Manu Ginobili to join San Antonio Spurs as special adviser to basketball operations, per report

A well-known face is reportedly returning to the San Antonio Spurs as one of many franchise’s most beloved gamers has accepted a job with the franchise. 

Spurs legend Manu Ginobili has agreed to take a job as a particular adviser to basketball operations, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.com. Whereas he will not have the identical kind of position that Tim Duncan held throughout his temporary stint as a member of Gregg Popovich’s teaching employees, Ginobili will reportedly be working intently with the gamers on San Antonio’s roster with a purpose to assist them develop each on and off of the court docket. 

The 57th total decide again within the 1999 NBA Draft, Ginobili’s skilled basketball profession spanned three a long time and noticed him seize a number of championships and private accolades, each on the membership stage and internationally. He was a star in Europe earlier than coming to the NBA, helped lead the Spurs to 4 NBA titles, made a number of All-Star and All-NBA teams, gained Sixth Man of the 12 months in 2008, and helped Argentina seize a number of Olympic medals together with their historic gold in 2004. 

Given the kind of success that Ginobili loved all through his skilled profession, there actually is not anybody higher for this subsequent era of Spurs gamers to study from as they appear to construct on the success that Manu, the aforementioned Duncan and Tony Parker loved all through his storied careers in San Antonio.