Monroe: Parker Joins Exclusive Company

[duncan228]

Parker joins exclusive company
Mike Monroe

Spurs point guard Tony Parker was surprised to learn his first seven points in Sunday's 90-86 loss at New Orleans had brought him to a significant scoring milestone. He's the fourth player in Spurs history to reach 10,000 points in silver and black.

“How would I know that?” Parker said after the Spurs posed for their annual team photo at the AT&T Center on Monday morning.

“I don't keep track of stuff like that.”

Informed that the other members of that club are George Gervin, David Robinson and Tim Duncan, Parker said being in such exclusive company was an honor.

Parker was incredulous to learn he was just the 26th guard in NBA history to reach the 10,000-point milestone, according to research done by the club's media relations staff.

“No,” Parker said, “there has to be more guards. In the whole history of the NBA? It seems like it would be more. That's really amazing.”

Parker reached the milestone at 26 years, 315 days, which was faster than teammate Duncan, who was 26 years, 350 days when he scored his 10,000th point.

Parker believes he has at least another 10,000 points in him.

“I'll try to get 10,000 more before I'm done,” he said. “I hope I've got eight more seasons in me — touch wood, so I don't get hurt. I'll definitely try to get 10,000 more.”

Motivational excess: As if a tough loss in New Orleans on Sunday night wasn't enough motivation, the Spurs enter tonight's game against the Oklahoma City Thunder with the recollection of a 78-76 loss in Oklahoma City in which they blew a 17-point lead and missed 13 of 16 3-point shots.

“Oh, I haven't forgot that game,” Parker said. “I hope we're going to come ready.

“We're still ticked off from the very frustrating loss to New Orleans, so hopefully we'll come back tomorrow and have a lot of energy against them.”

Oberto examined: Center Fabricio Oberto went straight from the team's photo shoot to an examination by one of the team's doctors. The third-year center from Argentina has missed the last two games after suffering an irregular heartbeat (atrial fibrillation) on Friday morning.

Oberto's heartbeat has been monitored daily since it was re-started in a brief procedure on Friday. Pending the outcome of Monday's exam, he is expected to be returned to active availability this week.

Say cheese: The team's official portrait took hours to set up on center court at the AT&T Center, but less than five minutes to shoot, once the players, coaches, basketball operations staff and ownership group representatives were in place.

[timvp]

Parker was incredulous to learn he was just the 26th guard in NBA history to reach the 10,000-point milestone, according to research done by the club's media relations staff.

“No,” Parker said, “there has to be more guards. In the whole history of the NBA? It seems like it would be more."

Not only did the person in the "club's media relations staff" fail, but so did Monroe for not doing his own fact checking. Obviously Parker was right.

