Last Updated on September 13, 2024 by Mathew Diekhake
Here is the detailed information about Manu Ginobili:
- Full Name: Emanuel David Ginóbili
- Nationality: Argentine
- Age: Born July 28, 1977
- Hometown: Bahía Blanca, Argentina
- Wingspan: 6 feet 9 inches (2.06 meters)
- Weight: 205 pounds (93 kg)
- Height: 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 meters)
- Shoe Size: 14 (US)
- Shoe Brand: Nike Hyperdunk 2017
- Number: 20 (Spurs)
- Position: Shooting Guard / Small Forward
- Draft: 1999 NBA Draft, 57th overall pick by the San Antonio Spurs
- College: Did not attend college; played professionally in Argentina and Italy before joining the NBA
- High School: Did not attend high school in the traditional American sense; developed through club teams in Argentina
- Rings: 4 (2003, 2005, 2007, 2014 with the San Antonio Spurs)
- Kids: Three children – Dante, Nicola, and Luca
- Retirement Age: Retired in 2018 at the age of 41
- 2K Rating: 90 (Spurs)
- Net Worth: $130,039,615
Notes:
- Manu Ginobili, along with Tony Parker and Tim Duncan, was a very important member of San Antonio during their dynasty era. Duncan was known as the most important piece, but they couldn’t have won rings if any one of those three wasn’t there as well.
Fun Facts
- He was the only player in the 1999 NBA Draft class to make it to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
- He made it cool to come off the bench (at least for a while). Ginobili was one of the first NBA players to come off the bench in a 6th man role without it being because he didn’t deserve to be in the starting five. He definitely was the third-best player on the team and his coach, Gregg Popovich, preferred using him off the bench for the sake of balancing the lineup and getting very good production from the bench.
- In the matchup between the San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets on December 9, 2004, Ginobili inbounded the ball after a timeout incorrectly. His coach pulled him from the game to have words. Arguably, without this mishap, Tracy McGrady wouldn’t have gone on to score 13 in the last 33 seconds of the game in a comeback victory for the Rockets.