The Argentine, legend of the San Antonio Spurs, will be only the fifth Latin American, man or woman, to be immortalized in this institution after the Brazilians Oscar Schmidt, Maciel Periera and Hortencia Marcari and the Panamanian John Isaacs.
To be selected ‘Manu’, 44, needed to receive at least 18 of the 24 votes of the Honors Committee, made up of Hall of Fame members, executives, journalists and other experts.
The shooting guard from Bahía Blanca, retired from the courts in 2018, played his entire NBA career for the San Antonio Spurs (2002-2018) with whom he was proclaimed champion in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014 forming a memorable trio with Tim Duncan and Tony Parker under coach Gregg Popovich.
‘Manu’, whose number 20 was retired in 2019 by the Spurs, was selected for two All-Star Games (2005 and 2011), won the Best Sixth Man award in 2008 and left the NBA with a total of 14,043 points , 4,001 assists, 3,697 rebounds and 1,392 steals.
He was also the greatest figure of the Golden Generation of Argentine basketball, along with Luis Scola, Frabricio Oberto and Andrés Nocioni, reaching the first Olympic gold in basketball for the country, in the Games of Athens-2004, and a bronze in the Games of Beijing-2008.
Other basketball figures chosen for the Class of 2022 of the Hall of Fame are former player Tim Hardaway, figure of the Warriors and Heat and chosen five times for the All-Star Game, and former coach George Karl, sixth coach with most wins in the NBA and winner of the Coach of the Year award in 2013.
Source: Ambito
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