tp on fire

[ducks]

Parker in a good shape -- 30 pts in 23 min


In Riga against the Tchech Republic, Tony was in a great shape

30 pts in 23 mn (9/15 with 2/3 at 3 pts and 10/10 FTs)

[baseline bum]

Niiiice

[Solid D]

Parker in a good shape -- 30 pts in 23 min


In Riga against the Tchech Republic, Tony was in a great shape

30 pts in 23 mn (9/15 with 2/3 at 3 pts and 10/10 FTs)

Thanks for the update, ducks. I'm glad I Tcheched this thread.

[ace3g]

does anyone know how sanikidze has been doing, or have a link to stats for games for the tournament at Latvia

[angelbelow]

nice!

[Joe Schmoogins]

Thanks for the update, ducks. I'm glad I Tcheched this thread.

haha awesome... as soon as i read that I started rolling... nice!

[timvp]

Thanks for the update, ducks. I'm glad I Tcheched this thread.

[Bruno]

TP's stats have still been posted in this thread :
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103615

Spurs fans will also be happy to learn that TP is taking the French NT very seriously. He has decided to be the leader of the team with an Olympic medal in 2012 as goal.
He has accepted to be captain of the team for the first time since 2003 and is stressing that players should play together each summer.
Expect TP to play each summer until 2012 with the French NT.

[Bruno]

does anyone know how sanikidze has been doing, or have a link to stats for games for the tournament at Latvia

He played 3 games in 3 days.
His stats 27mpg, 4.7ppg, 7.7rpg.

[timvp]

TP's stats have still been posted in this thread :
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103615

Spurs fans will also be happy to learn that TP is taking the French NT very seriously. He has decided to be the leader of the team with an Olympic medal in 2012 as goal.
He has accepted to be captain of the team for the first time since 2003 and is stressing that players should play together each summer.
Expect TP to play each summer until 2012 with the French NT.

Got damn I hate international basketball. The French team is never going to do win crap. Besides TP, the other players are all varying degrees of suck. Plus the French somehow play even less FIBA style than the Americans. If you ever want to see one-pass-and-shoot, watch the French play basketball. The times I've watched them play, if Parker passes he never gets the ball back.

The only thing worse than French doctors might be French coaches . . .

[Brutalis]

Got damn I hate international basketball. The French team is never going to do win crap. Besides TP, the other players are all varying degrees of suck. Plus the French somehow play even less FIBA style than the Americans. If you ever want to see one-pass-and-shoot, watch the French play basketball. The times I've watched them play, if Parker passes he never gets the ball back.

The only thing worse than French doctors might be French coaches . . .

[JPB]

Got damn I hate international basketball. The French team is never going to do win crap. Besides TP, the other players are all varying degrees of suck. Plus the French somehow play even less FIBA style than the Americans. If you ever want to see one-pass-and-shoot, watch the French play basketball. The times I've watched them play, if Parker passes he never gets the ball back.

The only thing worse than French doctors might be French coaches . . .

I hate to say that but you're right on this one.

They were painfull to watch in the last euro, and still almost made it to the olympics if not for a ty finish vs future winner Russia.

Which makes me hope that with a real system and a real coach they may achieve something.

French fed shoud hire a god damn f***ing serbian coach to teach those guys how to play team ball.

What is Pop doing during summers ?

[JPB]

TP's stats have still been posted in this thread :
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103615

Spurs fans will also be happy to learn that TP is taking the French NT very seriously. He has decided to be the leader of the team with an Olympic medal in 2012 as goal.
He has accepted to be captain of the team for the first time since 2003 and is stressing that players should play together each summer.
Expect TP to play each summer until 2012 with the French NT.

That's what french NT needs : real comitment on several years like team USA did, and one or two leaders to show the way.

Oh, and also just at least one big man that can actually compete on the highest level. Damn if we had Pau or Dirk...

[Bruno]

Got damn I hate international basketball. The French team is never going to do win crap.

Sorry but that's plain wrong.
Aside of the "old" players like Parker, Diaw, Pietrus or Turiaf, there is a lot of young players who could be very good in a two or three years. While French NT has been huge disaster lately, the talent is there and this team could be very strong in three or four years for the Olympics.

[smeagol]

The Spurs shouldn't draft an international player ever again and relief it's fans from this anguish.

[timvp]

Sorry but that's plain wrong.

Are you psychic? If not, you should probably wait before you declare me wrong.

Aside of the "old" players like Parker, Diaw, Pietrus or Turiaf

Are you talking about the Pietrus who doesn't play on the French NT because he lacks fundamentals or the Pietrus who is a below average summer league player? Parker is good but none of those other three have games conducive to FIBA rules. Diaw is the closest but everyone now knows you just beat him up and he eventually disappears.

, there is a lot of young players who could be very good in a two or three years.

Talent isn't the problem. The problem is the coaching somehow doesn't tell the team that it is okay to pass more than once in a half court set. Plus outside shooting has been a major weakness. I don't know of any deadeye shooters in the French pipeline.

Batum, Noah, Ajinca, Mahinmi, De Culo and the other young French players look promising ... but more NBA than FIBA.

While French NT has been huge disaster lately, the talent is there and this team could be very strong in three or four years for the Olympics.

