Monroe: Ginobili Unable To Get On Court; Return On Hold

[temujin]

Excellent news.

The later, the better.

[Ghazi]

I blame Argentina.

[janieannie]

He was still limping pretty good walking at the game last night so I'm not surprised. Hopefully he's patient with this and gets 100% before coming back.

I was at the game, sitting behind the bench a few rows up. I did not notice a limp. The last time I noticed him limping was at the Mavericks game on Feb. 24. The next game against Portland he did not appear to be limping.

[ducks]

one think with gooden on hold
he can watch lots of film and hopefully learn what spurs run
plus watch the spurs live in games and see what pop expects on d

[Slippy]

I was at the game, sitting behind the bench a few rows up. I did not notice a limp. The last time I noticed him limping was at the Mavericks game on Feb. 24. The next game against Portland he did not appear to be limping.

Still limping can't be a good sign. There was supposed to be a second MRI to look for improvement. IF they sticking him to only bike duties then i don't think it's gotten better or progressing as well as they wanted. We need more details.

[timvp]

What sucks to think about is if Manu's next MRI doesn't show enough bone healing.

[mookie2001]

What sucks to think about is if Manu's next MRI doesn't show enough bone healing.

oh then he would be REALLY fragile and everyone would scoff him!

[BlackSwordsMan]

oden and manu are made from the same mold

[Mr Bones]

It appears that Manu Ginobili will be on the far end of the two-to-three-week projection on his recovery from a stress reaction in his right ankle.

Thursday marked two weeks since the Spurs guard was diagnosed with the injury and told he would miss two to three weeks.

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said Ginobili's recovery has still not reached the point where he can do anything on the court.

“He's on the bike for the next three, four or five days,” Popovich said, “and we'll see how that goes and test him along the way, see how sore he is and see how that feels, but he's definitely not on the floor yet.”

Ginobili has not played since Feb. 11.

It's strange that with this injury, Manu is riding an exercise bike. That motion would still put stress on the leg and ankle, no matter how lightly he pedals. It just doesn't seem like a good idea to me. If he wants to stay in shape while keeping pressure off of his leg, he should be swimming.

[Spursmania]

The Spurs organization have an excellent medical and training staff. Surely, these professionals are prescribing what is best for his recovery. I trust they will bring Manu back when he is ready either Thursday or Friday. Again, if he is not ready, I think we would all like to see him healthy rather than have him return too early and reinjure himslef.

I miss Manu and his awesome helter skelter moves and cannot wait for his return.

[ducks]

I would rather not manu play against lakers first game
lakers do not need to know mentally they beat the spurs with manu on the court even if manu is quite rusty

[roycrikside]

The Spurs organization have an excellent medical and training staff. Surely, these professionals are prescribing what is best for his recovery. I trust they will bring Manu back when he is ready either Thursday or Friday. Again, if he is not ready, I think we would all like to see him healthy rather than have him return too early and reinjure himslef.

I miss Manu and his awesome helter skelter moves and cannot wait for his return.

I'm not sure how much Manu trusts the trainers and medical people in SA. Didn't they badly misdiagnose his injury during the end of last season? He said the stuff he was doing rehabbing the injury in April was like a big waste of time and the injections or whatever made it worse.

[raspsa]

oden and manu are made from the same mold

Manu has thousands of miles on his BB odometer playing his go-for-broke style of play while Oden is really a BB virgin.. absolutely no comparing the two.

[WalterBenitez]

I see Manu coming in the last 5 games or so, just to be focused and shped for playoffs

[raspsa]

When is Manu's next MRI?

[Chieflion]

I hope Ginobili gets better soon.

[Jiangnuobili]

Nothing But Hope...

[ducks]

looks like mason might have to prove himself to spur fans in the postseason with a 50% manu if at all

[roycrikside]

looks like mason might have to prove himself to spur fans in the postseason with a 50% manu if at all

That's premature. A bone injury is different than a ligament injury and has a much better chance of healing completely.

[WalterBenitez]

It's strange that with this injury, Manu is riding an exercise bike. That motion would still put stress on the leg and ankle, no matter how lightly he pedals. It just doesn't seem like a good idea to me. If he wants to stay in shape while keeping pressure off of his leg, he should be swimming.

Manu would stress than bone even playing at Wii

[MaNu4Tres]

I kind of hope Pop just rests Manu til April.

[Josepatches_]

I would give him more rest.
For us it's more important Manu's ankle than to be 2nd or 3rd or even 4th in the final standings

[mytespurs]

I hope they don't put Manu in until he's declared ready to go....the Spurs are not going to catch the Lakers so Pop might as well have a healthy team,if possible, go into the playoffs...once the tournament starts, anything can happen!

[duncan228]

Pop, post game today.

On Manu Ginobili’s status - “Probably another one-to-two weeks. When he’s ready, he’ll play.”

[Manufan909]

Hope Ime can continue to step up as well as Mason/Hill/Hairston(whenever he gets PT)/Fin. TP is also carrying alot of the load, and he is looking great.