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Tim wanted to be the one with flowing locks this season.
The Spurs can afford to let Manu sit and rest.
I think that MAnu lost his power ala Sampson after he cut his hair.
What happened to Manu's 'do?
Tim wanted to be the one with flowing locks this season.
What about Oberto?
He needs a haircut.
His hair is disgusting.
I thought I read somewhere that Oberto was going to go to Manu's barber to get that thing tamed?
Showoff!
I'm jealous!
He needs a haircut.
His hair is disgusting.
Bump.
So we are about six weeks into the season and Manu has been banged up and has never really gotten healthy. Why Pop doesn't bench him for a month or two to let him heal is mystifying. The Spurs won't be winning any championships without him, so why push him out there when he's 75% is stupid.
The Spurs have messed up by playing him as Manu has just gotten more and more hurt. Do the right thing and bench him until the All-Star break. Let him rest and recover from his various injuries.
P.S.
What happened to all those posters who said that with a summer off, Manu could play 35-40 minutes per game and wouldn't be as brittle?
Oops.
this is why manu will not get another contract with the spurs
the spurs have to have him healthy in the players or get someone close or equally value for june
Have any of you ever had a deep thigh buise. It HURTS. No, not like your ordinary, average, everday bruise. It's weird. I was sore for 5-7 days when mine occured. After that period, the pain is usually minimal, that is, until something comes in direct contact with it. It doesn't take much pressure to cause a great deal of pain. A knee may come in contact, or something of the sorts, in which the pain is introduced again for another 5 days. It's similar to the pain of a charlie horse, but it's constant, it doesn't go away in a mere 30 minutes. Not fun. It's such a ass injury. It's a naggin injury. Unless he can avoid the majority of contact during the game, pshh, (ain't gonna happen), then it will take up to a year to heal. Sit him out for 2 weeks. To be safe. A couple of losses won't hurt. This may be a good oportunity for others to step up, as it they already haven't. Best way I can describe this injury for those who haven't experienced it, hmmm....If you have ever had a dislocated thumb, or well any finger for that matter, or a severe spain (jam) to the finger, similar pain, always naggin with the slighest bump.
"A couple of losses won't hurt."
Pistons 2L
Spurs 4L
My position is that EVERY loss hurts, but if Manu/etc's injuries cost us Finals HCA, so be it.
But losing HCA, to injury losses or whatever, DOES HURT!
Last edited by boutons; 12-12-2005 at 08:24 PM.
No ! Who knew? It seemed logical that time off would be the best thing for him, but obviously he just needs to play constantly until he finally drops dead.
Pop recently said that Manu taking the summer off actually hurt him. He said that Manu is the type of player that has to stay sharp or else he could injure himself trying to get back into the flow.
So Argentina, you can have him in the summers.
That mentality carried into a lot of fantasy leagues for me. Big oops. I drafted that dude way too high.
So are we going to have to hear you say "I told you so" if he gets hit by a bus? How does jamming his foot two weeks ago have anything to do with the six month bruise you were ing about in November?
You still don't get that he didn't say that it was the same exact bruise for six months just that it was the same (type of) injury?
Well, I guess Manu proves wrong that theory everybody is so fond off that you have to rest over the summer in order not to get injured.
Nice hating job, timvp. I could expect this from Sequ or Ducks *Sigh*...trade Manu for Vince Carter, now!
Obviously Manu will get a minnor injury here and there, it's his style of play. If you want him injury-free for 82 games ask him to transform himself into Peja Stojakovic, sitting outside the 3 point line and trying to avoid the paint and physical contact at all costs. One thing is for sure: playing in the summer has nothing to do with a bruised bone or a twisted ankle.
Manu isn't playing 35 minutes per game, but do you people realize that he is in a rotation that includes Michael Finley, Bruce Bowen and Brent Barry? They aren't Devin Brown, and certainly they aren't Hedo Turkoglu. If he played 40 minutes against the Raptors in the regular season people would be complaining that Pop is playing him too much and not using the depth of the bench.
3 or 4 minnor injuries so far in the season, this should help to shut up the people who call Manu a flopper. If he wouldn't exaggerate contact he would get seriously injured by some scrub like Fortson.
Or he can play in the summer league!
Since he plans on playing this summer, I guess we can expect him to have one of his best seasons ever in 2006-07.
Go back and read it. That was the implication, just as the implication with bumping it is "see, I told you he'd get hurt" as soon as something completely different happens. He's an NBA player. He might get hurt. Are you going to just sit him on the bench?
It's a completely stupid line of logic to imply that a summer of rest did more harm than good and then go on to say that resting him NOW is somehow going to be beneficial when, following the logic, the only reason he's hurt now is because of all the rest he got.
timvp saying that the Spurs should rest him because they definitely need him in the playoff is hate? how?
I went back and re-read it. And he was responding to ChumpDumper who said not to sit him because it was a bruise not a sprain. Timvp was responding saying that Manu missed time due the same (type of) injury last postseason.
Parker and Duncan can pick up the slack, they did for most of the 2002-2003 season and a lot of the 2003-2004 season. Plus we have better back up guards now, so I dont think his injury is a HUGE problem. But we definitely want fully healthy late in the season (Late Feb-Early March).
He bumping his own thread, calling that Manu can't play in the regular season, again. Manu isn't tired right now, he just suffered injuries, this is a contact sport, minnor injuries happen all the time, specially with Manu's style. Manu's been here before, he can handle the minutes. The only change he has to make is to avoid hard fouls when he goes into the paint. Now he obviously has the attention of the opposition coaches and bigs with fouls to give, so one of them might injury him really bad.
Many players in the league with a similar style of play suffer minnor injuries all the time, we just don't hear about them because we focus on the Spurs.
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