Damn Kawhi Injured...quadriceps tendinitis in his left knee

[Stabula]

tendinceps quadrinitis? does that mean his leg hurts?

[Wildcat67]

I'm not too worried about this being a big deal for the team overall, but this suck in that my favorite part of watching Spurs games is just keying in on Kawhi the whole game. Now who am I gonna watch?

[Spurs da champs]

Well since it's the quad itself as opposed to the knee, I don't think that's such a bad thing.

[Libri]

I'm not too worried about this being a big deal for the team overall, but this suck in that my favorite part of watching Spurs games is just keying in on Kawhi the whole game. Now who am I gonna watch?

Seeing Bonner glued to the bench should put you in a good mood.

[TD 21]

We're already halfway through the tough stretch and are 2-1 with a close loss.

It's fine if you disagree, but bringing someone in who doesn't know the system and is likely a bottom of the barrel type player isn't going to do us any good short term or long term. SF and SG are pretty much our most stacked positions. We can afford to not have one of them for a week or two.

No, "we're" not. In fact, "we're" just begging it. The schedule doesn't ease up until after the December 1st game against the Grizzlies.

It's not about whether a bottom of the barrel type would do them any good short or long term, it's about having another body to soak up minutes during the situations I alluded to. And SF is the Spurs second shallowest position, next to C.

[Spurs Brazil]

JMcDonald_SAEN Leonard says knee/quad has been bothering him since about third game of the season. Shutting it down to try and get to 100%.

danmccarneysaen Pop on Leonard's tendinitis: "It had become pretty painful for him, and at this point there was a little bit of a risk.

[timvp]

Sounds like a good idea to shut him down. I've noted a couple times that Leonard didn't look like he was jumping too well. Looks like we've found the explanation.

I'm somewhat worried since tendinitis is difficult to predict but I'm hopeful since Kawhi bounced back from that calf strain last year within skipping a beat.

[Bill_Brasky]

McDonald just tweeted that the problem is I the quad, not the knee, which is somewhat semantic. either way, if a 21 year old has tendonitis problems in the knee area so early in the season, it tells us that Kawhi's off season weight lifting was improperly handled. He either has underdeveloped quad/ham muscles, or they are imbalanced. This shouldn't be a lingering problem if he waits until the flare up goes away, and then properly strengthens his leg muscles. However, it probably doesn't bode well for in-game performance if he's been spending off-days leg rehabbing.

Thanks for the info, sounds like it's nothing to be worried about and he'll be back on the floor before we know it.

[Kidd K]

No, "we're" not. In fact, "we're" just begging it. The schedule doesn't ease up until after the December 1st game against the Grizzlies.

It's not about whether a bottom of the barrel type would do them any good short or long term, it's about having another body to soak up minutes during the situations I alluded to. And SF is the Spurs second shallowest position, next to C.

What're "we" begging? Who's begging? I haven't seen anyone begging. If you meant "beginning", then no. We play 3 crap teams in a row after the Pacers (who sucked against us anyway). It doesn't matter that the games after that are together on a road trip. That's probably going to be 3-0. Craptors, Whizzers, and the Tragic? Gimmie a break, what are they gonna do? Those are as close as you're gonna get to auto road wins unless Pop rests the starters.

Anyway, no SF isn't our shallowest position, because you're not including that Ginobili, Jackson, and Diaw play SF. Add that with Kawhi, and SF is our second deepest position after SG. And to be honest, it's probably our best position considering that everyone who can play it is good defensively, can shoot, and 3 of the 4 can make a play for the team.

Have you never heard of a depth chart before? You don't have to answer, it was a rhetorical question.

[TD 21]

What're "we" begging? Who's begging? I haven't seen anyone begging. If you meant "beginning", then no. We play 3 crap teams in a row after the Pacers (who sucked against us anyway). It doesn't matter that the games after that are together on a road trip. That's probably going to be 3-0. Craptors, Whizzers, and the Tragic? Gimmie a break, what are they gonna do? Those are as close as you're gonna get to auto road wins unless Pop rests the starters.

Anyway, no SF isn't our shallowest position, because you're not including that Ginobili, Jackson, and Diaw play SF. Add that with Kawhi, and SF is our second deepest position after SG. And to be honest, it's probably our best position considering that everyone who can play it is good defensively, can shoot, and 3 of the 4 can make a play for the team.

