Duncan is out today

[Darthkiller]

"Spurs announce that neither Duncan nor Parker will play tonight against Toronto. They are being listed as day-to-day"

http://twitter.com/STEIN_LINE_HQ

[Mel_13]

Doomed

[BrianBird]

Swollen ankle

[spurtilldeath]

Can someone please wake up YAWN. Let us see what he has...

[rayray2k8]

I guess there was something wrong with Duncan when we saw him limping.
No doubt you have to activate either Haslip or Ian now.

[benefactor]

:depressed

[gospursgojas]

Shoot my face...

Begining of last season all over again

[myhc]

:bang

[Chomag]

blah! Well the good thing is this would give some of our other guys a chance to show what they can do. That or Finely will get 30+minutes at powerforward.

[TIMMYD!]

Fuck no, this better just be some rest

[Dingle Barry]

Finely will get 30+minutes at powerforward.

[ceperez]

Woohoo! With Duncan out we can not truly play small ball!!!

Center - Blain 6'6"
PF - Finley 6'7"
SF - RJ 6'7"
SG - Mason 6'5"
PG - Hill 6'2"

LOVE IT!!!!

[TD 21]

:depressed

No worries. Maybe the vaunted Bonner-Hairston combination can thwart Bosh-Bargnani on the front line. Forget about activating another big too, maybe coach Bud can be activated and used as the backup center.

[Summers]

And it's still just November. In through the nose, out through the mouth. :)

[angelbelow]

Its all good... we can have them rest and get a few of our youngs onto court. I think still we can pull out a victory tonight!

[birdy219]

:depressed:(

[TD 21]

And it's still just November. In through the nose, out through the mouth. :)

I'm not one to prematurely panic, but let me ask all of you who share this sentiment a question: Is the goal not to win a championship this season? And if it is, then how viable does that sound if the Spurs fall completely out of the race for home court early and end up with the 5-6 best record in the league? Is this team really capable of beating, say, the Lakers AND Celtics, in succession, without home court, to win the championship?

I'm all for not running the key guys into the ground in order to pursue home court, but essentially conceding it is just as foolish. The Lakers and Celtics in particular are better than the mid-decade Suns and Mavs. They're not led by players who have a reputation for folding or wilting in pressure situations and they don't have glaring weaknesses on their teams that the Spurs can easily exploit. They'll be no out-smarting them or vastly out-coaching them. Beating one in 6 at home or in a game 7 on the road is plausible (though I shudder to think how the officiating would be in such a game against these two given what they mean to the league and the stakes of the game), but both?

[DPG21920]

Where did this come from?

[Brazil]

:bang

[Kool Bob Love]

http://c0170361.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/833699_164297_6ac2ad3e4a_p.jpg

[urunobili]

timvp saw him limping last game :depressed

[SequSpur]

lottery bound. tank job in place...

[AussieFanKurt]

these are dark times

[Sigz]

Duncan is going to continue to get beaten up every game unless he has some help down low.... Meaning, somebody other than Bonner and his weak ass.


Tim Duncan is done if he doesn't get some low post help...

[DPG21920]

lol Sigz getting pinked.

[Brazil]

How Sigz won his pink ?

[DPG21920]

By talking back to me.

[ploto]

Tim afraid of the awesomeness of Rasho-- actually it probably means little or no playing time for Rasho if the Spurs play small

[ElNono]

You mean he wasn't just out of shape, like TPark said? [/sarcasm]

Better that it happens now than later in the year. I'm also glad MRI didn't detect any structural damage.
Patience grasshoppers...

[slick'81]

makes tonight much much more tougher

[Sigz]

How Sigz won his pink ?

Nobody likes the truth....:flag:

[Bukefal]

Damn, duncan now too. Please let TP get back soon

[benefactor]

He got it for his midget thread.

[panic giraffe]

i can't find anything to back this up on the interwebs....any other link?

[Brazil]

So I guess we need super Manu tonite !!

[ElNono]

i can't find anything to back this up on the interwebs....any other link?

http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/courtside/2009/11/spurs-without-d.html

[ElNono]

Theo starts

[DJB]

i can't find anything to back this up on the interwebs....any other link?

http://www.wbir.com/sports/pro_basketball/nba/story.aspx?storyid=104346&catid=157


San Antonio, TX (Sports (http://www.wbir.com/sports/pro_basketball/nba/story.aspx?storyid=104346&catid=157#) Network) - San Antonio's Tony Parker and Tim Duncan will not play Monday against Toronto because of ankle injuries.
Parker rolled his ankle in the second quarter of Friday's loss to Portland and left the game (http://www.wbir.com/sports/pro_basketball/nba/story.aspx?storyid=104346&catid=157#) without returning. X-rays were negative, but the left ankle sprain will force him to the bench.
Duncan will sit with swelling in his left ankle, though an MRI exam revealed no structural damage.
Both players will be listed as day-to-day following Monday's game.
The Sports Network

[HarlemHeat37]

I don't care about the actual game, but Duncan's feet acting up already is very troubling..

At least we'll see some Ratliff tonight..maybe Ian or Haislip will be activated, but I doubt they play..

