LA has dealt with injuries. Bynum and Kobe sat at the end of the season last year. Pau sat at the beginning of the season for like 20 games last year as well. Of course the Bynum injuries each year. Kobe had to have his knee drained 3 times during last year championship run.
Mental focus to play through it is what drives them. When the team is following the leads of guys like Fisher and Kobe who play through a lot of injuries, guys fall in line and tough it out.
The 90* angle the ankle made looked bad.
I think he'll be back for the playoffs, but the longer he's out, the more worrisome this will be -- it could be Tim 2000 or Manu '09. Hopefully not.
(But losing the #1 seed should not be a problem because of this.)
Even without Duncan the rest of the regular season the Spurs will hold onto the #1 seed.
Indefinintely means indefinitely. It may sound 2 days to 2 years. But due to Duncan's injury, it shouldn't be more serious then 2 weeks.
I think he'll be fine
minimum 2 weeks. Good thing Rudy Gay is out so we could even coast through 1st round with a 60% Timmy
the big question here is whether it is a high ankle sprain or not. if it is, then it could be between 4-6 weeks and if not then it would be between 2-4 depending on the grade of the sprain. i guess today's MRI will tell us more. as pop indicated it's not 'flowers and lollipops' so let's hope the swelling reduced overnight.
so worst case, he is out for most of the 1st round and best case, he gets back for about 2 or 3 games before the season ends just to get some conditioning in.
Rofl - 57-13 start and this is what yahoo finally decides to write about the Spurs. them all.
That was an AP recap. Yahoo still doesn't care about the Spurs!
There is like 3 weeks left in the season.. If Tim needs all 3 weeks off then so be it..
So much for 69-13
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Something tells me that "out indefinitely" = "out until we lose 2 in a row".
They really don't. It wasn't news when we lowered the boomstick on the Heat by 30. But when we get cack smacked by the Heat by 30, it's all over the sports front page.
It could workout great if Splitter gets the time he needs, he's been looking better and we will need his help come playoff time.
Splitter still doesn't look as aggressive, assertive, confident, responsible as the vids of his Euro games, so I'm expecting a lot more.
i think he's back for the Boston or Houston game. Those are b2bs so i dont think he'll play both but i think he'll be back for one of those.
Nothing we don't already know, just Smith's view of it.
Down Goes Duncan
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http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2011/0...n-goes-duncan/
Or it could work out disastrously if he is out for an extended time or can't recover properly and is prone to spraining it again come playoff time. Doubt we could win it with a 70% healthy Duncan like we did in 05.
M_Monroe_in_SA Mike Monroe
Tim Duncan ankle sprain "between grade 1 and grade 2" according to Spurs GM R.C. Buford, but no time frame yet on possible return to action
M_Monroe_in_SA Mike Monroe
Duncan had MRI on left ankle Tuesday morning; prognosis for return expected in 48 to 72 hours says Buford
what does it mean: "between 1 and 2 grade"?
Results MRI in 2 days. Jeez.
2 days for results? That doesn't sound good.
Between 1 and 2 is good news. Two weeks or less.
The Spurs have never been ones to get in a hurry to give media updates.
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