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MVP candidate? Yes, no question
But they won't give it to him
Is there someone on ST who is an ESPN Insider and could post the whole article please?
Thanks.
MVP candidate? Yes, no question
But they won't give it to him
you drunk ?
didn't know Sequ is a writer for BSPN
No, but I'm stoned out of my minded
If things go right, nobody on the Spurs should be even close to any MVP discussion.
If any one person is garnering those kinds of stats, then that means there's been a major injury.
http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=166858
this is funny because someone started a thread about this last night except for another player on the team
TP might nose in the discussion, but he won't get it . . . He and RJ are strong candidates for MIP though.
love will get mip
Only if Spurs have 71-1 season
Parker's arguably not even the MVP of the Spurs, its 1A and 1B between him and Ginobili and I'm leaning towards Manu since he not only has the stats but the closer/clutch factor and being the leader in the huddles.
I wouldn't be surprised to see them get some MVP votes, I think Manu got one last year lol, but right now the likely MVP is between CP3 and Dwight Howard.
lol 81-1
I think both him and Manu will be on the very very early discussion. At the same time i think this will be the perfect argument for the media to cancel each other out.
I think both have a chance to make the All-NBA second or third team. Maybe even voted in by the coaches to the ASG if we keep this peace, as all coaches are seeing how TP-MG backcourt is destroying every team without Duncan being a force inside, the same way the Pistons got 4 All-Stars on coach voting.
This, except that to me it has been Parker 1A and Manu 1B, besides the mere fact of having Duncan on the team will take a lot of MVP hype out of Tony or Manu or any other Spur player not name Duncan.
I guarantee they won't have a 71-1 season...since they play 82 games.
So nobody has acces to the article?
LOL bah je crois qu'il va falloir raquer pedro !
ben merde alors...
You know that contract hangover theory? It doesn't apply to Tony Parker.
At the end of October, the San Antonio Spurs re-upped with their star point guard for a four-year, $50 million extension that should keep him in a Spurs uniform through 2014-15. Three weeks later, the Spurs boast the league's best record of 12-1 -- and Parker, who is currently sporting the league's ninth-highest player efficiency rating, is a huge reason why.
In the midst of a 10-game winning streak, the Spurs have stormed out of the gate in multiple ways. Just two seasons ago, the Spurs were the fourth-slowest team in the NBA, averaging 90.4 possessions per game. This year? They have cranked out an extra 7.4 possessions per game with predominantly the same core. Don't look now, but the Spurs are actually outpacing the Phoenix Suns in the speed game, ranking seventh in possessions per game with 97.8 to the Suns' 97.3.
So what changed? The Spurs are unleashing the blow-by speed of Parker outside of the half court.
People tend to forget that Parker is only 28 years old. It's easy to lump him in the same age bracket as Manu Ginobili and Tim Duncan, since they've played together for so long. But Ginobili and Duncan have five years on Parker, which makes an enormous difference in this league. So instead of catering to their mid-30s stars, the Spurs embraced the fact that they possess one of the league's fastest point guards in his prime, who also happens to represent the future of the franchise.
By putting Parker in the driver's seat, the Spurs have seen their transition game make up 13.3 percent of the team's offense, according to Synergy data, up dramatically from their 9.4 percent rate last season. Teams find it hard enough to stay in front of Parker in the half court, but the Spurs are leveraging the three-time All-Star's speed and quickness in traffic where there's no safety net in the form of defensive rotations. Flying in transition, Parker doesn't have to cir vent two or three defenders on his way to the rack anymore.
You'll notice this season that the Spurs have been pushing the ball off defensive rebounds, but more importantly, they're also getting turnovers, which trigger the run-and-gun style of play. Causing turnovers was a sore spot for the Spurs last season, as they ranked third to last in opponent turnover percentage. This season, the Spurs have jumped 15 spots in the rankings on their way to a 14.3 percent opponent turnover rate.
Once again, Parker is leading the way. Parker was vocal this offseason about his newfound dedication to the defensive side of the ball, but those proclamations usually end up being contract propaganda. In Parker's case, though, it was more than just talk. The 6-foot-2 point guard has been far more active in passing lanes this season. Whether it's intercepting entry passes to bigger point guards trying to body him up -- which happened more than once against Deron Williams on Friday night -- or picking off a lazy swing pass, we're seeing an offseason promise actually come to fruition on the court. With 26 steals this season, the normally undisruptive point guard is just three steals away from eclipsing his 2009-10 total after just 13 games, while ranking ninth in the NBA with 2.0 steals per game.
Parker utilizes a lightning-quick first step to destroy his man off the dribble, but it never seemed to translate on the defensive end. Similar accelerators like Dwyane Wade, Chris Paul and Rajon Rondo perennially rank atop the steals leaderboard, but Parker was the rare case in which a devastating first step vanished on the other side of the ball. Not anymore.
As is always the case with Parker, however, we have to complement our compliments with a caution: He can't seem to stay healthy for a full season. Over the previous three seasons, he has missed about 16 games per season and perennially battles a fragile left ankle. But he seems to be fully healthy after suffering a broken right hand in March and has shown zero signs of slowing down at age 28.
While Ginobili is in the midst of another spectacular season, the Spurs have redefined themselves through Parker's play on both ends of the floor. These aren't the same ol' Spurs, and if MVP voters are looking for the most valuable and transformative player on the league's best team -- which is often the case -- then it's time we recognize Parker as a legitimate MVP candidate in the early going.
Tom Haberstroh is a writer for ESPN Insider and ESPN.com's Heat Index.
tony is earning the praise, but I agree with others that it has been him and manu together, I dont think you can even call it 1a 1b, they're both playing at a great level. on defense both of them are hounding the other team into a lot of mistakes, when they do it simultaneously it causes havoc, IMO that is the main difference with other seasons.
Il suffit d'être patient...
Thanks Diego!
OR 71 -11 not bad at all.
No, thats 71 wins, 1 loss and 10 ties
Putain les gars un article sur tp mvp on aura tout vu! Moi je dis que tp devrait divorcer tous les ans.
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