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You mad..... TP not passing the ball to the open man???? Impossible.
So many times I see Blair with great position, sometimes just open, under the basket and Parker SEES him but either passes to someone else or keeps dribbling until he finds a path to the basket.
WTF.
You mad..... TP not passing the ball to the open man???? Impossible.
you want to pass to an undersized rookie with no acls...yeah okay dummy...that's why you don't play basketball
Parker does this all the time. He doesn't have very good vision, IMO. That's what keeps him from truly being an elite PG. He's a great scoring PG, but he's not great in the passing department, IMO. That's what separates guys like Nash and CP3 from TP.
Ya, sure, don't pass to a guy who scores on 56.3% of his field goal attempts. What a smart guy.you want to pass to an undersized rookie with no acls...yeah okay dummy...that's why you don't play basketball
I've been REALLY noticing this since Blair has started logging heavy minutes. He did pass to him once tonight, but probably the previous 10 games, the only time he EVER passes to Blair is if he is the big at the top of the circle to start the play. Manu's figured out that the kid has great hands, and is padding his assist stats to Blair.
Blame Pop, who has hounded TP into always looking for his offense first. This is the result.
Yeah.... but our big boy missed two open dunks tonight...
This is not news... the problem is that by noticing and mentioning things like that will quickly get you tagged a Parker-hater around here...
Passing to McDyess after penetration (even when is open) should be banned. Reason: turnover.
He was clearly fouled on one of them, and I'll take some missed dunks if he shoots 56%. For having very little NBA experience, he's a pretty decent finisher most of the time.Yeah.... but our big boy missed two open dunks tonight...
It sucks because it's not like Parker can't make the passes..he makes great passes to Duncan all the time..obviously he has more chemistry with Tim, but he should at least be building some with Blair..
I get it... but man... I was already celebrating those points.....
The ty thing is that Parker has better rapport with Dice, and Manu with Blair, but they seem to wind up paired opposite of that most of the time, with Tony ignoring Blair, and Manu sliding passes off of Dice's greasy mitts.
Well tonight I really sold me on that Parker doesn't make those passes because he is too hampered to. A lot of those open looks a HEALTHY Parker would have made. He would have had that extra step to wiggle more room to dish out the assist. You watch him this year and he tries to make those plays and he's well off a step or two behind himself and turns it over.
And the sad part is that Blair has probably been the second best big, at least consistency wise, all season. If anyone deserves being hooked up a little for working hard, it's him.
But Eva cooks him dinner.
Probably just an oversight seeing as how he only had 2 assists total.
Apparently plantar fasciitis prevents passing to Blair.
Agreed. Maybe Blair could teach Dice how to catch a ing Manu's pass. It's getting disgusting.
Great point.
And yeah, TP needs to start trusting Blair. It's obvious that TP doesn't trust him yet.
Well, then Pop has to command TP to look more for Blair when he's right under the rim and tell Dice that Manu ain't gonna tell him to catch the ball before passing it.
There are certain passes Tony can't make especially from the top of the key on a pick and roll...maybe because of his size, don't know. He passes well when driving and a defender comes at him but his range of passing is limited, unlike Manu who can make all the passes, even the ill advised ones that make you cringe.
I'm finding myself becoming less and less please with Tony Parker's mental state. As much as I admired the guy for putting up career numbers last year, I am almost equally as disappointed with him this year, and it's not just with his lack of production. Tony's mind just doesn't seem to be in it this season.
The French national team - this is a no-brainer. Tony saw what happened to Manu when he played over the summer. He should know that a body can't survive playing basketball around the clock. And yet he did it anyway, and his body is paying for it now.
Looking to pass - Pop can probably be blamed for this one as well, but Tony's desire to get his teammates involved has hindered the team more than it has helped. When Tony isn't looking to drive to the hoop and let the passing come to him, his game suffers. His assist-to-turnover ratio has been atrocious, and he just looks out of sync at times. Considering he is supposed to be our engine, that can't happen
Concealing his injuries - I assume that the Spurs FO new about his plantar fasciitis before the public did, but I have to wonder by how much. Tony told Elliott in an interview that it's "gotten better over the past month", so you have to wonder if he has been struggling all season. If so, should he have asked Pop for rest earlier? Now we're to the point where we can't really afford to sit him for long, but we also can't afford to have a Jekyll-and-Hyde Parker, where you never know if you're gonna get quickfoot or slowfoot on the court.
Focus on the court - let's just say it doesn't always seem to be there.
Falling in love with the jumper - Unless he's on the break, it seems like Tony has backed off of the drive, and is settling on the jumper more. That would be fine if his jumper was falling like last season. Fact of the matter: it's not.
Lack of cohesion with his teammates - People have already mentioned Tony not looking for Blair. Now it also seems like he's having a hard time getting Jefferson the ball in good spots. Really, the only people Tony looks comfortable playing with are Tim and Manu, which I guess isn't a huge surprise, but also isn't a good sign for a "point guard".
Granted, Tony probably has the hardest adjustment on this team, trying to integrate all of these new pieces and spread the scoring load that was pretty much all on him last season. It's fair to expect a learning curve, but this has been dragging out for a while. The Spurs can't afford to have any of the Big 3 coming up as a question mark come playoff time.
There's no doubt this kid is being ignored by Parker and others on the starting unit.
Many times I see Blair being the first or second guy down court. He's ususally hustling his ass off to get downcourt and into the paint, with both arms outstretched and a wide-eyed look on his face. He's trying to attract the attention of TP or whoever is leading the break. Too often, he's ignored.
Even in the half-court offense, there are numerous occasions that he's open flashing across the lane or on the pick-n-roll. No one gets him the ball. Too often, he's ignored.
With the way this guy hustles and hits the glass, he should be rewarded more frequently. A true pass-first, PG would know and understand this. As brilliant of a coach as Pop is, I don't understand why he doesn't harp on this. Other than Manu, no one seems to look for the guy on a consistent basis.
Looking for Blair in transition would provide even more quick opportunity baskets, for a team that sometimes struggles to keep leads. If the Spurs would look for this guy more, he would probably average double figures for this team.
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