Tony Parker has definite hamstring problems. He’s been forced to sit out nine of the past 12 games because of it. The left hamstring is just one of the problems for the Spurs as they have had a tragic December. The worst month in the Tim Duncan era and Tony Parker’s absence has been a big part of that.
Now after sitting once again last night. Gregg Popovich has told the San Antonio Express News that they will sit Parker for “A While”.
“Every time he thinks it’s back, he feels something,” coach Gregg Popovich said before the completion of the sixth of seven double-doubles in 32 days for the Spurs. “He felt it at the end of the Clipper game. He gave it a run (Thursday). You can’t have him doing that so we’re going to sit him. Give it time and if we err, it’s on the conservative side. It keeps coming back and that’s not good, so we’re just going to sit him out for a while.”
This is looking like to me, the beginning of the end. Tim Duncan is posting up his worst plus-minus numbers, Manu has been on the downturn for years now. And now Tony Parker is beginning to start ailing. Despite not participating in the FIBA World Cup this past summer he still has the hamstring injury and that can’t be ignored.
