Court Report: Gallinari, Billups hit the shelf; Manu nears a return

Danilo Gallinari will miss up to a month with what has been labeled as a "significant" left ankle sprain. X-rays also found a chip fracture in his left foot, but it was determined that he's had the injury for years and it's not affected his abilities to this point. One month puts a targeted return sometime around March 5, which is three weeks before the start of the h2h playoffs. Per usual with these types of injuries, you need to consider your chance at making the playoffs with Gallinari being out of action for this and the next three weeks and act accordingly. There's no reason to think that Gallinari won't be back and productive a month from