Guards who have scored at least 10,000 points

1. Michael Jordan - 32292
2. Oscar Robertson - 26710
3. Reggie Miller - 25279
4. Jerry West - 25192
5. Allen Iverson - 23968
6. Kobe Bryant - 23608
7. Clyde Drexler - 22195
8. Gary Payton - 21813
9. Hal Greer - 21586
10. George Gervin - 20708
11. Mitch Richmond - 20497
12. John Stockton - 19711
13. Ray Allen - 19590
14. Walter Davis - 19521
15. Gail Goodrich - 19181
16. Reggie Theus - 19015
17. Dale Ellis - 19004
18. Isiah Thomas - 18822
19. Dave Bing - 18327
20. Vince Carter - 18131
21. World B. Free - 17955
22. Calvin Murphy - 17949
23. Lenny Wilkens - 17772
24. Magic Johnson - 17707
25. Rolando Blackman - 17623
26. Earl Monroe - 17454
27. Jeff Malone - 17231
28. Michael Finley - 17012
29. Bob Cousy - 16960
30. Latrell Sprewell - 16712
31. Tiny Archibald - 16481
32. Joe Dumars - 16401
33. Randy Smith - 16262
34. Stephon Marbury - 16260
35. Derek Harper - 16006
36. Pete Maravich - 15948
37. Jerry Stackhouse - 15749
38. Jeff Hornacek - 15659
39. Sam Cassell - 15635
40. Terry Porter - 15586
41. Walt Frazier - 15581
42. Dennis Johnson - 15535
43. Sam Jones - 15411
44. Tim Hardaway - 15373
45. Barnett - 15358
46. Jason Kidd - 15246
47. Byron Scott - 15097
48. Van Arsdale - 15079
49. Richie Guerin - 14676
50. Allan Houston - 14551
51. Hersey Hawkins - 14468
52. Rod Strickland - 14463
53. Jo Jo White - 14399
54. Eddie Jones - 14155
55. Gus Williams - 14093
56. Fred Brown - 14018
57. Ron Harper - 13910
58. Steve Smith - 13430
59. Steve Nash - 13307
60. Jalen Rose - 13220
61. Richard Hamilton - 13134
62. Kevin Johnson - 13127
63. Mike Bibby - 13083
64. Jeff Mullins - 13017
65. Kendall Gill - 12914
66. Paul Westphal - 12809
67. Jason Terry - 12799
68. Jim Jackson - 12690
69. Dell Curry - 12670
70. Bill Sharman - 12665
71. Nick Van Exel - 12658
72. Otis Birdsong - 12544
73. Mike Newlin - 12507
74. Chauncey Billups - 12500
75. Mark Jackson - 12489
76. Darrell Griffith - 12391
77. Sleepy Floyd - 12260
78. Maurice Cheeks - 12195
79. John Long - 12131
80. Norm Nixon - 12065
81. Danny Ainge - 11964
82. Cuttino Mobley - 11964
83. Mookie Blaylock - 11962
84. Sidney Moncrief - 11931
85. David Wesley - 11842
86. Vinnie Johnson - 11825
87. Archie Clark - 11819
88. Damon Stoudamire - 11763
89. Snyder - 11755
90. Gerald Wilkins - 11736
91. Andre Miller - 11717
92. Jimmy Walker - 11655
93. Kevin Loughery - 11575
94. Don Ohl - 11549
95. Michael Redd - 11295
96. Baron Davis - 11273
97. David Thompson - 11264
98. Jim Paxson - 11199
99. Mark Price - 10989
100. Mike Woodson - 10981
101. Dan Majerle - 10925
102. Vernon Maxwell - 10912
103. Jason Richardson - 10903
104. Ricky Sobers - 10902
105. Alvin Robertson - 10882
106. John Starks - 10829
107. Kenny Anderson - 10789
108. Anfernee Hardaway - 10684
109. Jerry Sloan - 10571
110. Joe Johnson - 10562
111. Billy Knight - 10561
112. Brian Winters - 10537
113. Austin Carr - 10473
114. Steve Francis - 10446
115. Fat Lever - 10433
116. Guy Rodgers - 10415
117. Eddie Johnson - 10163
118. Ray Williams - 10158
119. Vern Fleming - 10125
120. Gene Shue - 10068
121. Charlie Scott - 10037
122. Tony Parker - 10013



It's disgusting what trash the Spurs coverage in the Express-News has turned into since Ludden left

[whottt]

Maybe they meant pg's...or maybe he's the 26th to do it under the age of 27(this sounds about right)...

In any case...I'll be real impressed if Parker finishes his career with 10k assists

Looking at that list could be they meant he was the 26th PG to do it but I'm not 100% certain...I counted 26 PG's on that list other than Parker but I could have gotten a few of them wrong.

[timvp]

Maybe they meant pg's

That's what I thought but there are more than 25 point guards in the top 75 spots on that list.

[Spursfan092120]

Couldn't believe ESPN didn't even mention it..oh wait....yeah I can...it is ESPN.

[duncan228]

It's disgusting what trash the Spurs coverage in the Express-News has turned into since Ludden left

It's getting ridiculous. How can they miss so much? It seems like it's every piece now.


I do miss Ludden.

[timvp]

I'll be real impressed if Parker finishes his career with 10k assists

Not going to happen. He could average eight assists per game for the next ten years, never miss a game and still be shy of 10K.

I counted 26 PG's on that list other than Parker but I could have gotten a few of them wrong.

There are a lot more than 26 points guards on that list.

