Ten anecdotes you may not know about Mani Obliging

Hall of Farmer, 16 NBA seasons, four championships, two NBA third-teams, two NBA All-Star games, one best sixth man, career averages of 13.3 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game, his NBA resume is brilliant enough, but Mani Obliging is still the kind of special player that makes countless fans think or fantasize about, because in the Spurs system, he has always been the team-oriented one. He has always been a team player in the Spurs system, and has made sacrifices in terms of possessions and playing time over the years.

At the NBA level, Obliging may be one of the most impressive left-hardens and foreign players in history, and may be the ceiling of the sixth man position. However, at the international level, Obliging is a legendary absolute star, the most valuable player at the 2004 Athens Olympics. In his career, Obliging has led Argentina to one Olympic title, one Olympic third-place finish, one Olympic third-place finish, and two U.S. Championship titles. It is no exaggeration to say that Obliging is the Mara dona of Argentine basketball.

Any player has his own anecdote or anecdote, and Obliging is no exception. In this article, I will compile a list of ten anecdotes about Obliging that may not be widely known, so that fans who are interested in him can get a more comprehensive understanding of him. Of course, due to the limitation of space, if there is a debate or the pearl of choice, you are welcome to share and add in the comments section.

I. About Billing's family and growing up background

Obliging was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in a family of Italian descent. His father was a professional player when he was young, and also worked as a leader and coach of an amateur basketball team in Argentina when he was old, and his two brothers also played professional basketball. So at the age of 2 or 3, Obliging used to play with a basketball that was out of proportion to his size. After dreaming of becoming a professional player, Obliging spent some time at home before choosing to play in the Italian basketball league, where he could fit in seamlessly in the Eerie A environment.

Second, Obliging is the second basketball winner to combine Euro basket championship, NBA championship and Olympic gold medal

Obliging became a professional basketball player at the age of 18, starting at his hometown club Indianan Sport, and continued his training in the Italian league after the age of 21. In 2001, at the age of 24, Obliging conquered Euro league basketball when he led Bologna Vitus to the Triple Crown. (Italian Basketball League I champion, Italian Basketball Cup champion, Euro Basket champion, and personally voted MVP of Euro Basket that year, before starting his journey to the NBA.

In 2003, Obliging, who had already established himself in the NBA, helped the Spurs to win the championship, which was also his first NBA championship. A year later, in the 2004 Athens Olympics, Obliging played in a sealed tournament performance, leading the Argentine Golden Generation all the way through the dragon pool, winning the Olympic gold medal. At that point, Obliging became the only two basketball winners to combine a Euro Basket championship, an NBA title and an Olympic gold medal. (The first person to achieve this achievement was Bill Bradley, an American player active in the 1960s and an American basketball player whose NBA career was water cooler level)

Three, about Billing's basketball icon

Obliging comes from a soccer country, but he was born in a family with a basketball atmosphere, and grew up in Argentina's basketball atmosphere is almost the best city of Puerto Blanca, so he became a basketball fan since childhood.

He was born in a family with a basketball atmosphere and grew up in the city of Puerto Blanca, Argentina, which is almost the best city for basketball. In the 1990s, when the Bulls dynasty ruled the NBA, Billing's room was filled with Jordan posters and he had two videos of Jordan's play that he often took out to study and observe. In addition to his extraordinary skills, Jordan's obsession with winning is also the reason why Obliging admires him so much.

Obliging brings dinner culture to the Spurs

After joining the Spurs and becoming one of the team's core players, Obliging brought to the Spurs the dinner culture of the Argentine golden generation national team, by holding regular team dinners to promote mutual communication and unity. After one sky-high chat after another, the Spurs' locker room atmosphere has taken a step up with the help of Mani.

V. About Billing's nickname

The nickname culture is a part of basketball culture, many players have their own exclusive nicknames, Obliging is also among them. In the Chinese world, his most familiar nickname is [Demon Blade], which is related to his ghostly style of play. Incidentally, in China's Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, Obliging enjoys the nickname [Ghost Cut], which is similar to [Demon Knife].

Six, Obliging is the first person to win more than a thousand NBA games

After a long NBA career, Obliging played a combined 1057 games for the Spurs, including a record of 762 wins and 295 losses, a staggering 72.1% win rate. Among players who have played in 1,000 games, there is no player with a higher winning percentage than Obliging. Incidentally, the person in second place is Duncan and the person in third place is Parker.

Seven, about Billing's love

The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you are getting into. In the year when Obliging was 20 years old, he met his current wife, Kronor, and they fell in love at first sight. The two of them entered into marriage in 2004 after seven years of love.

After that, the two have been in a sweet relationship. To date, Mr. and Mrs. Obliging have three sons. It is worth mentioning that Billing's eldest and second sons are not interested in basketball, one's idol is Mess, one's idol is Guerrero, and the third son is still too young to show interest in sports.

Eight, Obliging had shot down a bat in the NBA game

Most fans who know Obliging will remember a unique egg in his career, that is, the Spurs were playing at home on Halloween night in 2009, and an unexpected visitor (a bat) came to the game. The game was stopped mid-game because of the bat's intrusion, and everyone wanted to get the bat out first.

Obliging was quick to see the bat flying near him, and seized the opportunity to shoot it down and give it to the staff, so the game could resume. Another interesting thing, in a game ten years later, the Spurs home court again flew into the bat, and then the fans will be very loud chanting Mani's name.

Nine, Obliging on his hair loss is very good look

Obliging is a famous bald representative in the history of the NBA, many fans also flirted with him is touched by Duncan bald. For hair loss this thing, Obliging is very relieved. Once upon a time, he once released a photo of himself with a bald eagle, saying that the bald eagle and himself are brothers, in a humorous way to respond to and dissipate the jokes of fans and even the personal attacks of black fans. In addition, Ginobili has even brought a wig to an exhibition game in order to entertain the audience.

Ten, Obliging had asked the NBA to change the text on the championship ring

In his NBA career, I think Obliging has done the most courageous and really he is most qualified to propose a thing, that is to ask to modify the NBA championship ring WORLD (world) for NBA (championship) words.

It happened in 2005, the Spurs won the championship, the previous year in the Olympic Games to lead the team over the United States of Obliging saw the design of the championship ring is not very happy, that the NBA championship ring should be modified wording, do not represent the world.

Standing in the perspective of the NBA, they, they believe that the United States is the most representative of the level of basketball, the NBA is the world's best basketball league, then their championship deserves to be the best team in the world of professional basketball. However, considering the respect for Obliging and he is indeed the man who led Argentina to defeat the U.S. men's basketball team in FIBS, after the Spurs won the championship rings are deliberately changed to the NBA word, the rest as usual.