -Gen. George S. Patton
For this day, I salute you God for Manu. Let the world glitter with Manu’ness today. Let today be declared as “The day the bats feared.”
Keep the faith!!
And He looked at it and saw that it was…
Oh, shoot. My bad. Lemme try that again. Hold on a sec…
::Dante and Nicola are born::
…okay, there we go.
↓↘→ ↓↘→ ↓↘→ + P
wow, was that a triple dragon punch?
"Mr. Gilmore deserves to be in the Basketball Hall of Fame damnit. Highest field goal percentage EVER"
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/gilmoar01.html
by Joe deLarios on Jul 30, 2010 3:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Today’s manu-related link is from stat nerds at basketballrefrence.com:
Who Ruled the Best Defenses (Pt.2)
Guess who comes out of the mix as the most efficient offensive player of 2010 against the top 5 defenses?
I knew I was destined to be a Spurs fan. Not only was I born in the great city of San Antonio but I also share St. Ginobili’s birthday. Happy Birthday Manu! You have defined the Spurs organization.
Happy birthday to you as well, man.
"We choose to go to the moon... and do the other things, not only because they are easy, but because they are hard." - JFK
by silverandblack_davis on Jul 28, 2010 8:11 PM CDT up reply actions
In the country of Manutopia, you’d be knighted simply for sharing his birthday.
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by Josh Guyer (completely deck) on Jul 28, 2010 9:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Thanks! I’m honored to share the same birthday as this glorious hero.
by The Augustus on Jul 29, 2010 12:47 AM CDT up reply actions
is this a good trade i proposed. It clears up space and I get irk:
San Antonio trades: Robin Lopez ($1,745,520.00) Roger Mason ($3,780,000.00) Vince Carter ($16,123,250.00) San Antonio receives: Dirk Nowitzki ($19,795,714.00)
Dallas trades: Dirk Nowitzki ($19,795,714.00) Dallas receives: Robin Lopez ($1,745,520.00) Roger Mason ($3,780,000.00) Vince Carter ($16,123,250.00)
Dejuan BLAAAIIIIIIRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!
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by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jul 28, 2010 8:25 PM CDT up reply actions
On the 28th day of July, 1977…
God created Manu. Manu allowed God to create him.
You are only young once, but you can be immature for a lifetime
by the little o on Jul 28, 2010 10:28 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
This greatness did not go unnoticed!
"You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas." -Davy Crockett
"Give me an army of West Point graduates, and I'll win a battle. Give me a handful of Texas Aggies, and I'll win a war." -Gen. George S. Patton
by Trey Felder on Jul 28, 2010 11:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Happy Birthday, Dad.
I never take the high road, but I tell other people to, that way there is more room for me on the low road.
LOLLERSKATES
"We choose to go to the moon... and do the other things, not only because they are easy, but because they are hard." - JFK
by silverandblack_davis on Jul 29, 2010 12:17 AM CDT up reply actions
Happy Birthday, Manu. We are truly not worthy.
Superman wears Manu Ginobili pajamas to bed. ~ CMoney
I am happy. I am proud. ~ Manu Ginobili
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