Messi was happy for his fellow basketball star (Badr El-Din Tanani/Getty)
The Argentine star Manu Ginobili The NBA Basketball Hall of Fame, following a long career in which he helped win a title league With the San Antonio Spurs in four seasons, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014.
And the Spanish newspaper “Marca” quoted, on Sunday, a special message of congratulations from the Argentine football star, Lionel Messi, to his compatriot, in which he said: “I feel proud to hear a journalist say that Mano is the Messi of basketball, in fact they should say that I am Mano of football.”
The privilege of enjoying a legendary career ????#ManuLeyenda pic.twitter.com/68TkWEWcWm
— NBA Broad (@NBALatam) September 10, 2022
And social networking sites caught fire following the official page of San Antonio Spurs published what Messi wrote, as the tweeters expressed their admiration for the position of the French Paris Saint-Germain star, and praised his humility in front of one of the best basketball players in history.
These words reminded me of the late Diego Maradona’s praise of Ginobili, when he confirmed that he was like Messi and Ronaldo in football, and he described him as a real phenomenon, when he was asked if Ginobili was the best athlete in the history of Argentina, so that his answer would be in the affirmative.
“It makes me very proud to hear a journalist say that Manu is the Messi of basketball. In fact, they should say that I am the Manu of football.”
Lionel Messi on Manu Ginobili ????#ManuLeyenda https://t.co/iTUFUwqm31
— NBA Broad (@NBALatam) September 11, 2022
