NOS AIRES， July 4 (Xinhua) -- Argentine basketball player Emanuel Ginobili assured on Monday that his immediate focus is on his national team， who he will compete with at the Olympic Games 2016 in Rio de Janeiro in August.
"In the meantime， I am focused on the national team. The hopes have been restored. I want to put on the Argentina shirt once again and be with my teammates and play in the Olympic Games. These are many things that generate lovely emotions，" said the player， who at the weekend announced his decision to play one more year in the U.S. National Basketball Association (NBA).
In his regular Monday column with local daily La Nacion， Ginobili said that the team's training， led by Sergio Hernandez will be "almost perfect."
At the same time， he said that his "priority" is to continue playing with San Antonio Spurs， a team with which he has won the NBA championship four times (2003， 2005， 2007 and 2014).
"It is my priority and I would prefer not to play somewhere else but， I also can't ignore the options that appear to them (San Antonio Spurs)，" said Ginobili.
"I am aware that my team would like to sign Kevin Durant. Therefore， first of all these type of players will sign and then there will be a cascade effect as others sign contracts，" said the Argentine player.
Ginobili， 38 (will turn 39 on July 28)， said he had talked to Spurs coach， Gregg Popovich， who assured him that "he would like me to stay" in the team that that the Argentine has played for since 2002.
"I would love to return to my home， which Spurs has always been. However， I will have to see how everything works out because， apart from Durant， they (San Antonio Spurs) are looking for a center. I have to be patient. I assume that they will want me but， I will have to see how things pan out，" added Ginobili.
When talking about Rio 2016， the Argentine player said "it is beautiful to be able to play once more in the country because for a moment I thought that I wasn't going to be given the opportunity again."
Ginobili won the gold medal at Athens 2004 and the bronze in Beijing 2008. At the London Olympics in 2012， Argentina just missed out on the bronze medal coming in fourth place. All these competitions were played with the team nicknamed the "Golden Generation."
Chinese Admiral Sun Jianguo
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A senior Chinese military official on Sunday gave a strongly worded speech, defending China's sovereignty in the South China Sea and warning that China has "no fear of trouble."
Analysts said Sun's speech shows China's confidence in both its economic and military capabilities to defend its sovereignty.
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"The statement is a clear response to the provocations on the South China Sea. The infrastructure construction on the islands in the region is to safeguard China's sovereignty and has no intention to stir up trouble. However if there is external provocation, the statement is saying China has the economic and military capabilities to defend itself and is prepared to do so," Gu Xiaosong
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Sun also rejected US allegations that China is risking isolating itself in the region.
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Sun's speech was in response to a statement given by US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, who said Beijing risked building a "Great Wall of self-isolation" in a speech at the US Naval Academy last week, AFP reported.
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Defense ministers and military chiefs and officials from around 30 countries attended the Shangri-La Dialogue on Friday. The conference ended Sunday after a series of open and closed-door sessions.
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"Sun's strong and reasonable political claim reflects China's sincerity and goodwill in maintaining global peace and regional stability, and it also expressed the Chinese military's determination and will to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity," Luo Yuan
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"Admiral Sun's speech was surprisingly aggressive, but he made China's position on regional security very clear," Sanjaya Baru
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US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunda.