Duncan is out today

[Ice009]

How come no one has asked how Tim got his swollen ankle????

What happened? What it an incident in a game or what?????????

[tp2021]

Inactivate Fin so Hairston, Mahinmi, and Haislip can all get some burn.

[LOL@MavsFan]

blah! Well the good thing is this would give some of our other guys a chance to show what they can do. That or Finely will get 30+minutes at powerforward.

We can only hope !!!!!!

[Riverwalkman]

I'm afraid this is a sign of things to come.

Don't panic, It's just Spurs aren't going to take any risk.

[Chomag]

hill should be fine rj and manu pick up the load but what the fck do we do in the front court ?!?

Pretty much what we have been doing Minus Tim of course. Finely FTW es!

[peacemaker885]

Never retreat. Never surrender. These guys have it.

[angelbelow]

Part of the reason I left spursreport was cause they were so incredibly negative.

Now it seems like over 80% of ST immediately jump to a (negative) conclusion... why??

[Sigz]

Part of the reason I left spursreport was cause they were so incredibly negative.

Now it seems like over 80% of ST immediately jump to a (negative) conclusion... why??

because my glass is half empty .

[Chomag]

Part of the reason I left spursreport was cause they were so incredibly negative.

Now it seems like over 80% of ST immediately jump to a (negative) conclusion... why??

No Negitivity here. I'm hoping this will allow some of our unknowns to get some good burn out of this that they normally would. Only thing negative I was throwing out there was that Pop might just use old Finely at Tims minutes. I wish I could say this was as ridicules as it sounds.

I'm hoping to be proven wrong there though.

[Ice009]

I will ask again did Tim hurt his ankle in a game or practice?

[Thompson]

The good side of this is of course Hairston and maybe Ian and Haislip will get a chance, and they will be motivated because they know they won't get many.

Also, at least we still have our draft pick this year.

[Riverwalkman]

I think Duncan's left ankle did not have any serious injury in the past, am I right?

Last season it was right knee.

[spursdotcom]

http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/091109...arker_out.html

[alchemist]

Pull your skirts up ladies. This team isn't deep for nothing.

[baseline bum]

, season over if Tim's going to have these nagging injuries that constantly dragged him down after the all-star break last season.

[Austin_Toros]

this season could be ugly.

[alchemist]

Um what channel is the game going to be on???? Here in San Antonio FSSW is showing some ty college game.

[duncan228]

Duncan apparently tweaked the ankle during the Utah game, then attempted to play on it in Portland. It swelled up afterward.

[Xylus]

If it makes you feel any better, the Sixers are bouncing the Suns right now.

[HarlemHeat37]

Duncan shouldn't be playing in back-to-back games after he ing tweaked his ankle the night before..just stupidity..this is the time to work out the rotation, we have 2 bigs on the IL and Ratliff on the bench..

It makes sense now about how he looked though, considering how good he's looked in the other games..

It's still worrying that he's playing hurt in these meaningless early games..

[DPG21920]

^

Awesome. Just good decision after good decision. How bad does it have to be if he tries to play and then it swells so bad the next day he cannot play?

[NASpurs]

I know ankle injuries are common in basketball but why does our team always seem to get them especially Tim, Manu and Tony? Is it because the style of game they play?

[slick'81]

it would make sense why duncans looked soo poor tha ankle obviously isnt right

[Blackjack]

Duncan apparently tweaked the ankle during the Utah game, then attempted to play on it in Portland. It swelled up afterward.

That's what I thought.

If you remember, I think it was late in the third where Deron drove the lane and drew a foul. Tim immediately started to limp, not sure if Deron landed on his foot or if he turned it in traffic as he went for the contest, and started to head towards the bench. He came back when he heard the whistle to take his place at the free-throw line but then limped to the bench as there was a timeout called; makes sense now..

[Spurs Brazil]