(Reuters) – Argentine Manu Ginobili, one of probably the most adorned worldwide gamers in basketball historical past, headlined the Basketball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2022 that was introduced on Saturday.
Ginobili gained 4 National Basketball Association titles throughout a 16-season run with the San Antonio Spurs and an Olympic gold medal.
A second spherical draft decide of the Spurs in 1999, Ginobili performed in 1,057 video games, averaging 13.3 factors and three.8 assists and helped the Spurs to championships in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014.
Ginobili was additionally half of the Argentina group that turned the primary nationwide squad to disclaim American professionals Olympic gold when he led his nation previous Team USA within the 2004 Athens semi-finals en path to profitable the match.
“This is one other factor that you just by no means count on to occur once you begin taking part in ball. Thanks to everyone that assist me throughout this journey!” Ginobili wrote on Twitter.
Also among the many 13 members of the Class of 2022 are five-time NBA All-Star Tim Hardaway, two-time NCAA National Coach of the Year Bob Huggins, former NBA coach George Karl and longtime NBA referee Hugh Evans.
The Class of 2022 will probably be enshrined on Sept. 10 throughout a ceremony on the Springfield, Massachusetts-based Hall of Fame.
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto, modifying by Pritha Sarkar)
