Manu Ginobili Indicates He Won’t Retire


He wasn’t so sure what the future held recently, but after taking some time to get over the hurt of losing in the NBA Finals, Manu Ginobili says that he will likely return to the San Antonio Spurs next season. Per the Express-News: “Writing a first-person commentary for the Argentine newspaper ‘La Nación,’ veteran guard Manu Ginobili made his strongest comments yet about his desire to return for another season with the Spurs. Ginobili admitted it took him three days after the conclusion of the NBA Finals, a Game 7 loss to the Miami Heat, before he could focus on his future. Now, he can’t see himself not continuing his Spurs career. ‘After much thinking, going over and over the bad plays, I feel better and content in spite of the bad outcome, and I find it difficult to believe that I won’t play anymore,’ he wrote in La Nación. ‘I don’t feel exhausted or frustrated playing basketball, I mean not enough to say I’m done. I don’t know about everything; I haven’t made a decision, but I see it is unlikely that I will not play anymore. I try not to let the tree in front of me block the forest. This is practically an unbeatable situation in sports. A moment of anger and frustration should not cloud the day-to-day and how well I am doing over here. … I think they want me here again; but I’m not certain because I still can’t talk to the franchise’ under NBA rules.”