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Very good news! I can't wait to watch a healthy Spurs team end the Miami winning streak!
Not as fast a healer as Kobe, apparently. Then again, TP doesn't feel the need to fake or embellish injuries like Kobe "I wanna be like MJ but never will be" Bryant
Very good news! I can't wait to watch a healthy Spurs team end the Miami winning streak!
Good news. I'm really looking forward to that Miami game to see how we match up with them. Spurs-Heat games have been blow outs lately or a matter where Pop sits out players. Hopefully everyone plays against Miami.
LOL I hope, that would make my Easter.
I had him at 3 weeks top... good news indeed.
Me too. 3 weeks is great and my initial eval had it that way as well.
The 4 week prognosis IMO was the Spurs' medical staff erring on the side of caution as always.
Sure they're not as great at PREVENTING injuries, but as far as maintenance goes they've kept the Big 3 and everyone else in good shape overall.
Tbh Kobe doesn't have a coach like Pop protecting his players. Phil could care less if a player wanted to play through an injury. Pop is way too conservative and i'm not a big fan of that.
Phil hasn't been the Laker's coach in a while, tbh.
I read somewhere that maybe Parker is returning at the end of this week, that would be beyond awesome.
LOL @ the pic of TP shopping at HEB.
And that Arriosti is amazing. My wife had TMJ issues that resisted all kinds of treatment and the consensus was surgery was the only option. Three Arriosti sessions later you would have never known anything was wrong.
Tony showing off the hardware. (From his FB page)
Well technically not all of it is his... given that he wasn't here for the 1999 Championship run... and it's also missing his Finals MVP trophy...Tony showing off the hardware. (From his FB page)
Airrosti does some amazing work and the spurs medical staff are true class, they take care of the players and always have a great plan to get them healthy quickly. Tony has always been a quick healer and has always listened, never did anything that screw up his recovery. This is very good news indeed..
Makes me think of all those other teams that have guys who can't heal, don't have the staff to get them well quickly or have knuckleheads who don't put the work in to get better.. (andrew bynum)
Oh yea definitely. Doesn't hurt to flaunt though.
Jeff McDonald @JMcDonald_SAEN Tony Parker went through a full practice today. Won't play tomorrow, Pop says, but soon.
good sign that there were no setbacks from his previous practice
Good news.
Still thinking he'll return Sunday but won't be surprised if he plays Friday. If Pop is saying soon then it will be.
Jeff McDonald @JMcDonald_SAEN
Ginobili's assessment of Parker's first practice: "He looked fast, as always. He looked confident. Now I've just got to ask how he felt."
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Parker practicing 2 days in a row is just an awesome news. It sounds like he could be back for the game against Utah on Friday which will be just 3 weeks after his injury.
Do you think Pop might bring him off the bench on Friday and play him 10-12 minutes? Maybe 5-6 minutes in the first half to see how he feels, and another 5-6 in the second if he's good to go.
Doubtful. Pop usually plays guys in their regular roles and close to their minutes, or he doesn't consider them ready to play yet.
The exception was Tony a few years ago coming off the bench at the beginning of the playoffs, but GHill had played VERY well, and Pop didn't want to upset the applecart going into the playoffs. No one is playing particularly well subbing for Tony this time.
I disagree.
He's brought Leonard off the bench for a couple of games this season. He's also played Jackson and Neal in garbage minutes when they were coming back from injuries. Even with Diaw, he gave him some experimental burn a few games ago.
That's a possibility but I don't really know. Parker said a part of his talk with Pop would be on how manage his minutes for his return. I guess it will mainly depend on his conditioning.
Alright, thanks. I can't imagine conditioning would be a big issue for 5 minutes per half, but I'm not an expert. Glad to hear that he's running on a treadmill, though, so he should be ready to go full speed once Pop clears him.
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