Have you never heard of a depth chart before? You don't have to answer, it was a rhetorical question.

I meant the fact that they don't get more than one day off combined with the fact that they play a bunch of good teams (Nuggets, Clippers, Celtics, Heat, Grizzlies). And the ones that aren't good all come in a 4-in-5 stretch, which makes those games more challenging than they otherwise would be.

You obviously lack basic reading comprehension otherwise you'd know I said "second shallowest position". Diaw hasn't been able to play SF in years, while Green and especially Ginobili are clearly better suited to playing SG.

[Kidd K]

I meant the fact that they don't get more than one day off combined with the fact that they play a bunch of good teams (Nuggets, Clippers, Celtics, Heat, Grizzlies). And the ones that aren't good all come in a 4-in-5 stretch, which makes those games more challenging than they otherwise would be.

You obviously lack basic reading comprehension otherwise you'd know I said "second shallowest position". Diaw hasn't been able to play SF in years, while Green and especially Ginobili are clearly better suited to playing SG.

Not getting time off doesn't matter when you're playing 3 of the worst teams in the league who are in the process of tanking the season. Very high chance we will be 3-0 in that span unless Pop rests guys. You can't bring up the Celtics and Clippers, because like I already spoke of those in the first post you replied to about the Spurs' schedule, and said the schedule softened up AFTER those games.

I know you said "second shallowest". Add in "second" if you really want to be that anal about relaying your exact words, and everything still means the exact same. You obviously lack basic reading comprehension skills since I said it was our second deepest position, and arguably our strongest. Which means it's the 4th shallowest at worst, making you still wrong.

Diaw is able to play SF when needed (tall lineup); he's just a better player PF so will get most of his time there. It also doesn't matter if Ginobili and Green are better suited to play SG, because first of all, I didn't even mention Green, and secondly, Manu has been playing a lot of SF for years. You just haven't noticed it since you apparently don't pay attention. He's well suited for it. Shat all over Denver tonight, mostly playing SF.

SF is arguably our strongest position (everyone we play there is good on both ends of the floor), yet you think it's the 2nd worst position for us. You're so wrong about this, it's hilarious tbh.

[Manufan909]

I think replacing Kawhi is pretty straightforward. Jackson starts at SF and Ginobili is the backup SF. That means Mills and Neal are the guards off the bench.

Last season, Ginobili was MUCH better defensively at small forward according to every available advanced statistic. Subjectively, I think it makes sense. While Ginobili isn't as quick as he used to be and can give up penetration against quick guards, he's still a mean SOB. Nobody ever bullies Ginobili in the low-block. If they try to, he usually either defends it well or draws an offensive foul.

To be honest, I have no worries about Ginobili defending small forwards. At this stage of his career, he probably defends that position better than SG anyways.

As for Jackson, it'll be a seamless move into the starting lineup. Hopefully Pop doesn't try to overthink this and makes this obvious lineup adjustment.

This. I also agree with whoever said this is a blessing in disguise because now Pop gets to work Mills and de Colo into the rotation more. Not to mention the fact that Neal's out, allowing de Colo even more time to prove himself. I almost wish that Neal would be out longer so that CoJo might've been called up to get some burn. He definitely would have played tonight.

[Russo21]

Not good. I've had that for the last 10+ years. Combo of knee, ligament, lower quad pain/tendanitis. It's never gone away.

Kawhi should be fine though. Let's hope with rest, plenty of $$$ and plenty of advanced medical rehab and conditioning our boy will be fine sooner rather then later. Time for our medical staff to step up Get the kid rested and healthy and in peak conditioning come april/may/june. It's a marathon not a sprint. I'll miss seeing him play and grow in the short term though, it's a pleasure watching our young guns shine.

[racm]

This. I also agree with whoever said this is a blessing in disguise because now Pop gets to work Mills and de Colo into the rotation more. Not to mention the fact that Neal's out, allowing de Colo even more time to prove himself. I almost wish that Neal would be out longer so that CoJo might've been called up to get some burn. He definitely would have played tonight.

Remember when Steve Smith got injured and young Jackson/Manu got more burn? Of course Smith was out of the rotation soon enough.

Not good. I've had that for the last 10+ years. Combo of knee, ligament, lower quad pain/tendanitis. It's never gone away.

