Tim Duncan Injury vs. Wiz (Update: Sprained Left Knee and Sprained Right Ankle)

[Robinho]

why did he come back 2day??

the wiz are terrible he could have sit another game

[shyne]

looks like what happened to Brian Cushing when he tore his ACL earlier this year getting the back of his knee rolled up on. Praying for a miracle.

[HarlemHeat37]

Thunder lose Harden, Splitter emerges, Duncan's resurgence could all be false hope of the cruelest nature if that MRI comes back with an ACL tear, tbh..

[SpurPadre]

the super bowl tomorrow, the results of that MRI is all I care about tomorrow

[Juggity]

why did he come back 2day??

the wiz are terrible he could have sit another game

Could have happened any game.

This game, the next game, the previous game, you can't control it.

[siraulo23]

prepare for the worst tbh

this sucks so much, that looked real bad

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Did he really ing say that?

Who? Me or Jeff McDonald?

[dbreiden83080]

Bad knee and major surgery could mean the end of his career.. ....

[BatManu20]

This sucks. Hard.

[Kuestmaster]

He'll be back this season. 4-6 weeks at most.

[nkdlunch]

Bad knee and major surgery could mean the end of his career.. ....

remove the "could" and replace with would and you have an accurate statement

[Andthentherewas21]

Anyone have any idea what time of day they usually go in for the MRI?

[spurraider21]

i dropped my faith years ago but i'll be praying until his mri results are in

[Man In Black]

You look at it. Get past the initial shock and then watch Tim get up. He gets a lift from Blair and Jack, and before he evens leans on them, he takes 2 steps and then puts his arms over them. The link doesn't show it, but he does the walk to the back and as he gets to behind the curtain, he starts walking on his own. The look on his face doesn't show a steady menacing grimace, it shows relief. Again, I'm an optimist. GO TIM GO!

[timvp]

Sean Elliott is being optimistic on the post game show. I doubt he heard anything yet but let's hope...

[Mugen]

[Darkwaters]

You look at it. Get past the initial shock and then watch Tim get up. He gets a lift from Blair and Jack, and before he evens leans on them, he takes 2 steps and then puts his arms over them. The link doesn't show it, but he does the walk to the back and as he gets to behind the curtain, he starts walking on his own. The look on his face doesn't show a steady menacing grimace, it shows relief. Again, I'm an optimist. GO TIM GO!

I'm hopeful. But with things like this you just never know until the MRI. Everything else is pure speculation.

[timtonymanu]

You look at it. Get past the initial shock and then watch Tim get up. He gets a lift from Blair and Jack, and before he evens leans on them, he takes 2 steps and then puts his arms over them. The link doesn't show it, but he does the walk to the back and as he gets to behind the curtain, he starts walking on his own. The look on his face doesn't show a steady menacing grimace, it shows relief. Again, I'm an optimist. GO TIM GO!

I really hope you are right, MIB.

This forum overall is just depressing to scroll through right now.

[BatManu20]

You look at it. Get past the initial shock and then watch Tim get up. He gets a lift from Blair and Jack, and before he evens leans on them, he takes 2 steps and then puts his arms over them. The link doesn't show it, but he does the walk to the back and as he gets to behind the curtain, he starts walking on his own. The look on his face doesn't show a steady menacing grimace, it shows relief. Again, I'm an optimist. GO TIM GO!

True but most guys do walk away under their own power after ACL tears.. I'm preparing for the worst and hoping for the best.

[RD2191]

group prayer

[ginobilized]

I am not ready for the wheels to fall off today.....even false hope is still hope, right?

ugh!

[Andthentherewas21]

Small glimmer of hope even if it is the worst http://deadspin.com/5944550/how-did-...ith-a-torn-acl

[DapDaGenius]

[Capt Bringdown]

There are five more games before the All-Star break. If Duncan was healthy enough to play last Saturday, how much extra is Pop supposed to sit him out? Just sit him out on back-to-backs and/or every game against a bad team?

Eventually Duncan had to play. Giving him a warmup before going out on the road for the RRT sounds like a more than reasonable plan to me.

Good point about the all star game. With regards to how much extra, I don't think there's an arbitrary rule. It's about good judgment.
Resting TD against the Wizards seems as comparably legitimate to me as resting him in back-to-back situations.

I think we've been "reasonable" enough these past few years with regards to piling up regular season wins.
Extending the Duncan years requires some outside-of-the-box thinking, and I applaud Pop's decision to rest TD against Miami as an example of that.
I would have like to have seen TD sat along those same lines tonight.

[look_at_g_shred]

Hopefully its the ankle sprain that made him give that grimace look.