The Spurs selected him with the 57th overall pick, and even after that, he played for three more years in Italy before moving to San Antonio. In 67% of his NBA games, he was a reserve. He averaged 13.3 points per game throughout his career, far from being the league's most physically gifted player.
Manu Ginobili has an odd résumé for a member of the Hall of Fame, but he undoubtedly deserves admission. He was initiated on Saturday night.
Ginobili asserted, "I'm not here because I was unique. Because I was a member of two of the most significant teams, I am here. WithMy Argentinian national team won [Olympic] gold in 2004, and the Spurs won four NBA championships.
Ginobili undersells himself; he is unique. One of his favorite opponents to compete against, according to Kobe Bryant. As the Spurs' Sixth Man of the Year in 2008, Ginobili won four NBA championships and was also a two-time All-Star member of the NBA All-NBA team. Ginobili won Argentina's lone basketball gold medal at the 2004 Olympics, making him more than just a Hall of Famer for his NBA accomplishments. He is one of only two players to have captured an NBA title, an Olympic gold, and the EuroLeague championship in 2001. (Bill Bradley is the other).
"The weird part about my career is that I simultaneously had another career when all this was going on with the Spurs. And it was with my Argentinian national team, so it was just as exciting and enjoyable as the one with the Spurs, Ginobili remarked.
Legendary point guard Tim Hardaway, Hawks scoring machine Lou Hudson, former coaches George Karl, Del Harris, and Larry Costello, late NBA official Hugh Evans, WNBA players Lindsay Whalen and Swin Cash, men's college coach Bob Huggins, women's college coaches Marianne Stanley and Theresa Shank-Grentz, Yugoslavian international star Radivoj Korac, as well as three African-American pioneers, picks from the original Harlem Globetrotters, were also inducted
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