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Makes sense. His skills are too important to bench and he's still better than McCallum, so Pop will just have to try and make lemonade.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...ntender/page/5
Tony Parker? Tony Parker?!
Yeah, Tony Parker.
The six-time All-Star wasn't himself last season, posting his lowest scoring average since 2002-03 and his lowest player efficiency rating since 2003-04.
Beset by hamstring troubles for most of the year, the 33-year-old lacked the quickness that landed him among the league leaders in points in the paint for a decade.
Instead of blowing by everyone in transition and in the pick-and-roll, he settled for jumpers. And while it's encouraging that Parker shot a career-best 42.7 percent from three, the real number to know is this: He attempted just 25.5 percent of his shots from inside three feet, according to Basketball-Reference.com, a career low.
He stopped getting into the lane. He stopped getting to the line. And then his game completely fell off a cliff in the Spurs' first-round loss to the Los Angeles Clippers.
Parker is vital to San Antonio because he's the chaos engineer—the one who gets into the lane, draws defenders and begins the tic-tac-toe passing attack that has for years resulted in open jumpers against scrambling defenses. The Spurs don't have anyone to replace what he does.
San Antonio has backup plans: LaMarcus Aldridge can generate good looks by drawing the defense, and Kawhi Leonard could take another step as a playmaker. But Parker is the one who makes the Spurs go, and Tim Bontemps of the New York Post sees a bleak future without peak Parker: "If last season was the beginning of a new normal for the French legend, you can kiss the Spurs' championship chances goodbye."
It sounds like a potential weak link to me.
Last edited by JohnnyMax; 10-31-2015 at 05:02 PM.
Makes sense. His skills are too important to bench and he's still better than McCallum, so Pop will just have to try and make lemonade.
As long as Pop doesn't overplay Parker when he's sucking, the Spurs will be fine. Last year, had Pop not been as stubborn and benched him for Mills, the Spurs would've made it to the WCF (at least). This year they have more talent and can survive without him.
This. TP has been a load better this year but damn his defense really ed us in the OKC game. When teams start going after him in crunch time, Pop has to take him out. It's pretty ing simple.
Two years late..
Weakest link in NBA history: 2013 Manuel Manu Ginobili
Skill set wise it's true he doesn't fit with the first string. Doesn't mean he doesn't have first string ability, but he certainly has complications with the first line.
Mainstream media catching up to what's been discussed here throughout last season, tbh... hopefully Tony adjusts, and I don't think it'll be a problem.
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