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The main article on Hoopsworld.com is about San Antonio and Tony Parker. Could someone post that article for discussion?
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"Hoopsworld" makes the NEW YORK POST seem like The New York Times.
Hoopsworld is a joke.
Here's an exercise:
Pick seven random English words and put them next to each other. Put a period at the end. That sentence you just formed has more substance and is more reliable than the whole Hoopsworld site.
Has Tony Parker, the weak spot in the Spurs' rotation, won his last championship ring? It appears the Spurs are interested in pursuing other options at the point. Read all about it in this special offseason edition of . . .The Texas Triangle.
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well i would certainly like to read the article.. even if its .. can somebody post it?
They have another article on the frontpage en led:
"Trailblazers: Champions in '08.....Count on it"
Sounds like your laptop needs a new battery. Be sure to take you wallet to the store.
I guess you guys are going to have to pay for their content if you want to read it. I don't think anyone here has a subscription.
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I don't think there is any way that Parker gets moved. They did all they could this past offseason to resign him. If they were not sure he would be the PG of the future, they would have let him walk this year.
The Spurs could threepeat and there would still be rumours about TP being moved.
Go figure . . .
I guess there is just nothing else to talk about.
Well even if they are crap the article still could have some points...Someone gonna post it?
This guy is an excellent writer - I have met him and he is a fan of Spurs basketball and their style of play (although his primary team is the Rockets).
Bill predicted the Spurs to win way back this year and stuck with it. Also, has credible sources in my opinion (by the way pick up a copy of his mag - Swish!) HINT = IT IS FREE - see web link below to order.
Bill is not one to speculate without good reason and this story might well have "legs".
See story below:
"The San Antonio Spurs are sitting pretty. Coming off of their second NBA championship in the Tim Duncan era, the Spurs have put the pieces in place that would seem to make them the odds-on favorites to win the Western Conference and the NBA le for years to come. Tim Duncan is certainly not going anywhere. He's signed through the 2007 season with a player option for 2008. The news is that the team has already lined up the man who will help extend Duncan's career. Manu Ginobili, who is quickly becoming the international equivalent of Michael Jordan (at least in terms of marketing), inked a fresh deal last summer that will keep him in black and white through the 2010 season. With those two in place, the Spurs have the foundation for many championships.
Some would say that Tony Parker's contract, which goes until 2011, gives the Spurs three solid rocks upon which to build a dynasty. Up until the Finals I would have been one of those people. Parker fell apart in the playoffs last season, but every player has a bad series. it's up to his teammates to pick him up and keep the team moving forward. The blame for the failure of the Spurs in the Lakers series of '04 cannot rest on Parker's shoulders alone. What is of concern, however, is the fact that Parker fell apart again this season - waiting until the late games of the Finals series to do it. His failure to show meant that guys like Robert Horry and Manu Ginobili had to make up for his lack of participation. It also showed the Spurs that perhaps they should consider going in a different direction at point guard.
The NBA Draft is a great place to meet people and talk about the game from the markets that don't usually get together to chat over a beer. We pass them in the locker room as we try to get to whichever player is giving an interview, but we don't spend a lot of time just chatting about the game. While there, we learned that Terry Stotts would be the next head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks, for instance. Milwaukee has been pursuing Flip Saunders, but the word from every team Saunders has spoken to is that he's not really serious about coaching this season. If Saunders opts to take a year off Stotts will be the man in Milwaukee. Lots of other tidbits came and went, some interesting, some purely speculation, and some just guys talking. Then one conversation suddenly turned to the San Antonio Spurs. My ears perked up.
An agent who is affiliated with one of the top point guards in the draft, under the condition that he remain nameless, hinted very strongly that the Spurs were very close to pulling a huge deal that would have shocked everyone. I asked if it involved Duncan or Manu and he said it did not - and that he couldn't say anything else about it. Clearly there is only one other person the Spurs could trade that would have shocked anyone - and the fact that this person is associated with a prominent college point guard only strengthens the feeling that Tony Parker was the one on the block. So I ask the question: Has Tony Parker won his last ring?
Forgetting for a moment the embarrassment of watching Parker get outplayed by the aging Derrick Fisher in 2004, let's look at what Tony did in the playoffs this year. The first round saw Tony step up in games four and five. After looking like that miserable Parker of the '04 playoffs through the first three games (collectively 16-46 from the field for 34%), Parker finally arrived in 2005 with back-to-back outstanding games. In Game Four he scored 29 points, dished seven assists, and committed only two turnovers. He even hit 6-of-7 from the foul line. In Game Five his free throws went south (2-7), but he still dropped in 21 points to go with seven assists. He shot 20-of-36 in the last two games of the Denver series, good for 56%.
Parker started the second round the way he finished the first, making us thing that perhaps he had shrugged off his playoff doldrums. He scored 29 points in Game One against Seattle and 22 and 18 in the next two games. He committed just six turnovers over that span and dished out 18 assists. Unfortunately, when it came time to put the Sonics away Tony ran away and hid. He scored just 12.3 points per game over the last three contests of the series, he shot 38% from the field, and he was much less aggressive, as demonstrated by his nine trips to the line over those last three games. It didn't bode well for a player who was about to match up with the league's MVP.
