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Apparently is wearing a cast...
Lol
Yes,he missed a lot of games this season...25 or 30 games.
Splitter is an injury prone and he has a low pain threshold. We already knew it.
Apparently is wearing a cast...
That's a pretty standard move to avoid any further damage.
Tiago Splitter’s injured left wrist has been immobilized in a cast, leading Spurs coach Gregg Popovich to consider him doubtful for Game 2 of the first round of the playoffs Wednesday night against Utah.
“I think it’s something we won’t be able to tell until Wednesday,” Popovich said. “I would say he was probably be doubtful.”
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...dnesdays-game/
A cast? Is this normal for a sprain?
Might as well put a cast on his other hand too, to prevent him from spraining it while brushing his teeth.
Hopefully he won't even be needed on Wednesday.
No way he starts Diaw again.
Blair will start.
1) Don't care what McDonald says. I am 100% sure if that Tiago isn't going to play Blair will start.
2) I would be less likely to give Tiago the benefit of the doubt if he had shown the ability in the past to play through these type of nagging injuries. I personally feel that if Tiago wants to play Pop would play him. People here may think that the Spurs think the Jazz can be beat but I'm sure the coaching staff would not take any chances. If Manu was as weak as Tiago is with injuries he'd probably play one week out of the season, TBH.
good news
i just hope the spurs can survive another game featuring the Blair Bonner lineup
They did ok in game 1, but you know it's gonna be a disaster at some point if they use it for long periods of time
The sooner Splitter can play, the better
Blair will start? Why? He cemented his 5th big man status with his performance against Golden State. He walked through the game and was still exhausted in the 4th.
To those dissing tiago: if the wrist is too stiff and sore to even bend, he can't play. You can't play with one hand.
Good.. He's fine. Shut him down for game 2 and he can play in Utah..
Then he'll be rusty as in a tough series. If he is healthy enough to play.
Play him..
Sorry, but there are players on this team who would not let a sprain keep them out. Duncan, Parker, Manu and others have all played with injuries far worse than a sprained wrist. Tiago doesn't have a track record of playing through, well, anything.
Especially at this point in the season. Everyone is hurt.
Do you think Manu would sit out with a sprained wrist? Do you think Parker would? Do you think Duncan would?
Anyone here think any of those guys would sit out with a sprained wrist?
My goodness...come on brah
Spurs don't need Tiago this series and everyone knows it. No surprise the staff is debating holding him out until he is surely 100% healthy since the Spurs WILL need him in subsequent series.
Tiago's got lots of skill but I have to be quite honest when I say that nothing I've seen out of him says grit or tough.
Uh oh, manny tugged on the COT's cape...
Duck and cover.
Agreed.
Thanks for the update, timvp.
I don't know why it's so difficult for some Spurs fans to admit that Splitter is injury-prone. I love him as a player, think he hasn't gotten enough pub for his contributions but the guy gets sidelined with some weak injuries that other players would play through without thinking twice. I doubt Splitter wants to be more fragile than the average NBA player but it's an unavoidable fact at this point.
Even before the Spurs signed him, I warned about his injury-prone ways in my Splitter preview:Some players can play with pain. Some feel they need to sit out even with minor ailments. I don't think any player gets to decide their pain/discomfort threshold, tbh.One thing that should be noted is Splitter's injury history. He has had a number of injuries through the years. Though most of the injuries were minor, the fact that Splitter is at least somewhat injury prone should factor into his projections to the NBA level.
http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=158008
Splitter is soft when it comes to injuries. Accept it, be thankful he's so damn good that his strengths still easily outweigh his weaknesses, and move on.
He doesn't miss that many games. For as "tough" as Manu is, Manu misses a lot more games seemingly. I'd rather have a softer guy who plays more than a tough guy who misses a lot of crucial time.
Fair enough.
Well, Manu is definitely injury prone though. No one is going to argue that he's not. I just can't see Manu sitting out due to a sprain wrist. Can you?
I'm glad we have Tiago, I just wish he was tougher. Its not about rather having something. Its kinda like how I wish Tim Duncan was still 25.
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