How US college basketball is winning over Argentina’s top prospects

When Emanuel “Manu” Ginóbili was drafted by the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) San Antonio Spurs in 1999, he was virtually unknown in the United States. Like most young Argentine players, he had gone to Europe after beginning his career at home and was therefore considered a less promising prospect than others who had played basketball at U.S. colleges. Yet, most of them never came close to achieving what Ginóbili did. That trend could soon be reversed, as more Argentine players choose to abandon the traditional European route in favor of the National Collegiate Athletic Association…