NBA / Nov 24, 2008 / 10:17 pm

Manu’s season debut was brief

By Austin Burton

Manu Ginobili (photo. NBA)

As the Spurs and Grizzlies tick down the final minutes — San Antonio is up by 11 with three minutes to go as I’m writing this — it appears Manu Ginobili is done for the evening. Coming off the bench in his ‘08-09 debut, Manu put up 12 points in a little more than 11 minutes of burn, but with the Spurs ahead comfortably most of the way and Roger Mason getting buckets, Gregg Popovich opted to limit Ginobili’s minutes.

If you’re Pop, do you play it conservative with Manu now and save him for the bigger games, or do you let him work off the rust against a weak opponent like the Grizzlies?

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10 Responses to “Manu’s season debut was brief”

1. November 24th, 2008 at 10:46 pm

   Big Sia says:

   GINOBILI FOR PRESIDENT

2. November 24th, 2008 at 11:06 pm

   that's whats up says:

   dude was due back in January – this is November.

   SPURS, watch Manu’s 2008 playoff tapes and make that decision

   (Sit Him)

3. November 24th, 2008 at 11:07 pm

   snook says:

   i’d rest him. he needs all he could get and he wasnt exactly rusty tonight

4. November 24th, 2008 at 11:31 pm

   Dennis Castro says:

   The Spurs are hanging around without him. Slowly ease him back in, it’s a long season and it’s only about 20% in.

   He’s a playoff killer and you don’t want to risk having him less than 100% come April.

5. November 25th, 2008 at 1:01 am

   baron von faulk says:

   Pop and Manu both said that he would increase his PT by like 4 minutes/game, so next game he’ll get like 14-16 minutes, then 18-20 and so on until he is in game shape again.

   In even bigger (well as big) news, Tony Parker is not gonna be out 3 more weeks, Coach said it won’t even be two weeks, which means he will probably be back next week.

   Great news for fantasy owners like myself!

6. November 25th, 2008 at 1:03 am

   baron von faulk says:

   here:

   http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/spurs/Parkers_return_getting_close.html

7. November 25th, 2008 at 1:09 am

   baron von faulk says:

   T.W.U. – Manu was due back in Mid-December originally forecasted.

   And the 2008 playoffs injury was not due to his minutes from the regular season but a particular play against the Hornets where he came down wrong (I remember seeing it and thinking, “No bueno”). Sure enough that play did in fact hurt his ankle and killed the Spurs’ chances against the Fakers.

   So I don’t see the need to sit him when our Spurs need to catch up to the Rockets right now in the standings. Did you see the game tonight? He was the reason they pulled away in the 3rd quarter when he scored like 7 points in two-and-a-half minutes which led a 23-6 run or something like that, we need that spark homey!

8. November 25th, 2008 at 2:11 am

   kowtz says:

   12 points in 11 minutes, and you need to shed some rust off???

9. November 25th, 2008 at 2:49 am

   Jim says:

   Rest him, they don’t need to catch anybody in the standings, they need to make the playoffs and have healthy guys.

10. November 25th, 2008 at 11:32 pm

    Dave says:

    Manu looked in good shape in those minutes

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