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12 games left in the reg season means he will miss 9 more games and would be a total of 25 days.
Meh he actually went on a tear and played better with his new shoes.Not sure if it's mentioned before but I'm explicitly blaming PEAK for the ankle injury:
TP switches from Nike to a Chinese Shoe Company and immediately goes down with a serious injury....
I'm guessing Phil Knight exploits a more skilled group of child laborers than PEAK....
12 games left in the reg season means he will miss 9 more games and would be a total of 25 days.
I will post a transcript of what he exactly said about his ankle in an hour or two when the podcast will be available.
I'm a bit lost here since McDonald said that TP was spotted without crutches / boot
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Doesn't change the timetable or anything, but Tony Parker spotted walking around practice gym with no crutches or boot or anything.
It's not the shoes but the unfortunate luck of the Spurs come March/April but Tony will recover in time for a run and we may see a few surprises down the stretch that could equal a great overall team accomplishment rather than Tony just running the whole show had he not gone down.
Tricky thing with the 4 week timetable is that puts his return right smack in the middle of the Spurs' toughest remaining strech: 4 Games in 5 nights against MIA, MEM, ORL, and OKC.
Not sure if Pop wants to throw him back in the fire right away. But assuming no setbacks, I think he comes back against either Denver or the Clippers that last week of March and prob not play him in any b2bs for the rest of the season.
Yeah, I don't see him playing starters minutes for the rest of the season until the playoff starts, we'll see 15 to 20 minutes as long as everyone is playing up to par. He definitely won't play back to back game. As stated before I'm okay with what the Spurs did last night, they shared the wealth and the young guys carried the load along with Manu. Just no Gary Neal, he's the master of PG panic, the look on his face when he's dribbling up is one of "Please don't mess up, please don't mess up" and then he dribbles the ball off his foot or gets trapped very easily and he has that look of "ah, I screwed up"
I say the return of TP will be 3/29 against the Clippers.
Only playing him 15-20 mins a game for the rest of the RS would be disastrous considering he'll have to play close to 36-40 mins a game in the playoff. He's going to have to get his conditioning back somehow. I don't think he'll play every b2b but I expect him to playing close to playoff type mins. in April.
Apparently he's off the crutches and isn't even in a walking boot
Transcription of what Parker said about his ankle:
So, you hurt your ankle Friday against Sacramento?
Yes, I do, sadly. Ankle injury. These are things that happened, it's a part of the sport. I landed on Isaiah Thomas and so I think I will be out 4 weeks, 3 to 4 weeks. It will depend on how I will recover. The good news is that there aren't torn ligaments and nothing is broken. There is only a big hematoma on the bone and stretched ligaments.
Are 4 weeks out the minimum?
I think 4 weeks will be the minimum.
You said last week that you have an ankle with only 1 ligament left, did you sprained this one?
Yes, that's the one I sprained. That's why it will take a little longer
It isn't maybe a coincidence that you sprained the bad one?
No, it's only bad luck. I landed on his foot. It can happen at any time. With the way I play and the number of times I drive in the paint, it can happen at any time.
What does your foot look like? Is it swollen? Do you have crutches are you walking normally?
I have crutches with the boot. I think I will be like that for one week and we will see after that.
What did you tell exactly to yourself when it happened Friday on the court?
I know that I just sprained my ankle because I have sprained my left ankle a lot. The X-Rays and the MRI have just confirmed what I thought.
And you are used to that kind of injury because it's a frequent one for basketball players?
I haven't sprain an ankle for 3 years. It was quite a long time but these things happen. It isn't a serious injury. I just hope the team will hold up and will keep the first seed while I'm out.
And the edge is that you will make the playoffs?
Yes, I will be at 100% for the playoffs.
What's the game plan? to com back a week/10 days before the playoffs to be at 100% for them?
I hope to be back on April 1st. There will remain 2 weeks of regular season and a dozen of games. I will allow me to get back in shape and be ready for the playoffs.
Well , 4 weeks minimum...
If the spurs can continue to get the type of assists they've been getting and we start to see everyone else return to form we should be able to hold the top seed, I can at least see winning 6 or 7 of the next 12 with 50/50 on 2 or 3 of those games.
Bruno, thanks for the transcript.
Meh. Nothing is torn. Thats the only important thing.
Also thanks Bruno!
Well that makes it sounds a little worse then I thought. So he is using crutches and a boot...
Thank you Bruno for posting the transcript!
I don't get how he has only 1 ligament left.
Thanks BrunoBruno
good news is his top concern is Spurs retaining #1 seed
bad news is he probably won't be back until after April with, not 1 dozen, but less than 9 games left.
He probably will be back vs. Orlando at home
As others have alluded to, this could be a blessing in disguise. You can count on a veteran like Parker to show up in the playoffs (not necessarily take over games and be amazing throughout the playoffs, I'm talking mental toughness and veteran leadership and poise). This will give guys like Mills and De Colo and Joseph some run. Also, I would like to see some more Bayne. He's quick and strong, and way better defensively than both Bonner and Blair.
Blaming his kicks for the injury makes me laugh
The question of who would back up Parker was the Spurs' biggest issue since they solved their size problems by adding Baynes and starting Splitter, then improved their perimeter defense, which was a weakness of the past two seasons. So that left "who will spell Parker when he has to take a breather" even if we know Manu handles the second unit's offense, because he's not the best guy to defend speedsters like Bledsoe.
Thanks Bruno!
I think he'll be just fine come playoff time.
Thanks, Bruno
It looks like we can scratch the talk about three weeks. If his goal is April 1, that's more than four weeks.
It's good that he believes he'll be 100% for the playoffs but, man, he's going to be out for a while.
Thanks Bruno.
Who knows, he's a fast healer. Thank goodness for a home heavy March schedule.
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