Ginobili to have surgery on ankle

[Lurker]

Ginobili to undergo surgery to fix injured ligament in heel
Associated Press

Updated: August 29, 2008, 11:48 AM ET

 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili says he needs arthroscopic surgery to repair a ligament injury in his left heel.

Manu Ginobili says the ligament injury didn't get any worse during the Olympics -- but it certainly didn't get better, either.

"They're going to operate on me," he told Argentina's La Nacion newspaper Friday. The 31-year-old doesn't know when he'll have the surgery or who will do it.

Ginobili, who helped lead Argentina to a bronze medal in the Beijing Olympics, said an MRI exam of the injury showed no improvement.

"It's the same as it was two months ago, when they did the first exam," he said. "Now, the thing is, it's not better either, and it seems like the only way to repair it completely is arthroscopic surgery."

Ginobili hurt the ankle during the NBA playoffs, and Spurs coach Gregg Popovich had urged his player not to compete in the Olympics unless the injury improved.

Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press

Of course this is all Pop-a-cements fault.  He should have had Manu held as an illegal or something so he wouldn't be able to play in the Olympics.

[westkoast]

Any word if he will be back by the time the season starts?  It's still 2 months away....

[Lurker]

Any word if he will be back by the time the season starts?  It's still 2 months away....

The news was just announced this morning from Argentina.  No details yet.  I would expect the local paper to have more info later.

[Reality]

Of course this is all Pop-a-cements fault.  He should have had Manu held as an illegal or something so he wouldn't be able to play in the Olympics.

You're inaccurate, as usual.  Pop-a-Cement should have held him out of much of the Laker series.  Not the Olympics.  No way would he miss that.  Even Kobadiah says the Olys are more important then the NBA title. 

He meant marketingwise I'm sure.

[westkoast]

Of course this is all Pop-a-cements fault.  He should have had Manu held as an illegal or something so he wouldn't be able to play in the Olympics.

You're inaccurate, as usual.  Pop-a-Cement should have held him out of much of the Laker series.  Not the Olympics.  No way would he miss that.  Even Kobadiah says the Olys are more important then the NBA title. 

He meant marketingwise I'm sure.

Why would it make a difference either way?  They still would have lost to the Lakers with out Gnob and his ankle still would have been prone to injury come the Olys....