Spurs notebook: Duncan will need time to get back in the groove

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Spurs notebook: Duncan will need time to get back in the groove

Web Posted: 04/10/2005 12:00 AM CDT

Johnny Ludden
Express-News Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES — Three weeks after Tim Duncan sprained his right ankle in Detroit, the Spurs know this much about his future: If and when he returns, they don't expect him — or the team — to immediately look like a championship contender.

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"When people come back, it doesn't matter how good a player they are, you don't just step back and do the things you used to do," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "It takes a little bit of time. If we can get a couple of games before the playoffs, it would be great.

"I just don't know whether we will or not."

Duncan is running and participating in drills that have him pivoting on his right foot. The Spurs will continue to gradually increase his workload provided he continues to feel OK.

Considering Duncan has sprained the same ankle three times this season, the Spurs know he almost certainly won't be 100 percent healthy when he does return.

"He's going to need the summer to heal, that's for sure," Popovich said.

Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy has had teams in similar positions as the Spurs, where they're trying to work an important player back into the rotation shortly before the playoffs.

"If you can get him back and he plays wells in a couple games, (the player's absence) becomes potentially a positive because other guys have gotten more experience," Dunleavy said. "And, from that sense, he's also got his legs about him."

No shot: Devin Brown's back has shown enough improvement that the team's medical staff has held off giving him a third steroid injection.

Brown, who didn't accompany the team on its trip, has started running in a straight line.

A little rest for the weary: Popovich began Saturday's game planning to give Manu Ginobili his full complement of minutes, then rest him as needed tonight against Golden State.

The Spurs are playing six games in eight days, and Popovich doesn't want to burn out Ginobili before the playoffs. Though Ginobili won't use fatigue as an excuse, his play has suffered recently in the second game of back-to-backs.

In Thursday's loss to Dallas, Ginobili missed 8 of 9 shots and all four of his free throws. Popovich limited his minutes to 17.

"We'll just see how he's feeling," Popovich said.

The Spurs aren't nearly as worried about resting Tony Parker.

"He's a young kid," Popovich said of Parker, who turns 23 next month. "He needs to play as much as he can play and be in great shape. So, when the playoffs come, if we want him to play 40 or 43 minutes, he's able to do it."

Up and coming: Shaun Livingston, the Clippers' 19-year-old rookie point guard, has played in only 25 games, but Dunleavy likes what he's seen.

Livingston, taken with the fourth overall pick out of Peoria Central (Ill.) High, missed 39 games with a dislocated right kneecap. Eight days after he returned, he had to go back on the injured list after tearing cartilage in his right shoulder.

"I saw enough of him that even if he hadn't come back, I still would have thought he has a chance to be special," Dunleavy said.

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현재 다친 오른쪽 발을 축으로 피벗과 런닝 까지 할 정도로 많이 나았지만, 던컨의 복귀를 서두루지 않겠다란 게 주요 내용입니다. 라쇼가 나가 떨어진 지금, 그 계획에 어떤 변경이 있을 지 모르겠지만, 100% 만들고 왔으면 좋겠네요.

대빈 브라운이 부상 부위(척추)에 세 번째 스테로이드를 맞았다고 합니다.  현재는 팀이 어웨이일 땐 팀에 합류하지 않고 있습니다마는 직진으로 달리기를 시작 했다고 합니다. 그만큼 많이 나아졌다란 얘기겠죠.

폽 할배는 플옵이 되기 전에 지노의 머리가 새 하얗게 타는 걸(burn out) 바라지 않는다고 하는군요. 그래서 내일 경기엔 지노가 결장할 거라고 합니다.

반면에 파커는 Duncan&Kidd홧팅님 말씀 대로 파커는 이제 겨우 23살에 접어들어가는 팔팔한 나이로, 휴식 보다는 긴 시간 동안 뛰게 해줌으로서 좀 더 많은 경험과 플옵에서 필요할 때 그를 40분이고 43분이고 뛰게 할 수 있도록 하기 위해서 미리 굴릴 거라고 합니다. (제대로 걸려쓰~)

마지막은 클리퍼스의 션 리빙스턴에 관한 얘기들이니 패스.-_-; 그런데, 리빙스턴 오늘 보니 물건은 정말 물건이더군요.

[삭(여신재강림!!!!)]

파커는 오프시즌동안 신나게 놀았으니 존나 굴려야 합니다.^^;;;

[TIMMY DUNCAN]

저 스테로이드는 야구선수들이 복용햇던것과는 다르죠??

[Duncan&Kidd홧팅]

스테로이드는 광범위한 화학약제입니다. 야구선수들이 근력을 위해 사용했던 스테로이드는 그 일부분이구요. 우리가 사용하는, 특히 피부 관련 약제에도 스테로이드가 포함되어 있죠. 스테로이드의 부작용이 크기 때문에 함부로 많이 장기간 사용해선 안됩니다.