Raptors ask Garbajosa to sit down for a while

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    <div style="margin: 20px 0px;"><span style="text-transform: capitalize;"> Nov 21, 2007 01:06 PM</span>
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    DALLAS &ndash; The Raptors placed Jorge Garbajosa on the inactive list Tuesday night so that team doctors can further investigate the results of an MRI on the Spanish forward's injured left leg.</p>

    "The doctors saw something (on the MRI). They are not sure what it is," said Garbajosa Tuesday night. "So until we know what's going on there, just to prevent (further injury) I am going to rest for a while."</p>

    Garbajosa has been trying to regain his form since his left fibula was fractured and his ankle severely damaged in a March fall in Boston. He went against the advice of team doctors and played in September's European championships, but only after the Spanish basketball federation forked over a reported $1 million (all figures U.S.) for an insurance policy on Garbajosa's contract that expires Nov. 30. It's thought that insuring the approximately $8 million that remains on his deal after that date will be prohibitively expensive for the club.</p>

    "I don't care about the insurance," said Garbajosa, who is under contract through next season. "The problem for me now, and for the team ... is if I can be healthy, if I can play, if I can practice. It's not about insurance. Insurance is just money. We have to take care of more important things."
    www.thestar.com/Sports/article/278605</p>
     

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