PSG star Lionel Messi makes claim on NBA star Manu Ginobili
PSG star Lionel Messi makes claim on NBA star Manu Ginobili: When a journalist compared Lionel Messi to MBA star Manu Ginobili, he was humbled.
Manu Ginobili is one of the Talented and great basketball players from Argentina. He is a former player of the San Antonio Spurs and is inducted into the hall of fame.
A journalist in a conversation compared Ginobili with PSG Star and 7-time Ballon d’Or winner. However, the Argentine PSG star is modest enough to say it should be the other way around.
The PSG star was seen saying ” It makes me proud to hear that a journalist says that Manu is the Messi of basketball. In fact, they should say Messi is the Manu of football. ”
PSG forward and NBA star has many achievements under their belt
Similar to PSG star Messi, Manu has a lot of achievements under his belt. The Argentine NBA player has won the NBA title 4 times in his career. He is as named an NBA All-star twice during his stint with the San Antonio Spurs. Both the stats have one thing in common and that is the Olympic gold medal. Moreover, they both are Olympic gold medalists for Argentina in their respective games.
In the 2004 Olympic games in Athens, Greece Manu Ginobili clinched gold. After 4 years, Argentina won Bronze in Beijing, China with Ginobili in Squad.
Lionel Messi is also a gold Medalist when he guided Argentina to victory in 2008. He led the nation to victory over Nigeria in the gold medal game.
Both of them are World Cup Runner-ups for their respective games. Manu Ginobili was in Squad when Argentina lost in FIBA World Championship 2002. While Messi lost in the 2014 FIFA world cup final to Germany.
Currently playing in the Ligue 1 with PSG, Messi is an excellent assist to fellow striker Neymar Jr. He is making goals for the team as well as helping fellow players in the Squad. Recently, on September 10 PSG recorded a narrow 1-0 win over Brest.