Four NBA Champions, two NBA All-Stars, the 2008 NBA Sixman of the Year, and the 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist Manu Ginobili are from a family of basketball players.
Ginobili made his professional debut in the Argentine Basketball League at the Andino Sports Club in Larioha during the 1995-96 season and was traded to Estudiantes de Baia Blanca the following year. He played with a local team until 1998.