I thought 4-6 weeks would have been time for a worse sprain.
Tony had a calf injury in 2011 and was expected to miss 2 to 4 weeks. He returned only a week after the injury, helping the Spurs to defeat the Heat by a wide margin.
I know this time he has an ankle injury and the sprain was painfully to watch but I'm optimistic about his recovery.
If I'm not mistaken didn't Parker sign a New Shoe Deal Recently? I'm for blaming those looking shoes!!
anyone thinks it's a blessing in disguise? I mean, the spurs' biggest hole would be the back-up PG. and with this injury, we'll have 1 month for Pando de Milo and CoJo to try to win the spot. I'm pretty excited with our next gamesDDDDDD
It's either you forgot to blue font your post or you just haven't watch how Parker got injured
Yeah, this is what I'm waiting for. TP probably has sprained his ankle three dozen times in his basketball playing life so he'll know if this is major (4-6 weeks), medium (3-4 weeks) or relatively minor (~2 weeks). If he's able to walk on it already, that'd be a good sign.
I was serious but yeah you're right. And without the ankle being able to pivot guys would be hopping robot style down the court.
great opportunity for the other PGs
This guy came back from ing blindness.
To have his best season.
2-3 weeks max.
I'll stick to my original evaluation of 3 weeks off the court and then he's on the court at least practicing. If anything, the good news is that it wasn't a syndemosis lgament sprain
AKA High Ankle, that would have meant 6 weeks easy.
I'm also of the opinion that every ankle has a propensity to turn whether they have just been injured or injured at sometime ago in the past. Even one that hasn't been hurt ever, can feel the wrath of an untimely foot in the way. (Think Manu 2002 against Dirk in the Worlds-Never been hurt until then)
The tape job saved TP's ankle. It's a Grade 2 true but with that cryo tank and the Spurs state of the art training center, I have no doubt that Parker will come back at close to 100% and will be clicking come playoff time. Unlike the other 2/3rds of the Big 3, he's a young 30, he's lighter than the other 2, and he's shown a capacity to heal quickly. the ankle is an area where the blood flows pretty well, unlike a shoulder or a knee, the blood capacity flows through the foot well enough. He wears a boot to make the part non weight-bearing and then is hit with a series of modalities from heat to ice to TENS(Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) treatments. He will get the kind of care that we all wish we could get whenever any of us got an ankle jacked up.
Why make a press release for 4 weeks? I think it's best to overworry. That way, it forces everyone on the team to stay locked in as opposed to thinking that TP will be there to bail them out. I expect Manu will play an additional 5 minutes or so per game but that he will still continue to share PG duties with others except in crunch time moments.
Call me a homer, but my past life as a trainer can see TP playing at close to full capacity come playoff time. After every game, he will continue to get the best care that the team can provide him and he will take advantage, why shouldn't he? He knows full well how good Will, Dice, and the Docs take care of him now as they did in the past.
I'll be there at ATT to see you for the Clippers and the Heat....Heal well TP and then show the NBA that you deserve 1st team ALL-NBA
It'll be interesting to see if leonard becomes the 3rd option on the offense to ease the burden on td and manu a little bit
KENS 5 TV has TP out 4 weeks worst case. That was after 6 pm. If TP heals like he has in the past, 4 weeks may only be 2 or 3. Knowing Pop, he will only bring back TP if we are losing badly. Looking at the games, we have 7 games between now and the 20th. Against these teams, only 2 have winning records, OKC and Chicago. We have beaten Chicago shorthanded. So it is possible for us to go 6-1 or 5-2 no problem. Dont count out TP from being back for limited minutes for GS or Utah.
I think we will have a 3 way fight for PG. CJ, De Colo, and Mills will try to be the man while TP is out.
Parker has plenty of haters. When we get stagnant they will be clamoring for T.P. The good news is that we only play about 14 games within that span of a month at lot of which are at home. If we can go 10-4 our no worse than 9-5 we should be okay. I am still a little worried about Parker returning only 3 weeks before the playoffs. I guess that is enough time to round into form though.
Post of the day.
The big question is whether Tony will be 100% in the Playoffs, tbh.
Yeah thats cool, as long as it's not Neal alot of times.
The Spurs are so far ahead of lottery teams that even if they lost the remaining 22 games on their schedule they would have a hard time missing the playoffs: Houston would have to finish 15-7 and Utah 15-8 and the Lakers 18-5 for the Spurs not to make the playoffs this year.
Another way to look at it: 10 teams in the NBA already have more losses than the Spurs would have if they lost all their remaining game, which would put them at 36 losses. And Philly is already at 34.
We're definitely not getting a better draft pick.
29th is better than 30th btw...
An upgrade definitely worth losing your star player for a month
Maybe they already built in the extra Pop time on Parker's injury with that 4 weeks.
2 weeks in real time, 2 weeks in extra paranoid Pop time.
Man In Black with the goodsI'll stick to my original evaluation of 3 weeks off the court and then he's on the court at least practicing. If anything, the good news is that it wasn't a syndemosis lgament sprain
AKA High Ankle, that would have meant 6 weeks easy.
I'm also of the opinion that every ankle has a propensity to turn whether they have just been injured or injured at sometime ago in the past. Even one that hasn't been hurt ever, can feel the wrath of an untimely foot in the way. (Think Manu 2002 against Dirk in the Worlds-Never been hurt until then)
The tape job saved TP's ankle. It's a Grade 2 true but with that cryo tank and the Spurs state of the art training center, I have no doubt that Parker will come back at close to 100% and will be clicking come playoff time. Unlike the other 2/3rds of the Big 3, he's a young 30, he's lighter than the other 2, and he's shown a capacity to heal quickly. the ankle is an area where the blood flows pretty well, unlike a shoulder or a knee, the blood capacity flows through the foot well enough. He wears a boot to make the part non weight-bearing and then is hit with a series of modalities from heat to ice to TENS(Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) treatments. He will get the kind of care that we all wish we could get whenever any of us got an ankle jacked up.
Why make a press release for 4 weeks? I think it's best to overworry. That way, it forces everyone on the team to stay locked in as opposed to thinking that TP will be there to bail them out. I expect Manu will play an additional 5 minutes or so per game but that he will still continue to share PG duties with others except in crunch time moments.
Call me a homer, but my past life as a trainer can see TP playing at close to full capacity come playoff time. After every game, he will continue to get the best care that the team can provide him and he will take advantage, why shouldn't he? He knows full well how good Will, Dice, and the Docs take care of him now as they did in the past.
I'll be there at ATT to see you for the Clippers and the Heat....Heal well TP and then show the NBA that you deserve 1st team ALL-NBA
~1500 votes in and ESPN sportscenter believes the Spurs will be knocked out of 1st place in the West because of TP's injury.
So did he talk on his radio show today? Or is that later?
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