Parker's Hamstring At Risk to Tear

[BillMc]

http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2013/story/_/id/9389970/tony-parker-san-antonio-spurs-says-hamstring-risk-tear

SAN ANTONIO -- Spurs guard Tony Parker says his sore right hamstring can tear "any time now" heading into Game 5 of the NBA Finals against the Miami Heat.

Parker said Saturday he would take about 10 days to rest if this were the regular season. But with the series tied 2-all heading into San Antonio's final home game Sunday, the All-Star says, "If it gets a tear, that's life."

Parker strained the hamstring in a Game 3 blowout victory for the Spurs. He returned with a dazzling start in Game 4 on Thursday night, only to not score in the second half. Parker says he grew tired as the Heat pulled away to reclaim home-court advantage.

Despite the blunt assessment of his hamstring, Parker says he feels he's getting stronger.

:wow

[Thebesteva]

Sigh.....

[jag]

He needs to shut the hell up and just play.

[ThePop]

duh, you weren't aware it could tear?

[baseline bum]

He needs to shut the hell up and just play.

Parker's playing 40 minutes tomorrow unless he rips that thing in half. He has to know he'll never get this shot again unless traded.

[Darius Bieber]

If only Parker could be like Wade, courageously playing through injuries and scoring 30 in a game.

[Skull-1]

I sure hope this is just gamesmanship.....

[MeloHype]

:(

[jag]

Parker's playing 40 minutes tomorrow unless he rips that thing in half. He has to know he'll never get this shot again unless traded.

I agree. But qualifying your performances by making sure the world knows you're injured, is soft and cowardly. It's the stuff of Dwyane Wade. It's a way to deflect if you play poorly, and it's a hero storyline if you play well. It's the Finals. He knows he's going to play. The world knows he's going to play. Just shut the hell up and play.

[Darius Bieber]

Sarcasm aside though, I don't know why they would come out and say this.. Expect Miami to set some HARD screens on Parker. I can see a few illegal screen calls tomorrow, to try to aggrevate that injury.

[spurs10]

:depressedThat sure makes my day. Obviously, this hamstring injury is an enormous issue, both physically and mentally. He doesn't sound promising in either regard.

[thunderup]

Unreal fortune for the cHeat yet again. Honestly, I don't wish injury on anybody but if the universe wants to restore order, can one of the big three suffer a similar injury. At least have a level fucking playing field out there. Those Miami based clinics are going to work nowadays.

[stxspurs]

the other day Pop said he was fine.....

[ontheraise]

spurs should not have played parker in game 4 giving him a 6 days rest, playing him half the game to give up in the middle of third quarter was stupid.

[crc21209]

Everybody already knew that once he strained it he was at risk of tearing it at any moment. This isn't really "news"...

[Sean Cagney]

Just fucking great.

[N0 LyF3 ScRuB]

In other news, grass is green

[DJR210]

In other news, grass is green

My grass has some purple in it with a shitload of white crystals.

[Budkin]

"If it gets a tear, that's life."

Yes, Tony.

[spurs10]

He basically sounded more positive in the rest of the interview. He was saying there was just as big of a risk in it getting worse in game 5 as in game 4, so why not play. In other words, without ten days rest, this was about as good as he can expect.

[T Park]

He needs to shut the hell up and just play.

Take the first half of that, look in the mirror, and follow your own advice.

[jag]

Take the first half of that, look in the mirror, and follow your own advice.

That was clever.

[Reck]

That's his way of saying I give up.

[Bill_Brasky]

Carry us home, Tim :lobt2:

[Reck]

Carry us home, Tim :lobt2:

Get comfortable then. :lol

[HarlemHeat37]

Agreed with Jag, tbh..

I'm a big Parker fan and I've always defended him here, but he's acting like Kobe by using injuries as an excuse, tbh..I'm also tired of his flopping in this series, he looks like Kevin Martin out there at times with the head whips, tbh..

Spurs need to just play and focus on the task, tbh..

[Spurs da champs]

Parker is such a mental midget.

[HarlemHeat37]

Parker is such a mental midget.

