[Ads-l] Why the Eurostep is the NBA=?utf-8?Q?=E2=80=99s_?=most controversial move -- and its most unstoppable

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Fri Nov 9 15:15:12 UTC 2018


Ah, but did he bring his step with him from Argentina or pick it up in Italy, before conveying it to San Antonio?  I may be influenced by the fact that I first got to know Manu, step and all, during the Olympics (when he was playing for Argentina).

LH

> On Nov 9, 2018, at 9:23 AM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Ginobili played in Italy before coming to US
> 
> VS-)
> 
> On Thu, Nov 8, 2018, 9:02 PM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> When I hear Eurostep, I think of Manu Ginobili (with
>> =E2=80=9CGinobili=E2=80=
>> =9D pronounced the way Charles Barkley was fond of doing it), but =
>> ironically Ginobili himself is Argentinian, which isn=E2=80=99t =
>> technically Euro unless diachrony counts.
>> 
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