McDonald: Spurs' Jefferson stuck in neutral

[portnoy1]

Now to praise TP. In the 1st quarter he had 6ast and if i can remember no pts. He wasnt just driving the lane trying to score and kicking out, he was looking ahead for RJ, he threw the first lob of the season to RJ and he looked for RJ in the post. He also look to pass to the guys who rolled in off pick n rolls, as opposed to coming off driving full speed to the cup. Best game of the season for Tony. After the first quarter he kinda went back to his old self but he made sure to get everyone some touches in that 1st quarter, which helped to keep everyone kinda in a groove for the game. If Parker simply looks for around he can have an easy night like this, almost every night. he also went back to the teardrop and came off some cuts and got feeds from manu for some easy buckets instead of going 1 on 5. Once again RJ played great, but Parker to me was th most consistent guy all night, and set the table for everyone DWill style.

[TJastal]

Now to praise TP. In the 1st quarter he had 6ast and if i can remember no pts. He wasnt just driving the lane trying to score and kicking out, he was looking ahead for RJ, he threw the first lob of the season to RJ and he looked for RJ in the post. He also look to pass to the guys who rolled in off pick n rolls, as opposed to coming off driving full speed to the cup. Best game of the season for Tony. After the first quarter he kinda went back to his old self but he made sure to get everyone some touches in that 1st quarter, which helped to keep everyone kinda in a groove for the game. If Parker simply looks for around he can have an easy night like this, almost every night. he also went back to the teardrop and came off some cuts and got feeds from manu for some easy buckets instead of going 1 on 5. Once again RJ played great, but Parker to me was th most consistent guy all night, and set the table for everyone DWill style.

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It was almost as if a little light bulb has went off in Tony Parker's head. He's starting to realize he's at that point of his career that he's going to have to stop throwing his body around on constant reckless drives to the basket. The fact that they aren't producing the desired results like back when he was 22 years old is fueling that as well.

I think he's starting to realize that being a one man show is only going to carry the team so far and its going to end up with his body physically decimated as he gets older. Being more selective and mixing it up more so teams can't key in on his drives so much. Now they gotta worry about Tony Parker, the passer.

I think Manu is starting to go through the same thing too. Both of them can be outstanding passers but have been so good at getting their own offense for so long there was never a focus on passing. But now the situation is starting to demand that both of them take a step back and start getting others involved. The great thing is, they both have always shown the ability at times to be great passers, so the transitions should be easy.

[Flux451]

needs to keep driving into the hole and everyone will be happy.

[dbestpro]

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it was almost as if a little light bulb has went off in tony parker's head. He's starting to realize he's at that point of his career that he's going to have to stop throwing his body around on constant reckless drives to the basket. The fact that they aren't producing the desired results like back when he was 22 years old is fueling that as well.

I think he's starting to realize that being a one man show is only going to carry the team so far and its going to end up with his body physically decimated as he gets older. Being more selective and mixing it up more so teams can't key in on his drives so much. Now they gotta worry about tony parker, the passer.

I think manu is starting to go through the same thing too. Both of them can be outstanding passers but have been so good at getting their own offense for so long there was never a focus on passing. But now the situation is starting to demand that both of them take a step back and start getting others involved. The great thing is, they both have always shown the ability at times to be great passers, so the transitions should be easy.

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