G Manu Ginobili announced Sunday he will return for his 15th NBA season and it is expected that he will re-sign with the San Antonio Spurs. Ginobili, who turns 39 on July 28, revealed his intentions to continue playing on his website.o continue enjoying basketball a little more." Ginobili averaged 9.6 points in 58 contests, a drop from his career average of 14.0. Ginobili recently declined a $2.9 million player option for next season. He has played his entire career with the Spurs.

The run is over for the San Antonio Spurs and possibly the careers of veterans Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili.Moments after the Spurs were eliminated in Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals Thursday night with a 113-99 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, the 40-year-old Duncan wasn't ready to announce his future plans."I'll get to that after I get out of here and figure out life. That's it," said Duncan, who scored 19 points with five rebounds in 34 minutes of action.Head coach Gregg Popovich was surprised when asked after the game whether Duncan had played his last game with the Spurs after 19 seasons."Why do you say that?" Popovich asked. "Do you know something that I don't know? I just wanted to make that clear. Tim was playing really well. So we played him as much as we possibly could because he earned the minutes. He really did a good job."The 38-year-old Ginobili said he plans to take his time in making the decision about a possible return to the Spurs for a 15th season."Of course,... [More]

SG Manu Ginobili was held to five points on 1-of-6 shooting in 22 minutes of action during the Spurs' season-ending loss to the Thunder. His plus/minus was minus-19.

G Manu Ginobili was given the night off Wednesday.

G Manu Ginobili and F LaMarcus Aldridge added 14 points each as the Spurs improved to 65-12 with their fourth straight victory.

G Manu Ginobili scored 20 points, including nine in the fourth quarter to help San Antonio put the game away, and the Spurs beat the Pelicans 100-92 Wednesday.

G Manu Ginobili as well as F Tim Duncan and G Tony Parker were all rested Monday and didn't make the trip to Memphis.

G Manu Ginobili and F David West combined to hit one of their 11 shots and scored four points in the Spurs' 118-100 win against Portland on Tuesday. Ginobili was 0-for-4 and had just two free throws in 18 minutes of play. West was 1-for-7 from the floor in 17 minutes.

G Manu Ginobili and C Tim Duncan were rested by the Spurs and did not play Tuesday at Minnesota.

G Manu Ginobili returned Saturday after missing 12 games with a testicular injury suffered Feb. 3 that required surgery, scoring a season-high 22 points in 15 minutes in the Spurs' 104-94 victory over the Kings. He wore a protective cup for the first time in practice this week and played like the injury was the furthest thing from his mind. "If I play once a month, it helps," Ginobili joked. "I was very excited to be on the court again and competing with my teammates. I got a little bit tired. I'm a 38-year old man and I haven't played for a month so that was expected. I will say, though, that I didn't want to play more than (the 15 minutes)." And it was hardly surprising for coach Gregg Popovich."I've seen him in the three workouts and if I hadn't, then I would've been surprised," Popovich said. "I didn't know how much he was going to play." Ginobili helped San Antonio turned a close game into a runaway by scoring 13 points during a dominating third quarter and won for the eighth straight outing to remain unbeaten at home this season.

G Manu Ginobili has been cleared to return to practice after undergoing testicular surgery Feb. 4 from an injury suffered the night before against New Orleans. He went through shoot-around with the Spurs on Wednesday, but the team will hold him out of game action until at least next week.

San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili could be back this weekend after recovering from surgery for a testicular injury last month.Ginobili is practicing with the team and could work his way back on to the court as early as Saturday, according to reports. Original estimates had him missing approximately six weeks."He's going more quickly then we would have imagined," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "He's not going to play in this back-to-back or anything, but his progress has been much quicker than we thought."Ginobili last played in a game on Feb. 2. Since then, he has missed 10 games for the Spurs (50-9), who face the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night and the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday night. San Antonio plays host to the Sacramento Kings on Saturday.The 38-year-old Ginobili is averaging 10.0 points, 3.3 assists and 3.0 rebounds this season. He's shooting 45.1 percent from the field and 37.8 percent on 3-pointers.

G Manu Ginobili is making incremental progress after testicular surgery on Feb. 4, recently making his way to the court to shoot gingerly, according to coach Gregg Popovich. There is no clear timetable for his return despite initial reports that Ginobili could resume play in a month.

G Manu Ginobili missed his fourth consecutive game on Wednesday night recovering from testicular surgery.

G Manu Ginobili did not play Saturday night. He is recovering from testicular surgery and will be out for at least four weeks.

G Manu Ginobili missed his first game in what is expected to be a month-long recovery from surgery related to a testicular injury.

G Manu Ginobili will be sidelined four to six weeks after undergoing surgery for a testicular injury on Thursday. Ginobili was injured during Wednesday's victory over New Orleans when he took a knee in the groin area from Pelicans forward Ryan Anderson.

F Manu Ginobili took a hit to his face late in the game and was on the floor for several minutes before leaving under his own power with a towel covering his face. He was still being evaluated after the game, and his status for the Spurs' game Friday in Dallas is to be determined.

F Manu Ginobili came off the bench to score 20 points as the Spurs coasted to a 108-95 victory over the Lakers on Friday night at Staples Center.

G Manu Ginobilli sat out Saturday night's game to rest.