Guard Manu Ginobili is eying a 16th season with the San Antonio Spurs, ESPN reported on Tuesday.Ginobili reportedly is finalizing terms on a deal that will allow him to play in the 2017-18 season and pump the brakes on retirement for at least one more year.The soon-to-be 40-year-old has not publicly divulged his plans following the Spurs' ouster in the Western Conference final by the eventual champion Golden State Warriors.Ginobili is a four-time NBA champion, an Olympics gold medalist and a Euroleague MVP, although his production has dipped in recent years. The Argentine averaged a career-low 7.5 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists in 69 games last season, during which he made $14 million.Ginobili has spent his entire 15-year NBA career with the Spurs, averaging 13.6 points on 44.7 percent shooting along with 3.6 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.4 steals in 992 career regular-season games.

G Manu Ginobili will take three to four weeks to mull retirement after the Spurs were swept by the Warriors in the Western Conference Finals. Ginobili, 39, left Monday night's Game 4 loss with 2:25 remaining in the fourth quarter to a standing ovation from the San Antonio crowd and chants of "Manu! Manu!" and "One more year!" "Very hard to find the words to describe my feelings after yesterday's game. Still overwhelmed. Thank you SO very much!," Ginobili tweeted Tuesday. The four-time NBA champion and two-time All-Star got the honorary start and finished with 15 points, seven assists and three steals.

The Orlando Magic revamped their organization by hiring Jeff Weltman as president of basketball operations and John Hammond as general manager, the club announced Tuesday.Weltman spent the past four seasons as the right-hand man to Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri. Hammond spent the past nine seasons as general manager of the Milwaukee Bucks.Weltman served as Milwaukee's assistant general manager under Hammond from 2008-13. The two also previously worked together in the Los Angeles Clippers and Detroit Pistons' organizations.Orlando's interim general manager Matt Lloyd is expected to remain in the organization. He filled the role after Rob Hennigan was fired in April.--Steve Kerr's status for the NBA Finals remains an uncertainty. The third-year Golden State Warriors coach has missed his team's last 10 playoff games as he deals with complications from back surgery two years ago entering the team's third straight Finals appearance."Just day-by-day," Kerr told ESPN website The Undefeated... [More]

Manu Ginobili's storied NBA career hangs in limbo after the San Antonio Spurs were swept by the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference Finals on Monday night.Ginobili, 39, left Monday night's Game 4 with 2:25 remaining in the fourth quarter to a standing ovation from the San Antonio crowd and chants of "Manu! Manu!" and "One more year!"The four-time NBA champion and two-time All-Star thanked fans for the gesture on his Twitter account Tuesday morning."Very hard to find the words to describe my feelings after yesterday's game. Still overwhelmed. Thank you SO very much!," Ginobili tweeted.Ginobili said he has not yet made up his mind about retirement."I'm getting closer and closer (to the end of my playing career)," Ginobili told reporters after the game. "There is no secret, for sure. It's getting harder and harder. But I always said that I wanted to let it sink in for three weeks, four weeks, whatever, and then I will sit with my wife and see how it feels.The Argentinean has spent... [More]

G Manu Ginobili scored 15 points Monday in a loss to the Warriors, a game that might have been the finale of his 15-year NBA career.Ginobili left the game in the final minutes to chants of "Manu, Manu" and "one more year." He has said he will take three or four weeks off before deciding whether he wants to return to the league next season, when he will be 40 years old.Ginobili is the only player in NBA history besides LeBron James to record at least 800 rebounds, 800 assists and 300 3-pointers in the postseason.

G Manu Ginobili hit 7 of 9 shots from the field and scored a team-high 21 points in the Spurs' Game 3 loss to the Warriors on Saturday.

G Manu Ginobili finished with 17 for the Spurs, connecting on seven of his 10 shots in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals.

G Manu Ginobili blocked a potential game-tying 3-point attempt by James Harden in the final second of Tuesday's 110-107 overtime victory over Houston that gave San Antonio a 3-2 lead in their Western Conference best-of-seven semifinal series. Ginobili also contributed 12 points.

Since San Antonio joined the NBA in 1976, no other player in the NBA has scored more points off the bench in the postseason than G Manu Ginobili. Of the 205 postseason games he's appeared in, Ginobili has come off the bench 153 times and scored 1,906 points in those appearances.

G Manu Ginobili made his first basket of the series, a driving shot in the first quarter. He followed that with a 3-point basket less than a minute later and scored eight in the quarter. Ginobili missed his first 15 shots in the series, including 10 3-pointers.Ginobili also made a big contribution in the third quarter with two assists and two steals, helping the Spurs to their big lead.

G Manu Ginobili (right quad contusion), F Danny Green (left quad contusion) and G Dejounte Murray (left groin) did not play Wednesday against the Lakers.

G Manu Ginobili hit for 12 points for San Antonio (57-16), which pulled back to within two games of idle Golden State in the race for the best record in the NBA and the Western Conference.

G Manu Ginobli, G Tony Parker and F Kyle Anderson sat out the Thursday game in Oklahoma City to rest.

G Manu Ginobili scored a season-high 19 points as the short-handed Spurs roared from behind to beat the Sacramento Kings 114-104 for their ninth straight victory.

G Manu Ginobili, who had two points, left limping early in the fourth quarter with a twisted left ankle.

G Manu Ginobili (back spasms) was held out more for rest purposes Monday at Brooklyn, missing his sixth game of the season.

G Manu Ginobili added 16 points for the Spurs (31-9).

G Manu Ginobili contributed a season-high 17 points off the bench as the Spurs beat the Pelicans on Sunday.

G Manu Ginobili and C Pau Gasol did not make the trip to Dallas on Wednesday after playing Tuesday night against Orlando. Popovich said they were "banged up."

Manu Ginobili reportedly re-signed with the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday, getting a one-year deal from the only team he has played for.According to the Vertical on Yahoo Sports, Ginobili is returning to San Antonio on a contract that will pay him $14 million after the 38-year-old opted out of his $2.9 million contract to enter free agent.Last week, Ginobili announced via Twitter that he was returning to the Spurs for a 15th season when he tweeted: ''Happy to tell you guys that I'll be coming back to the Spurs for another season."Ginobili has averaged 14 points and has won four championships with San Antonio, which selected him 57th overall in the 1999 draft. Ginobili also is a two-time All-Star and won the NBA Sixth Man of the Year award in 2008.Last season, he averaged 9.6 points and 3.1 assists while playing 58 games as the Spurs posted a team-record 67 regular-season victories.Ginobili's re-signing occurred three days after forward Tim Duncan announced his retirement following a 19-year career. It also came on the same day that San Antonio officially announced the signing of 36-year-old forward Pau Gasol.