<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">BUENOS AIRES, Argentina ? They ran at him by the dozens, a jumbled mass of arms and legs seeking his touch. Men holding scraps of paper for his signature. Women waving the Argentine flag. Boys wearing white No. 20 Spurs jerseys. All of them screaming or singing his name. Mah-nu! Mah-nu! Mah-nu! A week after helping the Spurs to their second championship in three years, Manu Ginobili returned to Argentina's passionate embrace. Judging from the wave of humanity greeting him at a local hospital Friday afternoon, his countrymen have elevated him from conquering hero to deity. "People here see him as ... something very high," veteran NBA center Dikembe Mutombo said. "Something very symbolic." Ginobili returned to his native country this week to join Mutombo for the NBA's Basketball Without Borders, an instructional camp for some of South America's top young players. Chicago's Andres Nocioni and Detroit's Carlos Delfino, who played with Ginobili on Argentina's gold medal-winning team in last summer's Olympics, also are participating in the event. Neither is drawing the flesh-pressing attention of their teammate. Ginobili's visit to the Hospital Nacional Profesor Alejandro Posadas, an underfunded facility in one of the city's poorer neighborhoods, created such pandemonium Friday that NBA officials nearly had to cancel the event. </div> Source
Manu is one of those people that give back to the community and its great. The people from his hometown love him and he loves them. I respect Manu because not only his game but the way he loves and gives back to his people
It is great motivation boost for youngsters in Argentina to play basketball. I gues more good Argentina players to come in future. You realy have to give credit to Manu, because hi is not on beach on some island, but is in Basketball without borders program.
