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 | Ginobili put an end to her great career17-10-2018 |
Manu Djinobili took the hardest decision for each athlete and officially announced the end of his active career. The assassinated Argentine left-hander withdrew from the basketball game less than a month after reaching the age of 41, and after a total of 23 years in professional sports on three continents.
The legend of San Antonio Spurs leaves the field with four NBA titles, two Star Matches, a Sixth Person of the Year award, two selections in the third best season of the League, and a place in the secondbetter recruits team. The 198-inch Argentine remains the second-ever name in history with NBA championship titles, the Euroleague and the Olympic Basketball Tournament.
Today, with a very wide range of feelings, I announce my quitting the basketball game. Huge thanks to everyone (family, friends, teammates, coaches, employees, fans) involved in my life in the last 23 years. It was an incredible journey. Far beyond my wildest dreams, he wrote in his official Twitter account.
Emanuel`s career, David Ginobili, as the full name of the star, started his basketball career as a professional in 1995 at the Andino Sports Club. In the following season he moved to Estudiantes de Bahia Blanca, and after two years there he traveled to Italy where he played for Reggio Calabria (1998-2000) and Vitus Bologna (2000-2002).
With his last team on the Old Continent he won the Euroleague trophy in 2001, while he was selected for the MVP in the finals and in both seasons in the strongest European Tournament.
In the summer of 2002, he flew to Texas after San Antonio picked him under No. 57 in Draft in 1999, and the rest was a story. He left the spurs after 1057 regular season games with 13 3 points, 3. 8 assists, 3. 5 rebounds and 1. 3 balls taken, as well as 218 play-offs in the playoffs with 14. 0 points, 4. 10 rebounds, 3. 8assists and 1. 3 balls removed.
Argentina`s national team has Olympic gold (Athens 2004) and bronze (Beijing 2008), as well as silver from World Cup 2002 in Indianapolis and two America titles (Neuken 2001 and Mar del Plata 2011).