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The tone is less than alarming.
Ginobili out for remainder of road trip
Jeff McDonald
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Manu Ginobili has been ruled out of tonight's game against the Pistons, as well as the final game of the Spurs' rodeo road trip against Washington on Saturday.
Ginobili missed Tuesday's loss at New York, remaining in San Antonio for tests and treatment on what the team has termed a sore right ankle.
The Spurs did not disclose the scope and severity of his injury Wednesday. A source within the organization says the injury is not considered a threat to end his season.
Ginobili underwent a battery of tests Tuesday, including an MRI. Team doctors are scheduled to meet with coach Gregg Popovich, general manager R.C. Buford and athletic trainer Will Sevening today to discuss the findings.
According to a report on Yahoo.com, the Spurs' delay in releasing a diagnosis has caused general managers across the league to wonder if Ginobili could be more seriously injured than the team is letting on publicly.
Ankle problems are nothing new to Ginobili. In September, he underwent surgery to repair a ligament impingement in his left ankle. Recovery from that procedure caused him to miss all of training camp, the preseason and the first 12 games of the regular season.
Ginobili's latest injury is not believed to be as serious as that one.
Hail to the chief: Unlike in some other NBA outposts, the Spurs front office does not have to worry about the owner sticking his nose too deeply into trade talks.
Popovich says Peter Holt's hands-off approach is “the main reason for our success.”
“He lets us do our jobs,” Popovich said. “We keep him informed. He runs the tractor business, and we run the basketball. It works pretty good.”
Failure to communicate: George Hill believes he was whistled for a key foul late in Tuesday's loss to the Knicks, simply by way of miscommunication.
The Spurs were behind by three with 25 seconds in overtime, and Hill and Bruce Bowen had Wilson Chandler trapped in the backcourt. The ball squirted loose and into Bowen's arms at about the time an official's whistle blew.
“I was saying ‘Hit, hit,'” Hill said, referring to the name of the Spurs defensive call. “I think the ref thought I was saying I was hitting (Chandler).”
In late-game situations, it is common practice for teams to inform the officials when they plan to commit a foul to stop the clock.
The tone is less than alarming.
stupid refs
That's good for Manu. this trade deadline, I hope it's already over so I can stop thinking about it
Looks like the latter half of the RRT is a different test of sorts - how to survive without Manu.
Hope he returns 100% after the RRT.
Good news that it is not serious. Hopefully the team can get the most out these next two games without Manu.
By Jeff McDonald - Express-News
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Manu Ginobili has been ruled out of tonight's game against the Pistons, as well as the final game of the Spurs' rodeo road trip against Washington on Saturday.
Ginobili missed Tuesday's loss at New York, remaining in San Antonio for tests and treatment on what the team has termed a sore right ankle.
The Spurs did not disclose the scope and severity of his injury Wednesday. A source within the organization says the injury is not considered a threat to end his season.
Ginobili underwent a battery of tests Tuesday, including an MRI. Team doctors are scheduled to meet with coach Gregg Popovich, general manager R.C. Buford and athletic trainer Will Sevening today to discuss the findings.
According to a report on Yahoo.com, the Spurs' delay in releasing a diagnosis has caused general managers across the league to wonder if Ginobili could be more seriously injured than the team is letting on publicly.
Ankle problems are nothing new to Ginobili. In September, he underwent surgery to repair a ligament impingement in his left ankle. Recovery from that procedure caused him to miss all of training camp, the preseason and the first 12 games of the regular season.
Ginobili's latest injury is not believed to be as serious as that one.
Hail to the chief: Unlike in some other NBA outposts, the Spurs front office does not have to worry about the owner sticking his nose too deeply into trade talks.
Popovich says Peter Holt's hands-off approach is “the main reason for our success.”
“He lets us do our jobs,” Popovich said. “We keep him informed. He runs the tractor business, and we run the basketball. It works pretty good.”
Failure to communicate: George Hill believes he was whistled for a key foul late in Tuesday's loss to the Knicks, simply by way of miscommunication.
The Spurs were behind by three with 25 seconds in overtime, and Hill and Bruce Bowen had Wilson Chandler trapped in the backcourt. The ball squirted loose and into Bowen's arms at about the time an official's whistle blew.
“I was saying ‘Hit, hit,'” Hill said, referring to the name of the Spurs defensive call. “I think the ref thought I was saying I was hitting (Chandler).”
In late-game situations, it is common practice for teams to inform the officials when they plan to commit a foul to stop the clock.
Win.
So, with no official news, we can only guess what happen with Manu.
Sounds wierd, isn't it? even coming from Mr Misterious Pop
But IMO the foul was a good decision.The best situation without foul could give us only 1 or 2 seconds to made a 3 if we don't lose the rebound.It's not like if we still have 5-10 seconds.
And the Knicks missed one of the FT.So we had the ball with 25 seconds left down by 4.
Of course I have tickets to the game against the Wizards
I don´t know if this was posted on any other thread...
http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblog...-update-s.html
A Manu update (sort of)
By Jeff McDonald on Feb 19, 2009 10:33 AM
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Talked to Gregg Popovich at shootaround this morning about Manu Ginobili, his latest ankle injury and what it might mean going forward.
Ginobili has undergone a battery of tests. Now all that's left is to diagnose the results and come up with a plan of action.
"I could give you really good specifics tonight," Popovich said. "The doctors have done all the testing they want to do, so that's done. They're getting together as we speak, trying to evaluate what does that mean and what are we going to do. We'll have the answer to that by game time."
That's what will pass for a Ginobili medical update until tonight. In all likelihood, Ginobili will be prescribed a healthy dose of rest. He is not on the Spurs current road trip.
One other tidbit gleaned from shootaround: The ankle had apparently began bothering Ginobili in the Spurs' overtime victory at Golden State on Feb. 2.
"He just felt some pain in it during the Golden State game," Popovich said. "It sort of just didn't go away."
It is a bit disconcerting that the All-Star break didn't cure Ginobili's soreness. As the E-N reported yesterday, a source within the organization said the injury is not expected to threaten Ginobili's season.
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