TP to return tonight vs Detroit

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[lefty]

http://i.imgur.com/ic0ZMVx.gif

[Mugen]

:lol

[heyheymymy]

:bobo

[Brunodf]

Good news, i guess...

[hater]

good news for the team. Much needed relief for our aging 2nd ballhandler

[Mikeanaro]

http://i.imgur.com/ic0ZMVx.gif
MOVE OR FACE THE CONSEQUENCES! IM GETTING BACK WHAT´S MINE! TBH!

[Malik Hairston]

He usually looks great in his 1st game back, hopefully his body doesn't die by game #2, tbh..

Tony generally dominates against shitty teams, so good time to bring him back for this relatively soft stretch..

[Spur|n|Austin]

:lol lefty

[hater]

the person benefiting from MVParker's return mostly is Evita imo

the man can't play over 20 meaningful minutes per game in a ballhandling assignment imo. his body just can't. Now he can parade around the perimeter and wait for Parker to destabilize the opponent's defense, so then he can take either the easy shot or easy layup.

Argentina should send a few million cows to France as a sign of thanks imo :lol

[dabom]

the person benefiting from MVParker's return mostly is Evita imo

the man can't play over 20 meaningful minutes per game in a ballhandling assignment imo. his body just can't. Now he can parade around the perimeter and wait for Parker to destabilize the opponent's defense, so then he can take either the easy shot or easy layup.

Argentina should send a few million cows to France as a sign of thanks imo :lol

Patty comes back. We start winning. Ship has been righted. Parker decides to stop his usual midseason vacation. :lol
Parker fans will place win on parker coming back though. :lol

[NASpurs]

Good news, welcome addition to the bench :tu

[spurtech09]

good to have TP back.......time to get on a run

[lefty]

Patty comes back. We start winning. Ship has been righted. Parker decides to stop his usual midseason vacation. :lol
Parker fans will place win on parker coming back though. :lol


Good news, welcome addition to the bench :tu
http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/2013/08/dr-mccoy-and-captain-kirk-approve.gif

[hater]

good to have TP back.......time to get on a run

truth bomb :tu

[-21-]

Awesome, even if he's rusty at least he's healthy and ready to play. All we need now is Kawhi and hopefully we can finally see this team in full force.

[ElNono]

Good stuff... Will he be minute-restricted? Hopefully he can outplay Brandon Jennigs, tbh... Pistons have been balling lately...

[loveforthegame]

Good news. Welcome relief. :tu

[TheGreatYacht]

MVP

[Mel_13]

Good news. let's hope this hamstring issue is completely over.

[SupremeGuy]

The team is finally getting healthy :cry thank you science

As soon as Kawhi gets back, we should give Manu and Timmy some time off, tbh.

[Hemotivo]

MVP

legend

[Brazil]

The team is finally getting healthy :cry thank you science

As soon as Kawhi gets back, we should give Manu and Timmy some time off, tbh.

:tu

[Ditty]

Glad our best player is back

[hater]

there might just be hope :cry

[Beaverfuzz]

A good 20+ minutes from Tony gives Mills and CoJo their proper minutes too.

Win/win/win.

[Dex]

The team is finally getting healthy :cry thank you science

As soon as Kawhi gets back, we should give Manu and Timmy some time off, tbh.

Not sure if anybody noticed, but the Spurs are game-and-a-half away from the 8th seed right now. Yet everyone keeps suggesting to rest X, Y, or Z.

Injuries have already made the Spurs miss more time than they would have liked. I know we would all love for the rotation guys to get their midseason vacations, but this team can't really afford to coast right now until it bolsters its record a bit.

[tholdren]

Not sure if anybody noticed, but the Spurs are game-and-a-half away from the 8th seed right now. Yet everyone keeps suggesting to rest X, Y, or Z.

Injuries have already made the Spurs miss more time than they would have liked. I know we would all love for the rotation guys to get their midseason vacations, but this team can't really afford to coast right now until it bolsters its record a bit.

Is there a link to minutes played per player to this point last year to compare minutes per game and total minutes played?

I thought I recently read an article or post about it.

[Dex]

Is there a link to minutes played per player to this point last year to compare minutes per game and total minutes played?

I thought I recently read an article or post about it.

