Could have been worse. Gives him and the team some time to get their rhythm back before the playoffs. Hopefully this is the last serious injury of the season.
Damn, that sucks.
Parker expected to miss approximately four weeks.
http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/130302_parker_injury
That includes a lot of games against top teams. I wonder if Stern will fine the Spurs for Tony's injury...
Back in time for game against Miami Heat. That game could decide home court advantage throughout playoffs.
This injury couldn't have come in a better time, a lot of games at home: no excuses now for other PGs.
I just HOPE!! Pop decides for 1 of the PGs available.
Like many, I want to see CoJo just a little more.
Then again, having NDC and Mills is not bad.
The teams is looking very good to my eyes, very good.
At the 2 week mark, we should know how close he is or not to returning; by that stage he will be well into his rehab.
Jesus, 4 weeks. It's going to be tough to win games without TP in clutch situations.
If he is out four weeks, that's 11 games:
vs. DET
vs. CHI
vs. POR
vs. OKC
@ MIN
vs. DAL
vs. CLE
vs. GSW
vs. UTA
@ HOU
vs. DEN
Thankfully, the games are mostly at home. With Parker, the Spurs probably cruise to something like 10-1 or 9-2 during this stretch. Without him, it's going to be a lot more difficult, obviously.
Reasons for the high suck-age of this news:
1. Who knows how long four weeks really is in Pop days... If this is really a 5 or 6 week injury, that'd really suck.
2. Even four weeks out would give TP just three weeks to prepare for the playoffs.
3. His ankle is now susceptible to re-spraining the rest of the season.
4. This was the stretch where the Spurs were supposed to cash in on all those early road games. If the Spurs do any worse than 8-3 during this stretch, their homecourt advantage would be in serious jeopardy.
Sucks for Tony, but this could be a great opportunity for one of the backup pgs to step up a solidfy their spot for the backup job.
damn that sucks..if he really is out for 4 weeks than that only leaves him 3 weeks of games to get his rhythm back before the playoffs
Well, it could've been worse I guess. But it still sucks....get well soon TP!
Could have been way way worse. I'm grateful it's only 4 weeks.
Class 2 sprain means ligament damage. 4 weeks might be on the low side to be honest...especially with it being his left (and bad) ankle.
4 weeks is pretty bad but it could be worse...
Damn, a lot of those games just went from a 80% chance of winning them to a toss up now.The really, really tough ones are going to be against OKC, GS, Houston, and Denver...
Mills and DeColo are serviceable as long as everyone else picks up their games.
Don't you think if they thought it was worse they would've said 4-6 or 4-8 weeks instead?
The Spurs play better when one of the big three are injured. I don't think this will be a big deal considering most of their games will be played at home.
Manu/TD/Kawhi/Splitter/Green have to step up...
Exactly. This is perfect time for Manu to up his game because if he isn't playing at an elite level with Duncan, Spurs have no chance of getting to the Finals.
The Spurs aren't exactly known for giving accurate timetables regarding injuries, so it'd be unwise to pencil any return date for Parker. Hopefully we hear from him soon so he can indicate how bad it is. Hopefully it's not so bad he's in an air cast or on crutches ...
Typically bads per pars.
It might also come down to the playoff seeding picture. Not very likely in the west, but if the Spurs are guaranteed a certain favorable match up, could give the Spurs more time to rest/rehab Parker.
Granted Spurs aren't the type of team to rest a certain player through a playoff series and then bring him in for the next.
Last edited by ace3g; 03-02-2013 at 02:32 PM.
Just glad nothing was torn. He'll be able to make it back before the playoffs, which is all that matters. I'll think we'll pull through this stretch just fine. Excited to see Kawhi get a lot more offensive touches while Tony is out, that should really help come playoff time. Also think Manu will step things up, and now that Duncan is closer to finding his rhythm, we should be able to ride him a little more. Neal will come back soon, to provide a little more offense (hopefully the rest will allow him to get back to hitting his shots). I'm really not all that worried, just hope Tony's rehab goes smoothly and there are no setbacks.
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