Manu Ginobili is still dunking at age 47

Manu shows he still has it at an Argentina Legends basketball game.

We all know Spurs legend Manu Ginobili still loves basketball, proof being he has stuck with the organization since his retirement in 2018 as a special advisor to basketball operations and can often be seen at practice. Also, if you follow him on social media, you know he is a fitness guru based on his many posts about his workouts and bike rides.

However, if there’s one thing we haven’t seen him do too much, it’s actually playing basketball, so if you were wondering if he still has it or not, here’s your answer.

That’s right, you just watched 47-year-old Manu Ginobili soar for a high flying dunk (after receiving an over-that-head-pass that would make prime Manu proud). This occurred at a Legends Basketball game in Argentina that honored its Golden Generation 20 years after they improbably won the golden medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Here’s the dunk from another angle.

Afterwards, they received medals, and Manu gave a heartfelt speech.

For those of use who don’t speak Spanish, here is a translation is courtesy of Jesus Gomez:

It’ll be just a second. Well, no, it won’t be one second. It’s hard to speak for 11 other guys, but I’m confident they’ll feel the same way I do. This is unbelievable. When we first started talking about doing this event we were like “who the [bleep] is going to show up to watch us? Who’s going to want to see 12 old men play slow, risking a muscle tear?” And then we showed up and saw this (points at the crowd). We really feel it in our hearts. It’s huge.

When you start thinking and digesting that this is over, that you won’t ever get to experience it again, that you retired and are keeping a low profile, focusing on family, and you’ll never get the opportunity to feel this kind of affection, this kind of appreciation for what you did during your career — feeling it like this is powerful. So I thank you on behalf of the whole team. This doesn’t happen everywhere. Twenty years have passed and you guys are here. So I can’t thank you all enough. We’re moved by this. We are happy. We had our doubts. But this is priceless. So to every single one of you who came here to say hi, to show us your affection, to cheer for us, to celebrate with us 20 years later, a million thanks, for real. That’s all.

This must have been pretty awesome for the people of Argentina, and quite frankly, I wouldn’t complain if the Spurs wanted to hold a legends game too. Just a chance to see Manu dunk again would sell out the Frost Bank Center alone, but it would also be awesome to see Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, David Robinson, George Gervin, and many more who are physically able. We can dream.