You're also the same guy that said Harrison Barnes is better than Kawhi and that the Nuggets were a legit contender, tbh:lol..

[HI-FI]

Parker loves attention, hence the heroball, always saying the media doesn't notice him compared to other PGs etc per par. Still, I hope we can manage thru this. We're too close to the end, gotta hope the team can overcome this.

[Spurs da champs]

You're also the same guy that said Harrison Barnes is better than Kawhi and that the Nuggets were a legit contender, tbh:lol..

And?...I said the Nuggets were a threat, they're athletic & young, I said that before Gallo got injured & Barnes is better then Kawhi, he has a much more complete offensive game. Kawhi's defense & rebounding tho exceed Barnes'.

I must say you're the last guy who should be taking shots at anyone's basketball takes, tbh.

lol "heat winning 3 in a row against pacers"

lol calling Harrison Barnes "limited" despite his breakout post season.

[Skull-1]

Maybe he is trying to use this to get sympathy from the MVP voters so they'll pick him over Green if we win... Just sayin'.

[Seventyniner]

The worrying thing is that even if Parker plays better in game 5 due to the extra day of rest, he's likely going to play as badly in games 6 and 7 as he did in game 4.

[slick'81]

The bad thing is he's clearly gonna b limited that means more reliance on manu

[Pauleta14]

No news there...

and WTF??? spursfans?!?

Parker just answered in a "candid" way as he always does! He isn't complaining, just saying this the way they are...

I hope these are just trolls..

[Seventyniner]

I wonder if Pop will try to play Tony only 10-12 minutes in the first half to save his energy for the second half? Tony has said that he was fatigued in the second half of game 4.

[Pauleta14]

We can't allow ourselves to play him 10-12min...

Cojo too unexperienced and Manu... well Manu...

I'm having a hard time trying not to believe it's over.

[SpurPadre]

The main picture here is that the risk of a tear goes lower by the day, meaning he had a bigger risk on Thursday, when he came out not feeling worse, than he would coming into tomorrow's game. He just has to pace himself out there and he'll be fine.

[SenorSpur]

In the second half of Game 4, it appeared that Parker forgot he had teammates on the perimeter that were wide open. He made his usual forays into the paint only to get knocked on his ass, without the benefit of a foul call. It's almost like he was doing to much to try and prove something. He needs to continue making plays for others when the defense gears up to shut down the paint.

[Yuixafun]

spurs should not have played parker in game 4 giving him a 6 days rest, playing him half the game to give up in the middle of third quarter was stupid.


Yea I had similar thoughts... you figure the Heat would respond strongly to the loss and maybe think that game 4 was inevitably going to the Heat, so resting Parker to be stronger for games 5 6 and maybe 7 would have been the.... Most Strategic Move to be made

BUT.

If you play Parker and win game 4... you have a 3-1 lead and that is commanding historically.


And going into halftime the gamble seemed to be paying off.


But the Spurs didn't have enough to withstand Miami's will, especially with the turnovers and a on fire Determined Dwayne Wade.

[kobexxx]

media hype??... trying to get sympathy from officials??

[perfectdark]

media hype??... trying to get sympathy from officials??

parker always been a cry baby, tbh

[ElNono]

Tony need to borrow a page from the Kobester and have one of his publicists say it, so he doesn't come across as making excuses...

[lefty]

CIA Spurs IMO

[Kori Ellis]

If you watched the interview, he doesn't come across as making excuses at all. In fact, it sounds like the opposite. He mentioned the possibility of tearing when a stupid reporter asked him if in retrospect he should have sat out the last game. He just said, no two extra days of rest aren't going to make any difference (it would take at least 10 days rest to matter), it can tear any time, and if it tears, oh well.

[freetiago]

isnt this common sense
no need to point it out to the media
just sounds like whining

[phxspurfan]

:**(

[timvp]

You know it's the NBA Finals when quotes are taken out of context to create 228,235 stories that would otherwise be non-issues.

[heyheymymy]

My grass has some purple in it with a shitload of white crystals.

does this guy know how to party or what?

