The Spurs are going to be without Manu Ginobili until mid-December due to his NBA Playoffs/Olympic ankle injury - and that’s the best-case scenario.
So where do they look for help until he comes back? Michael Finley? Ime Udoka? There’s nowhere else to really turn. Making up 19.5 ppg, 4.8 rpg and 4.5 apg coming off your bench is a tall order. The load will certainly be heavier on Tim Duncan earlier in the season, something he’s not used to, especially at his age.
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October 1st, 2008 at 9:31 am
hatinonmanu says:
Shame it’s only until Dec. Hopefully there is some sort of complication and he’s out for the season. The best thing for the NBA would be him to retire.
October 1st, 2008 at 9:52 am
Sam I Am says:
HELLL YEAH Hatin’
You couldn’t have hit the nail on the head any better.
Maybe his ankle will be so weak that it shatters while trying to rehab it.
October 1st, 2008 at 10:01 am
rangerjohn (R.I.P. EVAN TANNER) says:
you have got to be kidding me, does manus game scare you sissy’s so much that you would wish further injury? thats bull shit man, dont be made because he kills your team!!
manu will be back before then, no doubt in my mind.
October 1st, 2008 at 10:13 am
Sam I Am says:
He doesn’t kill my team Ranger…
My team is def a non-factor right now…I just dislike Manu’s game
I think he’s a sissy himself…big flopper, cry baby cheatin butt
October 1st, 2008 at 10:29 am
it aint easy being green says:
manus a bitch, a big floppy bitch. i cant say that im on that level of haterism to wish further injury, and im a celtics fan so him being in a spurs lineup doesnt really effect me so much, but he is a puss to the endth degree. fuck him and his mother.
October 1st, 2008 at 10:41 am
Sam I Am says:
LOL DAMN see now thats funny and rough
October 1st, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Ian says:
sam i am
i defended u on the jordan part but now u are talking bs
manu is my fav player u guys can talk all the shit u want but the fact of the matter is you all would love him if he was a part of your team
a healthy manu is as good as anyone in the league
it aint easy
if he doesnt affect u why comment with crap like that btw i would love to see ray ray tryin to play manu
hatinonmanu
we all know u like to talk shit
doesnt matter how much i hate a player but wishing for injuries is just bs.
October 1st, 2008 at 12:10 pm
rodnets says:
Ranger is right
You dislike Manu’s game cause he is godamm good and a winner, he has euro leagues, olyimpic medals and rings to proove it and he should have been MVP in 2006 championship.
He is a top 10 guard right now. He flops? yeah you could see how he plays now that there will be rules agains flopping. He whines? yeah, who cares if he is a crunch time killer.
Hope he rehabs and shuts your hating on manus mouths.
October 1st, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Sam I Am says:
@ Ian
lol I’m sorry I touched a sore spot sir…
I def have a Spurs hatred as my number 1 passion when it comes to being an NBA fan.
My love for the Wolves is # 2
and in saying so, I have never enjoyed seeing Manu play and can’t stand to see him b/c he is so ugly.
LOL I GOT MAD LOVE THO FOR YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND POSTS
don’t be mad - DOWN WITH MANU ‘08
October 1st, 2008 at 1:38 pm
hatinonmanu says:
Amen my brothers!
Manu’s pussy style is a plague on basketball worldwide. The guy doesn’t try to beat you using his “skills”, he tries to beat you using his “acting”. He bases his game on tricking refs and flopping more than any actual skills. He whines more than any star in the league, the guy is just a disgrace.
I will admit that he does have a little bit of skills, he has came through in the clutch enough to have earned that…but his mindset for the game and the way he plays it is absolutely disgusting.
It is best for children learning basketball to see him go down, to see his career end, so that he can no longer prove that being a pussy is what gets you ahead in life.
@rangerjohn
I’m surprised your bad ass republican military ass kicking maverick self can admire a player like Manu. I guess it must be because Manu plays more like a crippled and senile old white guy than anyone else in the league.
October 1st, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Sam I Am says:
LOL HatinonManu
I’m leave the floor up to you on this one bro
October 1st, 2008 at 2:02 pm
rangerjohn (R.I.P. EVAN TANNER) says:
i love all the stupidity on this thread.
“manu plays like a pussy”
sure he does, he plays through injuries, he toughs it out, he gets slammed, he is ONE TOUGH SOB!
“He bases his game on tricking refs and flopping more than any actual skill”
sure he does,, go look up the numbers dipshit, he averages the exact same number of freethrow attempts per game as KG (4.5 per game) so i guess he is getting bailed out by efs just as much as KG then? (that also puts him tied at 35th in the league in number of attempts which is not a lot considering labron and shaq are tied at 12.8 per game)
“He whines more than any star in the league, the guy is just a disgrace.”
sure he does, just abiout as much as guys like DIRK or PAU, or NASH, AMARE, the list goes on and on.
wake the hell up man your an idiot.
hate his game all you want, but wishing injury on anyone is not right man. ohhh what the hell since i have been personally attacked, then i guess i will return the favore for both me and manu, HATINONMANU I HOPE AND PRAY THAT YOU GET IN A CAR ACCIDENT ON YOUR WAY HOME FROM WHAT EVER IT IS THAT YOU DO SO THAT YOU CAN NO LONGER WORK AND SUPPORT YOUR FAMILY, ONLY TO TURN AND BLAME A REPUBLICAN FOR YOUR LOSSES AS USUAL!
October 1st, 2008 at 2:49 pm
hatinonmanu says:
This is a warning to everyone reading Dime: DO NOT DISRESPECT RANGERJOHN’s BFF, MANU!