Kawhi should be fine though. Let's hope with rest, plenty of $$$ and plenty of advanced medical rehab and conditioning our boy will be fine sooner rather then later. Time for our medical staff to step up Get the kid rested and healthy and in peak conditioning come april/may/june. It's a marathon not a sprint. I'll miss seeing him play and grow in the short term though, it's a pleasure watching our young guns shine.

The Spurs medical staff is one of the better ones, tbh... Manu would have been chopped liver on any other team and 36 year old Duncan wouldn't be averaging 2.6 blocks without their help.

[Spurs Brazil]

Leonard’s injury comes at good time
Posted on November 17, 2012 at 10:53 pm by Mike Monroe

“It’s not all that bad,” Leonard said Saturday before the Spurs beat the Nuggets 126-100 at the AT&T Center. He’s confident he will make a complete recovery, “but we want to make sure it’s not something that comes up during the playoffs. Just rest up and get it healthy and then monitor it.”

Keep reading: http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...l-return-soon/

[Stabula]

Leonard’s injury comes at good time Posted on November 17, 2012 at 10:53 pm by Mike Monroe “It’s not all that bad,” Leonard said Saturday before the Spurs beat the Nuggets 126-100 at the AT&T Center. He’s confident he will make a complete recovery, “but we want to make sure it’s not something that comes up during the playoffs. Just rest up and get it healthy and then monitor it.” Keep reading: http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...l-return-soon/

The caption underneath the picture of De Colo "Spurs guard Nando De Colo drives as Kosta Koufos of the Nuggets defends during the fourth quarter on Friday at the Alamodome. Billy Calzada/San Antonio Express-News"

[HI-FI]

Not good. I've had that for the last 10+ years. Combo of knee, ligament, lower quad pain/tendanitis. It's never gone away.

Kawhi should be fine though. Let's hope with rest, plenty of $$$ and plenty of advanced medical rehab and conditioning our boy will be fine sooner rather then later. Time for our medical staff to step up Get the kid rested and healthy and in peak conditioning come april/may/june. It's a marathon not a sprint. I'll miss seeing him play and grow in the short term though, it's a pleasure watching our young guns shine.

I wonder how much of tendinitis is from genetics (ie how the body is built, being flat footed etc...) vs overuse or lack of proper care. I hope with Kawhi it's simply overuse, since in the article posted above, Manu mentions he never saw him on the trainer's table last season. I imagine he's been pushing hard, which is a good sign, just hope this isn't an ongoing problem. I do have faith in the medical staff though, they have to be up there with the Sun's staff.

[txstr1986]

Yeah I live Near DC TOO! Would that be some if we were the first team to lose to them there? I would not be surprised as things happen but man! I wanted to see Leonard too! I will watch the game here still, but man damn I wanted us at full to see them here.

That would blow.

The Wizards are so bad they're practically giving away tickets to get people in the seats.

[Kool Bob Love]

That would blow.

The Wizards are so bad they're practically giving away tickets to get people in the seats.

yeah but we got clowns making threads about the Spurs attendance.

whatever

[Bruno]

After the road trip, Spurs have a game against Memphis followed by three days off. It would be a typical Pop move to sit down Kawhi for the Memphis game and have him back on December 5th against Bucks.

[ace3g]

dan mccarney ‏@danmccarneysaen Leonard targeting memphis game for return. No official clearance from club.

[Stabula]

dan mccarney ‏@danmccarneysaen Leonard targeting memphis game for return. No official clearance from club.

I'm definitely keeping my fingers crossed we'll really need Leonard for Memphis. If Pop feels Leonard's health is more important than the W then I'd reluctantly concede.

[timvp]

dan mccarney ‏@danmccarneysaen Leonard targeting memphis game for return. No official clearance from club.

Sounds good. I doubt the club can/will give him clearance until they return from the road trip.

However, since the Spurs have a break after the Grizzlies game, they could hold him out to take advantage.

[timvp]

Pop says that Kawhi is unlikely to play at all during this homestand. Setback? Scary news since those original 14 days are already up.

[HI-FI]

i really hope there isn't a setback. hopefully Pop playing it too safe per par. if he doesn't play at all during this homestand, i'm gonna start worrying. he sounded good in his recent interview. hopefully it's Pop being CIA Pop.