Pop: Kawhi Has Partial Tear in his Shoulder

**tholdren** · 01-08-2018

I've been asking for weeks, but can anyone show me an article or scientific evidence that resting players and playing limited minutes decreases their chances on injury throughout the season? If not, then I will say what I've been saying with this resting since 2010. Stop doing it, it's total bull .

I only ever really agreed with it for Tim because of his knee and sometimes with Manu. I was fine doing it with those two, but definitely not for anyone else. Anyone else, unless they have similar ailments as Tim, or a major injury they're recovering from, then they shouldn't be resting. Saving something for later in the season is the stupidest thing I've heard. That DOES NOT help you later in the season because your conditioning isn't as good when you need it to be in the playoffs. If you want to give them some rest for the playoffs, you can give them some rest by giving them some games off at the end of the season if you've got your seeding locked up. However, you also have to keep in mind rhythm. You don't want to do what Dallas did in 2007 and lose your team's rhythm and focus heading into the playoffs, so you also gotta keep that in mind too.

Also, I've heard Pop say something like put some in the bank for later. What does that mean? It's not money he's saving. lol.

Spurs need to get new medical staff too, because these guys seem like complete idiots if they're the ones advising Pop. If the team's trainers and medical staff are the ones feeding him this bull , then it seems like they're making up to try and keep their jobs by playing the odds of someone not getting hurt if they play less minutes. How about doing your ing job and have the player strong enough to be able to play those extra minutes like every other team. Injuries can happen at any time. Babying players won't help anything in the long run.

No. There is no scientific anything about resting players. It doesnt even make sense tbh

**james evans** · 01-08-2018

Originally Posted by BillMc

So, what is the timetable for his return?

2021

**BillMc** · 01-08-2018

Originally Posted by james evans

2021

Manu will still be here to welcome him back.

**bklynspursfan** · 01-08-2018

Yahoo says he's a game time decision tonight fwiw.

**spursfan09** · 01-08-2018

Originally Posted by BillMc

Manu will still be here to welcome him back.

Great Grandpa Juice

**phxspurfan** · 01-08-2018

Real talk what's the max number of games he has to play this year so the insurance pays his contract

**NASpurs** · 01-08-2018

Kawhi's out for tonight's game

http://www.nba.com/spurs/spurs-injur.../18-sacramento

Rudy Gay (right heel bursitis), Manu Ginobili (rest), Danny Green (tightness, left groin) and Kawhi Leonard (left shoulder strain) are out for tonight’s Spurs-Kings game.

**spurraider21** · 01-08-2018

thats a lot of injured wings. fathead gonna have to carry the load and we're going to have to watch forbes play 38 minutes

**cd021** · 01-08-2018

Originally Posted by spurraider21

thats a lot of injured wings. fathead gonna have to carry the load and we're going to have to watch forbes play 38 minutes

After Joff and Paul he is the player on the team that I like watching least. Feels like he's good for 2 missed wide open threes a game.

**cd021** · 01-08-2018

Originally Posted by BillMc

Manu will still be here to welcome him back.

Manu will still be here to put the team on his back
FIFY

**DeadlyDynasty** · 01-08-2018

Spurs have an incompetent medical staff, tbh. Kawhi knows his prospects are limited and his career is in grave danger if he stays in San Antonio.

**Dex** · 01-08-2018

Is this the worst season for injuries since '96-'97?

Unfortunately, we ain't getting no Tim Duncan this time.

**BillMc** · 01-08-2018

Originally Posted by Dex

Is this the worst season for injuries since '96-'97?

Unfortunately, we ain't getting no Tim Duncan this time.

2015 was pretty awful if you remember. All comes down to health in the playpffs.

**cd021** · 01-08-2018

Originally Posted by Dex

Is this the worst season for injuries since '96-'97?

Unfortunately, we ain't getting no Tim Duncan this time.

Originally Posted by BillMc

2015 was pretty awful if you remember. All comes down to health in the playpffs.

2013-2014 was insane. At one point Splitter, Green, and Leonard were all out for a month with some overlap. Manu got injured for a stretch too. We were literally starting D-Leaguers 15-20 just to get by.

**Spurs da champs** · 01-08-2018

Originally Posted by cd021

After Joff and Paul he is the player on the team that I like watching least. Feels like he's good for 2 missed wide open threes a game.

He also makes horrible decisions. And never gives LA the ball.

**Dex** · 01-08-2018

Originally Posted by BillMc

2015 was pretty awful if you remember. All comes down to health in the playpffs.

Originally Posted by cd021

2013-2014 was insane. At one point Splitter, Green, and Leonard were all out for a month with some overlap. Manu got injured for a stretch too. We were literally starting D-Leaguers 15-20 just to get by.

Yeah, both of those seasons sucked. 2014 the Spurs got lucky that everyone got healthy and gelled for the home stretch, and in 2015 the Spurs got stuck with the 6th seed due to injuries and the hyper compe ive West.

Still, the Spurs had to start this season with two of their top guns. We are already into the new year, Kawhi has played in less than 10 games, been on minute restrictions in most of them, and still hurt...while Parker is just now starting to round back into form.

Meanwhile, key pieces like Green, Anderson, and Joff (

) have been in and out of the lineup, and now our prize pickup of the offseason, Gay, is on the shelf for an undetermined amount of time.

We can only hope for a regression to the mean at some point.

**Thomas82** · 01-08-2018

Originally Posted by bklynspursfan

Yahoo says he's a game time decision tonight fwiw.

I would be shocked if he played tonight.

**Thomas82** · 01-08-2018

Originally Posted by BillMc

2015 was pretty awful if you remember. All comes down to health in the playpffs.

Yeah, that was a bad year. I liked our chances to repeat if we had gotten the #2 seed.

**SpursforSix** · 01-08-2018

Thank god they didn't announce it as a torn "labrum"

**Robz4000** · 01-08-2018

Originally Posted by SpursforSix

Thank god they didn't announce it as a torn "labrum"

Could still be a torn labia though. We'll have to wait and see.

**spurs10** · 01-08-2018

Kawhi is out tonight. It's our first game of the second half and we haven't really had a game with our full squad, not counting the limited minutes games. Those games hurt more than help it seems which is why we've lost most of the games Kawhi played with his 20 minute curfew. Hopefully we will get healthy at the right time.