NBA and Argentina basketball legend Manu Ginóbili has replied to praise from his compatriot, Barcelona forward Lionel Messi. According to Diario MARCA, Messi had previously said, “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.”
Ginóbili, a four-time NBA champion. was given a chance to respond to this praise following his retirement.
“He’s being kind to a veteran who is leaving,” the NBA champion and Olympic Gold Medal winner said. “Obviously, the injustice of that comment goes without saying.