Parker should be our 6th man when he comes back.

[TD 21]

Playing Parker off the ball is stupid, because he's not a great spot up shooter, has limited range on his jump shot and his greatest strength, which is handling the ball and creating, either for himself or others, would be limited.

[TMTTRIO]

If Manu goes back to the bench don't expect him to play like he has been playing and expect him to drop it down a notch (although with a contract on the line somewhere he may). I've never understood how people can say he's a better player off the bench. He seems to step it up to a higher level when starting. If we're going to bring Tony back and start him I hope he's 100% and score at will like he has been doing otherwise it's going to be a mess if we get ourselves in a hole and can't bring ourselves out of it. I kind of like the idea of starting the guys who we have now and allowing Tony to do all the scoring coming off the bench.

[DesignatedT]

If Manu goes back to the bench don't expect him to play like he has been playing and expect him to drop it down a notch (although with a contract on the line somewhere he may). I've never uunderstood how people can say he's a better player off the bench. He seems to step it up to a higher level when starting. If we're going to bring Tony back and start him I hope he's 100% and score at will like he has been doing otherwise it's going to be a mess if we get ourselves in a hole and can't bring ourselves out of it. I kind of like the idea of starting the guys who we have now and allowing Tony to do all the scoring coming off the bench.

lol of course his production will drop off a little bit... he wont have to carry the tam by himself anymore.... which is a good thing. manu will be manu whether hes coming off the bench or not. important part is he will be in the game when it counts

[HarlemHeat37]

-According to the stats, the Spurs 3 best lineups this season all involve Tony Parker..so much for that..

-When has Manu ever had any problems playing with TP..seriously?..Manu plays better without him?..no, Manu has better stats without him, because he touches the ball more, which happens with every team in the NBA for obvious reasons..I'd rather Manu have worse stats(PPG, APG) and less workload, for obvious reasons..

-People that are saying the Spurs are "playing better" now are ignoring some key aspects from earlier in the season..Manu was an average player for the entire year up until the 2nd half of the season, this obviously had a huge impact..Jefferson was still finding his role and playing soft, even when the Spurs started increasing his workload..he's clearly finding his way better than he did earlier..are you guys blaming Tony Parker for Manu and RJ struggling earlier in the season?..that wouldn't make any sense at all, especially when it comes to Manu..

I'm not advocating anything here, I could see it going either way, but let's stop making up..

[benefactor]

You guys act like he didn't break his shooting hand and will be in perfect game shape as soon as he walks on the floor.

[Big Empty]

I can see Parker feeling like he has something to prove if we bring him off the bench and ballhogging. I say after a few tune up games, start Parker and Hill and Bring Manu And Jefferson off the bench

[jjktkk]

If Manu goes back to the bench don't expect him to play like he has been playing and expect him to drop it down a notch (although with a contract on the line somewhere he may). I've never understood how people can say he's a better player off the bench. He seems to step it up to a higher level when starting. If we're going to bring Tony back and start him I hope he's 100% and score at will like he has been doing otherwise it's going to be a mess if we get ourselves in a hole and can't bring ourselves out of it. I kind of like the idea of starting the guys who we have now and allowing Tony to do all the scoring coming off the bench.

Manu is Manu, whether hes starting, or coming off the bench. He excels in both roles. I only advocated Manu returning to his 6th man role because he has proven that he can thrive in the 6th man role and he improves the Spurs bench. I don't know if Parker can have the same impact, playing the 6th male role like Ginoboli can.

[Jekka]

You guys act like he didn't break his shooting hand and will be in perfect game shape as soon as he walks on the floor.

No.

You guys act like he wasn't All NBA last year. George Hill can win MIP every year for the rest of his career and still not be as good as Parker.

-Manny

[benefactor]

No.

You guys act like he wasn't All NBA last year. George Hill can win MIP every year for the rest of his career and still not be as good as Parker.

-Manny

Last year doesn't have anything to do with him breaking his shooting hand and only having a couple of games before the playoffs to get in game shape and find his shot...a shot that has already been a bit up and down this year.

[Josepatches_]

The team is playing great with Manu at point.That's true.We defeated the Cavs & The Magic.

Manu has 80% of the time the balls in his hands. He is scoring after dribble.Not catch & shoot.

When Tony was the point he had the ball most of the time too.


So that's something to fix.If TP can play a role like George Hill he could be a starter with Manu being the leader of the team.But if he wants to play like he always did the We had a problem with that

Put TP as starter in the role of Hill and the team will play as well.

Now we have something that it's working.There's not time to change it in the playoffs.It would be stupid.
So the question is to add TP without change the actual gameplay of the team.He can't be the former Parker.He can start off the bench or to play a secondary role like Tim while Manu runs the show.

[santymrc]

Is anyone there still wanting to put Manu on the bench?
Run for your livessss!!! hahaha.

[kaji157]

I think the rotation is settled and either Parker comes off the bench or starts with Manu as in 2005 where he had the ball in his hands at the begining of the quarter and at the end it was Manu´s.

Very few people remember that that year Manu had probably his best PO and those were starting with Parker as a sidekick.

For whatever reason Parker seems to be unable to penetrate if he doesn´t dribble the ball 10 seconds before it, but when he and Ginobili played alongside, they assisted each othr very well for backdoors and also for penetration-kickout-penetration as Manu does with RJ.

[chazley]

After some thought, I believe Hill is best suited to come off the bench in a 7-man rotation with Parker/Gino/RJ/Duncan/McDyess starting. Bonner/Hill getting major minutes with Bogans/Hairston getting spot minutes. Mason just isn't effective at all.

[Johnny RIngo]

I can see Parker feeling like he has something to prove if we bring him off the bench and ballhogging. I say after a few tune up games, start Parker and Hill and Bring Manu And Jefferson off the bench

If this means inserting Bogans in the starting lineup then NO.

[duncan228]

Tonight.

Popovich said before the game that Parker is still on track to return as early as the final week of the regular season.