Meh, don't buy it. We'll see, I guess. France basketball reminds me of Team USA in 2002 ... except without as much talent.

Plus with the shady doctors and the ultimatum happy coaches, France might burn all bridges with NBA teams by 2012.

[Bruno]

Parker is good but none of those other three have games conducive to FIBA rules.

FIBA rules will change before 2012, they will be closer to NBA's ones.

Talent isn't the problem. The problem is the coaching somehow doesn't tell the team that it is okay to pass more than once in a half court set.

Fixing coaching is light year easier than fixing lack of talent. The lack of half court set is also a result of a lack of scoring bigs. Mahinmi could fix that (finger crossed).

Plus outside shooting has been a major weakness. I don't know of any deadeye shooters in the French pipeline.

Abdoulaye MBaye, Nando De Colo, Edwin Jackson and Rodrigue Beaubois are good shooters. None is great for the moment but the upside is there. And aside Beaubois, they are SG, French NT weakest spot for years.
The fact that the three point line will be further will make the FIBA games less 3 point shooting dependent.

Batum, Noah, Ajinca, Mahinmi, De Culo and the other young French players look promising ... but more NBA than FIBA.

De Colo is more FIBA than NBA. He is an quite unathletic undersized SG.
I don't even know if he will go in NBA given that a Russian team has still offer $500K to his team in France to get him.

Plus with the shady doctors and the ultimatum happy coaches, France might burn all bridges with NBA teams by 2012.

French doctors >>>>>>>>>>> Spurs doctors.

[Magic_Johnson]

Got damn I hate international basketball. The French team is never going to do win crap. Besides TP, the other players are all varying degrees of suck. Plus the French somehow play even less FIBA style than the Americans. If you ever want to see one-pass-and-shoot, watch the French play basketball. The times I've watched them play, if Parker passes he never gets the ball back.

The only thing worse than French doctors might be French coaches . . .

they played good asketball in 2005, bust there still was guys like rigaudeau and foirest. Now the french team is to young and doesn't have good shooters.

[Magic_Johnson]

Are you talking about the Pietrus who doesn't play on the French NT because he lacks fundamentals or the Pietrus who is a below average summer league player? Parker is good but none of those other three have games conducive to FIBA rules. Diaw is the closest but everyone now knows you just beat him up and he eventually disappears.

Diaw can be good in fiba basket ball, he always have been better than tp (except last summer).

[JPB]

I was excited a few years back by french NT's potential with Parker, Diaw, Pietrus and the young prospects who entered the NBA (Moiso, Petro, Gelabale).

But you have to admit today that this generation didn't prove itself and has been disapointing so far.

I'm more optimistic about the younger one (Batum, Ajinca...) which is very skilled.

[Sissiborgo]

Parker is the best!...

[urunobili]

Sorry but that's plain wrong.
Aside of the "old" players like Parker, Diaw, Pietrus or Turiaf, there is a lot of young players who could be very good in a two or three years. While French NT has been huge disaster lately, the talent is there and this team could be very strong in three or four years for the Olympics.

three questions...

1) why so happy about TP playing in the offseason if last time he did he got injured and forced Manu to extent himself physically in the regular season to then collapse in the playoffs with visible results last year?

2) if you already saw what happened to Manu in the olympics what is making you so happy about risking TP's health for playing for the National Team? If TP keeps playing until 2012 there is NO WAY Manu will miss the world cup in Turkey (i do love that TP is getting what National Pride is all about )

3) is Ian Mahimni on the roster?

[mrspurs]

Here goes.....I could careless who TP is playing for right now. If TP isnt in a spurs uniform then the only thing i care about is his health. We already have one of our big 3 hurt. What happens if TP gets hurt. Ill tell you what happens. The same amount of people who goto Rampage and Silver Stars games. Thats what happens. I remember the days of 5-7 thousand fans showing up to Spurs games. Im not for repeating history when it comes to the Spurs. This is no different then when a starter gets caught playing a pickup game during his rehab. (greg oden) Plain dumb in my book. If the season doesnt start soon, our big 2 might not be playing. And you cant say i got something against the french, cos my wife is french.

[Bruno]

three questions...

1) why so happy about TP playing in the offseason if last time he did he got injured and forced Manu to extent himself physically in the regular season to then collapse in the playoffs with visible results last year?

First, I'm not "so happy" the pink elephant was there to tease people. I take Spurs' winning a ring over French NT winning an Olympic medal (even the gold one). However, I respect Parker's choice and I will enjoy watching him play during summers.

Second, your question is incredibly lame. I hope it was a joke and if it wasn't, shame on you and I hope you will realize the stupidity and the lameness of your question.

2) If TP keeps playing until 2012 there is NO WAY Manu will miss the world cup in Turkey (i do love that TP is getting what National Pride is all about )

Is it still a joke ?
You are now saying that Manu instead of analyzing if his body can allow him to play during summers and if he still wants to play for Argentina NT, will be childish and say to himself "If Tony plays for his NT, I will play for mine." ?

3) is Ian Mahimni on the roster?

Mahinmi isn't on the roster this year. He was selected but he and/or Spurs have turned down the selection.

[stéphane]

1) why so happy about TP playing in the offseason if last time he did he got injured and forced Manu to extent himself physically in the regular season to then collapse in the playoffs with visible results last year?

That one is incredibly lame.