globesports.com: High pain threshold cost Garbajosa the season
Bryan Colangelo, the president and general manager of the Raptors, didn’t want to comment on the situation Monday, and not just because the last thing he wants to do is confirm that the tireless Spanish media, who were reporting days ago that Garbajosa was done, were correct.

Which brings us to a spot that no player as proud as Garbajosa ever wants to be: He’s done for the season without having played a meaningful moment. And it’s ironic that the qualities the Raptors value so highly — his passion, loyalty and tenacity, not to mention the pain threshold of wood — are those that have likely cost him his season, if not more.

What went wrong? If you listen to voices out of Spain, the Raptors are simply making sure Garbajosa’s leg is fixed with an eye toward making an insurance claim by proving the condition of his leg deteriorated during the period he was insured.

If you listen to the Raptors — or at least read the tea leaves, as club officials are playing it pretty close on this one — Garbajosa is a victim of his own hard-headed pride, and a lack of guidance from Spanish interests blinded by the chance to win Spain’s first European championship.

If you listen to Garbajosa, all he ever wanted to do was play basketball, probably too much.

And if you’re a Raptors fan?

All you can know for sure is your team is not as good as it could be, and it could have been preventable. There’s not much fun in that.