[ElNono]

If you watched the interview, he doesn't come across as making excuses at all. In fact, it sounds like the opposite. He mentioned the possibility of tearing when a stupid reporter asked him if in retrospect he should have sat out the last game. He just said, no two extra days of rest aren't going to make any difference (it would take at least 10 days rest to matter), it can tear any time, and if it tears, oh well.

Yeah, I figured a lot of these 'stories' are coming from some question they've been asked, and then it gets embellished into a full blown story...

[UZER]

He needs to shut the hell up and just play.


Take the first half of that, look in the mirror, and follow your own advice.

so...

He needs to shut the

[Man In Black]

Strange. Pop and the Spurs control everything, including media news. If TP said it, then he didn't say it as an absolute ... more like a possibility. That is the probable truth.
I have this memory of Pop telling TP that the media just wants to create a story.
TP tells Pop, I'm just trying to be more like you, in jest.
That was probably 2004 USVI Training Camp.

[spurs10]

If you watched the interview, he doesn't come across as making excuses at all. In fact, it sounds like the opposite. He mentioned the possibility of tearing when a stupid reporter asked him if in retrospect he should have sat out the last game. He just said, no two extra days of rest aren't going to make any difference (it would take at least 10 days rest to matter), it can tear any time, and if it tears, oh well. I thought the same when I heard the entire interview. Taken out of context it sounds much more threatening. He actually sounds pretty upbeat....just stating the facts.

[kobexxx]

the way he played game 4, its all fabricated stories...

[Spursmania]

Stop the whining Spur fans. It is what it is. Look at the interview. He's just answering questions. Some of you need to grow a pair. He'll do the best he can until he tears it. Hopefully his best will get us to the end.
We will win this if everyone steps up and plays like we know they can.

[100%duncan]

Fuck fuckity fuck.

[cd021]

If only Parker could be like Wade, courageously playing through injuries and scoring 30 in a game.

Your joking right?

[cd021]

The main picture here is that the risk of a tear goes lower by the day, meaning he had a bigger risk on Thursday, when he came out not feeling worse, than he would coming into tomorrow's game. He just has to pace himself out there and he'll be fine.

I would think every game would stop that time table. He said he needs about 10 days of rest to completely heal.

Since his injury on 6/11 he played on 6/13 and will play on 6/16 and again on 6/18 also possibly on 6/20. Thats possibly 4 games in 8 days following the injury. It wont heal playing on it, it would heal without doing basketball activities.

[cd021]

I wonder if Pop will try to play Tony only 10-12 minutes in the first half to save his energy for the second half? Tony has said that he was fatigued in the second half of game 4.

Thats a no go. Joseph can't play more than 10 minutes a game (he could but the drop-off would be to big in PG play). Manu isn't trust worthy as of now. Neal plays better as a combo switching off with Manu as the play maker. Neal would have to presumably play stretches without Manu (or TP) it would be very risky.

The best way to do it IMO is to have Parker play 15 minutes in 1st half playing the fist 7-8 minutes of the 1st quarter have Manu and Neal come in (assuming Diaw is starting)and go small with Duncan-Leonard,-Green-Ginobili-Neal. Playing Manu & Neal toghether from the 4 minute mark of the 1st to the 9 minute mark of the 2nd. Parker returns and plays to the 2 minute mark.

In the second half basically the same thing, but Parker plays out the final 9 minutes. That would about 32 minutes with about 15 minutes of real time rest before he returns.

[ca®lo]

Parker is such a warrior. :P

[PlayNando]

Nando could spur Parker and allow him to spend more time resting on the bench. Nando is our only other real point guard and excels against the high-pressure Miami Heat defense. Play Nando so we can have success and Tony won't tear his hamstring...

[bigdog]

Parker is just stating the obvious. Any of our hamstrings could tear at any time. I would suspect that with any strain, the likelyhood raises. It's not like he's saying that he's so banged up that his hammy is gonna tear a minute into the game. He said he hopes to be at 100% for the game. That sounds fine to me.

[DesignatedT]

That's what a strained hamstring is........... lol

This isn't groundbreaking news.

