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hopefully butler can contribute.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/specials/weblogs/courtside/
December 27, 2006
Francisco Elson is expected to be out at least two weeks after suffering a small tear in his right rotator cuff in Tuesday's loss to Milwaukee.
After Elson was hurt in the first half, team officials said he suffered an impingement to the shoulder, which can occur when the collar bone is jammed into the rotator cuff. Elson played eight minutes in the second half, but was hurting after the game.
Elson was re-examined Wednesday.
Brent Barry returned to practice Wednesday, but the Spurs were still missing Manu Ginobili and Matt Bonner. Jacque Vaughn, the latest team member to come down with the stomach flu, also missed the workout.
Popovich said Eric Williams and Jackie Butler will get more minutes in Elson's absence.
hopefully butler can contribute.
Jackie Butler better play more because I don't want to see Horry out ther for 25+ minutes a night. At least he'll get some experience.
I have been looking forward to seeing Butler playing meaningful minutes..
wow...will the spurs now have that sense of urgency? the margin for error is slim and all those games that they should have won would have been a great buffer for the inevitable injury.
i hope this brings the focus back.
!!! We should rename the AT&T Center to The Giant Petri Dish!Brent Barry returned to practice Wednesday, but the Spurs were still missing Manu Ginobili and Matt Bonner. Jacque Vaughn, the latest team member to come down with the stomach flu, also missed the workout.
So they needed White just for practice?
Butler will have 15 points 10 rebounds and 6 blocks. Book it.
Feel better Elson, Brent, Gino, and Matt.
Everyone else- step up.
Wow. I was wrong. I expected since he played in the second half after the injury, that he would just shake it off.
Oh well, time for Oberto/Horry/Butler? to step it up.
Unfortunately the flu bug is going to probably keep moving through the team, which is what happened last season (or the year before?). Didn't they get flu shots?!Brent Barry returned to practice Wednesday, but the Spurs were still missing Manu Ginobili and Matt Bonner. Jacque Vaughn, the latest team member to come down with the stomach flu, also missed the workout.
Big men have been going down all over the NBA.
This might actually help Elson and the Spurs in the long run. Elson will get to watch from the sidelines and concentrate on learning the defense and exactly where he's supposed to be. Bruce Bowen in his first year as a Spur broke his finger and when he came back, he played much better and attributed it to being able to watch exactly how the defense runs.
Maybe it'll even give someone like Williams, Bonner or Butler a chance to show they should play more down the stretch of the season.
great. just great.
first the stomach virus. then this
Flu shots are designed to fight off the the weaker, more commonly present viruses that regularly go around. They are not for immuning oneself to the stronger stomach viruses like the one currently having its way with the Spurs.
BTW, 2 weeks seems like an awfully short recovery time for a torn rotator cuff....even for just a "slight" tear.
flu shots don't guarantee anything, just increase resistance.
5 players are injured or ill and Beno is healthy, it's really strange.
I think you just jinxed him. Beno to get hurt in 10, 9 . . .5 players are injured or ill and Beno is healthy, it's really strange.
Noooooooooo!
Give the kid some Wheaties and he'll be fine.
Hopefully Butler makes the most of this.....
torn rotator cuffs are horrid. It's going to take him a lot more than 2 weeks to get back to where he was physically.
CIA Beno?
Well as sad I am to see Elson go down, you gotta wonder how Butler will respond. I really hope he does well, hes gonna get some playing time hopefully he can show us something.
He didn't say over how many games.
So now the Spurs have plenty of excuses, players sick/injured, when they get blown out by the Jazz.
I was worried about the Bucks, and was right (for once!).
I want to be wrong about Thurs night.
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