Word of the Day: Ginobili
Basketbawful —
Ginobili (gi-nob'-blee) verb. 1. To flop in response to minimal (or perhaps fictitious) contact in order to draw a foul. 2. To greatly overreact to little or no physical stimuli for personal gain. ...
YOU'VE BEEN GINOBILI'D!!!
Docksquad Sports —
I'm sure you all have seen the you've been rondo'd videos by now, but if you haven't definitely check them out on youtube. Anyways, it looks like a Manu hater used that idea and came up with this video, but in this video they call it You've been Ginobili'd instead! ...
Forget getting Rondo’d… You just got GINOBILI’D !!!
Hail Mary Jane —
From the video description:
Ginobili - verb: To greatly overreact to little or no physical stimuli for personal gain. Yeah sounds about right.
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30 Previews In 30 Days: The San Antonio Spurs [NBA Season Previews]
Deadspin —
NBA training camps have begun; the season is rapidly approaching. Can you dig it? I knew that you could. And so we continue our previews: 30 of them in 30 days. Up next is a team that is NEW AND EXCITING!! (But not really.) They are: The San Antonio Spurs. When last we saw them: Finished 56-26, second in the Southwest Division and tied for second overall in the West. Eliminated by the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals after Manu Ginobili blew a tire. New: George Hill, Roger Mason, Salim Stoudamire Oooooold: Brent Barry, Damon Stoudamire, Robert Horry ...
And We're Off - One Lunatic's Spurs Preview
Pounding The Rock —
My life sucks. My car is out of commission, I'm too poor to pay my rent, I have a cold and even though it's November now, The Sickness is still not in my life. It's not fair.
So Tuesday afternoon Manolis and I decided to go to the Sharks-Pens game. We figured, two good, offensive, great skating, great passing, high volume shooting teams, we might see a 5-4 game. Of course it ends 2-1. 2-1 for $60 nosebleed seats. Grumble. And on the ride home my car's gear shift locks up on me. For 30 solid seconds I was stuck at a light and not able to shift into any gear before it loosened up and I was able to drive us back to the bar. Howevuh, after ...
The NBA's All-Time Greatest Flopper: Rob Horry, Andrei Kirilenko, Anderson Varejao, Shaquille O'Neal, Raja Bell, Manu Ginobili, or Vlade Divac?
HoopsVibe NBA Blog —
The NBA’s All-Time Greatest Flopper: Rob Horry, Andrei Kirilenko, Anderson Varejao, Shaquille O’Neal, Raja Bell, Manu Ginobili, or Vlade Divac? [image] HoopsVibe The Blog regularly drops a basketball related list for fans to weigh-in on. We call it ’Listed’ ... Flopping: a player exaggerating contact with an opponent by falling to the floor in an attempt to draw a foul call from the referees". They are a small group. They play on different teams. They are famous, or infamous, for one skill. They have turned this one skill into both an art and science. And for this skill, they are hated in 29 road arenas and loved only at home. I m ...
The Highlight of a Celtics/Spurs Matchup will be....
LOY's PLACE a celtics green blog —
A very anti flopping Rasheed Wallace vs the King of Floppers - Manu Ginobili.
If Sheed reacted the way he did to a little flop, imagine Sheed's reaction to a Ginobili flop like this one vs Bonzi Wells:
And I just love this ...
