The San Antonio Spurs have been rolling this season. They are currently sitting second in the Western Conference behind a Golden State Warriors team that looks unstoppable in their own right. They sit at 51-9 and have secured a playoff spot for the 19th year in a row. This fantastic run from the Spurs has come with a key piece to their squad missing for the last few weeks.
Manu Ginobili suffered a testicular injury at the beginning of February and it was determined that he would need at least a month to recover. Now as Manu gets set to return to the court in the next week, he shed some light on what he called the ‘worst’ and ‘most paiinful’ injury of his career.
Following from Mike Monroe of The Rivard Report.
“I would say top top,” Ginobili said during a press conference that preceded Wednesday’s Spurs-Detroit Pistons game at The AT&T Center. “But the most painful, for sure, and really the most unexpected. Who doesn’t get hit in the nose or the elbow or twist an ankle or a knee, whatever. But a situation like that – do you know anybody who went through that? It’s very unusual.”
Though he admitted he didn’t even care about playing again for the first week after surgery was required the same night the injury occurred, Ginobili is excited about the prospect of playing next week.
“For a week, I didn’t care about playing,” Ginobili said. “I was struggling. I was in pain and I didn’t even care. But you know how the human mind works, and after two weeks or three weeks I started to run, and I feel good, and I’m feeling more confident and everything is clicking.”
It appears Spurs coach Gregg Popovich is excited for Manu’s return.
Is #Spurs coach Gregg Popovich surprised by @manuginobili fast recovery? Yes, but “I’m not stunned like a catfish getting hit on the head."
— Mike Monroe (@Monroe_SA) March 3, 2016
