Turiaf had a similar injury and was out 5 weeks.
Injuries of this type are usually in the 4-6 week range.
Should of blown it up and tanked for the stacked draft.
it'll be a dog fight just to make the playoffs without manu. id say hes out 6-8 weeks.
we've got some depth in the backcourt but losing your best player is always a kick to the balls.
The Spurs can't go through 5 weeks without Manu under this compressed schedule. I think they're looking at a 6-seed at best now.
"fractured fifth metacarpal in left hand."
Time to study up: http://www.shomir.org/SMA/078.pdf
Even when he comes back he won't be at 100%, still time to blow it up..
i would love a 6th seed considering the situation.
Son of a gun man... silver lining is Neal is back soon and JA can get some legit playing time to gain his shot back.
Ain't this A !
Spurs should start Danny Green, cause Anderson looks like .
Still a ty situation. This team hasn't caught a break since 2007.
Wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't his primary hand.
6 weeks, he'll be out of shape when he comes back.
Who knows in what shape the spurs will be in either. We have talent in the backcourt that needs to step up now.
If Duncan played like the Duncan of 3-4 years ago, we may have been able to weather this storm. But in all honestly, someone like Parker or JA is gonna have to step up BIG time now. I'm not hopeful.
Standard. Manu's a great player but he can't stay healthy at all.
Pop shouldn't have played him, tbh imho.
same old . even if it heals quickly w surgery, we won't see him til mid march earliest
Pops fault. Too many minutes.
lol it was pops fault when he played him in a meaningless game last season. not so in this case.
this is just the same ty lucky the spurs have had since 08.
How is it Pops fault that Manu broke his finger?
Aargh!!!!
Tough break, I broke that bone in my shooting hand, 6-8 weeks and he'll be out of shape and his shot will take some time to come back
So bummed.........
Spurs are in first place. Should have sat him in this meaningless game.
Shooting hand is what really kills us. I've played with fractured knuckles on my left before, but I'm a righty and those were in the middle of my middle and ring fingers, not my hand. Manu is a warrior of the first degree, if it were on his right hand he'd probably barely be out. I don't think we'll tank it but either way we'll have a higher draft pick now. Come playoffs if he's healthy hopefully he'll have his bad injury voodoo out of the way and be good to go.
His injury is also known as a boxers fracture, I read up on this injury a few weeks ago because one of my favorite boxers got this exact injury.
From what I've read this is a pretty bad injury as many people have said their hand is never the same and they occasionally feel pain even after its fully healed. Manu won't be back until 1 1/2 months. Also heard that it is very easy to re-injure it.
Playoffs are not nearly a lock without a healthy Manu. Teams will key on Tony so much more.
Very life tilting.
Ouch, sorry to hear it...if its any consolation a lower seed is not the death sentence it was in years past. The west is pretty diluted from top to bottom and nobody is really that dominant
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