We're gonna need a lot of perimeter scoring tonight, so I hope Hairston plays, Toronto has no interior defense or perimeter defenders in general..

[Agloco]

How Sigz won his pink ?

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=138947

[mVp]

lottery bound. tank job in place...

[Dex]

Sonofa....

[Riverwalkman]

:bang:bang:bang:bang:bang
This game is on TV in China.

[murpjf88]

I'm afraid this is a sign of things to come.

[poop]

Bonner starts

fixed

[panic giraffe]

um....great experience for the supporting cast?
trying not to be chicken little at this point.

[ceperez]

Theo starts

No way! We can't afford another injured veteran.

[Brazil]

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=138947

thks i got it

[Sigz]

thks i got it

Do you got it?

[slick'81]

hill should be fine rj and manu pick up the load but what the fck do we do in the front court ?!?

[Ice009]

How come no one has asked how Tim got his swollen ankle????

What happened? What it an incident in a game or what?????????

[tp2021]

Inactivate Fin so Hairston, Mahinmi, and Haislip can all get some burn.

[LOL@MavsFan]

blah! Well the good thing is this would give some of our other guys a chance to show what they can do. That or Finely will get 30+minutes at powerforward.


We can only hope !!!!!!:rolleyes

[Riverwalkman]

I'm afraid this is a sign of things to come.
Don't panic, It's just Spurs aren't going to take any risk.

[Chomag]

hill should be fine rj and manu pick up the load but what the fck do we do in the front court ?!?

Pretty much what we have been doing Minus Tim of course. Finely FTW Bitches!

[peacemaker885]

Never retreat. Never surrender. These guys have it.

[angelbelow]

Part of the reason I left spursreport was cause they were so incredibly negative.

Now it seems like over 80% of ST immediately jump to a (negative) conclusion... why??

[Sigz]

Part of the reason I left spursreport was cause they were so incredibly negative.

Now it seems like over 80% of ST immediately jump to a (negative) conclusion... why??

because my glass is half empty bitch.

[Chomag]

Part of the reason I left spursreport was cause they were so incredibly negative.

Now it seems like over 80% of ST immediately jump to a (negative) conclusion... why??

No Negitivity here. I'm hoping this will allow some of our unknowns to get some good burn out of this that they normally would. Only thing negative I was throwing out there was that Pop might just use old Finely at Tims minutes. I wish I could say this was as ridicules as it sounds.

I'm hoping to be proven wrong there though.:toast

[Ice009]

I will ask again did Tim hurt his ankle in a game or practice?

[Thompson]

The good side of this is of course Hairston and maybe Ian and Haislip will get a chance, and they will be motivated because they know they won't get many.

Also, at least we still have our draft pick this year. :lol

[Riverwalkman]

I think Duncan's left ankle did not have any serious injury in the past, am I right?

Last season it was right knee.

[spursdotcom]

http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/091109_duncan_parker_out.html

[alchemist]

Pull your skirts up ladies. This team isn't deep for nothing. :flag:

[baseline bum]

Fuck, season over if Tim's going to have these nagging injuries that constantly dragged him down after the all-star break last season.

[Austin_Toros]

this season could be ugly.

[alchemist]

Um what channel is the game going to be on???? Here in San Antonio FSSW is showing some shitty college game.

[duncan228]

Duncan apparently tweaked the ankle during the Utah game, then attempted to play on it in Portland. It swelled up afterward.

[Xylus]

If it makes you feel any better, the Sixers are bouncing the Suns right now.

[HarlemHeat37]

Duncan shouldn't be playing in back-to-back games after he fucking tweaked his ankle the night before..just stupidity..this is the time to work out the rotation, we have 2 bigs on the IL and Ratliff on the bench..

It makes sense now about how he looked though, considering how good he's looked in the other games..

It's still worrying that he's playing hurt in these meaningless early games..

[DPG21920]

^

Awesome. Just good decision after good decision. How bad does it have to be if he tries to play and then it swells so bad the next day he cannot play?

[NASpurs]

I know ankle injuries are common in basketball but why does our team always seem to get them especially Tim, Manu and Tony? Is it because the style of game they play?

[slick'81]

it would make sense why duncans looked soo poor tha ankle obviously isnt right

[Blackjack]

Duncan apparently tweaked the ankle during the Utah game, then attempted to play on it in Portland. It swelled up afterward.

That's what I thought.

If you remember, I think it was late in the third where Deron drove the lane and drew a foul. Tim immediately started to limp, not sure if Deron landed on his foot or if he turned it in traffic as he went for the contest, and started to head towards the bench. He came back when he heard the whistle to take his place at the free-throw line but then limped to the bench as there was a timeout called; makes sense now..

[Spurs Brazil]

fuck

[Ice009]

Thanks Duncan228. I can't believe no one even asked.

People are too busy acting like retards to even ask this question.

[peskypesky]

ankles again.....fuck

[TDMVPDPOY]

fuck i was out in the city, didnt get to read anyshit,

raptors were $2+ to win against us...wouldve been a nice return

fkn pop white flag again

[hater]

what the fuck!!!

I would not have a problem with DUncan tweaking his ankle, but I am concerned "they can't stop the swelling"

what the fuck :pctoss