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Article: ROSTER'S BIG ENOUGH FOR GENUINE GINOBILI.(Sports)(Column)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- February 19, 2005
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Byline: Bernie Lincicome, Rocky Mountain News
So, what's a skinny Italian from Argentina doing in a place like this? Having the time of his life, to hear Manu Ginobili tell it. And he can tell it in several languages.
"Just three," Ginobili said in his third accent after Spanish and Italian. "I have no room for more."
Being multilingual is, of course, a highly prized skill, whereas one tongue is trouble for most NBAers. Dunking over Amare Stoudemire might cause more immediate gasps. Or scoring 48 points on a night that rescues your team from a 17-point hole. Of such things is made a spot on the NBA Western Conference All-Star team - that, and ...
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