I hope this will be a big CIA move"I could give you really good specifics tonight," Popovich said. "The doctors have done all the testing they want to do, so that's done. They're getting together as we speak, trying to evaluate what does that mean and what are we going to do. We'll have the answer to that by game time."
This sounds like the best case scenario.
and I kind of guessed this scenario from before.
It sounds like it will be a persistent and recurring problem this year.
Exploratory surgery like with Mahinmi might be necessary at the end of this season if Manu wants to play healthy next year.
And we probably won't be able to count on a healthy Manu this year which means we do need another big time player.
Pop actually admits to pulling a CIA Pop maneuver?"I could give you really good specifics tonight," Popovich said. "The doctors have done all the testing they want to do, so that's done. They're getting together as we speak, trying to evaluate what does that mean and what are we going to do. We'll have the answer to that by game time."
If it's minor, why not just tell us now? Why?????????????
And still no word from Manu has me worried.
Hopefully the CIA Pop ploy is just to keep Manu off the market.
Things seem eerily quiet now on all fronts... both on Ginobili and trades. Man, I don't think I've ever been this amped up before a trade deadline.
I'm still hoping for good news but I starting to resign myself to other possibilties.
thank you gregory
if Manu's out, the spurs wouldn't win the le even with VC replacing him - especially if that means giving up mason and hill.
timvp why are you doing this? is it sweeps week for mmessage boards? why are you creating all this hooplah?Pop actually admits to pulling a CIA Pop maneuver?
If it's minor, why not just tell us now? Why?????????????
And still no word from Manu has me worried.
Hopefully the CIA Pop ploy is just to keep Manu off the market.
I've been thinking the same thing.
We are in a recession after all.
help us baby jeebus
Reality = Spurs don't make major trades.
Reality = Manu will be persistently injured and thus an inconsistent contributor the rest of this year.
Reality = Holt wants to make money and is in this to make a profit. If he can make a bigger profit if the Spurs are bad and a smaller profit if the Spurs are good, then he will choose the bad Spurs. It's all about the Benjamins.
Reality = I still love the Spurs and appreciate what they have won, but know that they need another big time player to compete for a championship given Manu's injuries and in light of Tim and Tony's limited window together.
It's a basketball mistake, but if Holt isn't thinking about basketball then it may be a financial victory for him.
I wish the Spurs would go out and get a big time player and try for one last championship now while they still have the opportunity.
Waiting for 2010 is waiting until Tim is 34 and Manu is done.
It sounds like what happened with his other ankle and he's just going to have to play through it and rest it as much as possible between games. It's just weird that he had all those great games after this ankle soreness came up.
Obviously it is not minor if it needs all this analysis and discussion about what to do.
I hope this isn't true!! I was so hoping to see him again at the Clippers game!!
Get well Manu!!!
this is what my gut tells me. i think teams were wanting any potential trade deals to include manu. all of a sudden this injury pops up...the timing is curious.
If the Spurs did not want to trade Gino, why not just say no? I highly doubt that a team asking for Ginobili would except Mason+Hill instead. If they were willing to do that, they would just say so. Also, it has been reported that the Spurs will not offer up Mason+Hill in trades.
So no Gino, no Mason and no Hill???
That is an idiotic move if true (phantom injury), having Manu Tuesday would have given the Spurs a much better chance to beat the Knicks...
Galileo has been proven correct, as usual. Manu is not out for the season.
Whoever started the rumors against Manu should be shunned.
Epic Spurs-FO-spreading-lies-about-Manu-to-try-and-land-VC fail?
Source: Ginobili injury not season-ending
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_yl...yhoo&type=lgns
I won't believe anything until after the trade deadline when Pop addresses the media before the Pistons game.
Galileo has been vindicated!@#$%^&*()_+
:-)
Dude this makes no sense to leak a fake injury because apparently the Nets are willing to do the deal without any of the big 3. It is the Spurs wanting to be financially responsible and also not willing to give up Mason+Hill.
A lot of reports are now saying that the injury isn't season ending. The situation doesn't look as dark as a couple of days ago.
Maybe by saying Manu is hurt, it increases the perceived value of Hill and Mason.
I agree. The people here need to use their brains. If you are smart enough to figure out that the Spurs are the # 1 sports franchise in America, you should be smart enough to figure out that Manu is not out for the season.
Some of you have been duped by media spin. This happens all the time in politics, where the candidates never get a chance to win on the basketball court, and instead everything just decays into irrational arguing.
But we are Spurs fans. We have already overcome all the media bias against the Spurs and against Tim Duncan, the same mass media that shoves Kobe, Shaq and Lebron down our throats.
Nobody here buys the idea that Kobe, Shaq, or Lebron have done more on the basketball court than Tim Duncan, because we can see the logic of 4 rings, 5 MVPs, and 11 all-NBA team selections. We understand defense and teamwork. It just doesn't make any logical sense that Manu was out for the season. When you hear stuff that doesn't make sense, throw that stuff down the toilet.
The fact is, Manu had a sore ankle and didn't CIA Pop about it right away, so Pop flipped out. Do you not remember how upset Pop was when Manu got hurt at the Olympics? Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
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