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Even if Kawhi thinks he can play because the pain is tolerable, starting in the playoffs at the latest every opponent will slap his hand as much as possible. Nobody would admit it, but thats what I would do probably.
Probably wouldn't even get past the 1st round, tbh, since they most likely will finish with a top 4 seed at best so far.
Even if Kawhi thinks he can play because the pain is tolerable, starting in the playoffs at the latest every opponent will slap his hand as much as possible. Nobody would admit it, but thats what I would do probably.
No reason why Green can't start at the 2 and backup Kawhi at the 3. He should be getting more PS minutes anyway. He helped shut down Wade in the Finals and only averaged 20mpg.
Sounds like a good strategy. But maybe they canīt estimate recovery time, because itīs such an uncommon injury and surgery procedure!?
So that a return in time for the playoffs could be in danger. Therfore the idea to do it in the summer...
That's where I would come out on it. I personally wouldn't do it, but you can guarantee that every opposing coach will be telling his guys to go after his hands. They will keep them as sore as possible as often as possible.
So much in. He tore a ligament in his hand. It sucks. But happens, much like the crappy schedule the Spurs have had these past two months.
But scar tissue will form and strengthen the ligament naturally. He will probably be out at least another week. He scored 20 pts and had 10 rebounds in a game he played with the injury.
They will probably fit him with a glove or tape the area of the ligament damage to prevent any further injury. Its best to get the surgery in the offseason. Football players play with worse injuries like this all the time. Kawhi's tough. I don't think it will impact his game that much this season.
While playing with this current injury, he was 1 assist away from getting a 5X5 and only 7 players in the last 25 years have gotten.
Pop is just being careful. Anderson has been playing quite well for a rookie in his stead. Gives Pop time to experiment. Once Mills gets back, everything will be fine and I really mean that.
Hard to know what this will mean and recovery time without knowing what ligament was torn! Was it a ligament on the dorsum or palmer aspect? is it a support ligament of the the joints?
Anything else is just speculative...
Do you know a little bit about these types of things? If so, what are your thoughts?
This site is such a downer sometimes.
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Of course, with the full MLE available the Spurs could be an attractive option for Josh Smith assuming he clears waivers as a rent-a-player.
Kawhi doesn't seem to be in too much pain as he himself felt he would only be out a few days.
Hopefully he will be back sooner than later and it won't hamper him as bad as we fear.
No need to panic. Good news
No "solid backup SF" will do the Spurs any good at all if Kawhi is gone.
If that got Kobe can play through a torn ligament for years I'm sure Kawhi will be fine. Some of y'all cliff jumping in this thread are hilarious
This season is finished
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Spurs FO being sneaky to get out of signing a max contract.
Depends if its a collateral ligament, is it a trigger finger (might be a tendon issue), is it a finger issue, if so which finger?. Can't say anything really except its a weird hand ligament injury.
Everything from the spurs has been very vague. Maybe its a stenner lesion? I got no clue.
The way the spurs have handled this reminds me so much of Duncan's injury in 2000. At first they said it wasn't serious and there was nothing to worry about and as the playoffs started it was only then they announced Duncan was out with a torn meniscus.
easy to say this when you've got the benefit of hindsight
if he does miss the season, Josh Smith for the remaining portion of the MLE for just one year doesn't sound so bad, but the spacing will be problematic
That would have been true last season, but this was supposed to be the year when Kawhi took a larger offensive role and became more of a focal point. At the very least, we'll need his 3-point shooting. And for a guy whose signature move is a steal-fastbreak-dunk, I don't want him running around an entire season with a ed up hand. That cannot end well.
It's hard to tell what the real prognosis is on his hand and whether it will limit him when he returns. Maybe it's something that won't fully heal without surgery, but he can operate close to 100% once the swelling goes down. Patty played the best basketball in his life with what might have been a much worse injury.
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