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That's seems to validate my earlier post. Again: rest, therapy, ice. He'll be fine. He has way more resources than the average athlete.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/s...ng-4526041.phpHe's the second-youngest Spur, still five weeks shy of his 22nd birthday. But sometimes, Kawhi Leonard's left knee aches like it belongs to Tim Duncan.
And Leonard was as relieved as the Spurs' 37-year-old team captain to learn there will be a three-day break between Games 2 and 3 of the Western Conference finals against the Memphis Grizzlies.
“It's very important,” said Leonard, coming off a 16-point, 10-assist performance in Thursday's 94-82 victory in the Game 6 West semifinal clincher against the Warriors.
“We'll finally get a chance to just rest our bodies for a little bit, make some pain go away and get some treatment.”
Leonard played through most of the regular season battling left quadriceps tendinitis, a malady known as “jumper's knee.”
Added to coach Gregg Popovich's list of players requiring an occasional game off for rest, Leonard's workload has increased during the playoffs. His court time has gone up from an average of 31.2 minutes per game during the regular season to 37.9 per contest in the postseason.
Leonard's production against the Warriors was one of the finest stretches of his two-year career: 14.7 points and 9.1 rebounds per game. He also helped keep Warriors No. 2 scorer Klay Thompson in check after the second-year guard erupted for 34 points in Game 2.
After each game, the second-year forward from San Diego State spends time icing his sore knee, often the last player to leave the locker room.
On off days, Leonard said he limits his activity when he isn't with head trainer Will Sevening and assistant trainer Dice Yamaguchi.
“I just try to stay off it as much as possible,” Leonard said. “I go in and see Will and Dice and do some stretching and some floor work, but nothing is going to heal it right now unless I get some rest. But that's not going to come for another month, I hope.”
Leonard and Duncan weren't the only Spurs players thrilled about the layoff.
After acknowledging fatigue had been a factor in his 3-for-16 shooting in Game 6, point guard Tony Parker stressed the effect of having closed out the series in six games, rather than having to play a Game 7.
“That's huge for us,” said Parker, who turned 31 on Friday. “And that's why we needed to take care of home-court advantage. Then we're going to be fresher playing them on the road. Winning Game 6 was huge to get us these extra two days (rest), and now to get those three days after Game 2 is great.”
That's seems to validate my earlier post. Again: rest, therapy, ice. He'll be fine. He has way more resources than the average athlete.
I hope so. Makes me wonder if Pop manages his minutes during the playoffs because of the jumper's knee or it's just typical Pop worrying about player's minutes in the middle of the NBA finals. I hope you're right though.
lol childhood defect
Of note, Pendergraph, DeColo, Mills, Danny Green, and Blair were all 2nd round picks of the 2009 draft. This was a draft where we did not have a first round pick.
Does the fact that they're is no salary informations about the trade in media could be because it's not setted now, and will depend of what the spurs will do next.
example :
- Spurs uses cap space on Kirilenko -> Pendergraph is signed at the minimum, but with a player option on the second year.
- Spurs use the MLE -> Pendergraph is signed for a little more than the minimum, but with a team option on the second year.
Pre-game routine:
He bounces and dances and screams in the final moments before tip-off.
And meeting the league quota of required ACL`s. I like Blair but not sure what people expect from him. I don`t think he has found a real spot for himself in this league.
Negative: Don't like they he had a recent ACL tear
Positive: We share the same Birthday.
the tear has been over a year now and he played on it last year. the second season is when most fully recover and you see the old player again.
Yes, they will give you a paragraph from Jeff, and then offer the rest of the story if you subscribe.Really?
I haven't been to that site in so long that I didn't know they made it a pay site. That's worse than getting insider on ESPN just to see Chad Ford's mocks.
If you're interested in the content as long as it's free, then follow the links from his twitter account. You'll be able to view the entire article for free that way. That includes his links to the other writers like Monroe.
children have died from jumper knee
Shouldn't they call it "lander's knee"?
I'm guessing this move means the Spurs are no longer pursuing Oden.
Dude, get a ing clue. They passed on drafting James Southerland in the second because he wouldn't agree to go to Europe. They DID draft Thomas. He IS going to Europe.
Wait, TheGreatYacht got banned? What happened?
Tried to fly too close to the sun like Pop in the Finals...Wait, TheGreatYacht got banned? What happened?
Wait, TheGreatYacht got banned? What happened?Seriously?!?! How did you find this out?!?
Yeah................
I'm just as surprised to read that it's a childhood defect. I developed jumper's knee in my right leg several years after high school and had terrible pain when doing barbell squats and walking up stairs, to the point that I tried knee wraps, stretching, and ice with no results. From doing research, it turns out that I had a muscle imbalance in my right leg, around the knee. I cured it by doing a few simple exercises that strengthened the tear drop muscle of my leg like single leg partial squats, terminal knee extensions with a band, angled leg extensions and using the foam roller. Today I'm pain free and back to doing heavier squats and other leg exercises.
Breaking news: playblair will return next season as playpendergraph
Aw. SBM just lost his buttbuddy.Wait, TheGreatYacht got banned? What happened?
Nice pick up.
If I didn't know any better, I'd say Pop is trying to win a championship.
Of course after Game 6 and 7, I do know better.
SA210 will always be on his side
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