Not that I'm aware of. The data could be mined out of BBall Reference for anyone who had the patience to do it, but I sure as hell am not THAT bored at work.

I was really just speaking in generalities, but that's pretty easy to do since the Spurs stayed remarkably healthy over the course of last season, whereas this season we have had several players miss significant time already (Splitter, Mills, Parker, Leonard).

[Pauleta14]

http://i.imgur.com/ic0ZMVx.gif

:lol:toast Thanks I love this gif...

[hater]

Not sure if anybody noticed, but the Spurs are game-and-a-half away from the 8th seed right now. Yet everyone keeps suggesting to rest X, Y, or Z.

Injuries have already made the Spurs miss more time than they would have liked. I know we would all love for the rotation guys to get their midseason vacations, but this team can't really afford to coast right now until it bolsters its record a bit.

well we were missing our best player and our best defensive wing. 2 of our 3 best players basically. plus the December schedule was just off the charts.

I think it's fair to say Duncan could be due some reduced minutes and Evita a couple nights off.

[apalisoc_9]

Oh..picks a shitty team to make a return..How convenient.

[cd98]

The more Parker plays, the more the price to resign COJO goes down. Hard to get teams to sign you to a big contract when you finish the season with 5 minutes a game. That said, I'll be interested to see how Pop handles the point guard rotation given that all three point guards are playing well.

[romain.star]

the person benefiting from MVParker's return mostly is Evita imo

the man can't play over 20 meaningful minutes per game in a ballhandling assignment imo. his body just can't. Now he can parade around the perimeter and wait for Parker to destabilize the opponent's defense, so then he can take either the easy shot or easy layup.

Argentina should send a few million cows to France as a sign of thanks imo :lol


Patty comes back. We start winning. Ship has been righted. Parker decides to stop his usual midseason vacation. :lol
Parker fans will place win on parker coming back though. :lol

Too bad the classiest North American sport organisation has the shittiest fan base worldwide. Is it so hard to root for 2 HOFs who have been part of a 4 ships run for your favorite team?

[apalisoc_9]

Parker best player..

:lmao

[lefty]

Parker best player..

:lmao

[hater]

yup

we form like Boltron and MVParker jus happens to be the head. Team leader, Captain. :tu

glad he's back yall :D

[Brazil]

Oh..picks a shitty team to make a return..How convenient.

brah... I do hope Kawhi will make his return against a top team tbh

not sure what's wrong to come back against shitty teams btw... that's the best way to get PT without needing forcing the issue.. perfect in fact

[apalisoc_9]

Not even TOP 50 among PG in adjusted RPM..

:lmao

Best player

:lmao

[hater]

...

didn't read. too busy looking forward to MVP's return :lol

[Dex]

well we were missing our best player and our best defensive wing. 2 of our 3 best players basically. plus the December schedule was just off the charts.

I think it's fair to say Duncan could be due some reduced minutes and Evita a couple nights off.

I'm certainly not advocating any early January cliff-jumping, for exactly the reasons you stated. All things considered, the Spurs have stayed afloat and kept themselves in the mix.

I just think some people don't give credit to the INCREDIBLE luck the team had last season in staying healthy...moreso than any recent season that I can remember. That, along with the bench stepping up to win games that otherwise probably should've been losses, is what allowed this team to manage only 21 losses throughout the 82 games while still giving the Big 3 regular DNPs.

This season, the Spurs already have 14 losses through 35 games. There's still plenty of time for things to come around and for the Spurs to make their typical late season push...but there is less room for error (or cushion for resting players) when you are trying to climb the standings ladder.

[hater]

I'm certainly not advocating any early January cliff-jumping, for exactly the reasons you stated. All things considered, the Spurs have stayed afloat and kept themselves in the mix.

I just think some people don't give credit to the INCREDIBLE luck the team had last season in staying healthy...moreso than any recent season that I can remember. That, along with the bench stepping up to win games that otherwise probably should've been losses, is what allowed this team to manage only 21 losses throughout the 82 games while still giving the Big 3 regular DNPs.

This season, the Spurs already have 14 losses through 35 games. There's still plenty of time for things to come around and for the Spurs to make their typical late season push...but there is less room for error (or cushion for resting players) when you are trying to climb the standings ladder.

well we are not catching the top 3 seeds in the West. Forget about that. So is gunning for the 4th seed worth tiring out our stars? IMO rather than trying to climb the ladder, the Spurs are just trying to find their game.

