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Tim will show up and be the man.
Well he will play on one leg if he has to. Now we know why he rarely jumps and then rarely more than 2 inches off the ground!
Tim will show up and be the man.
OK wait, I saw the article where it said Tim is on crutches, but from today's practice video RC said he ISN'T on crutches...hmmmm...
I don't understand why people keep bringing up the 2005 season...Timmy is not who he was 6 years ago and neither is the rest of this team. 2005 Spurs had a in-prime Manu with fresh legs and a great supporting cast including Robert Horry, Nazr Mohammed, Brent Barry, and Bruce Bowen. This team doesn't have the veteran role players that one did...
Last edited by mexicanjunior; 03-22-2011 at 04:20 PM. Reason: typo
I am sure he will feel a lot better in 7-10 days. Ankle sprains like that are the scariest the first 24-48 hrs.. He has 3 weeks to heal. Spurs may have to do this the final 12 without him and that should be no problem with the lead they have..
No worried about losing the 1 seed, I'm not sure anybody is worried about that. Duncan has to be 100% for the playoffs if we want a shot, not just be able to play. We can't win it with Duncan on 1 good ankle. Just sit him until it's right with no question marks, even if he is a little rusty/out of shape when returning. We can deal with those things but we can't deal with him having a bum ankle throughout the whole playoffs like we did in 05.
If anyone missed it.
R.C. Buford - Practice 3/22/11
Spurs General Manager R.C. Buford discuss Tim Duncan's left ankle sprain to the media at Tuesday's practice.
http://www.nba.com/spurs/multimedia/110322_buford.html
He'll be back for the playoffs and will have the Memphis/Houston series to get ready.
I'm taking this with the approach
Better this happened now than in the playoffs.. it won't happen in the playoffs.. Lets just try and relax..
That's what I'm guessing. Pop might let him get some burn in a couple games before the playoffs strictly for conditioning purposes, but I'm thinking Pop sits him till then regardless of how Duncan says it feels.
Imagine if this had happened 2 games till the playoffs with Duncan just getting some min in for conditioning.. Thank god this happened with 3 weeks to go
Very true.
i'm just as worried as how this will affect Manu/TP. i hope the other guys can step it up and not have to rely on them to win games like last night.
Can't afford to have either one of them burn themselves out before the playoffs start.
The Spurs have to make the playoffs with Timmy, Manu and McDyess rested to beat . The "magic number" crap doesn't fly. If the Spurs have to play for position during the 81st and 82nd game of this year, they're screwed. David Stern will not give this team an extra days rest, you can count on that. If they sew up home court advantage on or before April 9th all is well. If it goes past that, look out!!!
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=6247278
SAN ANTONIO -- Tim Duncan is on crutches and the San Antonio Spurs don't know how long they'll be without their All-Star forward.
But Spurs general manager R.C. Buford said Tuesday an MRI exam showed Duncan's ankle "looks good" structurally.
Buford said team doctors are still waiting for the swelling on Duncan's left ankle to subside. It will likely be another two or three days before a timetable is set.
The 34-year-old Duncan sprained the ankle Monday night in a win over Golden State. It's the first significant injury all season for the NBA's winningest team.
The 34-year-old All-Star fell and immediately reached for his left foot after landing on the foot of Ekpe Udoh following a short jumper early in the first quarter. Duncan lay on his side, clutching his foot with both hands, for more than a minute before being helped into the locker room.
The AT&T Center fell quiet when Duncan crashed to the court and reached for his foot. Tony Parker was one of the first players over to check on him; Parker then turned and winced at Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, who was standing in front of the Spurs bench with his hands in his pockets and watching his two-time MVP writhe on the ground.
Following the game, Popovich said Duncan would be out "a while" but didn't have a timetable.
Deceptive thread le.
They still have HCA on lockdown, and this gives Splitter some valuable run before the playoffs. Duncan is garbage offensively, so they're not missing much there. If Splitter can prove to play adequate D then this may be the best thing to ever happen to them.
i see tlong is up to his usual trolling habits
Tlong thread fail.
So far it looks like he'll be out for the rest of the season. He should be back by playoffs time.
And since Memphis lost Gay for the rest of the year, Tim could even sit that series out until the second round.
lock it. merge it with the duncan update thread. no new information here.
Nothing new to see here...just some journalists from the usual places putting unnecessarily negative spin to get clicks.
Obvious troll thread. Already a "Duncan Update" thread going, and they dont say his return is uncertain for Playoffs...jackass. Another conflicting report is that he's on crutches? Was he really? When RC was asked at practice if he was he said no....
Middle aged man trolling on internet message boards.
Sad, just sad.
I hope all this rest doesnt lead to rust!!
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