It is widely viewed as one of the best draft classes, with a total of nine future NBA All-Stars being chosen, as well as three winners of the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award—Manu Ginóbili, Jason Terry, and Lamar Odom.
Bustos has interviewed important sports figures such as 2007 U.S. Open and 2009 Masters Tournament champion Ángel Cabrera, Diego Maradona, Pelé, FIFA President Sepp Blatter, Senior PGA Tour Champion Eduardo Romero, NBA star Manu Ginóbili, and NASCAR sensation Juan Pablo Montoya, among many others.
They relate with human characters like Graiel, Santino, Salvador and others of the real life like the basketball player Manu Ginóbili.
In 1993 he received the first decade-wise Golden Olimpia Award for Basketball, which ten years later was given to Emanuel Ginóbili.
In San Antonio he adapted well to a secondary role as Manu Ginóbili's backup, developing and emphasizing his outside shooting.
He was joined on this team by established NBA superstars Dirk Nowitzki and Peja Stojakovic and NBA rookies-to-be Yao Ming and Emanuel Ginobili.
The Spurs began the 2008 season with their worst record in franchise history (2-4), as a result of an injury to Manu Ginóbili at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and a sprained ankle to Tony Parker early in the season.
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Developed in European basketball, the move is generally accepted to have been brought to the NBA by Lithuanian Šarūnas Marčiulionis, and was popularized in North America by Manu Ginóbili, an Argentine who arrived in the NBA from the Italian league.