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ok...so now all the people who said "Oh Noes...let's trade Tony" can calm down a bit...he's fine.
http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/tony_p...te_090801.html
August 1, 2009
Tony Parker Injury Update
Tony Parker was examined earlier today by the Spurs medical staff. The examination confirms that he has a mild sprain of his right ankle.
Parker will begin his rehabilitation process in San Antonio before rejoining the French National Team next week. He will not be with the team on Wednesday when France faces Italy in an additional qualifying round game in the 2009 Euroleague Championship. A timeline for Parker's return will be determined based on how he responds to his rehabilitation program.
"We want to thank Tony for returning to San Antonio to allow our medical staff examine him," said Spurs General Manager R.C. Buford. "It shows his maturity and his dedication to the Spurs organization."
ok...so now all the people who said "Oh Noes...let's trade Tony" can calm down a bit...he's fine.
Good to know it's nothing serious. Sounds like the Spurs just wanted to be cautious and get a good look at things, and Tony was mature enough to oblige. Win-win. Glad to hear that the Spurs are in-charge of the rehab process at this point, as well.
so he IS going back to the FNT to play...
hmmmm.
@ Buford kissing Parker's ass. i guess they realized they went too far on this one...
minor to mild sprain
Way to spin something out of nothing. I'm gonna have you be my lawyer next time I get in an accident.
Yeah, win-win... Except for the French NT who not only won't have its best player in arguably the most important game in 2 years, but also won't have him around to build team chemistry and at least watch practices.
The French doctors were right when they said it was a minor injury, the Spurs are acting like they're the only ones who could handle the situation when rehab is easily doable in France.
I love the Spurs but they're really annoying right now.
Yeah, they're the ones paying TP to play DURING THE REGULAR SEASON AND PLAYOFFS. Right now TP is on vacation and may do what he pleases. Does your boss call you during summer vacation to check on you? Does he urge you to come to the office IMMEDIATELY?
GREAT NEWS !!!!!
Wait, is it a news ?
Seems more like mutual respect and appreciation to me, but I'm sure yourcolored glasses show you something different.
Well, if the job depended almost completely how well my body is functioning then yes ur boss would call u in for further evaluations if u got hurt. Look the Spurs r trying to be extra cautious with a player they feel will be carryin a large portion of the offensive load. I don't think this is that bad esp considering the debacle that happened last year. Parker needs to grow up. He knows y the Spurs r reacting this way, so y all the fuss. Don't u think the lack of trust between the medical staff (Spurs vs FNT) is that the Spurs may feel they may be considering their own agenda above the Spurs and may be downplaying it, maybe that's sumthing they experienced last year with Manu. I dunno, all I know is come reg season I want a healthy squad not a hobbled one
Sounds like good news to me. He will get about three weeks off until he has to play again. And he will *gasp* only miss the games he was likely to miss even if he stayed in France. So this trip back to San Antonio won't have any affect other than the Spurs building trust that Parker can balance his Spurs dedication with his NT dedication.
As long as France can hang within a dozen points of Italy and beat Finland, I'd say France should have a pretty good chance of advancing to the next round.
Mutual respect ?Seems more like mutual respect and appreciation to me, but I'm sure your
TP said that he didn't understand Spurs' choice and has had hard words with Holt. He only went to SA to avoid a clash with his bosses. So, it surely looks like mutual respect.
So before puling the french card, try at least to make some sense.
BTW, Spurs' medical staff has started to ask TP to come back in SA last Monday. The MRI showed a scar in the lateral ligament and they thought that the injury was more serious. Both doctors that looked at him in France said that the scar was related to a previous injury and that Parker's ligaments were fine.
Spurs exam confirms Parker diagnosis
By Jeff McDonald on Aug 1, 09 04:22 PM | Permalink | Comments (3) Save & Share Yahoo! BuzzYahoo! Newsvine del.icio.us Facebook Google Reddit Fark
An examination of Tony Parker's sore right ankle this afternoon in San Antonio has confirmed what French doctors diagnosed last week -- Parker has a mild sprain in the ankle, but no ligament damage.
The Spurs point guard will remain in San Antonio to continue a rehabilitation program before rejoing the French national team next week. Parker will not be available to play in Les Bleus' Euroleague qualifier Wednesday against Italy.
Parker was injured while playing with Les Bleus in a July 23 game against Austria. At the time, French doctors diagnosed Parker with a right ankle sprain, but said he should be good to play against Italy.
Late this week, and much to Parker's chagrin, the Spurs summoned their point guard back to San Antonio to be examined by their own medical staff. One trans-Atlantic flight later, the Spurs doctors came to the same conclusion as the French doctors.
"We want to thank Tony for returning to San Antonio to allow our medical staff to examine him," Spurs general manager R.C. Buford said in a team-released statement. "It shows his maturity and his dedication to the Spurs organization."
http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblog...exam-conf.html
key to season:don't get injured
didn't we already have a spur's bigman ruin his game by motorcycle injury, maybe new contracts need to include it before tony takes a fall
Sounds like he should have gone on Monday.
Reasonable concern
Good job, French doctors
Although, I'm sure the lack of trust from the Spurs' end start from when Parker broke his finger and the NT said he was good to go ... even though he would have been out for months if he would have gotten hit on the broken finger again.
But all in all, this drama seems to have worked out pretty well. Parker probably wasn't going to play against Italy anyways. The NT just needs to stay somewhat close against Italy and beat Finland. They have better players than Italy so not getting killed shouldn't be too much to ask . . .
Pony Tarker.
Oh please Duncan the goat, spursanus, GSH, portnoy1... leave this board and go root for the lakers or something
yeah just a 22 hours trip + jet lag for nothing
He'll have a full week to recover before he has to play again. I think he'll manage to get over the jet lag
Doubt it. They wanted to make an evaluation and now they control determining how he responds to treatment AND they leave no question whatsoever that Parker himself or the coaches might be tempted to play him in the game against Italy. Buford is just doing standard ass kissing for public consumption and Parker's ego PR.
This whole situation has been blown out of proportion. Spurs did what any team in contention would do, especially if they had one of their stars injured the previous season because of a similar situation.
Parker is on his way back to France, it's not a big deal.
Tony was upset...Buford explains why they wanted him to come back to the states and then comes out and thanks Tony publicly as he knows Tony was upset. Buford and the Spurs know how important this is to Tony....as Tony came back knowing how important he is to the Spurs. It's mutual respect.Mutual respect ?
TP said that he didn't understand Spurs' choice and has had hard words with Holt. He only went to SA to avoid a clash with his bosses. So, it surely looks like mutual respect.
So before puling the french card, try at least to make some sense.
You can over-dramatize it all you want because you are pissed that he will miss a few games(games he would have missed anyway), but it is what it is and not what you are making it out to be.
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