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Ginobili’s surge continues in Spurs’ win
Manu Ginobili doesn’t presume to know what it’s like to be Tracy McGrady. Ginobili has had injuries, but not a knee injury. He’s had surgery, but not microfracture. He’s missed months, but not an entire season.

Still, after watching McGrady feel his way around the AT&T Center in a New York Knicks jersey Wednesday night, during what became a 97-87 Spurs victory, Ginobili could sympathize with what McGrady was going through. This is what it looks like when a former star is just trying to be a basketball player again.

“He’s coming from a way worse situation than me,” Ginobili said. “It’s not an easy spot to be.”

The same McGrady who once scored 13 points in 33 seconds against the Spurs managed only six in 25 minutes Wednesday. If McGrady could take anything out of his 10th game of the season, it is this: People once wondered whether Ginobili could ever be Ginobili again, too…
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Tony Parker left Saturday night’s game against the Memphis Grizzlies with a broken bone in his right hand and could miss six weeks.

Parker broke the fourth metacarpal — the bone between the bottom knuckle and the wrist — near the end of the first half and did not return to the game. The injury apparently occurred during a scramble for the ball.

Tony Parker has returned to San Antonio. He will see team doctors, including a hand specialist, on Monday, March 8. A timeline for his return for his return will be determined later in the week.

Press Release

Spurs point guard Tony Parker says the sprained ankle that knocked him from Friday night’s 96-84 loss against the Trail Blazers isn’t as severe as others he’s suffered in his career. Parker missed nine games early last season after spraining the same ankle, and missed a month with the French national team during the summer with a similar injury to his right ankle.

X-rays taken at the Rose Garden were negative, and Parker left the arena after the game under his own power. He is expected to be re-evaluated Saturday after the Spurs return to San Antonio.

San Antonio Express-News

A new season is fast approaching and you need you know, nay — you demand to know! Who’s the best at each position in the league on a nightly basis in the ‘09-10 NBA season. So with your mind and excel sheet ablaze trying to figure out that riddle to no end. I’ve decided to take one for the team, by putting together a  list of the Top 5 players in the league by position heading into the ‘09-10 NBA season.

Up next and last , the point guard spot. Read More »

Tony Parker will miss the next game for the French national team after the Spurs confirmed a mild right ankle sprain in their star point guard.

The Spurs brought Parker back to San Antonio for tests after their leading scorer injured his ankle and thigh in a collision with an Austrian player last week. Parker is not expected to play when France plays Italy on Wednesday in a European championship qualifier.

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One thing I’ve noticed over the past few years about International players entering the NBA these days is that they have way better nicknames then the guys that paved the way for them to make it to the league. Before every international sensation was dubbed “The left handed something”, “The right handed something”, “The European something” or some other uninspired nickname that translated into English horribly.

Now the International dudes have cool nicknames like Spanish Fly, AK-47, Captain Canada, The Polish Hammer, The Machine and a bunch of other cool sounding stuff . In this video of the Top 10 plays of the year by guys with US Work Visas.

The all show how they earned their names with some international flare.

Enjoy from your respective time zone.

In the Longoria-Parker household, life is pretty damn good! Tony Parker gets free Nike’s, PC’s autographed by Bill Gates and as much French Ticklers as his side of the closet can hold! Eva Longoria gets free, make-up, designer clothes, sexy ice cream, Gabrielle Solis‘ lingerie wardrobe (that Tony gets to enjoy too) and now, FREE BEER!

Beautiful, beautiful cold beer! All these guys need is a car or Segway sponsor and they’ll be set up proper!

At this point if you’re jealous of Tony Parker’s life, you have good reason. I would suggest you drown your sorrows in a case of Heineken Light.

Check out some more Eva Longoria behind the scene action of her Heineken Light TV spot, after the jump.

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Zut Alors! Tony Parker a du plaisir à l’anniversaire de son frère qui tourne 23 ans à Paris, avec une grosse bouteille de Cristal. La seule façon que je pourrais garder Tony Parker, c’est s’il buvait toute cette bouteille.

Bonne Fete Pierre!

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Being hitched to Eva Longoria makes Tony Parker a pretty lucky man and recently GQ Mexico decided to use some of that luck to sell more glossies and judging by the pictures below. Business has probably seen a very sharp spike in profits.

Yowza!

Dampier told The News after the game that he was going to put Parker “on his back” and that “my first foul has to tell him he’s in for a long night.” While that may raise red flags in the league office, it also may be an attempt to play mind games with the high-scoring Parker, who has shredded theMavericks’ defense through two games of their first-round series. Dampier insisted after the game that he would “get his money’s worth” on his first foul when Parker drove to the basket, which he has done with impunity. Without question, Dampier will be watched more closely by the game officials after his comments. If the league has any penalty to hand down before the game, it would probably be a fine, not a suspension.

Dallas Morning News