New update on Splitter

[smaka]

via Twitter:

"@JMcDonald_SAEN: Per @Monroe_SA: Splitter's official diagnosis is a bone bruise. Doubtful for Game 2. http://t.co/isVj6Dak"

Nice to hear no torn ligaments or broken bones!

[Outlier]

Isn't a bone bruise kind of serious? What's the usual time table for this type of thing?

[T Park]

Put a wrist brace on and go out and play ya puss.

[flipspursfan]

Well this is certainly the best piece of news we have regarding Splitter. I do hope that Dejuan Blair is ready to go come game 2. Looking at his past relative success against the Utah frontline this season, it looks like he'll be able to fill in for Tiago pretty nicely.

[NASpurs]

I thought this was going to be an update on whether or not they found his testicles yet.

[TimmehC]

Put a wrist brace on and go out and play ya puss.

[bklynspursfan]

I'd be willing to bet Splitter wants to play and would play with a brace on. However it's probably the coaching staff holding him back

[100%duncan]

I've played pick up basketball with bone bruises in various body parts throughout my life, without any sort of brace or cast or anything. He won't die.

Sup Re Dude

[T Park]

I'd be willing to bet Splitter wants to play and would play with a brace on. However it's probably the coaching staff holding him back

Yeah No...

[The Whopper]

From my personal experience, I find that my pain threshold is much higher when it is someone else who suffered the injury.

[Legacy]

From my personal experience, I find that my pain threshold is much higher when it is someone else who suffered the injury.

[MannyIsGod]

@ The Whopper

[100%duncan]

From my personal experience, I find that my pain threshold is much higher when it is someone else who suffered the injury.

[emanueldavidginobili]

So Splitter has a bone bruise on his left wrist?....this is not serious at all, not one bit. If the game was a real serious game tomorrow he would be playing without a doubt.

[bigfan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5NBja6NLTg

[Rummpd]

Could have been a lot worse as a sports doc and ER doc have seen bones fractured and ligaments badly torn by falls onto a wrist and from 7 feet up and in a game speed situation the fact he was not hurt more.

[Blake]

@ The Whopper

+ 1

I can't remember ever getting hurt playing tackle football. .

lol soccer

[dunkman]

Put a wrist brace on and go out and play ya puss.

That's how Grant Hill ruined his career tbh fwiw imo . . .

[jag]

For those saying he doesn't need his left hand: a fairly high percentage of his shots around the basket (from both the pick-n-roll and posting up) are attempted with his left hand. Little known fact: He actually shoots a higher overall FG% with his left hand vs. his right hand.

It's not serious enough to keep him out of more than a game or so, but I think it will affect him on both ends of the floor, especially the offensive end. He's still better than Blair but the Spurs could potentially lose out on Tiago's ability to get you 15+ on any given night.

This is of course worst case scenario from where we are now. Hopefully it's something he can brush off and play through without any noticeable effect on his game. But knowing Tiago's history, these type of things tend to linger.

[rjv]

From my personal experience, I find that my pain threshold is much higher when it is someone else who suffered the injury.

and the numerous couch potatoes on this site have extremely high pain thresholds

[lurker23]

Without any commentary on this particular type of injury, in general I'd like them to be slow in bringing Splitter back. I don't think the Spurs need him to beat the Jazz, but he'll be a big part of potentially beating the Grizzlies, Clippers, and/or Lakers. Rest him as long as you need to, to make sure he plays with confidence.

From my personal experience, I find that my pain threshold is much higher when it is someone else who suffered the injury.

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

If it was Rascal he would have just ripped his arm off and played the game, no questions asked.

[BlairForceDejuan]

Put a wrist brace on and go out and play ya puss.

Careful! You're throwing stones at a man made of glass!

[DesignatedT]

Put a wrist brace on and go out and play ya puss.

[boutons_deux]

there's no need for a brace, there's no ligament or muscle injury.

perhaps some padding if not bersome

bone bruises can take some time to be pain-free