All ankles are not created equally ...

[Keepin' it real]

Wow, Kyrie's ankle twisted just as badly as Kawhi's. :wow

Kawhi was unable to finish games, while Kyrie keeps playing and goes on to break his playoff career high for points scored in a game.

Not a good look for our guy. Just sayin'. :depressed

[Ice009]

Wow, Kyrie's ankle twisted just as badly as Kawhi's. :wow

Kawhi was unable to finish games, while Kyrie keeps playing and goes on to break his playoff career high for points scored in a game.

Not a good look for our guy. Just sayin'. :depressed

Really? Shit. That sucks. How much did Kyrie score?

That doesn't look good at all for the Spurs or Kawhi.

The question is, could Kawhi actually play and/or were the Spurs being too cautious with him?

[TheDoctor]

Not a good look for our guy. Just sayin'. :depressed

https://i.vimeocdn.com/video/397872421_780x439.jpg

[Hoops Czar]

Wow, Kyrie's ankle twisted just as badly as Kawhi's. :wow

Kawhi was unable to finish games, while Kyrie keeps playing and goes on to break his playoff career high for points scored in a game.

Not a good look for our guy. Just sayin'. :depressed

Nah, just one coach who wants to win championships and another one that wanted to golf.

[coachmac87]

Kawhi twisted his ankle 3 times in less then a week...

[Spur|n|Austin]

:lol not similar at all

[Play Boban]

Wow, Kyrie's ankle twisted just as badly as Kawhi's. :wow

Kawhi was unable to finish games, while Kyrie keeps playing and goes on to break his playoff career high for points scored in a game.

Not a good look for our guy. Just sayin'. :depressed
Kyrie = Warrior. :cry

[Hoops Czar]

:lol not similar at all
Not similar because one was intentional and the other was accidental. That's about it. If he were playing for Pop, he'd be out game 5. Don't want to rush those serious career threatening ankle injuries.

[SuperCam]

Kyrie AT&T Center single game scoring record holder tbh

[Leetonidas]

Kawhi sprained his ankle in game 5 against Houston and once before in game one before Zaza got him for a second time. Not even remotely similar

[bic50]

Not a good look for Lebron or Aldridge.

[Keepin' it real]

Really? Shit. That sucks. How much did Kyrie score?

That doesn't look good at all for the Spurs or Kawhi.

The question is, could Kawhi actually play and/or were the Spurs being too cautious with him?

42 points. And his post-game comments. Yikes. Said he had two choices: dwell in sorrow of hurting his ankle or capture the moment. He knew what was at stake and wasn't coming out. Knew magnitude of the moment...and had to be there for his teammates ...

Part of me wishes Kawhi would have toughed it out. Mad respect for Kyrie right now.

[Keepin' it real]

Kawhi twisted his ankle 3 times in less then a week...

True, but especially game 5 HOU. For him to not finish that game, and then two weeks later see a similar injury for Kyrie and to see him rise up.

Gotta say, I'm jealous.

[Hoops Czar]

Kawhi sprained his ankle in game 5 against Houston and once before in game one before Zaza got him for a second time. Not even remotely similar
And he missed game 6 vs Houston.

[TheDoctor]

http://www.fredhayes.com/photogallery/Karl%20Malone%20and%20Tim%20Duncan.jpg

[daslicer]

Arggh we going to keep on getting retarded posts like these from the OP now that the spurs are out of the playoffs.

[Keepin' it real]

Arggh we going to keep on getting retarded posts like these from the OP now that the spurs are out of the playoffs.

What is retarded? Kawhi twisted his ankle in game 5 and was unable to finish the game. Kyrie twisted his ankle and went on to have a career night.

Enlighten me.

[rasuo214]

Wasn't up to Kawhi. Kawhi continued to play in game 5 until Pop pulled him and sat him out the rest of the game. Kawhi wanted to finish the game and play game 6 but Pop sat him.

[GSH]

If I had a choice between stomping the shit out of Pachulia, and kicking you in the balls? You just took the lead, out of sheer stupidity. Your first sentence says that Kyrie twisted his ankle just as badly as Kawhi. You don't know that shit. You have no fucking way of knowing. All the rest of your stupidity is base on that one ignorant make-believe statement.

Fuck you and the whores you rode in on.

[bic50]

Stupid thread

[Ice009]

Well, who watched the Cavs game? How did the sprain look? He's not going to be hobbled against the Warriors is he? This is insane if another team isn't at full strength against them.

Anyway, I'd really love to know how bad Kawhi's last sprain was.