[Brunodf]

Oh..picks a shitty team to make a return..How convenient.
5-0 without J.Smith...

[apalisoc_9]

Detroit is Detroit...

[Dex]

well we are not catching the top 3 seeds in the West. Forget about that. So is gunning for the 4th seed worth tiring out our stars? IMO rather than trying to climb the ladder, the Spurs are just trying to find their game.

:huh Spurs are only 4.5 games behind third-seed Memphis and 6 games behind second-seed Portland with 47 games to play. The only team in the West who seems unbeatable right now is Golden State (of all fucking teams). A little mid-season lull from either of those two other teams and those spots are wide open.

But I agree, the Spurs' main priority is to find their game and start establishing a little rhythm while they wait for the loss records of the other teams in the standings to catch up to theirs.

[ElNono]

Too bad the classiest North American sport organisation has the shittiest fan base worldwide. Is it so hard to root for 2 HOFs who have been part of a 4 ships run for your favorite team?

yeah, I don't get the TP hate at all, tbh...

[Brazil]

Oh..picks a shitty team to make a return..How convenient.

oh and because I'm on a mood to check assholes... last time he came back from injury it was against the Clips... I probably must assume LAC is a shitty team ala Detroit... or you are just full of shit

yeah I'd go with the last one

[Brazil]

yeah, I don't get the TP hate at all, tbh...

:rolleyes

[ElNono]

:lol what? I defend TP all the time... I don't get where all the hate is coming from, tbh...

[Brazil]

:lol what? I defend TP all the time... I don't get where all the hate is coming from, tbh...

true... you are the king of the back handed compliment

[apalisoc_9]

:lol

[ElNono]

:lol Nobody is a bigger fanboy of Tony Parker than me... it's the Enrique version that gets people to create threads like this one (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=228096) (which actually ended up being the right call).

We're all rooting for Tony to get back and better than ever, tbh... I've said it before, he gets the benefit of the doubt this season as far as 'decline' goes from me...

[lefty]

Not even TOP 50 among PG in adjusted RPM..

:lmao

Best player

:lmao

[romain.star]

:lol Nobody is a bigger fanboy of Tony Parker than me... it's the Enrique version that gets people to create threads like this one (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=228096) (which actually ended up being the right call).

We're all rooting for Tony to get back and better than ever, tbh... I've said it before, he gets the benefit of the doubt this season as far as 'decline' goes from me...

Or maybe you should root for the Spurs?

[MultiTroll]

Meh was looking for Cojo to continue to get batty and Patty to get more work.

If the ball "sticks" with Parkers return, that will suck.

[Mel_13]

KA out with ankle sprain.

https://twitter.com/JMcDonald_SAEN/status/552546320893108224

[ElNono]

Or maybe you should root for the Spurs?

I want everyone healthy and at the top of their games... that is what's best for the Spurs... I understand that's not always possible, unfortunately...

[romain.star]

I want everyone healthy and at the top of their games... that is what's best for the Spurs... I understand that's not always possible, unfortunately...

if you get what you want: :lobt2:

[Diego20]

The team is finally getting healthy :cry thank you science

As soon as Kawhi gets back, we should give Manu and Timmy some time off, tbh.

You want to lose bro?

[milkyway21]

well we were missing our best player and our best defensive wing. 2 of our 3 best players basically. plus the December schedule was just off the charts.

I think it's fair to say Duncan could be due some reduced minutes and Evita a couple nights off.
I want Duncan & Manu to rest vs Minnesota, Washington, & LA. Just play vs Clippers, Chicago & Portland

Let's see how it goes w/ TP…

[KL2]

Patty comes back. We start winning. Ship has been righted. Parker decides to stop his usual midseason vacation. :lol
Parker fans will place win on parker coming back though. :lol

Pretty much, they did the same thing last year when Leonard came back and lead the Spurs on a 19 game winning streak.

[TMTTRIO]

Good. Now I hope we can sit Manu out for a while.

[SupremeGuy]

You want to lose bro?Do you even bro, bro?

[hater]

Good. Now I hope we can sit Manu out for a while.

he does need a recharge of the old bateria

[dabom]

Too bad the classiest North American sport organisation has the shittiest fan base worldwide. Is it so hard to root for 2 HOFs who have been part of a 4 ships run for your favorite team?

