'Changed the game': NBA figures praised Manu Ginobili's Eurostep after entering the Hall of Fame

The confirmation of Emanuel Ginobili's arrival in the NBA Hall of Fame delivered more repercussions and it was the US league itself that shared a video on its social networks in which basketball figures and coaches praised the former San Antonio Spurs guard Spurs, a franchise with which he won four rings, beyond his achieved with the Argentine national team.

The material posted by the NBA points to the classic move that the Bahian made, Eurostep, which is a simulation in which the attacking player puts his body to one side and defines the other. From the left to the right sector, from the right to the left or from the center to either direction. The key to the play is the effectiveness of the one who carries the ball and Manu that was a registered trademark of Manu.

Most of those who spoke highlighted that point of the 44-year-old former basketball player. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks), said that “when I think of Manu Ginobili I think about greatness and most importantly, Eurostep”.

While Draymond Green (Golden State Warriors) stressed that “it's as if it was moving down, but it also moved both ways to the same side and had a lot of little tricks”.

“The way the hoop attacks, its speed, its strength, the ability to change directions so quickly and those definitions with both hands, is impeccable,” said Kelly Olynyk (Miami Heat). While Klay Thompson (Golden State Warriors) noted that “his ability to cut back, play with talent and style.

For Blake Griffin (Detroit Pistons), Manu “really changed the way basketball is played today. Now you see several players do each game three or four times.”

For his part, J.B. Bickerstaff (Coach Memphis Grizzlies), indicated that “preparing a player like James Harden, who has dominated that play, obviously he had an impact on a player like that, who became one of the best players in the league.”

Quin Snyder (Utah Jazzhead coach) said that “everyone who makes that play now, knows that historically they took it out of Manu Ginobili, it's probably one of Kareem's best hookside plays. Manu's Eurostep is there with him.”

Someone who knows Manu very much since he was his Spurs coach, Gregg Popovich, said that “you never knew exactly what was going to be or where the ball would go or what play he could play, but 9 out of 10, whatever he did, helped win basketball games.”

These are some of the tributes that Ginobili will receive for having achieved another milestone in his sports campaign. He is one of the best in history in the NBA and also shone in the Argentine national team and among his achievements are the gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, the bronze medal in Beijing in 2008 and the runner-up in Indianapolis 2002.

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