Ranger, your are an ethug piece of shit.
To address the points you are attempting to make:
1) Manu is not tough. HE creates 95% of the contact he receives by flopping. You touch yourself harder at night than he gets touched during a game, if you think that is rough then that is just because you are a fucking puss.
2) Freethrow attempts prove nothing. That is only one side of the game, watch the guy play defense sometime. If someone who has the ball even comes within 10 feet of Manu, he is on the ground rolling around holding some part of his body. I once seen the mighty SHAWN LIVINGSTON bump Manu so hard that apparently he knocked him 7feet. Just because your mom spends all her time on her back, doesn’t mean it’s aight for people playing basketball to.
3) You are comparing him to STARS. Manu isn’t a STAR, it’s the same as thinking that Yakhouba Diawara should be getting the Wade treatment. He’s an effective role player who brings a spark off the bench, when he becomes a star then he can whine like one. Until then it’s just pathetic, like you.
4) I am awake, and you are more of an idiot than I am.
5) I will and do hate his game, and I doubt that will change because he won’t change. I would hate anyone who played like he does. I don’t see where you were personally attacked in my last message, but it should be pretty obvious in this message. You are a fucking ethug pussy who wouldn’t even think of wishing any sort of harm on me if you were standing in front of me right now. You would be hoping I don’t rip your dick off, rape your mom with it and then slit your fucking throat you fucking pussy. You can pray all you want, my God is bigger than your God.
October 1st, 2008 at 3:01 pm
rangerjohn (R.I.P. EVAN TANNER) says:
lmao you are sure a tough guy. where did you say you where from again? maybe i should show up. oh wait you will be having all your boy friends around to help “protect you” trust me i am in no way shape or form a pussy. believe it, live it love it learn it!
hmm he played THE ENTIRE 2008 PLAYOFFS WITH A SEVERLY SPRAINED ANKLE, so messed up he had to have surgery on it afterwords. thats pretty fucking tough. try it some time tough guy.
as for the fouls, it is an EXACT measure of ones “ability to act the refs into giving him calls”
here you go smart guy manu is not even in the list of fouls drawn PERIOD http://www.82games.com/fouldraw.htm
there four dumb shit your point would be WRONG!
manu is a star, he has made allstar games, he has the personal and team winning to prove it, he has the pay check to prove it, he has the media hype to prove it (if he was not a star of soem sort why would dime even have this article? i dont see anything about ian mahinmi on here being out with a sprained ankle even though he has one now.)
“my god is bigger then your god” so now we are what 7 yrs old? WHAT A FUCKING DUECHE’BAG!
October 1st, 2008 at 3:10 pm
rodnets says:
well said cannot write better than #14
Dime new poll Manu is an all star or not?
October 1st, 2008 at 3:17 pm
hatinonmanu says:
BigBadJohn,
Have you ever watched the fucker play? You are acting like I’m just pulling this flopping shit out of my ass. EVERYONE knows he’s the biggest flopper in the league, by arguing the point you are proving that you are just a stupid bitch. There is no stat that counts how many times he’s on his back in a game, but I’m pretty sure he spends more time on his back than he does on his feet.
Playing on a hurt ankle doesn’t mean shit. That is like saying taking an ass beating means you are a tough fighter…all it means is that you can get your ass beat. It was selfish of him to try and play on an ankle that needed surgery, probably hurt the team more than it helped. It’s not like his playing style really requires working ankles anyways, as mentioned he spends more time on his back than anyone else in the league.
If you consider Manu a star because he plays with Tim Duncan, then I guess you consider Matt Boner a star too? TIM DUNCAN is why Manu has won championships, without TD on that team, Manu would have 0 rings. 0!
The god comment was mocking you, and your obvious lack of maturity. Glad you picked up on it. I’ll be in Dallas next week, I think I remember you saying that you were in Houston? If you want me to make you my bitch, by all means let me know. Afterwards you can let everyone know how my ass tastes.
October 1st, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Gerard says:
this just got so serious….
October 1st, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Ian says:
ranger
comon u actually responding to hatinonmanus
hes speaking outta his ass one thing is to hate a player but another is to say hes a piece of shit when hes a star and one of the top 2guards in the game
name one player that has won everything everywhere hes played? only manu has done that
sam i am
dont back up a someone like hatin u dont have to like manu but if u read what he writes u know is shit.
he compared manu to matt bonner and them mocks someone else because of lack of maturity
i guess pippen doesnt deserve rings nor kareem nor mchale nor garnett nor dr j according to hatins post
because they were the second best player on a championship team
hatin apparently missed the part that without manu on the team duncan would only have 2 rings.
rodnets
yup manu a star top 20 player in the league (top 12 for me) second best 2guard in my book. my vote
October 1st, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Sam I Am says:
@ Ian
I don’t like Manu’s style of play personally,
But I am not crazy like the aforementioned guy … lol shhhh don’t let him know I’m talking about him, he might kill me
I think it’s hate on my side, because I wish Garnett would have won in Minny, and now Minny is going nowhere for a while.
Ahhhh basketball is sooooooooooo close I can feel it
October 1st, 2008 at 6:04 pm
perspective says:
kobe flail’s his arms whenever he goes up for a shot…
reggie miller used to kick his leg out on shots to draw contact….
kevin garnett set repetitive moving screens in the finals…
tim duncan hooks players on his spin move…
steve nash clears out his defenders after he makes a drive and dish…
October 1st, 2008 at 7:16 pm
Ian says:
yeah sam i know
that what i said i have no probs with people hating players but u cant talk shit about their game when u know they can ball