Why don't you shut up fagot.

[FkLA]

Enrique best player on the team? :lmao

Enrique a HOFer? :lmao :lmao

[HI-FI]

:lol Nobody is a bigger fanboy of Tony Parker than me... it's the Enrique version that gets people to create threads like this one (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=228096) (which actually ended up being the right call).

We're all rooting for Tony to get back and better than ever, tbh... I've said it before, he gets the benefit of the doubt this season as far as 'decline' goes from me...
:rolleyes
nba forum would beg to differ....
lefty doing the Lord's work ITT.

[ElNono]

:rolleyes
nba forum would beg to differ....
lefty doing the Lord's work ITT.

haters gonna hate, tbh

[look_at_g_shred]

20 +

[SpursFan86]

KA out with ankle sprain.

https://twitter.com/JMcDonald_SAEN/status/552546320893108224

We're cursed...we'll never be healthy this year :cry

[FkLA]

Not even a little excited to have him back. Could've used him when MVPatty was down but hes just a luxury now.

What we really need is our Finals MVP aka best player on the team back. Timmy needs a legit right hand man tbh.

[hater]

leadership works miracles. not even 1st quarter and already look like Spurs of old :tu :tu :tu

[Nathan89]

midrange jumpshooting pg. Nothing to be excited about.

[Fuzzy Dunlop]

:lol what an embarrassment

[hater]

Parker sits out the 3rd and we once again become a lottery team.

damn your minutes restrictions Pop :pctoss

[Johnny RIngo]

Parker sits out the 3rd and we once again become a lottery team.

damn your minutes restrictions Pop :pctoss

Spurs had a 18 point lead with four minutes to go in the second. Parker checked back in and led the Pistons comeback. It's been downhill ever since.

[Robz4000]

Let me know when he comes back...

[hater]

Spurs had a 18 point lead with four minutes to go in the second. Parker checked back in and led the Pistons comeback. It's been downhill ever since.

yes it was parker's job to score all the baskets, and box out Drummon :rolleyes

the entire team collapsed in the 2nd half. They are missing the head of the snake. happens

[urunobili]

Spurs had a 18 point lead with four minutes to go in the second. Parker checked back in and led the Pistons comeback. It's been downhill ever since.

[FkLA]

Parker sits out the 3rd and we once again become a lottery team.

damn your minutes restrictions Pop :pctoss

Funny how there were no minutes restriction and he wasnt lollygagging on D when his shots were falling vs LAC. :lol

[Hoops Czar]

Spurs had a 18 point lead with four minutes to go in the second. Parker checked back in and led the Pistons comeback. It's been downhill ever since.

Should have kept Duncan on the bench too.

[in2deep]

Should have kept Duncan on the bench too.

:lol

[in2deep]

yes it was parker's job to score all the baskets, and box out Drummon :rolleyes

the entire team collapsed in the 2nd half. They are missing the head of the snake. happens

[Johnny RIngo]

Should have kept Duncan on the bench too.

Duncan's had a great season thus far. He gets the benefit of the doubt. Tony's been a cancer all year.

[in2deep]

Duncan's had a great season thus far. He gets the benefit of the doubt. Tony's been a cancer all year.

Parker has been injured throughout December and he's been a cancer all year. great logic stupid fuck

[TheGreatYacht]

Old man Ringo getting slapped around here :lmao

[Johnny RIngo]

Parker has been injured throughout December and he's been a cancer all year. great logic stupid fuck

Watch the games you fucking moron. He's been a cancer most nights he's stepped on the court this year. "MVParker" era is dead. Has been ever since he choked in the Finals in 2013. He's been a mediocre player ever since that series.

[TheGreatYacht]

Watch the games you fucking moron. He's been a cancer most nights he's stepped on the court this year. "MVParker" era is dead. Has been ever since he choked in the Finals in 2013. He's been a mediocre player ever since that series.
Damn that Alzheimer's got you fucked up :lol



http://youtu.be/Mm0BIFofRYk

http://youtu.be/c6AKrqv_Yq0

[Malik Hairston]

Did he return, tbh? I didn't notice him on the court tonight:lol..

Was he that slow PG that can't shoot?