When the Western Conference Finals started and Steve Nash welcomed Tony Parker to Phoenix, the young man from France showed no fear at all in the face of his daunting defensive assignment. Nash pretty much had his way with Tony, but the Spurs point guard gave as good as he got. Parker matched Nash point for point - they each had 29 - and helped the San Antonio defense force Nash into six turnovers while drawing five fouls. He then scored 24 points on 12-of-20 from the field as the Spurs swept the Suns in their series-opening homestand. Tony was brilliant, shooting 60% from the field and helping the Spurs shock the world at how fluidly and easily they could score the ball. As before, however, the more important the games became, the worse Tony played. As the series played out his shooting dropped off (35% on 16 points per over games 3, 4, and 5) and he turned the ball over at a pace of four per game while he averaged just 4.6 assists. He didn't earn a single trip to foul line in the deciding Game Five.
The NBA Finals was a completely different story. No strong start, no heroic moments, and only one decent offensive performance in a game that was a washout for the Spurs. Granted, playing against Chauncey Billups is much different from playing against Steve Nash, Andre Miller, or Luke Ridnour. Billups is arguably the best defensive point guard in the league, and when he is determined to get to the hole there aren't many people who can impede his progress. Faced with the kind of intensity that an NBA Finals MVP brings, Parker all but disappeared for seven games. The Pistons lagged off of Parker, using Billups to help double team Duncan in the post, and dared him to shoot. They didn't let him get into the paint, and after the first game he didn't really even try to force the issue. His three-point game is still in progress (we hope) and his free throw shooting reached new lows in the Finals, making Parker a virtual non-en y throughout the series. In Game Seven we began hoping he would get in foul trouble so he could stop turning the ball over. When the Spurs needed to stop Billups one last time in the waning moments, it was Bruce Bowen, not Parker who got the call. Tony averaged 13.9 points, 3.4 assists, and 3.14 turnovers per game in the Finals, while shooting 46% from the field, 14% from three, and 44% from the foul line.
Tony Parker is simply not a clutch performer. He has his nights, and has shown Spurs fans some moments of brilliance. He had some excellent games early in series throughout the playoffs, but when you talk about the kind of player who you want to be quarterbacking your team in the NBA Finals, Parker is simply not a guy who comes to mind. Gregg Popovich is mindful of this. He knows what he has and where his weaknesses are. He also knows that the more the Spurs have to call on Tim Duncan to make up for the lack of effort from someone else, the shorter Duncan's career is going to be. Clearly the Spurs would jump at the chance to bring in a better defender, a better shooter, and a tougher guard at the point. It appears they made an attempt to do so on draft night. We can only assume that they will continue to pursue other options as free agency sets in.
The San Antonio Spurs are going to win several more championships before Duncan and Ginobili take seats in the Hall of Fame. The question remains, however: has Tony Parker won his last ring?
Bill "The Rocket Guy" Ingram is Executive Editor for NEWS@ HOOPSWORLD.COM and Swish Magazine and covers the Rockets, Mavs, and Spurs for Basketball News Services.
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This is as stupid as it gets - If he remotely knows anything about NBA, he wouldn;t have asked "I asked if it involved Duncan or Manu and he said it did not" - such a piece of sh!t.An agent who is affiliated with one of the top point guards in the draft, under the condition that he remain nameless, hinted very strongly that the Spurs were very close to pulling a huge deal that would have shocked everyone. I asked if it involved Duncan or Manu and he said it did not - and that he couldn't say anything else about it. Clearly there is only one other person the Spurs could trade that would have shocked anyone - and the fact that this person is associated with a prominent college point guard only strengthens the feeling that Tony Parker was the one on the block. So I ask the question: Has Tony Parker won his last ring?
Bill wrote what he could on this story. Read it and see he did not say Parker was to be traded only that it was a potentiality (which it is in my opinion).
Why is this such inane supposition - do you think that Buford/Pop would not pull a trade to improve team no matter who?
But the fact is he ed up a story that is attached with the champions - and that he knew u can write a piece with a guaranteed reading from the NBA fans
There is absolutely no substance to that article other than the Spurs might make a trade this off-season. Crock of article.
Couldn't find anything else to write about, huh?
"An agent who is affiliated with one of the top point guards in the draft, under the condition that he remain nameless, hinted very strongly that the Spurs were very close to pulling a huge deal that would have shocked everyone. I asked if it involved Duncan or Manu and he said it did not - and that he couldn't say anything else about it."
This agent couldn't be IceColdBrewski, could it?
what's so stupid about it? if you were at the draft and you heard the same stuff that he did wouldn't you ask who gets traded? sometimes your first reaction would be to ask if your top players won't get traded. (because you don't want them to)... it makes sense for him to ask this question since he covers the texas teams and on the past offseasons Dallas let steve nash go and Houston traded mobley and francis?
i guess hearsay ain't much of a source but at least he clarified how he got the info and just speculated on what he knew about the source. IMO it's a good article considering he made the foundation really clear its a lot better than the SAS breaks.
Whatever, suggest you all meet/read more by this guy before jumping on him? Again, he is a big fan of the Spurs organization. He also puts a lot of time in on the NBA and has lots of sources from the magazine etc.
By the way had dinner with Bill the night before the draft at ESPN Zone in NY - lots of good info on the NBA gleamed from him and other writers/editors.
when did Peter Vescey start writing for Hoopsworld?
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