By Eurohoops Team / info@eurohoops.net
Fabricio Oberto is an Olympic and NBA champion, and during the mid-2000’s he was a household name in basketball. Currently, Oberto is working as an analyst for ESPN.
In a recent interview with HoopsHype, he discussed Luka Doncic’s talent and compared him to his former teammate Manu Ginobili.
As the former NBA champ stated, that potential No. 1 overall pick in the upcoming draft is one of the chosen ones:
“He is one of these players at that age that looks like he’s been playing European finals for 20 years, in clutch moments during the playoffs… He’s one of those chosen ones. The distance has reduced a bit, but a player in FIBA competition has less space than in the NBA because of the rules. Without a doubt, he is a player with plenty of NBA potential, and where does he go from there will depend on how he works. I think he’s a player who works a lot. You have to see how far he goes or what he will become in the NBA, but there’s no doubt his place is here. There’s no doubt that the team that gets him will have a player who will give a lot to talk about.”
He was also asked about Manu Ginobili and how Doncic compares to him: “In Europe, there are dominating players who can win a game for your team and make sure they’re involved in those key plays, that’s why they are the cream of the crop in Europe. Of course, they have to come here and make their way. It’s not easy what Manu has done here in the NBA.”
Finally, he also discussed Manu Ginobili’s decision to come back next year, and as he says, he wants to see him happy: “What I want to see, having a friendship and relationship with him, is for him to be happy. I think at this point he has nothing left to prove, but he is so competitive you see he can still help the team. I would say I always want to see him play, let him play for 100 more years, but I think there are priorities, life changes.”
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