[whottt]

Still pretty impressive...there are PG's in this league with retired jerseys that only scored 8817 or so points in 16 year careers.

[whottt]

Not going to happen. He could average eight assists per game for the next ten years, never miss a game and still be shy of 10K.

Yeah but in 10 years he'll only be 36...if he's a Spur still he'll probably still be starting. When Duncan retires his assists are going to go up.

It'll be tough as to pull off...but that's why I said I'd be impressed.


How many assists did John Stockton have by the age of 26? I bet the number might be surprising when contrasted with how many he finished his career with.

[whottt]

Looking at it...John Stockton had 3,661 assists at the age of 26 or about 300 more than Parker has now. Granted Parker's not going to challenge Stockton's career mark...but 10k assists is a long way(5000 or so) off Stockton's career mark. 10k is possible for him..at least age wise.

[timvp]

The most impressive stat I've found is that Parker has more points before his 27th birthday than all but 33 players in NBA history ... and only eight of those players were guards. Plus, he still has the rest of the regular season.

[biba]

Would it be: Parker is the 26th guard in NBA history to reach the 10,000-point milestone with one club?

[Cry Havoc]

26th guard under 30?

[crc21209]

TP and the rest of the Spurs of course will never get the credit and attention they deserve. ESPN will suck off Chris Paul, Deron Williams, even Jason Kidd sometimes before they even bring up TP. What a shame...

[MI21]

I've seen that "only the 25th guard to score 10,000 points" statistic brought up a few times and thought there is no possible way that that is correct. What an an absolute up.

[whottt]

Would it be: Parker is the 26th guard in NBA history to reach the 10,000-point milestone with one club?

Probably not biba...for instance, out of the first 10 players on timvp's list? All 10 scored their 10 thousandth point while with their first club.

[Lady M]

[B][URL="http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/spurs/Parker_joins_exclusive_company.html"]“How would I know that?” Parker said after the Spurs posed for their annual team photo at the AT&T Center on Monday morning.

if Tony go on the forum of his site he can see my coundown

[Blackjack]

It's disgusting what trash the Spurs coverage in the Express-News has turned into since Ludden left

+1

I don't expect these guy to be perfect, but this is getting ridiculous.

Someone over at the E-N might want to start reading the garbage that's being printed.

Fisher's .4, a 3-point shot? Stated on more than one occassion???

[ForeignFan]

One area where for sure he is number one: 1st French player in the NBA to hit 10,000 points (and to win a ring, finals mvp le, All Star selection, etc.)

[kace]

well, the real amazing stats are the ones in PO.

Thanks also to his team (and so, thanks to Tim) for being so consistent in PO every year, he has crazy stats in PO for his age.

35th NBA player in total points (2nd behind KB at his age)
33th NBA player in total assists (2nd (far) behind Magic at his age)

i guess being only 2nd behind KB for scoring and 2nd behing Magic in assists at the same age tells a lot about Tony and the spurs consistency.

that's pretty amazing, considering Tony was far from a star in PO before 2006.

http://www.nba.com/statistics/encyc/...l&sortOrder=21

[Slomo]

I do miss Ludden.

[polandprzem]

One day I will buy a dog

[Rogue]

congrats Tony Longoria.

mavs have 3 guys in blue on that list (Stack, Jet and Kidd), to beat the spurs who have only two guys one of which also used to be a boy in blue.

[ambchang]

congrats Tony Longoria.

mavs have 3 guys in blue on that list (Stack, Jet and Kidd), to beat the spurs who have only two guys one of which also used to be a boy in blue.

His name is Tony Parker, not Tony Long ..... oh, I get it. That's funny, that's so original.

I have never heard of it before, did you come up with that?

Tony Longoria.

You are one creative man who obviously never copied other people's unfunny ideas.

[SpursWench21]

shut up rogue...who gives a about your boys in blue. stackhouse...no one cares. Kidd, hmm...no . Terry too?.....well "the jet", i still dont care. Let Tony PARKER have his moment. The whole Tony Longoria thing is getting very old as well...not to mention its kind of stupid and unfunny. Dont be jealous cause the guy is married to a gorgeous celebrity.