Post by mexicanjunior on Aug 29, 2008 15:56:39 GMT -6
Yet another reason this is the worst offseason in Spurs history...here we come lottery balls.
www.mysanantonio.com/sports/spurs/Ginobili_to_have_surgery.html
www.mysanantonio.com/sports/spurs/Ginobili_to_have_surgery.html
Ginobili to have surgery
Mike Monroe - Express-News Spurs star Manu Ginobili will have surgery next week on his left ankle and heel to repair ligament damage that has hampered his game for many months.
The Spurs medical staff has been in consultation for several days with other sports medicine experts to determine when and where the arthroscopic procedure will be done.
Ginobili most recently injured the joint while playing for Argentina in the Olympic basketball tournament in Beijing. He limped to the sidelines early in Argentina's semifinal game against the United States last Friday. He did not play again in the tournament, missing Argentina's victory Sunday over Lithuania that earned the bronze medal.
Ginobili, who returned from Beijing late Monday night, had another MRI exam taken of the injured foot and ankle after his return. Results of that test, he told the Argentine newspaper La Nacion indicated the need for surgery.
"They're going to operate on me," Ginobili told the paper. "It is the same as it was two months ago when they did the first (MRI) exam. It's not worse, which is important. Now, the thing is, it's not better, either, and it seems the only way to repair it completely is arthroscopic surgery."
The Spurs issued a press release Friday afternoon confirming Ginobili will have the surgery next week.
Ginobili has been hampered by soreness in his left ankle and heel for several seasons. He jammed the joint during the Spurs' first-round series against Phoenix and was hampered through the remainder of the playoffs. His production dropped off dramatically in the Spurs' Western Conference finals elimination by the Los Angeles Lakers.
