Mavs Howard out for weeks.

[Rob123]

http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/nba/news/story?id=4596690

While there is still some soreness in the wrist, the ankle is preventing Howard from playing. He had minor reconstructive surgery on the ankle, which had bothered him since his senior season at Wake Forest in 2002-03.

The Mavericks are exercising patience with Howard. The priority is getting him completely healthy, not rushing him back into the lineup.

"It could be a while," coach Rick Carlisle said. "It could be weeks. I don't know. I don't know. We'll find a way without him, but we know we're better with him. When he comes back, we'll have to be ready to integrate him very quickly."


Guess it's good we got em early. Wish we could beat them at full strength though.

[weebo]

Tough news for them. JHoward is pretty much a wild card on that team. Hope he gets better soon.

[xellos88330]

I didn't know that Howard had ankle issues for that long of a time.

I can better understand the reason for picking up Marion now.

[Greg Oden]

Fuck Howard. That cripple legged faggot

[EricB]

I didn't know that Howard had ankle issues for that long of a time.

I can better understand the reason for picking up Marion now.

Yeah same here. Only problems I thought he had were spraining it, but he has been like Dirk IMO and just has rubber ankles.

Guess the Rubber got stretched too far. Reconstructive ankle surgery. Damn never heard of that.

[Agloco]

:tu

[DPG21920]

Still not even close to an easy win imo.

[HarlemHeat37]

Definitely not an easy win at all, but Howard has been one of our main tough individual opponents in this decade, while Marion has been our bitch..so it definitely helps, although regular season is irrelevant..

[EricB]

Brandon Bass not being there anymore improves the Spurs chances 20 fold.

[AussieFanKurt]

Oden, cant really talk. Glass Gorilla

[coyotes_geek]

I see Josh Howard getting traded before season's end.

[AussieFanKurt]

I see Josh Howard getting traded before season's end.

Since Marion is sort of a replacement?
Yeah I can maybe see this happening

[DPG21920]

Jax for J-Ho!

[phxspurfan]

Stephen Jackson on the Mavs would destroy our hopes in the playoffs.

[AussieFanKurt]

Stephen Jackson on the Mavs would destroy our hopes in the playoffs.

biggest over-exaggeration ever

[pawe]

Good news for the Spurs. They need all the wins they can get early in the season. J-ho is a Spur killer.

[phxspurfan]

biggest over-exaggeration ever

How so? Where's your reasoning? Do you even have a take? Or was that just a gut reaction response?

Are you another blind homer who doesn't realize he has both the capability to lock down the opposing team's top perimeter threat and the ability to drop buckets by the dozen during crunch time? Not to mention a grudge against a team that didn't think he was worth the money he makes?

You're a dumbass if you think that wouldn't be dangerous as hell to the Spurs. If I were management I'd make my best effort to keep him away from our rivals as much as possible, a la Yankees-Red Sox free agent deals. You don't let good players go to your arch rival if you can help it.

[kbrury]

How so? Where's your reasoning? Do you even have a take? Or was that just a gut reaction response?

Are you another blind homer who doesn't realize he has both the capability to lock down the opposing team's top perimeter threat and the ability to drop buckets by the dozen during crunch time? Not to mention a grudge against a team that didn't think he was worth the money he makes?

You're a dumbass if you think that wouldn't be dangerous as hell to the Spurs. If I were management I'd make my best effort to keep him away from our rivals as much as possible, a la Yankees-Red Sox free agent deals. You don't let good players go to your arch rival if you can help it.

You did exaggerate at least a little bit.

[Riverwalkman]

Good news for all NBA teams but I don't like to see team winning games on weakened opponents. Think about last year when Manu was injured.

[TIMMYD!]

Good news for all NBA teams but I don't like to see team winning games on weakened opponents. Think about last year when Manu was injured.

If it means making the road to the championship easier, i'm ok with it.

[Parker2112]

How so? Where's your reasoning? Do you even have a take? Or was that just a gut reaction response?

Are you another blind homer who doesn't realize he has both the capability to lock down the opposing team's top perimeter threat and the ability to drop buckets by the dozen during crunch time? Not to mention a grudge against a team that didn't think he was worth the money he makes?

You're a dumbass...

Dude, way to come off like an asshole.

