Hyperextensions are no minor thing. He has to be very careful not to do it again, and it takes at least three weeks for those things to heal.
Playing basketball most every night is hardly a good way to take care of it.
In the past the Spurs have been very carefull with TD, I wouldn't be surprised if they waited until AFTER the all star break to bring him back. IMO that would be the smart thing to do. I've hyperextened both knees and both elbows, one of my elbows has never been the same since. I actually saw white, kinda like getting hit on the nuts, when it happened and then it went numb. By that night it was hurtling like hell and the next day I didn't have the ability to bend my elbow. The knee thing didn't seem as bad, actually didn't even feel it unless I stepped on something akwardly.
I hyperextended my elbow playing basketball. I got undercut going up for a block and the guy went into my legs and flipped me. Landed with my arm extended and ...... I would rather not describe the sound my elbow made as it pop in the wrong direction.
Short story, my arm turned black (not black and blue, but solid black) from my wrist to my shoulder. I had my arm in a sling for three weeks and the doctor who treated it (a team sports doctor, fortunately) told me that as nasty as it was, it will be fine eventually.
He was right.
