Tony Parker out indefinitely

[FkLA]

San Antonio Spurs guard T (http://www.si.com/nba/player/rajon-rondo)ony Parker has been ruled out indefinitely with an achilles injury sustained in Game 2 of the team's playoff series with the Los Angeles Clippers, ESPN's Mark Stein reports (https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/590967630552379392).

Parker played 29 minutes in San Antonio's Game 2 win Wednesday, scoring one point. The team looked noticeably better with the Aussie sharpshooter Patty Mills on the floor in the 4-point overtime win.

After Tuesday's game, Spurs' coach Gregg Popovich was asked if Parker cared about his benching, according to ESPN (http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/mavericks/post/_/id/4705192/rajon-rondo-rides-pine-as-end-nears-for-dallas).

You have to ask him that question," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "All I know right now is that we need everybody at their competitive best.
"This isn't about one guy who did or didn't play. This is about everybody pulling in the same direction for the organization. That's what it's about."

The 32-year-old Parker averaged 14.4 points, 4.9 assists and 1.9 rebounds in 68 regular season games for the Spurs, all below his career averages. He's averaging 5.5 points, 3.0 assists and 2.0 rebounds on 23.5% shooting in the postseason.

Patty Mills saw significant minutes for San Antonio as Parker sat in Wednesday's Game 2. Cory Joseph saw limited action.


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[weebo]

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B+ for effort on the Carlise quote.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

:lol

[Pauleta14]

He just said it's the same kind of issue he had last time he left the game with achilles "soreness" and that he'll play game 3

iirc he had a good game after that one.

Anyway he won't sudenly get in shape during the PO, so let's not expect anything big from him. If he could just focus on distributing and stay in front of his guy on D we can do it with Patty for the scoring...

[Cowboys_Wear_Spurs]

Good, shut him down for the rest of the series if that is permitted or really limited his minutes. Mills literally shit on Paul yesterday and have Cojo go out there and rough him up as well.

Pop knows that to make the series that much easier against the Rockets, which would more than likely be their next opponent if they win this series, a healthy Tony would do just that. Because right now, it all honesty, Parker isn't contributing anything that Mills or Cojo could at this point.

I think Tony could play, but I would say he is at 60% right now and the Spurs would be better off starting Cojo and Manu and have Mills, Marco and Diaw to do the ball handling off the bench.

[dabom]

:lmao

[Malik Hairston]

:lol I love Tony, but he's Kobe 2.0 with his "injuries"..

[Spurs 4 The Win]

He just said it's the same kind of issue he had last time he left the game with achilles "soreness" and that he'll play game 3

iirc he had a good game after that one.

Anyway he won't sudenly get in shape during the PO, so let's not expect anything big from him. If he could just focus on distributing and stay in front of his guy on D we can do it with Patty for the scoring...

Exactly, as long as he doesnt force it and plays within the system he can still be an excellent decoy and play high quality minutes

[Pauleta14]

Good, shut him down for the rest of the series if that is permitted. Mills literally shit on Paul yesterday and have Cojo go out there and rough him up as well.

Pop knows that to make the series that much easier against the Rockets, which would more than likely be their next opponent if they win this series, a healthy Tony would do just that. Because right now, it all honesty, Parker isn't contributing anything that Mills or Cojo could at this point.

I think Tony could play, but I would say he is at 60% right now and the Spurs would be better off starting Cojo and Manu and have Mills, Marco and Diaw to do the ball handling off the bench.

I'm fine with Patty, but Cojo worries me tbh...

At least Tony can keep the ball under pressure and knows the systems soo much better.

There's a reason Pop didn't use Cojo in game 2 despite Tony playing like shit and leaving the game.

He would rather go with Belinelli (:bang) tham Cojo...

[urunobili]

These are really bad news. I don't think any long run is possible without TP at his best :depressed

[siraulo23]

:lol

[FkLA]

I'm fine with Patty, but Cojo worries me tbh...

