Kawhi Leonard is actually injured

[Bill_Brasky]

When you're used to playing half those minutes all year long it can be a system shock to suddenly play 40+ and to top it off be asked to carry the team for most of the night in a very hostile environment.. this is really no big shocker this happened, there was bound to be repercussions. Just another example of Pop's fascination with unnecessary tinkering backfiring on him.

Yeah it really sucks that Kawhi had to go and get injured. Good thing he's young and can recover quickly.

Not like you give a about Kawhi either way, based on how sore the axe wound between your legs was when the Spurs traded GH for him.

GH fanboi
Chris Singleton

[TJastal]

Yeah it really sucks that Kawhi had to go and get injured. Good thing he's young and can recover quickly.

Not like you give a about Kawhi either way, based on how sore the axe wound between your legs was when the Spurs traded GH for him.

GH fanboi
Chris Singleton

So the argument has now shifted to my personal feelings toward Khawi Leonard. I guess that's a good indication I've won said argument.

[Bill_Brasky]

So the argument has now shifted to my personal feelings toward Khawi Leonard. I guess that's a good indication I've won said argument.

There never was an argument homie. I just wanted to rip on you a little bit for saying we'd regret not drafting Singleton. If you think that a highly trained athlete suddenly playing a whopping 15 extra minutes in one game is the reason that he got injured in the NEXT game, you can go right ahead and believe that.

[elemento]

jastal as completely wrong

Singleton sucks

[VBM]

This is because Pop sat Tim and Tony and played him extended minutes against the Blazers.

If he didn't have to play all those minutes against Portland, this wouldn't have happened

Copycat


It sounds like he has a Grade 1 Strain at most. I had a Grade 2 a couple summers ago and couldn't walk without a limp for over a week. He'll probably miss next week if Pop is uber-careful with him, but he should be ready to go after that with all the high-tech medical stuff these guys have access to.

[TJastal]

There never was an argument homie. I just wanted to rip on you a little bit for saying we'd regret not drafting Singleton. If you think that a highly trained athlete suddenly playing a whopping 15 extra minutes in one game is the reason that he got injured in the NEXT game, you can go right ahead and believe that.

I've already admitted Leonard has been much better than I thought he would be. But really let's not count out Singleton yet. He's playing for the craptastic wizards, I wouldn't put a lot of stock in his performance there. We'll may get a better idea 2-3 years down the road of that comparison. But at this point, I would say Leonard has outperformed him. And thanks for pointing that out btw. And thanks again for attempting to derail/shift the current argument. I know I've made solid points when people feel the need to start pointing out things from at least a year ago that have nothing to do with the current topic.

Btw, where did you come up with 15 minutes? He logged 43 minutes in that game and only averages 23 so far this year. Plus he was essentially playing with scrubs like Anderson and Dawson the entire 43 minutes. It's really no small wonder the guy is limping around now.

[WeNeedLength]

I've already admitted Leonard has been much better than I thought he would be. But really let's not count out Singleton yet. He's playing for the craptastic wizards, I wouldn't put a lot of stock in his performance there. We'll may get a better idea 2-3 years down the road of that comparison. But at this point, I would say Leonard has outperformed him. And thanks for pointing that out btw. And thanks again for attempting to derail/shift the current argument. I know I've made solid points when people feel the need to start pointing out things from at least a year ago that have nothing to do with the current topic.

Btw, where did you come up with 15 minutes? He logged 43 minutes in that game and only averages 23 so far this year. Plus he was essentially playing with scrubs like Anderson and Dawson the entire 43 minutes. It's really no small wonder the guy is limping around now.

Blaming Pop for this injury is pretty ing stupid tbh...

Anderson played 35 minutes that night and averages 12.6 minutes per game and surprise, no injury.

Dawson played 2 minutes his first game and then 32 minutes during the blowout and surprise, no injury.

Joseph played 37 minutes while he averages 8 mpg and surprise, no injury.

These are professional athletes who's only job is to be prepared to play basketball.

[ChumpDumper]

Uh... no, at most all you've proven that the injury rate is at least 50%. Grats on your extensive research.

Jeremy Lin is also a very poor example to use as well. Knicks were completely floundering and 2-13 in their last 15 games. D'Antoni needed something to jumpstart that ballclub. And Lin is still playing those heavy minutes, revealing it was a carefully planned move, not some schizo perfunctory tinkering bender

Carefully planned?



He was going to be waived.

That's the stupidest thing you have ever posted.

[GSH]

Actually Nahmie, this whole thing is a math problem. Given the 50% injury rate, times the 3 years needed for Singleton to become a great player, there was actually a 150% chance that Leonard would become injured while playing with those scrubs. It's really very simple there.

By the by, did you know that in Rajikistan all the really bad players have to wear those medical outfits called "scrubs"? So there you have it. Popovich is just carrying on his native Rajikistani customs by playing guys like Anderson and Dawson.

[GSH]

Jeremy Lin is also a very poor example to use as well. Knicks were completely floundering and 2-13 in their last 15 games. D'Antoni needed something to jumpstart that ballclub. And Lin is still playing those heavy minutes, revealing it was a carefully planned move, not some schizo perfunctory tinkering bender

And BTW, dumbass. The only thing "carefully planned" about Lin was the team's plan to get rid of him. D'Antoni gave him a shot to prove that he at least deserved to be on the team. He had no idea or expectation that Lin would "jump start the team". I know you will have some stupid rebuttal, even if D'Antoni says so himself, but I'll do this anyway:

“His expiration date was coming up,” Coach Mike D’Antoni said in an interview earlier this week. “We had to evaluate to see if there was something there or not.”
The guarantee deadline “kind of prompted us” to give Lin more playing time, he said.

