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No. He might turn out to be a good starting PG, but I doubt he even makes an all-star game with how stacked this era is with great PGs. I dont think he'll ever be as good as even Parker much less the top guns.
Is it possible that Conley is simply the next big thing and we're not giving him enough credit? If so, then we can't be as hard on Tony since his matchup with Conley may very well have been a symbolic passing of the torch from one great PG to the next great PG of the future...
No. He might turn out to be a good starting PG, but I doubt he even makes an all-star game with how stacked this era is with great PGs. I dont think he'll ever be as good as even Parker much less the top guns.
Conley didn't do anything spectacular. He just made open jump shots, took care of the ball, made the right passes, and played hard defense. He played a solid floor game. The elite pg's in the league can beat you with the score of the assist. Since Parker's assists mainly come from his ability to score he hurts the team when he can't do that efficiently. It's why the Spurs tried to get Kidd back in '03.
To me, being able to pull off all that you just said of Conley, excluding the assist skills of Kidd, still makes Conley pretty darn good. I would say he's knocking on the door of very very good status and may have what it takes to get there soon.
If Parker plays anywhere near his normal, Spurs win vs MEM. He shouldn't have 3 straight bad games in the playoffs when Manu is hurt and TD is old and Mike Conley is guarding him. I remember times when he couldn't even bring the ball up the court - that's inexcusable for a playoff vet to get so flustered. Him and Pop trotting out Bonner and Blair/benching Splitter for 3 games were the major reasons for them losing.
^Pop can cut the mus no more.
That doesn't make any sense
I'll say it again. Bonner is not out there if Parker had a jumpshot; Jefferson is not in the corner all the time if Parker had court-vision.
When your main offensive weapon has weaknesses like that, you are forced to work around it. If you put Splitter and Duncan together for long periods of time then Parker can't roam the lane as freely which debugs the Spurs inside/outside offense.
Parker enables Bonner to get minutes and reduces RJ to a corner 3pt shooter. Everyone else (Manu and Time) can adjust to different styles of play but Parker can only play one way. Parker has no plan B if teams take away his paths to the basket and due to his lack of passing ability he forces everyone to stand around the 3pt line so he knows where to make the passes. The guy should at least be able to find RJ for an alley-oop without a set play.
Thats why, I dont mind trading Parker. Spurs need to bend over backwards and do whatever is nessecary to get chris paul. After that, they can get all the different role players the Spurs need. a 2/3 defensive stopper, a mobile 4 and a hulking 5 to guard the bynums. All the players mentioned are available on the cheap, you just need a point guard that can shoot and stir the pot offensively.
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