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Manu to get surgury
« on: August 29, 2008, 12:12:08 PM »

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http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3559440


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San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili says he needs arthroscopic surgery to repair a ligament injury in his left heel.





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"It's the same as it was two months ago, when they did the first exam," he said. "Now, the thing is, it's not better either, and it seems like the only way to repair it completely is arthroscopic surgery."

Ginobili hurt the ankle during the NBA playoffs, and Spurs coach Gregg Popovich had urged his player not to compete in the Olympics unless the injury improved.

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« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2008, 12:17:40 PM »

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So can we now lump Manu in with Lebron and Kobe for hoopsters who care more about an Olympic Medal than they do and NBA Championship?
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« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2008, 12:21:15 PM »

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Manu has two months until the season starts. Who cares about training camp? He's been in the same system for the last 5 years!  :)

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spurs are toast. i don't know where duncan and parker can lead them when they have a bench with the combined age of a million years old.

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I'm sure the Spurs aren't happy about the situation but Manu says that he has no regrets.  There's a risk playing for your country in the Olympics but for many, its worth the risk.


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I can understand why a foreign player in particular would value an olympic medal for his home country over say an NBA title for a random city in a random state in  a random country.

That is part if the risk of building around foreign players.  :(

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I can understand why a foreign player in particular would value an olympic medal for his home country over say an NBA title for a random city in a random state in  a random country.

That is part if the risk of building around foreign players.  :(

yea i agree. what emotional attachment does he have for city of san antonio? not much compared to for his country.

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Got an interesting question, I'm sure Roy can help.

Let's say that it comes out that because he played in the Olympics he actually made the situation worse and now will miss the whole season.

Does San Antonio have grounds to not pay him because he didn't heed their word and get surgery right away and then went out and made the situation worse by playing and injuring himself further while doing an activity that the team urged him not to do?

My guess is no, but didn't the Yankees get out of Aaron Boone's contract for injuring himself in a non baseball related activity? If I remember right the activity in question was written in the contract and hence, the contract was voided. But I wonder if NBA contracts have anything about just such occassions?

Would be interesting if teams start to make playing in non team related competitions a contractual issue. I mean, imagine if LeBron or Wade or Kobe seriously injured themselves ala Tony Allen or Jorge Carbajosa or Shaun Livingston while playing in the Olympics or World Championships. What would their teams do? Yeah, insurance would pick up the tab but playoff chances and team revenues could take a gigantic hit because of just such an injury.