Tim Duncan played on two bad ankles during the 2005 playoff Championship run. He sprained one of his ankles badly against Detroit during a game towards the end of the regular season. He came down on someone's foot (might have been Rasheed). I saw a photo of his ankle (someone on Spursreport got ahold of a photo) and it looked really, really bad - to the point where I thought there is no way he can play on that, and if he did play on it, I thought it would severly limit him, but he still played in the playoffs and I was amazed he was able to play as well as he did in the first round. He then sprained the other one in game 6 against Seattle and still pushed through the rest of the playoffs leading the Spurs to the Championship.

I really want to know if Kawhi was being soft, or if it really was that bad. If it was Pop's decision and he let TD play, why the fuck would he not allow Kawhi to play?

[Keepin' it real]

If I had a choice between stomping the shit out of Pachulia, and kicking you in the balls? You just took the lead, out of sheer stupidity. Your first sentence says that Kyrie twisted his ankle just as badly as Kawhi. You don't know that shit. You have no fucking way of knowing. All the rest of your stupidity is base on that one ignorant make-believe statement.

Fuck you and the whores you rode in on.

Overreact much? You're more sensitive than LMA ...

[bic50]

Well, who watched the Cavs game? How did the sprain look? He's not going to be hobbled against the Warriors is he? This is insane if another team isn't at full strength against them.

Anyway, I'd really love to know how bad Kawhi's last sprain was.

Tim Duncan played on two bad ankles during the 2005 playoff Championship run. He sprained one of his ankles badly against Detroit during a game towards the end of the regular season. He came down on someone's foot (might have been Rasheed). I saw a photo of his ankle (someone on Spursreport got ahold of a photo) and it looked really, really bad - to the point where I thought there is no way he can play on that, and if he did play on it, I thought it would severly limit him, but he still played in the playoffs and I was amazed he was able to play as well as he did in the first round. He then sprained the other one in game 6 against Seattle and still pushed through the rest of the playoffs leading the Spurs to the Championship.

I really want to know if Kawhi was being soft, or if it really was that bad. If it was Pop's decision and he let TD play, why the fuck would he not allow Kawhi to play?
Im sure it had more to do with pop hen Kawhi.

[polandprzem]

Well, who watched the Cavs game? How did the sprain look? He's not going to be hobbled against the Warriors is he? This is insane if another team isn't at full strength against them.

Anyway, I'd really love to know how bad Kawhi's last sprain was.

Tim Duncan played on two bad ankles during the 2005 playoff Championship run. He sprained one of his ankles badly against Detroit during a game towards the end of the regular season. He came down on someone's foot (might have been Rasheed). I saw a photo of his ankle (someone on Spursreport got ahold of a photo) and it looked really, really bad - to the point where I thought there is no way he can play on that, and if he did play on it, I thought it would severly limit him, but he still played in the playoffs and I was amazed he was able to play as well as he did in the first round. He then sprained the other one in game 6 against Seattle and still pushed through the rest of the playoffs leading the Spurs to the Championship.

I really want to know if Kawhi was being soft, or if it really was that bad. If it was Pop's decision and he let TD play, why the fuck would he not allow Kawhi to play?
Every situation is different and hard to compare esp when we talking about totally different playing positions and movements.

I had multiple sprained ankles from 1 day pain to cast

[HarlemHeat37]

:lol have any of you ever played basketball, tbh?

Not all ankle rolls are the same, not to mention each individual involved + the reccurency of the injury..

I've had dozens of ankle rolls that I could walk off, and I've also torn ligaments from rolling, too..

[Hoops Czar]

:lol have any of you ever played basketball, tbh?

Not all ankle rolls are the same, not to mention each individual involved + the reccurency of the injury..

I've had dozens of ankle rolls that I could walk off, and I've also torn ligaments from rolling, too..

If you tore a ligament, it would show up on an mri.

[testies]

Not similar at all

Stepping on someones foot is different than falling from 3 feet withall your weight

[Keepin' it real]

Not similar at all

Stepping on someones foot is different than falling from 3 feet withall your weight

To clarify, I was talking about Kawhi's injury in game 5 against Houston and his inability to play effectively afterward and ultimately sit out in OT. (I know his landing on thug Zsa Zsa was very different.)

Watching the replays, Kyrie's ankle twist looked comparable ... he was sprinting and about to jump, whereas Kawhi was nearly stationary and planting his foot to accelerate.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

Even the same person can turn the same ankle and have two completely different responses to the injury. This is a very uninformed, lazy troll thread. But it did get a good response, so nice job. :tu

[RD2191]

42 points. And his post-game comments. Yikes. Said he had two choices: dwell in sorrow of hurting his ankle or capture the moment. He knew what was at stake and wasn't coming out. Knew magnitude of the moment...and had to be there for his teammates ...

