Tony Parker will not play tonight

[Sausage]

Aggravated his ankle injury. Per Richard Oliver and Mike Taylor via Twitter.

[timvp]

Sucks. Let's hope it's a minor reaggravation. And hopefully his ankles can get strong before the end of the season despite not getting rest this summer . . .

SMH.

[TDMVPDPOY]

ghill3 looms, i want ur starting job weak sauce

[phyzik]

good (well, not happy about the injury, you know what I mean), I want to see if Hill didnt have a fluke game last week.

[duncan228]

Parker will not play -- again
By Jeff McDonald

Stop us if you've heard this one. Tony Parker will miss tonight's game against the Dallas Mavericks with a sore left ankle.

Parker aggravated the injury in the first quarter of Saturday's game against Oklahoma City, when he landed awkwardly on a teammate, and has been limited in practice since.

"Richard Jefferson did it," Parker said with a smile. "He didn't do it on purpose."

After tweaking the ankle, Parker returns to the day-to-day carousel.

"It's nothing big," he said. "I'll be fine."

This marks the second time in a week Parker, who averaged better than 30 points against Dallas last season, will miss a game against his old foil. Parker and Tim Duncan both missed games against Toronto and Dallas with sore ankles. The Spurs won them both.

Parker's absence will once again return second-year guard George Hill to the starting lineup. Hill averaged 16.5 points and three assists in the two games without Parker.

[thispego]

lock him down for the next month. inmg national team.

[Blackjack]

Obviously they're just holding him out until the Bosh trade comes through..

[timvp]

lock him down for the next month. inmg national team.

Can't say I disagree.

[alchemist]

Not good in the grand scheme of things. These guys need to play together to get some chemistry.

[timvp]

Parker aggravated the injury in the first quarter of Saturday's game against Oklahoma City

That could help explain his suckage against the Thunder.

[024]

these constant injuries are not a good sign. hopefully it's just popovich being overly cautious.

[HarlemHeat37]

We have a guy on the IL that has proven he can play..

So when we have injuries like Parker's ankle and Manu's hamstring, REST THEM, and put Hairston in..there's a reason we have depth here..Parker needs a lot of rest, not "day-to-day"..he's a lot slower than what we're accustomed to..give him a few weeks off..it gives him time to rest, and it'll give the Spurs a chance to see what they have in Hairston..

I still can't believe Pop let Duncan play in the Portland game after he messed up his ankle in the Utah game..we have Haislip and Ian for a reason..

this team is old and injury prone..there's no reason to take risks in November..

[jag]

I'm waiting for the french and arg posters to bust open the doors and rally in defense of national teams everywhere.

[Manu'sMagicalLeftHand]

Lol, I didn't knew there was a Richard Jefferson national team.

[Chieflion]

Damn it. It was like a deja vu of last season.

[The Truth #6]

I heard an announcer say we're the oldest team in the league. That didn't sound right, but when our youth movement is always on the IR I can see the point. It doesn't look good for Hairston unless a wing gets injured. As it is, RMJ hardly plays and I can't see Hairston getting the nod over RMJ. Ian I would like to see him play just to know, but he received his verdict and there's no appeal, evidently.

[jag]

I'm waiting for the french and arg posters to bust open the doors and rally in defense of national teams everywhere.

Lol, I didn't knew there was a Richard Jefferson national team.

[SA210]

I guess we'll see ball movement tonight.

[murpjf88]

I am getting so sick of this !! Same old story

[Chieflion]

I heard an announcer say we're the oldest team in the league. That didn't sound right, but when our youth movement is always on the IR I can see the point. It doesn't look good for Hairston unless a wing gets injured. As it is, RMJ hardly plays and I can't see Hairston getting the nod over RMJ. Ian I would like to see him play just to know, but he received his verdict and there's no appeal, evidently.

They are ignorant. Boston has to be one of the oldest, if not the oldest. Their big three + Rasheed add up to like 128 years old or something.

[rayray2k8]

watch the spurs offensive do well tonight..
didn't say they'd win, but at least there will be more passing than dribbling..

[SA210]

there will be more passing than dribbling..

[DPG21920]

That could help explain his suckage against the Thunder.

LMAO at people:

1) Trying to say TP has played well this year, or that he has not played terrible overall from the beginning

2) That NT play has nothing to do with this


Spurs need to get healthy so they have a shot at clicking.

[Manu'sMagicalLeftHand]

Anyone who blames national team play for an injury suffered playing during the NBA season, in an NBA court, against NBA players, treated with NBA doctors, is a very sad and ignorant person.

[exstatic]

lock him down for the next month. inmg national team.

Xenophobe!! Francophobe!!