No, the Spurs would never use the sycophantic Say-town media to mislead the fan base.
Really? The Spurs listed him as day-to-day and Pop kept talking as if it were a real possibility that he'd play the next game. Local and national media had around the clock coverage each day regarding whether or not Duncan was going to play that game. Pop even hinted that Duncan was 100% going to play if the Spurs made it to the second round. The pointed out that Terry Porter tore his meniscus earlier in the season and ended up only missing a couple games.
As it turns out, Duncan actually wasn't ever close to playing. But as it was happening, Pop (and even Duncan) were feeding the hope that #21 was about ready to play.
IIRC, in that case, Robinson might have been able to go if the Spurs would have advanced to the second round without him. I know he was supposed to be able return either in the first or second week of May.
But yeah, that team winning a first round series without Robinson was about as likely as this team winning a championship without Manu.
No, the Spurs would never use the sycophantic Say-town media to mislead the fan base.
That's true. Duncan tore his meniscus on April 11 with four games left in the regular season. They listed him as day-to-day and never said he was officially out for the playoffs or anything. People were even saying that he might play through it and it wasn't going to get any worse by playing, but the Spurs never intended to play him at all.
just got back from houston
i heard the news right before i entered that pitful toyota center for monday night raw
it hasn't hit me to now
the time of the year i look foward too and possibly are best chances are just getting to the 2nd round
Get Well Manu...we still have a CHANCE in the playoffs, im not giving up yet.
I'm not doubting your facts. I didn't live in the area at the time, so I wasn't subjected to 24 hours a day of propoganda and wishful thinking. If I heard any of it, it's possible that I simply just didn't believe what they were saying. That season ended when he landed after that dunk, and I remember seeing the replays on the news and thinking exactly that.
Now that you mention it, I do remember that they just needed to try to get through the first round, but it just wasn't going to happen. They played really hard and were just overmatched by the Suns.
This should come as no surprise. Unfortunately, that's what happens to older players. They become more susceptible to injury. It's simply a consequence of age.
See my preceeding comment.
That's why I'm imploring the FO for having better roster balance, in terms of both talent, skill and age. That's where I blame the Spurs. It's no secret that Manu's incredible talent cannot be easily replaced by a single player. Yet, if the team wasn't relying on a group featuring Finley, Bowen, and Udoka, the void wouldn't be as significant and collectively the team would be better positioned to make up for his absence.
The curse of the calender.............
I've been trying to figure out how to characterize this season myself, and an extension of last year's Lakers series captures it perfectly. Unfortunately.
Manu brother Leandro told to Clarin, Argentina newspaper that the Spurs told Manu to skip the Olympics but Manu decided to pay and now is paying the price.
He also said the Spurs will put a clause in his next contract that will keep him out of Argentina NTSegundo Leandro, seu irmão se machucou na semifinal dos Jogos Olímpicos, contra os Estados Unidos. “A direção do San Antonio disse que ele poderia ter este problema, mas ele (Manu) insistiu em ir para os Jogos Olímpicos”, relatou. “Agora terá que pagar as consequências de ter defendido a camisa argentina.”
I think our friends from Argentina can give us more details on this.“Quando Manu for renovar contrato, posso dizer, seguramente, que o San Antonio pedirá, por meio de uma cláusula, que ele não volte a defender a seleção argentina”, afirmou Leandro.
This is the link in Portuguese http://playoff.uol.com.br/nba/leandr...dido-argentina
You cannot put a clause in a contract (as far as I know) that would prohibit a player from playing with his country.
If you can put a clause prohibiting someone from riding a motorcycle or going skiiing, I'm not sure how playing in highly compe ive international basketball tournaments is any different.
Why not? Is there an NBA rule against it? Under an employment contract, I don't see why you wouldn't be able to do that if both parties agree.
2 years ago, the NBA send a memo to the league after Spurs asked Manu not to play with his NT. Some extracts of this memo :
This is a reminder that, under the NBA's agreement with FIBA, NBA teams are required to permit their players to play in certain major national-team compe ions, provided that adequate insurance is obtained.
These include the Olympics, world championships, continental championships [such as the European Championships], and relevant qualifying tournaments.
The NBA/FIBA agreement also provides that NBA teams may not take any steps that are intended to deter players from playing in such compe ions
This is a reminder that, under the NBA's agreement with FIBA, NBA teams are required to permit their players to play in certain major national-team compe ions, provided that adequate insurance is obtained.
These include the Olympics, world championships, continental championships [such as the European Championships], and relevant qualifying tournaments.
The NBA/FIBA agreement also provides that NBA teams may not take any steps that are intended to deter players from playing in such compe ions
Playing for your country is one of the highest honours you can receive in sports, stop all this bull .
Husband send me a text informing me that Manu was out...I still don't want to believe it :-((
we need him so bad!!!!!!
not if it is in their contract that they sign when they get their new deal
and if I am the spurs it is the contract extension
Can't you read? Teams are not allowed to put that into a contract.
If you're under contract, you have an obligation to your employer to keep yourself prepared for work and not take unnecessary risks which would otherwise impact your ability to fulfill your contractual obligations. Regardless of whether it's allowed to be explicitly stated in a contract or not, it's a moral issue for the employee.
So the question really is: Is playing for your national team in the off season considered an unnecessary risk?
That's not a question I care to take a stab at......
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