Lin was shaky in that Boston game, leaving D’Antoni feeling ambivalent. But he decided to give him another shot the next night against the Nets. Lin responded with the best game of his career, with 25 points and seven assists off the bench in a victory over the Nets.

[widowmaker]

I wish the spurs had Phoenix's conditioning staff. Splitter-calf, kawhi-calf, tj-hamstring. ing streach every day! Even on days you dont play!

[timvp]

I could buy the "system shock" if it was Cory Joseph who went down. But Leonard had played 30 minutes the previous game and has played 35+ minutes plenty of times this season.

[ChumpDumper]

And BTW, dumbass. The only thing "carefully planned" about Lin was the team's plan to get rid of him. D'Antoni gave him a shot to prove that he at least deserved to be on the team. He had no idea or expectation that Lin would "jump start the team". I know you will have some stupid rebuttal, even if D'Antoni says so himself, but I'll do this anyway:

“His expiration date was coming up,” Coach Mike D’Antoni said in an interview earlier this week. “We had to evaluate to see if there was something there or not.”
The guarantee deadline “kind of prompted us” to give Lin more playing time, he said.

Lin was shaky in that Boston game, leaving D’Antoni feeling ambivalent. But he decided to give him another shot the next night against the Nets. Lin responded with the best game of his career, with 25 points and seven assists off the bench in a victory over the Nets.

Leave it to TJ to know nothing about the biggest sports story of the year.

[ChumpDumper]

Oh, let's see some of the things TJ wrote about Leonard.

Pop really won't be able to play Leonard as a SF

JYou may fancy the idea that Leonard is going to be getting all these opportunities to show off his fancy passing & rebounding skills, but in reality it's not going to happen.

I believe Singleton will pay immediate dividends (especially on the defensive end) while Leonard will be a work in progress for many years. Just another kick in the teeth for Tim Duncan (courtesy Pop/FO).

Leonard is just a bad overall fit for the spurs IMO. Pop has had a great track record of drafting the past decade but this one is going to be a major bust.

[TJastal]

And BTW, dumbass. The only thing "carefully planned" about Lin was the team's plan to get rid of him. D'Antoni gave him a shot to prove that he at least deserved to be on the team. He had no idea or expectation that Lin would "jump start the team". I know you will have some stupid rebuttal, even if D'Antoni says so himself, but I'll do this anyway:

“His expiration date was coming up,” Coach Mike D’Antoni said in an interview earlier this week. “We had to evaluate to see if there was something there or not.”
The guarantee deadline “kind of prompted us” to give Lin more playing time, he said.

Lin was shaky in that Boston game, leaving D’Antoni feeling ambivalent. But he decided to give him another shot the next night against the Nets. Lin responded with the best game of his career, with 25 points and seven assists off the bench in a victory over the Nets.

So you're telling us the plan all along was to give him playing time to prove himself? And since his deadline was forthcoming and the team was 2-13 guess it was time to play him.

I could be wrong but that plan sounds su iously like, well, a plan.

[TJastal]

Oh, let's see some of the things TJ wrote about Leonard.

Somebody must be pretty butthurt to spend all afternoon looking up my post history.

[WeNeedLength]

So you're telling us the plan all along was to give him playing time to prove himself? And since his deadline was forthcoming and the team was 2-13 guess it was time to play him.

I could be wrong but that plan sounds su iously like, well, a plan.

You really are dumb.

[Russ]

Without wading through the bickering, is there a consensus as to:

1. What the injury is?

2. How long he's likely to be out?

[Proxy]

Somebody must be pretty butthurt to spend all afternoon looking up my post history.

Just admit you're wrong. You're only making it worse.

Then ride off into the sunset, and never return

[jjktkk]

Somebody must be pretty butthurt to spend all afternoon looking up my post history.

Please expllain how calling you out on your moronic takes butthurt? Its actually fun.

[TJastal]

Just admit you're wrong. You're only making it worse.

Then ride off into the sunset, and never return

How about I admit I'm wrong, then you ride off into the sunset and never return?

[GSH]

So you're telling us the plan all along was to give him playing time to prove himself? And since his deadline was forthcoming and the team was 2-13 guess it was time to play him.

I could be wrong but that plan sounds su iously like, well, a plan.

No... I'm saying that the plan was to cut him from the roster. Pink slip. Waivers. I could dig up quotes from some of their FO guys saying that they would have cut him, if Baron Davis had come back from his injury sooner. But reality doesn't seem to hold any attraction for you.

Besides, you didn't say D'Antoni had A plan. You said he had a carefully crafted plan to jump start the team with Lin. But he says in his own words that isn't true. The only truth here is that D'Antoni thought Lin was going to get cut from the team, and he decided to give him one last shot to prove that he was even worth having on the roster. They were all shocked - D'Antoni, the FO, everybody - when Lin started playing so well.

No... there's a second truth. You have officially moved into first place as the dumbest dumb on ST. It's like arguing with ing Rain Man. If you suddenly quit posting, it would clear up about 60% of the worthless distraction bull here.

[TJastal]

Please expllain how calling you out on your moronic takes butthurt? Its actually fun.

Anyone could find moronic takes from anyone here, we've all said dumb things in the past. I'm sure I could dig out hundreds if not thousands of stupid posts from the JA fanboys club (and I'd have fun doing it) but I really have better things to do all day with my time.

[Leetonidas]

What does jeremy lin have to do with the spurs?

Pretty sure the rest of us got it

[Leetonidas]

also croflmao @ "system shock" oh man what a ing re