Woj: Kawhi Pleased with Alex Mckechnie

[hankscorpioLA]

https://www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs/article/Gasol-diagnosed-with-stress-fracture-13429846.php

MINNEAPOLIS — Pau Gasol did not make the Spurs’ four-game road trip that ended Wednesday in Minnesota.

It could be a while before he is back on the court at all.

Further testing has revealed a stress fracture in the troublesome left foot that has already caused Gasol to miss the past 12 games.

The 38-year-old center had recently progressed to some on-court work before getting the disappointing news.

“He was (back on the court) and then they took him off,” coach Gregg Popovich said. “We got a second opinion that it was a stress fracture, so they put him back in the (walking) boot.”

There is no firm timetable for Gasol to return, but Popovich said the veteran has been missed on the Spurs’ second unit.

https://247sports.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/Article/Pau-Gasol-out-indefinitely-due-to-stress-fracture-in-left-foot-125582535/

Pau Gasol won't be returning any time soon.

According to Jeff McDonald of San Antonio Express-News, the 38-year-old center will be sidelined indefinitely due to a stress fracture in his left foot.

“He was (back on the court) and then they took him off,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich told reporters Wednesday. “We got a second opinion that it was a stress fracture, so they put him back in the (walking) boot.”

Gasol had missed the team's past 12 games after playing in the first nine. The 18-year veteran began the season off of the bench for the first time in his career, averaging 6.8 points and 6.1 rebounds in 17.4 minutes per contest.

Could a doctor explain how it's possible to miss a stress fracture? Isn't that a broken bone?

Not a doctor but I can explain. My daughter broke her leg last April. Once she got her cast off and began PT she complained about pain in her knee. We got an x-ray that showed nothing. So we continued PT and she still complained of pain so the doctor ordered an MRI. On the MRI we could clearly see a very thin line through the bone above her knee. It was so thin that it didn't show up on the x-ray.

[StopitLeo]

Alex Mckechnie has always been underappreciated

By Raptors fans? I haven't really noticed that.

Now, Lakers fans on the other hand. Wow did their team health go south once McKechnie left.

[jbrown_87]

This is great news. However, is he pleased with the ushers and towel guy? On a serious note, does anyone know if his family attends the games?

[Wo1verine]

Can't see the Raptors letting him go - Too valuable.

[Tofubeque]

He received a call from one of the first people he had ever treated at Simon Fraser. It was Jay Triano, who had once played on the basketball team there and had gone on to coach the Toronto Raptors. He had read in the L.A. Times that McKechnie was out of contract and informed his old friend that their general manager at the time, Bryan Colangelo, wanted to talk to him.

At first, the Scot was not interested, acknowledging instead that the Lakers would pursue the renewal of contracts after the lockout.

Triano called him back a couple of days later with the green light, persuading McKechnie and his wife to fly to Toronto where he told Colangelo he would not accept the role unless he ran the show. Seven years later, his impact is such that the Raptors are about to spend their fifth consecutive training camp in Vancouver.

https://www.givemesport.com/1385255-alex-mckechnie-from-glasgow-to-the-nba

Thank you, BC.

Best things BC ever did:

1. Hire McKechnie
2. Give Masai his first assistant GM job
3. Trade for Lowry

[ratul]

Um it sounded from the podcast that cards are still stacked against the raps

[MikeM]

Um it sounded from the podcast that cards are still stacked against the raps

These guys are just guessing man. He was supposed to go to LA to sign with Nike and the dude literally signed in November with New Balance.

They know nothing.

[lebron stopper]

Um it sounded from the podcast that cards are still stacked against the raps

These guys are just guessing man. He was supposed to go to LA to sign with Nike and the dude literally signed in November with New Balance.

They know nothing.

Wojnarowski about to write another false hit piece on LeBron because his people won't give Woj access to his inner circle, tbh.

[Yosemite Dan]

Woj may be the first to break news about trades that actually happen but he knows nothing about what a player’s future plans are. He’s just speculating on slow news days.

[Ivan Playoff]

We need to resign Kawhi. If he leaves, it was still a good gamble but the ultimate goal is to make him happy and make him want to stay. He's the best player we've ever had and he's still young. With Kawhi, we have a chance.

The Raptors are bringing him along slowly and showing they care about his health.

Warriors might have the edge this year but with Leonard we could have four or five chances to win, in a row.

[Uncle Dennis]

We need to resign Kawhi. If he leaves, it was still a good gamble but the ultimate goal is to make him happy and make him want to stay. He's the best player we've ever had and he's still young. With Kawhi, we have a chance.

The Raptors are bringing him along slowly and showing they care about his health.

Warriors might have the edge this year but with Leonard we could have four or five chances to win, in a row.

This.. We keep him and the Warriors break up, and we have a chance to win within the next few years.

[SHFT]

Watch the Clippers poach Mckechnie in the summer

Hes Canadian so i think he would stay. He has been the GOAT at what he does for some time so if he was gonna be poached it would have happened back when we sucked.

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