Spurs guard Manu Ginobili admitted before the team's game against the Celtics on Friday night that he has begun pestering coach Gregg Popovich to return.

"I'm already asking for permission to do more," said Ginobili, who has a stress reaction in his right distal fibula. "But you know how it works."

Ginobili took part in practice on Thursday for the first time in well over a month.

"He talked to me a little bit about where he is and what he'd like to do and what the plan might be for him as we finish out the season," Popovich said. "We'll just try to make an intelligent decision so that we have him for the playoffs at 100 percent."

Via San Antonio Express-News

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