Spurs Ginobili out for Game one, after that who knows
By Kurt HelinApr 17, 2011, 1:15 PM EDT
Again, this is why you don't play your stars in meaningless late regular season games.
Manu Ginobili will be out for Game 1 of the Spurs first round series against the Grizzlies due to a sprained right elbow.
Which sucks. But it may not hurt them that much this series. What they need is a guy coming off a high pick to draw a big out (Tony Parker can do that) and put a guy in the corner who can drain the three (George Hill can do that).
Now, in a second round matchup with Oklahoma City, they need all hands — and elbows — on deck.
But the challenges the Grizzlies create are not Ginobili related. Still, they will miss him. His return is a question mark.
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Report: Pistons granted disabled-player exception for Blake Griffin
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The Pistons' application for a Blake Griffin disabled-player exception?
Shams Charania of The Athletic:
The Pistons have been granted a $9.2M disabled player exception for the projected season-ending injury to Blake Griffin, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. https://t.co/4xMAHH6evu
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) January 22, 2020
The Pistons have hung in the playoff race. At 16-28, they're in ninth place and three games out. Detroit had been vague about Griffin's timeline.
But eliminates any reasonable hope of Griffin returning for a stretch run. An NBA-appointed doctor ruled Griffin is "substantially more likely than not" to be out through June 15.
The Pistons get a $9,258,000 exception that can be used to acquire a player on the last year of his contract via trade, signing or waiver. Almost certainly unwilling to pay the luxury tax this season, Detroit currently has a payroll too high to take advantage. But if the Pistons trade someone like Andre Drummond, Derrick Rose or Langston Galloway, the exception could prove useful.
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