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Parker's evolution becoming obvious for Spurs
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With career season, the Spurs now belong to Tony Parker
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Is it really possible to have a breakout season even though you’re already a three-time NBA All-Star, three-time NBA champion, and been named an NBA Finals MVP?
You can if you’re Tony Parker, the 6-2 point guard for the San Antonio Spurs.
You could call this Tony Parker’s breakout season and you wouldn’t get much of an argument around the league. The speedy Frenchman led the San Antonio Spurs with a career-best 22 points per game during the regular season and was still able to pass for career-high assists (6.9), but even those numbers don’t fully explain the important role Parker has played for the 2008-09 San Antonio Spurs.
Parker has added several highlights to his already-impressive resume.
* Tony Parker cored a career high 55 points (as well as 10 assists and 7 rebounds) in a 129-125 win over Minnesota.
* Registered 15 double-doubles (points + assists) this season alone, Parker had a total of 15 double-doubles his three previous seasons.
* Parker had a stretch of games where he scored 21+ points in 10 straight games, the highest scoring stretch of games in his career.
* Parker scored 37 points and 39 points against Dallas and Portland in back-to-back wins in February.
* Of Parker’s top-ten scoring games in his eight-year career, six of them came during the 2008-09 season (see below)
55 vs. MIN (11-05-2008)
42 vs. ATL (03-25-2009)
39 vs. POR (02-25-2009)
38 vs. MIA (01-20-2006)
37 vs. DAL (02-24-2009)
37 vs. DAL (03-04-2009)
36 vs. MIN (12-23-2008)
35 vs. GSW (04-10-2005)
35 vs. PHO (04-05-2007)
33 vs NYK (11-11-2006)
And Parker accomplished all this even though he missed eleven games this season.
Head of the Snake
It’s slowly progressed this direction all season, you could even say it’s been moving this direction for the last several years. With the momentum of Parker dashing into the lane for another layup, there is no stopping it; the San Antonio Spurs are now Tony Parker’s team.
In no other season could one have made such a proclamation with this much certainty. With Tim Duncan showing the effects of aging (he turns 33 in a couple of days) and Manu Ginobili slowed by injuries, Parker has factored much larger in the Spur’s success.
The 2008-09 NBA season saw Manu Ginobili miss 38 games and the 31-year old supertar from Argentina will miss the remainder of the 2009 NBA Playoffs. And though Duncan is still pulling in a double-double nightly; his points, rebounds, and blocks are at or near career lows.
With the two older Spurs stars regressing, the third part of the San Antonio trinity is shining brighter than ever. In addition to his career high averages in points and assists this season, the Spurs are 22-5 this season when the 26-year old point guard scores in double digits and passes for eight or more assists in game. He led the Spurs to best record in the Southwest division this season.
His 38 points in game two of the Spur’s first round matchup with the Mavericks has become the focus of the Dallas defense. The same defense that gave up 31.3 points Parker in four games between the two teams during the regular season.
“Every time he drives the lane, we have to put him on his back,” Dallas center Erick Dampier told The Dallas Morning News. “The first foul has to tell him he’s in for a long night. My first foul Thursday night is going to put him on his back. I guarantee it.”
“We’re going to have to adjust our game plan and really hone in on him,” Terry said. “He’s the head of the snake, so we got to make somebody else beat us.”
Translation: It’s Tony Parker’s team.
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Parker's evolution becoming obvious for Spurs
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duncan288, isn't this blasphemous?
Everyone is en led to their opinion.duncan288, isn't this blasphemous?
There's no doubt about how important Parker is to this team. But it's Duncan's team. He's Captain, and it's not in name only. He's their foundation, their leader. And Parker is the first to say so.
It takes a team to win. A team needs a leader, and Duncan is the Spurs. He will be until he retires.
And then when Duncan leaves will you still be a fan duncan228?
But I agree with you, Timmy's team, he's just letting Tony do all the work for now. I think he will dominate a game soon enough.
As long as Duncan retires a Spur they'll be my team. I assume I'm a Spurs fan for life.And then when Duncan leaves will you still be a fan duncan228?
But I agree with you, Timmy's team, he's just letting Tony do all the work for now. I think he will dominate a game soon enough.
Duncan can dominate when he needs to, but his team first mentality has him make the right decisions. If Parker, or any other Spur, has the hot hand or the advantage in a match up Duncan is happy to step back and play whatever role he needs to. He's about winning, not the spotlight.
They forgot to mention that the Mavs also belong to Tony Parker...
As Parker said in his interview today, he's still Duncan's sidekick. Damn good sidekick but sidekick, nonetheless. Maybe in two more years Duncan will become the sidekick.
Even TP disagrees with this sentiment.
I recall someone telling me that Parker would not become the Spurs' franchise player whom the Spurs would build around as TD ended his career.
Still Duncan's team. Parker has just gone from Robin to Nightwing.
so Parker had 15 double-doubles this season? how many did tim have?
Timmy had 49 double-doubles during the regular season.
It's not his team yet, he is the leading scorer now, but on D and all around, it's TIMMAY STILL until further notice. I hope the Mavs focus too much on Tony now and TD goes 06 on them, GOD KNOWS he still can light you up on any given night. He got two nights rest too, he will come with it.
Double-doubles are more easy for the bigs with rebonds
you are correct, sir.
no duh. but that didn't stop chris paul from getting 50 double-doubles.
Paul got Marsupilamis like Chandler and West for dunks
TP have Timmy the bigger killer assists
Articles like this really are pointless. Tony is a damn good player but will he lead the Spurs to les years after Duncan is gone?? No.. He's not franchise player, build around to win les good.. Duncan is this team and unless he stays around so long, he is a s of what he used to be, he always will be this team. Tony is likely moving on after Duncan retires anyway..
also did not have duncan and manu getting assist
paul had 14 assist and the hornets had 19 assist as a whole team
spurs had 20 with tp only getting 6
how do you know he will not lead the spurs to a le
without another great player he will not but kobe had shaq win they won a le
did you say duncan would the spurs to les without david?
He's an all star PG, that's it. Tony is not now, nor will he ever be a legendary player. The best of Tony does not have half the impact the best of Tim did on the Spurs in his heyday. And comparing Tony to Kobe, WTF?? He might be the 2nd best PG in the league, but he is 2nd to Paul by a lot..
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