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This is the spurs. They never rush anyone back.
On one hand, that's obviously great news...but I hope he's not trying to rush things. I'm assuming he felt like he was ready going into that Portland game, and then he ended up re-injuring it or making it worse.
This is the spurs. They never rush anyone back.
Oh please... Kobe played an entire ing season with the same hand injury.
Kobe's infamous for faking or exaggerating injuries for the drama due to his never-ending but ultimately failing quest to out-MJ the real MJ.
Leonard can want to play all he wants. He can feel good and feel ready to play. But we all know it's Pops decision in the end.
Yep. There goes the repeat dreams.
If he needs surgery that will keep him out for 3 or 4 months do it now.. He would not be back until basically playoff time but at least he would be healthy.. If the recovery time is much longer than they will have to tape it up and he can deal with it the best he can..
Cool. How did you get access to the MRI? Oh, and what medical school did you attend?
Last one is easy: school for gots
Good enough for me! I sure hope he 's right. Mainly because they are not going to let him play if he is not good to go.
I'm just making up man.
Leonard can still use his left hand to make an impact on defense, that's what he did against Denver, all his blocks/steals were with his left, he's that good. Who knows how much his offense will fall off though. Mills needs to come back strong to carry some of the load.
With Bonner o ther floor we cant rebound
Kawhi wasn't a role player in crucial games last playoffs. His offense in the first three quarters in game 6 and the last three games of Finals pushed the team to win the le.
We didn't win a ring with him playing as role player and sadly we won't...
If I understood them correctly (had the sound low, so could be wrong) they mentioned during the Christmas game that Kawhi is still having trouble palming a basketball. Given Leonard's hand size that doesn't sound good.
Nope, does not sound good at all man. This year has been horrible so far for the team injury wise and record wise, surprised they are even 6 games over .500 with all these guys out to be honest. I hoe they can string together some wins but looking at the schedule coming up that will be VERY hard to do. Not what I expected coming off that flawless performance of a le run but oh well it happens.
They said he can't grip a ball, shoot, or pretty much do anything with that hand. It doesn't sound good at all.
Spurs without Kawhi will be gonne after the first round.
The different stories is frustrating.
Leonard last Friday said he'd be ready for the Clippers game. Pop not only shut that down but made it pretty clear he's not returning any time soon. Surgery wasn't needed and now he might need it in the off season. He's listed day to day one minute to out some time the next.
Love Leonard for wanting to play but he can't even catch, dribble, or shoot with that hand?
The whole thing sounds ed up.
I have no idea why there is not more posts in this thread or why it hasn't blown up. People should be questioning what is going on. I know I am.
Like Loveforthegame said, the different stories are beginning to get very frustrating. They're especially frustrating me. If Kawhi said he's ready to go, I don't understand why he would say that if he can't grip or shoot the ball like the commentators said in last night's game? Is that story a lie? What the F is going on?
Read a tweet from Dan McCarney saying that Pop said kawhi could return tomorrow, next week, next month, or more. One good sign is that he can't injure it further.
They did say that. They also reported on what ligament he tore (which I hadn't seen before). Unfortunately it sounds like it's the carpal tunnel ligament. The "transverse carpal ligament".
Not exactly a tiny collateral ligament or something that will heal easily.
Cheers guys, thanks for the updates.They did say that. They also reported on what ligament he tore (which I hadn't seen before). Unfortunately it sounds like it's the carpal tunnel ligament. The "transverse carpal ligament".
Not exactly a tiny collateral ligament or something that will heal easily.
It doesn't sound promising. The Spurs are famous for misinformation, so it is hard to know what to believe. For all I know he could play tonight or they could decide to do the surgery in season and he could be done until March. No idea.
Pop's information games are frustrating. You simply have to look at his discussion on Boris after the OKC game. First his line was "he's healthy, we just held him out so he could play the second half of the back to back." Then, for whatever reason, Pop seemed to think that wouldn't fly, or looked like he wasn't trying to win the Christmas game, or maybe the answer implied he was disciplining Boris. So, then he immediately added that he wasn't healthy and had a 100 degree temperature. It was a rare showing of Pop changing media relations strategy mid interview. But, it shows clearly that he does do it, that he views the media in an adversarial way and that you have to take what the Spurs say on injuries, rest and game strategy with a grain of salt. Someone mentioned Danny annoys Pop with how much he talks to the media. I believe it. He's always available, always fairly open. It's one of the reasons I like Danny, he gives us a good window into our team's world. But Pop would prefer to keep that window closed and a bit cloudy. Not really critical of Pop, he's a damn great coach, but as a fan it can be frustrating. And we're seeing that with the Kawhi injury spin.
I wonder how - or if - this affects this summer.
Probably trying to find a way to lower the prize, but I doubt other teams are falling for this trick
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