At least Tony can keep the ball under pressure and knows the systems soo much better.

There's a reason Pop didn't use Cojo in game 2 despite Tony playing like shit and leaving the game.

He would rather go with Belinelli (:bang) tham Cojo...

CoJo did just fine filling in for Game 6 at OKC last year. I'd rather see Patty too but CoJo is no slouch.

[siraulo23]

These are really bad news. I don't think any long run is possible without TP at his best :depressed

Click the link

[hater]

Trolljob alert trolljob alert

[tuncaboylu]

Good try, but you need a job.

[apalisoc_9]

OP, remember when i had the hope sig...:lol

[jag]

:lol

[Pauleta14]

CoJo did just fine filling in for Game 6 at OKC last year. I'd rather see Patty too but CoJo is no slouch.

Every game/year/series... is different.

With cojo, it's all or nothing, that's why he is not reliable to me...

Plus against OKC, westbrook plays more like a 2, cp3 is much more difficult to read and Tony knows him..

Anyway, like it or not, we need Tony on the court. He will probably mainly suck on scoring, but he'll do the job on play making/ rotations... and will probably have a good/big game from time to time.

[Budkin]

OP be like:

http://i.giphy.com/12CvxNY8J5utEs.gif

[Cowboys_Wear_Spurs]

I'm fine with Patty, but Cojo worries me tbh...

At least Tony can keep the ball under pressure and knows the systems soo much better.

There's a reason Pop didn't use Cojo in game 2 despite Tony playing like shit and leaving the game.

He would rather go with Belinelli (:bang) tham Cojo...

That is why I would start Manu with Cojo. Mills has become an ample passer and ball handler over the past couple of years. And with Diaw and Beli with him, the Spurs would have enough passer on the court to compensate for Manu absence off the bench.

This is actually where the Spurs depth is useful. Cojo is pretty solid. Look at that game against Houston at Houston. He played a pretty damn good game. He didn't rack up stats but his defense and hustle help the Spurs.

http://www.nba.com/games/20150410/SASHOU/gameinfo.html?ls=eref:google:1b:post

Clippers are just carving up the Spurs because Parker can't fight through screens forcing the Spurs to constantly switch. With Cojo or Mills, that isn't needed. I love Parker as a player, but right now, I think he should be limited to 15-20 minutes max.

He would be much more valuable against the Rockets than Clippers. With the Rockets, Harden runs the offense, so Tony won't be spending all his time running through screens or posting against Blake or Jordan. Either of the two aren't good considering he is nursing an achilles injury.

[FkLA]

OP, remember when i had the hope sig...:lol

http://www.guzer.com/pictures/boy_dog_pray.jpg


OP be like:

http://i.giphy.com/12CvxNY8J5utEs.gif

:lol

[mclinejr]

You hooked one. I had a friend text me and tell me that Parker was out indefinitely and cited this forum. :lol

[will_spurs]

Ok that one was funny. Good job.

(even though there's no way Pop calls Tony out like that in public, regardless of what he really thinks)

[Beaverfuzz]

Good effort.

[spurraider21]

:lol 9/10

[K...]

fkla posted as a Parker hater for years, all so that he could one day bait spurstalk into a thread like this, good job fkla, now that you've completed the successful troll job you can stop with Parker hate and be a normal spurs fan.

[DarrinS]

:lmao

[SASdynasty!]

fkla posted as a Parker hater for years, all so that he could one day bait spurstalk into a thread like this, good job fkla, now that you've completed the successful troll job you can stop with Parker hate and be a normal spurs fan.
/thread

[lefty]

Shit

[FaM0us Skins]

Damn you fooled me.

[ElNono]

:lol I love Tony, but he's Kobe 2.0 with his "injuries"..

:lol

[K...]

Fwiw, the tip off for me was "and the offense flowed much better under patty mills" haha nope.

[AFBlue]

:lol

[Arc]

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[HI-FI]

:lmao FkLA with the goods. Got my hopes up but it was worth the joke.