People are blaming manu and pop. But what happened to the "Finals MVP"???
He was great in the phx series but that's because they play NO defense.
But he is not a top 5 pg right now. Main reason because he does not get his teammates involved. Why cant he average 8 assists a game? if he "can get anywhere on court" that should be a piece of cake.
He has to get easy points for other players early in the game. Because tony can get his whenever. He is that fast, and good at scoring.
I want to see 20 and 8...he needs to start playing like a real point guard.
Also, if he can establish a consistent mid range jumper. He can ing learn how to shoot the 3.
If he had this in his game he would be the best. Not saying he needs to be a sharp shooter, but he needs to establish a threat from behind the arc. Teams are going to continue sag off him and contest his mid range.
I think if he works his ass off on the 3ball this offseason it will open up better assists numbers and it will get other teammates involved.
Spurs will be a totally different team if he added the 3ball to his game.
In their offense, he is supposed to attack. He's not a "playmaker" in the sense that Nash and Paul are. He doesn't need assists to be effective. Most of his assists are dishouts from being aggressive offensively. He's a scorer, and the Spurs are a team that is occasionally starved for scorers.
And I think it's a hard argument to say that TP working on his 3 will help his assists numbers. The less 3's he takes the better.....he should be getting inside creating havoc and breaking down defenses.
there you go....everyone wants 3's....if we learned one thing this season its this...PO games are won in the paint, not from the arc.we got alley-oop after alley-oop performed on us like ive never seen before..get another big man who doesnt choke like fab,horry,kurt,bonner, and start from downlow before you even think about the 3's...go spurs go
Parker certaintly needs to become a better passer... his job is to score but he has to be able to create for others.
To be fair, Horry is one of the most clutch players of all time (he's just older than dirt), Bonner never got a chance, and KT had a great game 5.
If Parker had New Orleans or Utah's scorekeeper - he would average 8 assists per game.
your kidding right? if he established a 3 pt shot. you couldnt guard him. you play tight he gets by. you sag off he will shoot it. and we know he can shoot the mid range game. he became easy to guard in the playoffs...
all teams were doing was sagging off enough to wear he is tempted to shoot the contested jumper. tony had a tough time getting easy baskets against teams not named the SUNS.
your lying if u think tony being able to shoot the 3 would not be a dream
it's been a good while since the essential end-of-year Parker-hate threads. About time.
He shot 48.6% against NO, averaged nearly 20 points, and defended CP3 for the majority of the series. And he did it as the only guy that could penetrate on the team (Manu being relegated to a jumpshooter).
Against LA, he did basically the same.
Yes, I want Parker to have range, but he's great where he is. The less 3's he takes, the better. I want him attacking every single time he touches the ball, not hanging around the perimeter.
Parker Has Nobody Who Dunk With Amare Or Chandle It3s Not The Same Story
you act like i want him to become a 3pt shooter...
not the case fool. but if he added a 3ball to his game and make people respect it. it will make him and our team better..
If you think we got eliminated from the playoffs because of Parker's inability to hit 3's, than I don't even have to point out who the "fool" is, sucka.
Is that supposed to be intelligible?
you dont kno the game of basketball if your saying tony could not use a 3ball.....
tony is our future people. we need his game to develop as much as it can.
and stop making it seem like i want him shooting 5 3's a game. but 2 or 3 wouldnt be so bad.
he has to make people at least respect him from there...or we are going to continue see them sag
Parker's role as a scoring PG is good strategy. His midrange jumper isn't even completely reliable so why should he work on a range that's a little too beyond his ability. I doubt he'd get into the 40 percent range. We dont' have enough mid range game in our team anyway so I don't see the point in making people respect Parker's 3 Pt Shot.
Adding a three point shot from him, would just up where he excels. We had enough three point reliance this season.. TOO much confidence from our wings/perimeter that it ended up contributing to our demise. Parker's fine the way he is.
Fire sale in San Antonio!
Manu Ginobilis available for $10, a VHS player and a can of silly string!
Tony Parkers available for a Walkman, a pack of Lucky Strikes, and a hot dog!
Tim Duncans available for five low payments of $29.99!
Limited time only! Act now!
I will really be disappointed if the Spurs will trade Parker.
Where do I send the money?
what makes u think they will do that?
people act like getting better at shooting is hard.........
he is in the IN NBA.
he improved his jumper so much since he got into the league...
i dont understand how he cant just step back a foot and hit one or two a game.
Kurt wasn't in the series long enough to choke and when he did play he provided great toughness and rebounding.
Sighhh....Jerry West, at it again...
If it didn't happen prior to his Finals MVP performance it likely won't happen anytime soon. He, Manu, and Tim anchor this team and will do so for at least several more years. Tony needs a distributing backup PG with a decent jumper that'll keep the defense honest and possibly allow him to even play a little 2-guard.
Whenever TP got into the paint throughout these playoffs he was deadly and precise as he has been in past championship runs. He had judgement lapses this year at times like in any other year, but our defense wasn't disciplined enough to allow us to overcome his TO's.
TP did what he could... i was actually expecting him to stoep up a lil more on the last series... but if it wasn't for him we wouldn't have been there anyway.... i'd take TP over EVERY point guard in the league but Deron Williams
ok just looked on NBA.com site
and tony has taken 8 3's twice in his career.
wow. when was this?
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