Part of me wishes Kawhi would have toughed it out. Mad respect for Kyrie right now.

Lol. Please stfu before I knock your stupid ass out.

[bic50]

To clarify, I was talking about Kawhi's injury in game 5 against Houston and his inability to play effectively afterward and ultimately sit out in OT. (I know his landing on thug Zsa Zsa was very different.)

Watching the replays, Kyrie's ankle twist looked comparable ... he was sprinting and about to jump, whereas Kawhi was nearly stationary and planting his foot to accelerate.
Who cares? Spurs still won that game.

[GSH]

To clarify, I was talking about Kawhi's injury in game 5 against Houston and his inability to play effectively afterward and ultimately sit out in OT. (I know his landing on thug Zsa Zsa was very different.)

Watching the replays, Kyrie's ankle twist looked comparable ... he was sprinting and about to jump, whereas Kawhi was nearly stationary and planting his foot to accelerate.


I've been around ST a long time, so I'm used to reading retarded-level stupidity. But you seriously deserve your own reality TV series for that.

You little over-achiever, you.

[spursmvp]

To clarify, I was talking about Kawhi's injury in game 5 against Houston and his inability to play effectively afterward and ultimately sit out in OT. (I know his landing on thug Zsa Zsa was very different.)

Watching the replays, Kyrie's ankle twist looked comparable ... he was sprinting and about to jump, whereas Kawhi was nearly stationary and planting his foot to accelerate.

Kawhi is also heavier. Like people said, every ankle twist is different. You want to risk leaving Kawhi in there and have him require surgery?

[GSH]

Kawhi is also heavier. Like people said, every ankle twist is different. You want to risk leaving Kawhi in there and have him require surgery?


I saw a very well-conditioned college athlete tear ligaments from stepping off a curb wrong. Grade 3 sprain, and the recovery was as bad or worse than a break. He could have slipped off that curb a hundred times the same way, and not done that kind of damage. It has nothing to do with toughness, sometimes it's just a matter of everything lining up right, and the amount of weight that hits at one split-second in time.

[Ice009]

:lol have any of you ever played basketball, tbh?

Not all ankle rolls are the same, not to mention each individual involved + the reccurency of the injury..

I've had dozens of ankle rolls that I could walk off, and I've also torn ligaments from rolling, too..

Well, it's a hard topic to discuss because I've walked off every ankle roll/tweak I've had and kept playing straight after. I'm also not very heavy, so that may be another reason I was able to walk all of the ones I've had off.

[DMC]

Not the same. KL initial injury came from a situation where he was in the air and came down on it. Kyrie just twisted it during a step. That means everything.

[Keepin' it real]

Kawhi is also heavier. Like people said, every ankle twist is different. You want to risk leaving Kawhi in there and have him require surgery?

Did Kyrie require surgery for staying in the game? Or did he inch closer to legend status? (Especially if they go on to repeat)

[Keepin' it real]

I saw a very well-conditioned college athlete tear ligaments from stepping off a curb wrong. Grade 3 sprain, and the recovery was as bad or worse than a break. He could have slipped off that curb a hundred times the same way, and not done that kind of damage. It has nothing to do with toughness, sometimes it's just a matter of everything lining up right, and the amount of weight that hits at one split-second in time.

No doubt. My only point was that it was bad optics for Leonard to be unable to finish game 5 due to a twisted ankle, while Kyrie went "war daddy" (as Jerry Jones would say) and finished with a career high on twisted ankle. It just looks bad.

A lot of sensitive people apparently took my post as an insult to them personally. That's on them.

[Keepin' it real]

I've been around ST a long time, so I'm used to reading retarded-level stupidity. But you seriously deserve your own reality TV series for that.


You must not be reading my words then. Either way:


http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/2013/06/idgas.gif

[bic50]

No doubt. My only point was that it was bad optics for Leonard to be unable to finish game 5 due to a twisted ankle, while Kyrie went "war daddy" (as Jerry Jones would say) and finished with a career high on twisted ankle. It just looks bad.

A lot of sensitive people apparently took my post as an insult to them personally. That's on them.
Who cares? Spurs still won game 5

[Prose]

Kawhi twisted his ankle 3 times in less then a week...

OP must have never played ball....kawahi did AMAZING on his twisted ankle in his first game back vs GS...just like kyrie did after the ankle twist. Now the difference was he re aggravated it 2 more times!!!! dumbass post

[Southwest Texas Fan]

Wow, Kyrie's ankle twisted just as badly as Kawhi's. :wow

Kawhi was unable to finish games, while Kyrie keeps playing and goes on to break his playoff career high for points scored in a game.

Not a good look for our guy. Just sayin'. :depressed

Thanks for keeping it real.