i missed the interview today, but here's a recap someone on spurstalk.com wrote up:
Rome asked "Do you feel like Lakers game was a statement game?" Manu said "we did have a great game, but we got lucky. Mason hit a shot with 5 secs. left and got fouled. We are trying to improve...So far they (the Lakers) are the favorites.
Too old? People said we were too old the past 2 years. We won championship 2 seasons ago and made it to conference finals last season. It would be disrespectful to count us out. We aren't asking for people to count us in, we'll just wait and see.
Injury? It's my first surgery. Healthwise I'm good, even after b2b. Just need to get my rhythm back and confidence.
He and Pop talked alot during the summer about the ankle injury. Spurs sent people to Argentina and the Dr. told me it would get injured again, just a matter of time. I had Spurs blessing to play. It turned out better that I was injured and was able to get the surgery before the season, rather than have it happen during the season and be out for 3 months.
Gold medal or NBA championship better? Both really but if you asked me 10 years ago if I would get either one, I would not have expected it. The Olympics were special because I was playing for Argentina which is not known for basketball and I was playing with my friends that I had played with for a long time. It's hard to beat getting the gold medal...and with the Spurs we have won 3 times so that was good too. (paraphrased)
Rome talked about Manu's frenetic, all-out playing style and if he knows he needs to manage his injuries and prepare more as he gets older. Manu said he never thinks about it in that way, to prepare himself for injury. He's now 30 and he had his best season last year, so he thinks he has more improvement to make and he thinks he can continue to play at a high level in the near future.
Manu said they are trying to get back to be what the Spurs are known for which is a good defensive team.
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i missed the interview today, but here's a recap someone on spurstalk.com wrote up:
Rome asked "Do you feel like Lakers game was a statement game?" Manu said "we did have a great game, but we got lucky. Mason hit a shot with 5 secs. left and got fouled. We are trying to improve...So far they (the Lakers) are the favorites.
Too old? People said we were too old the past 2 years. We won championship 2 seasons ago and made it to conference finals last season. It would be disrespectful to count us out. We aren't asking for people to count us in, we'll just wait and see.
Injury? It's my first surgery. Healthwise I'm good, even after b2b. Just need to get my rhythm back and confidence.
He and Pop talked alot during the summer about the ankle injury. Spurs sent people to Argentina and the Dr. told me it would get injured again, just a matter of time. I had Spurs blessing to play. It turned out better that I was injured and was able to get the surgery before the season, rather than have it happen during the season and be out for 3 months.
Gold medal or NBA championship better? Both really but if you asked me 10 years ago if I would get either one, I would not have expected it. The Olympics were special because I was playing for Argentina which is not known for basketball and I was playing with my friends that I had played with for a long time. It's hard to beat getting the gold medal...and with the Spurs we have won 3 times so that was good too. (paraphrased)
Rome talked about Manu's frenetic, all-out playing style and if he knows he needs to manage his injuries and prepare more as he gets older. Manu said he never thinks about it in that way, to prepare himself for injury. He's now 30 and he had his best season last year, so he thinks he has more improvement to make and he thinks he can continue to play at a high level in the near future.
Manu said they are trying to get back to be what the Spurs are known for which is a good defensive team.
Thanks and Hi to everyone listening.
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