Anyway, I'll take Gino over SJ any day of the week, and I'm a huge SJ fan. Even if SJ plays him to a wash, I think we have enough scorers to put up points. He's good, but you've got a little more fear of his game than is warranted.

[ElNono]

Hope he recovers soon...

[HarlemHeat37]

Jackson doesn't change much IMO, he probably makes it easier for us, at least IMO..Josh Howard is just a huge mismatch against us for some reason, even when Bowen was in his prime..Jackson is good, but I don't see how he would be better than Howard in Mavs-Spurs matchups..he would be an upgrade against most other teams though..

[ducks]

howard will get traded if marion works well for them

[HarlemHeat37]

I don't know why everybody keeps talking about Marion and Howard as competitors..they're completely different players..I highly doubt Dallas will look at Marion as a Howard-replacement..if they do, that's clearly a mistake..

[ducks]

so many touches though
be hard to keep both happy

[Blackjack]

Jackson doesn't change much IMO, he probably makes it easier for us, at least IMO..Josh Howard is just a huge mismatch against us for some reason, even when Bowen was in his prime..Jackson is good, but I don't see how he would be better than Howard in Mavs-Spurs matchups..he would be an upgrade against most other teams though..

It's Howard's movement off the ball and in-between game that really gets to the Spurs. He's usually catching the ball on the move when attacking and the lack of indecision he has in taking a mid-range shot or going all the way to the cup, combined with his length and athleticism, make him a tough, moving target -- someone hard for a defensive specialist to lock-in on -- defensively; that lack of indecision is also helpful in keeping a defender guessing and subsequently fouling more often as well.

It'll be interesting to see what kind of perimeter defense the Spurs can muster without Bowen and with RJ, Hill, Bogans and Hairston.

Marion's never been much of an issue but Bowen did have a lot to do with that.

[Obstructed_View]

Well, gotta hand it to him for at least getting the surgery out of the way as early as possible. It sucks that it took him this long to recover, but it's probably worth the wait for Dallas if he can come back feeling better about that ankle than he has since he's been a pro.

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

How so? Where's your reasoning? Do you even have a take? Or was that just a gut reaction response?

Are you another blind homer who doesn't realize he has both the capability to lock down the opposing team's top perimeter threat and the ability to drop buckets by the dozen during crunch time? Not to mention a grudge against a team that didn't think he was worth the money he makes?



When exactly has Jax done what you're saying? In 1 (one) playoff series? And then folded in the 2nd round Dirk-style. Yea right real killer there.

Howard has proven to be a thorn in the Spurs' eyes for years, Jax hasn't. He's proven to be an inconsistent volume shooter and a headcase playing on a losing high tempo team, big deal. If Dallas trade Howard for Jackson, that'd surely work in the Spurs favor. If they get Jax for spares, then obviosly they'd get better.

[phxspurfan]

Dude, way to come off like an asshole.

Anyway, I'll take Gino over SJ any day of the week, and I'm a huge SJ fan. Even if SJ plays him to a wash, I think we have enough scorers to put up points. He's good, but you've got a little more fear of his game than is warranted.

Sorry if I came off like that, but I definitely think people don't understand how their team can lose these days. That's why I compared a possible SJax deal to the Mavs (pure speculation of course) to the Yanks-RedSox rivalry. I really think the Sox letting guys go to the Yankees cost them a shot at the world series this year. I'm not saying SJax is the Mark Texiera of basketball, just saying people don't realize he would hurt us if he went to a contender in our division.

[phxspurfan]

When exactly has Jax done what you're saying? In 1 (one) playoff series? And then folded in the 2nd round Dirk-style. Yea right real killer there.

Howard has proven to be a thorn in the Spurs' eyes for years, Jax hasn't. He's proven to be an inconsistent volume shooter and a headcase playing on a losing high tempo team, big deal. If Dallas trade Howard for Jackson, that'd surely work in the Spurs favor. If they get Jax for spares, then obviosly they'd get better.

Take a look at your Spurs Championship DVD from 2003. All the credit went to Kerr for bailing us out in that Mavs game but Jackson was there the whole series bombing from 3 in the clutch.

[rjv]

they are taking a chance on the resting for weeks as if this turns out to be an injury that winds up requiring surgery this will throw his timetable for recovery that much further into the season.

[gameFACE]

"Doc, how about some of that 'medicinal' marijuana for the pain......."