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So the traffic caused him to get to the arena late, didnt stretch well enough, and he gets hurt. Damn HS graduation, of course it would be my alma mater. F' you Lee HS!
Sigh.....
So the traffic caused him to get to the arena late, didnt stretch well enough, and he gets hurt. Damn HS graduation, of course it would be my alma mater. F' you Lee HS!
He will play, it's obvious. Even not %100, he should start the game at least. He doesn't need to push hard, drive and kick or pick & roll will help us enough. 25 minutes would be enough I guess. We're going to hope that our shooters will hit the bulls eye one more time on Thursday.
2 games remained. Come on guys. Won the following 2 and rest for 3 months.
This is what we are looking at IMO! Sad but true. The only good news is Wade looks like he is 1/4 of himself, wonder how bad he is really hurting?
I don't understand the people who are trying to brush this off as nothing. Could it be a ruse to fool the Heat? Uh ... I guess so. But such a ruse wouldn't include Parker missing practice the day before a Finals game. Add in the MRI results of a strain that would probably force him to miss 1-2 weeks during the regular season, and this is legitimately a big deal.
We desperately need Manu to produce in Tony's limited ability
If Parker is less than 100%, this is a big deal. Simple as that.
If there really isn't any tearing, I expect they will put him on the floor. Someone asked if it risks making things worse - the answer is yes. Most any other team, and I would almost guarantee that he would get a needle before the game. Some of you who know the Spurs might know if the Spurs will do that, or if they just refuse. The truth is, it can be a good thing. You risk hurting it and not knowing right away, but it lets you perform up to whatever muscle strength you have. I'd almost hate to see him out on the floor without it.
I agree with you fully, this is more than nothing and he relies on Speed so.......Your better off trying to hit lotto.
In the intense games that are played that is not a good sign.
I really was hoping for a cramp ..
Ok, I had this injury like 5 times already. It sucks, but if it's not a tear it's good. He will definitely not be 100% tomorrow, but a day of rest will help a lot. He'll lose some speed and jumping ability, but you can play with this kind of injury. I know the Spurs don't want to risk anything, so it wouldn't really surprise me if he sits the game, but cause it's the finals I am pretty sure he'll play.
FWIW, I once ran a half-marathon with a Grade 1 Hamstring Strain. I had prepared myself for a full marathon but suffered the injury during one of my trainings two days leading up to the event. I still wanted to compete at the event and they had an alternate half-marathon along with the full marathon so I gave it a go. I took painkillers, iced the injured area, and put some sports cream on and gave it my best. I definitely wasn't at my best, speedwise, but I finished 13.1 miles in just under two hours. While I was limited, I managed to get by as adrenaline made me forget about the pain while I was there and this is with me having nowhere near the resources TP has at his disposal to treat his injury. If I could run with a Grade 1 strain for around 2 hours straight, TP can give us 20-30 minutes tomorrow and make an impact. Of course, Championship basketball is much different and harder than just straight running but he should still be able to have an impact out there. Maybe he gets on a roll and hits jumpers which will open up the lane for TD to dominate tomorrow? I'm hopeful we can still win this thing when all is said and done.
How many threes were hit when Parker was out in Game 2?
Tony needs to play tomorrow, even if he's only 70%. Game 4 is just too important to sit your best player. He'll then get two days of rest for better or worse, though I can see Pop pulling him if the Spurs fall behind by 15 in the 4th.
Watched the 2 minutes of the 4th when Parker was in yesterday and he moved okay tbh. Extremely small sample size but here's hoping a full day of rest/treatment can have him around 80-85% which is the most I'm expecting out of him in G4.
Why is everyone so convinced that it's a minor injury? Wth is a stretch??
For all we know, it could be serious and the spurs are trying to not reveal
its severity so the team's morale doesn't get affected.
when have the Spurs ever done this?
T-Mac to start at PG?
Because it is.
The Spurs are the most cautious franchise in the league with regard to injuries, so if there was any inclination that it might be something serious, no way in he starts the 4th quarter last night.
Look, I have personal experience with this one. I can tell you how it works:
The muscle is like a cord made from a bundle of rubber bands. If you stretch the cord far enough, some of the individual bands may snap. The bundle remains intact, but not as strong as it was before - which makes it easier for more of the bands to break if it is stretched again. In a muscle, when some of the fibers get torn, blood leaks out and pools under the skin. Sometimes small tears occur inside the bundle, and there isn't much, if any, bruising. But in general, no bruising is good news.
They are saying that Tony doesn't have any tearing. In real life, when you have even a slight strain, there are "micro-tears" in individual fibers. Think of it as an old rubber band that has been stretched a bunch of times. It starts to look sort of like it is rotting. If you stretch it, you can see little cracks and holes, and it may be a little thinner in some areas. You know instinctively that rubber band isn't as strong as it used to be. That's what micro-tears are like in individual muscle fibers. And those muscle fibers are more likely to tear than the ones around them.
When you get a small strain, your strength may not be affected very much - i.e. you could still lift about as much as you normally do. But the muscle still feels weak. It feels like you are lacking strength, but if you go ahead and force yourself, you can make it lift the weight. But that feeling is your body's way of telling you not to. Inject some Marcaine and/or Toradol into the area, and you might be able to do anything you would normally do, since you won't feel the discomfort. (I've had Toradol injections, but not Marcaine. I've heard it pretty much kills all sensation.) Don't take the injection, and it is hard to get your body to do what you want it to do. It's not just a matter of overcoming pain - it's more a matter of having to focus to overcome that built-in hesitation. There's no time for hesitation in sports.
Continuing to play with a small tear, or even a slight "strain" (micro-tears), risks a more serious muscle tear. But it's not anywhere near a sure thing. I've personally seen guys play with small muscle tears, and not do any additional damage. It's a risk, but if I was 4 or less games from the end of the season, with a chance at a Championship, I'd take the shot and the risk. And I'm sure Tony will do his best to be on the floor. With the Spurs history, I wonder if they might hold him out for at least one game. Personally, I don't see the point, since it's not enough time for it to fully heal anyway.
I don't doubt a word of that, and it sounds like a of an effort. The difference between distance running and basketball is the start and stop. You can put it on cruise control, and the pain/discomfort are a constant. Getting that injured muscle to make a quick burst is a different thing. Even if there isn't much pain, your body naturally avoids doing something that will make it worse. Like I said above, there's no room for hesitation in what Tony does.
Last edited by GSH; 06-12-2013 at 04:13 PM.
I'm used to tp just reassuring fans when there really is nothing to the injury, "he's hoping to play in game 4"
Obviously I hope you guys are right and tony is good to go
I wonder what Speedy Claxton is up to nowadays.
Internet tough guys are always the most hilarious idiots on the planet.
He seemed depressed as in his practice interview today. Said everything was up to Pop. I'd hate to just give up Game 4 and have to go back to Miami if we don't have to.
So some of you think this is a big deal but my impression is that its just a niggle.
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