[apalisoc_9]

Ringo regulating niggas left and right...

[apalisoc_9]

:rolleyes

Spurs lose

[hater]

bad game folks. Pop's fault.

Good news is Parker looks healthy and mobile. Hopefully Pop's limited minutes were planned all along. :tu

[Johnny RIngo]

Three missed shots and two turnovers against one of the worst teams in the league. Great showing from our $60 million dollar point guard.

[TheGreatYacht]

Mills and Joseph getting their shit pushed in by Jennings and Augustine :lol

[Malik Hairston]

Parker returns, Spurs lose..what a fucking surprise, tbh..

[itzsoweezee]

Good news is Parker looks healthy and mobile.

What game were you watching? He looked slow as fuck.

[ChumpDumper]

Parker returns, Spurs lose..what a fucking surprise, tbh..lol stupid take

[dabom]

parker losing the momentum early on. needs to come off the bench.

[Johnny RIngo]

Parker returns, Spurs lose..what a fucking surprise, tbh..

dat negative impact

[lefty]

Fuck him

[Malik Hairston]

The team looked deflated with Parker's return, tbh..

All the energy that returned to the team when Mills returns was sucked out of them tonight IMO..

You could tell the rest of the team was thinking, "ugh, we're gonna have to play extra hard on defense to cover Parker".."ugh, we're gonna have to watch mid-range bricks all game, hopefully he'll pass us the ball"..

[ChumpDumper]

lol shitty takes

You try to sound smart half the time then in with the agenda.

[look_at_g_shred]

I love this team.

[lefty]

The team looked deflated with Parker's return, tbh..

All the energy that returned to the team when Mills returns was sucked out of them tonight IMO..

You could tell the rest of the team was thinking, "ugh, we're gonna have to play extra hard on defense to cover Parker".."ugh, we're gonna have to watch mid-range bricks all game, hopefully he'll pass us the ball"..

Even Brazil agrees tbh

[KL2]

Mills and Joseph getting their shit pushed in by Jennings and Augustine :lol

Because the 5th worst defensive pg in the nba would've stopped them lmao.

[Nathan89]

Healthy Parker didn't take one step in the paint.

[apalisoc_9]

Parker..:lmao

[Johnny RIngo]

Because the 5th worst defensive pg in the nba would've stopped them lmao.

Not to mention the 10th worst defender in the entire league

[Malik Hairston]

Even Brazil (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=14466) agrees tbh

Brazil isn't a Spurs fan, he's a player-fan, tbh..

He's probably happy Parker wasn't on the floor in the 2nd half when the Spurs officially lost the lead..

[ChumpDumper]

:cry Parker didn't play any defense at all in the second half! :cry

[timtonymanu]

Brazil has been awfully quiet. :lol

[Malik Hairston]

See: my avatar, tbh..

[ChumpDumper]

I have avatars and sigs turned off tbh.

[ducks]

spurs had to much rest between games

[ducks]

looked like they needed tp in 4 tonight

[TheGreatYacht]

Spurs looked horrible in the second half without our leader, TP... Tbh

[KL2]

See: my avatar, tbh..
:lol

[Legacy]

:lmao "The 13 Minute Return" :rollin

[Brazil]

Brazil isn't a Spurs fan, he's a player-fan, tbh..

He's probably happy Parker wasn't on the floor in the 2nd half when the Spurs officially lost the lead..

shhh girl... I'm a Spurs fan since Robinson, I was rooting for the Spurs before Parker was even drafted. I just react once in a while at the amount of non sense this board can create about him. I've always been a fan of Manu and defended ad nauseum which does not fit with a player fan agenda.

On your side tho you bandwagon players all the time to better throw them under the bus at every opportunity... see your love / hate for Lebron. Other than trolling purpose your schticks on Lebron :cry did it for the kids to Lecoon is laughable like your I'm a fan of Parker's carreer and his 12-13 peak when you never posted anything about it at that time. Now it's I <3 Westbrook, really dude ?

It has been a while since you are not talking anymore about bb you should try.

[Brazil]

Spurs had a 18 point lead with four minutes to go in the second. Parker checked back in and led the Pistons comeback. It's been downhill ever since.

funny he is -1 on the +/- column but yeah by a mathematical non sense he led 18 pts come back of Pistons...