who is better. tony paker or Leandro Barbosa?

[288pipi]

i can't say who is better, becasue they are so good!
everyone can say what you think

[thispego]

this is a no brainer

[m33p0]

barbossa is faster, parker is quicker; barbossa is a better shooter, parker is a better finisher; barbossa jumps higher, parker spins in the lane. so far pretty even.

parker however is a better decision maker than barbossa and even if the defense has somehow stifled him, rarely does he ever not make any contributions on other aspects of the game. barbossa has, in the past, been completely shut out of games. in last year's playoffs against the spurs, barbossa was a non-factor most of the series.

[THE SIXTH MAN]

:lol How is this even a question?

[SenorSpur]

Please!

[Cry Havoc]

barbossa is faster, parker is quicker; barbossa is a better shooter, parker is a better finisher; barbossa jumps higher, parker spins in the lane. so far pretty even.

parker however is a better decision maker than barbossa and even if the defense has somehow stifled him, rarely does he ever not make any contributions on other aspects of the game. barbossa has, in the past, been completely shut out of games. in last year's playoffs against the spurs, barbossa was a non-factor most of the series.

No, it's not even. It's not even in the REALM of being even. Parker is better at every aspect of the game except shooting. MUCH better defense, better distributor, ball handling that's light-years beyond Barbosa, can create his own shot MUCH better than Barbs.

Not even a contest.

[timvp]

:lol WTF?

I wouldn't trade Parker for three Barbosas. Barbosa has Elson level basketball IQ. And if a team knows how to play defense, they can pretty much take away most of what he likes offensively.

[johngateswhiteley]

who is stupider, 288pipi or a rock?

huh?...288pipi of course.

[picnroll]

Be nice to our Chinese Spurs fans.

[SequSpur]

meet me on the corner of zarzamora and military and we can discuss this parker issue...

jeezus....

[Freeze]

Barbosa is the best player in the world
:lmao

[Dalamar_the_Dark]

Please close this useless thread. Thank you.

[Doug Collins]

Barbosa has no testicles

[BonnerDynasty]

Barbosa fo sho.

[Dirk's_Butt_Hurts]

Who's better between Parker and Barbosa?

Dirk is better than both.

[Darkwaters]

Who's better between Parker and Barbosa?

Dirk is better than both.

...and the obligatory Mav's troll chimes in.
:rolleyes

[m33p0]

No, it's not even. It's not even in the REALM of being even. Parker is better at every aspect of the game except shooting. MUCH better defense, better distributor, ball handling that's light-years beyond Barbosa, can create his own shot MUCH better than Barbs.

Not even a contest.

isn't that what i said? check the second paragraph. i just didn't want to be too blunt about it. i even forgot that barbossa even existed in last year's spurs-suns series.

[m33p0]

Who's better between Parker and Barbosa?

Dirk is better than both.

didn't i tell you to come up with something more convincing? :td

[phxspurfan]

Barbosa is better at Spanish than Parker.

[SpursIndonesia]

Is that true ? Tony got Eva though. :lol

[ATX Spur]

Barbosa is better at Spanish than Parker.

They speak portuguese in Brazil.

[MrChug]

huh?...288pipi of course.

Now you're just being mean to rocks man...NOT COOL. I speak on behalf of all rocks, and we are hereby insulted.

[2centsworth]

this is a joke right? I like Barbosa, but he couldn't hold Tony's jock.

[samikeyp]

Who is this Tony Paker guy?

:)

[AFBlue]

They speak portuguese in Brazil.
:lmao

[gamuza]

meet me on the corner of zarzamora and military and we can discuss this parker issue...

jeezus....

Well,

They are about the same...

no Duncan = no Parker
no Nash = no Barbosa

:fro

[AFBlue]

Both are fast and both play underrated defense....that is where the similarities stop.

Parker is far and away a better finisher than Barbosa on offense. He also has improved each year in this league at running a team and finding players around him. He has also closed the gap in the only category where Barbosa has an edge....shooting.

Barbosa is a great scorer....but he hasn't improved his game beyond that and is not the answer at PG for the Suns when Nash retires.

Parker, on the other hand, is an elite player that will continue to improve and will be among the league's elite when he hits his prime in a few years....remember he's only 25.

[Cry Havoc]

Well,

They are about the same...

no Duncan = no Parker
no Nash = no Barbosa

:fro

Yao + T-Mac + Scola = Rockets still suck. :lmao

[gamuza]

Yao + T-Mac + Scola = Rockets still suck. :lmao

:toast what a smart point you got... you're awsome man...

