duncan228
07-11-2008, 10:51 AM
A Spurs trainer is with him. I like that.
http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/courtside/archives/2008/07/jeff_mcdonald_m_12.html
Jeff McDonald: Manu 'more in than out' of Games
It's beginning to look like Manu Ginobili is leaning toward playing in the Olympic Games after all.
Ginobili, who has been battling an ankle injury since the NBA playoffs, told reporters in his native Argentina on Thursday that he is optimistic that he will be well enough to help his home country defend its gold medal next month in Beijing
"Today, I feel I am more in than out of the Olympics," Ginobili said.
Ginobili first jammed his left ankle in the Spurs' first-round playoff series against Phoenix, and the injury plagued him all the way through the team's postseason ouster against the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals.
The ankle was still bothering him two weeks after Spurs' playoff run ended, leading coach Gregg Popovich to say last month that Ginobili should "definitely not" play in the Olympics if his health did not improve.
Now, it looks as if Ginobili might be able to meet that criterion.
Chad Bergman, the Spurs assistant athletic trainer, has accompanied Ginobili back to Argentina, where the national team has begun scrimmaging in preparation for the Olympics.
Ginobili has not participated in those workouts. But according to the Argentine newspaper Clarin, Bergman has been pleased Ginobili's progress and thinks the guard will be able to play in two weeks.
http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/courtside/archives/2008/07/jeff_mcdonald_m_12.html
Jeff McDonald: Manu 'more in than out' of Games
It's beginning to look like Manu Ginobili is leaning toward playing in the Olympic Games after all.
Ginobili, who has been battling an ankle injury since the NBA playoffs, told reporters in his native Argentina on Thursday that he is optimistic that he will be well enough to help his home country defend its gold medal next month in Beijing
"Today, I feel I am more in than out of the Olympics," Ginobili said.
Ginobili first jammed his left ankle in the Spurs' first-round playoff series against Phoenix, and the injury plagued him all the way through the team's postseason ouster against the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals.
The ankle was still bothering him two weeks after Spurs' playoff run ended, leading coach Gregg Popovich to say last month that Ginobili should "definitely not" play in the Olympics if his health did not improve.
Now, it looks as if Ginobili might be able to meet that criterion.
Chad Bergman, the Spurs assistant athletic trainer, has accompanied Ginobili back to Argentina, where the national team has begun scrimmaging in preparation for the Olympics.
Ginobili has not participated in those workouts. But according to the Argentine newspaper Clarin, Bergman has been pleased Ginobili's progress and thinks the guard will be able to play in two weeks.