[Keepin' it real]

That's what a strained hamstring is........... lol

This isn't groundbreaking news.

Who claimed it was groundbreaking news? OP just sharing an ESPN article.

[dg7md]

If Parker is done — we're done.

[Sean Cagney]

If Parker is done — we're done.This is basically true! UNLESS some shoot out of their minds! He was the only reason we hung in game 4 at the start and were tied at the half! THE ONLY reason. If he is not near healthy it's over. I hope he can survive these finals without Tearing it.

[Legacy]

Stop the whining Spur fans. It is what it is. Look at the interview. He's just answering questions. Some of you need to grow a pair. He'll do the best he can until he tears it. Hopefully his best will get us to the end.
We will win this if everyone steps up and plays like we know they can.

Fucking THIS. THIS. THIS. THIS. For the love of... again... THIS. :bang

[DesignatedT]

Who claimed it was groundbreaking news? OP just sharing an ESPN article.

Everyone with the doomsday posts.

[Manutrix]

He is just bluffing tbh

[brucebowensghost]

how legends are born

[Thebesteva]

Tony talking about his hamstring tearing soon and Manu pondering retirement. Meanwhile those faygo drinkers in Miami are already planning their parade. C'mon Spurs...Popovich you better have something up your sleeve in this game!!!

[shingo_318]

So use injury as excuse, some self-hinderance strategy? This clown should step up acting like a true leader tbh.

[Seefourdc]

LOL... his hamstring is already torn if he has a sprain, which he does.. When someone says "hamstring tear" they usually mean a complete tear of one of the three bands of the hamstring which would definitely end his season. That's what he's dealing with. No rest except for complete rest will help him at this point. Every time he plays it probably tears more and he'll be lucky if this series goes 3 more games not to have a complete tear. He needs a couple weeks of rest to not be at severe risk anymore.

I think the Spurs know they can't beat Miami giving full effort and are just laying down the pre-excuses now. Manu interviews, TP interviews, and Duncan post game interviews.

[TheGreatYacht]

Illuminati
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF7gKxiX58I

[exstatic]

spurs should not have played parker in game 4 giving him a 6 days rest, playing him half the game to give up in the middle of third quarter was stupid.

It would only have been 5 days, and that STILL isn't enough to totally heal it. The risk would have been exactly the same.

[purednuht]

Unreal fortune for the cHeat yet again. Honestly, I don't wish injury on anybody but if the universe wants to restore order, can one of the big three suffer a similar injury. At least have a level fucking playing field out there. Those Miami based clinics are going to work nowadays.

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[ontheraise]

in that case there was no reason to sit tony during the second half , spurs loose game 4 during each second tony was bench and ginobili was running the show

[baseline bum]

LOL... his hamstring is already torn if he has a sprain, which he does.. When someone says "hamstring tear" they usually mean a complete tear of one of the three bands of the hamstring which would definitely end his season. That's what he's dealing with. No rest except for complete rest will help him at this point. Every time he plays it probably tears more and he'll be lucky if this series goes 3 more games not to have a complete tear. He needs a couple weeks of rest to not be at severe risk anymore.

I think the Spurs know they can't beat Miami giving full effort and are just laying down the pre-excuses now. Manu interviews, TP interviews, and Duncan post game interviews.

It's a grade 1 strain, not a sprain. Also, LOL Chink in the Armor's contract.

[Seefourdc]

It's a grade 1 strain, not a sprain. Also, LOL Chink in the Armor's contract.

You really don't know what you are talking about. A muscle strain involves the muscle tissue. A sprain involves the tendon. It's not the same thing at all. A sprain isn't a worse term for a strain. It's two totally different issues. Grade 1 strain just means < 5% of the tissue is torn. Torn tissue puts you at significantly higher risk for more tearing of tissue.

[baseline bum]

You really don't know what you are talking about. A muscle strain involves the muscle tissue. A sprain involves the tendon. It's not the same thing at all. A sprain isn't a worse term for a strain. It's two totally different issues. Grade 1 strain just means < 5% of the tissue is torn. Torn tissue puts you at significantly higher risk for more tearing of tissue.

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