[Cry Havoc]

:toast what a smart point you got... you're awsome man...

Scoreboard.

[dav4463]

This is like saying "Who's better? Wilt Chamberlain or James Donaldson?" ! It's no contest. Parker is by far the superior player. I wouldn't mind having Barbosa coming off the bench for a spark, but he's not even close to Parker.

[m33p0]

Barbosa is better at Spanish than Parker.

barbossa is brazilian, right? shouldn't it be Portugese?

anyway, barbossa has nothing on parker when it comes to French.

[jmard5]

This doesn't need to be discussed.

[thekingrobert]

bosa needs a better coach

[ancestron]

Whats with Leandro's raised eyebrow look of constant bewilderment anyway.

[BigBigSpur]

pipi,absolutely Parker is better. I don't think Barbosa plays with his brain. But Parker plays much wiser this year than any season before.

[exstatic]

:lol WTF?

I wouldn't trade Parker for three Barbosas. Barbosa has Elson level basketball IQ. And if a team knows how to play defense, they can pretty much take away most of what he likes offensively.
+1
:lol

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

The one with an MVP award.

[urunobili]

suns thread

[howbouthemspurs]

Comparing Parker to Barbosa is like comparing a midget to a dwarf. They are both small and share some of the same characteristics but the only difference is that the dwarf doesnt have soul.

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

Wait guys!

Of course Tony Parker is better than Barbosa.

But we're talking about Tony Paker here!

[Spurs Brazil]

Joke forum

[LilMissSPURfect]

Tony Parker...hands down...the brazillian blur turns into brazillian blah when he got someone playing defense on him..

[SenorSpur]

Parker is one of the top five at his position in the league.

Barbosa may have won Sixth Man of The Year, but win he becomes MVP of a playoff series or MVP of the NBA Finals, then this question can be revisited.

As for right now, please!

[DynastyBuilder]

Parker is one of the top five at his position in the league.

Barbosa may have won Sixth Man of The Year, but win he becomes MVP of a playoff series of the NBA Finals, then this question can be revisited.

As for right now, please!

Truer words were never spoken.

[baseline bum]

:lol WTF?

I wouldn't trade Parker for three Barbosas. Barbosa has Elson level basketball IQ. And if a team knows how to play defense, they can pretty much take away most of what he likes offensively.

I wouldn't trade Parker for Nash, much less Barbosa.

[debo]

I wouldn't trade Parker for Nash, much less Barbosa.

agreed. there would be way too many duncan rim checks off alleyoops.

[WalterBenitez]

Be nice to our Chinese Spurs fans.

To be chinese doesn't protect anyone about our criticism or even worse our humor... :p:

Anyhow Barbosa is great, one of those gems we lost, but Tony is a Playmaker in normal days he is fantastic, Barbosa is a shooter, has no hesitation to go to the rim.

If I had to chose I'll take TP over Barbosa, but after Toronto's game I'm not sure :oops

[m33p0]

Whats with Leandro's raised eyebrow look of constant bewilderment anyway.
maybe it's a signal to the rest of the troupe, you know? like the baboons on national geographic. could be his way of signalling a play.

[unforeseen]

This is like comparing Duncan vs Amare.

No brainer.

4 rings > 0 rings.
Math is FUNdamental.

[Budkin]

I'll take the Finals MVP.

[timmy21_4rings]

When not guarded, LB can make 100% of shots that he attempts. When guarded he makes 100% of shots that he does not attempt and 0% of shots he attempts.

[m33p0]

and they think he's a point guard :lmao

[ClingingMars]

some questions are so stupid that it's difficult to formulate a response

-Mars

[itzsoweezee]

i can't say who is better, becasue they are so good!
everyone can say what you think


never post again

[ClingingMars]

never post again

amen

-Mars

[m33p0]

This is like comparing Duncan vs Amare.

No brainer.

4 rings > 0 rings.
Math is FUNdamental.

old and experienced against young and clueless?

[jamanuel]

Tony! :meeting:

[We born to be bad]

suns thread

so? GO SUNS!! 01-31-08 :p:

[CarefreeAZ]

and they think he's a point guard :lmao

M33p0 - He's a #2 guard. Marcus Banks is the only back up point guard but is not seeing any playing time since D'Antoni is so stuck on bringing Diaw and Barbosa off the bench.

Don't know who started this comparison but there is no comparison as T. Parker right now is a superior all around player.

[Texas_Ranger]

mmmmmmmm...after a long time of thinking, I decided for Parker.