21.1 ppg, on .551% shooting, (.450% from 3), .871% FT, and 7.4 assists pg against 2.3 TO pg. in December.
Lookin' Good TP.
when the playoffs start parker should pass the ball instead of taking that j from the ft line with under 1 minute left ........ it never works .....
DAMN what a hero
cue TDMVPDPOY with his fkn wanker scrub talk
oh wait
If the jumper isn't heavily contested I'll take it over any play other than an easy layup/dunk.
Parker is money on those now and has already won games with them
He needs to figure out Sefolosha, tbh...
Ginobili needs to figure out Barnes tbh
until then clippers will beat us when ginobili s the bed after the starters do work
I honestly don't think that he can, do you? I mean, he would have already done it if he could...you know that about him. But he needs some help. I think that it is going to take our bigs really blocking for him to free him up. We have relied on his speed to free things up for other spurs, but against OKC it doesn't work because all of their team members are so quick they can negate his speed, and Sefalosha is their Bowen. He is long and athletic AND quick. We never adjusted last year in the WC after they put Sefalosha on him, but we should have.
In an earlier era for the spurs, our bigs essentially played the role of blocking tackle for our guards going to the basket. I remember that as bad as Nesterovich was in most respects, he was a decent blocking guard. There was another one but I can't call his name at the time. Bottom line, with Duncan moving away from the basket for his points, we are losing some offensive rebounds and the blocking ability for the guards. Perhaps Splitter can be trained to do that, I don't know, but really we have to do something different than we have been doing or we will go down again.
^^^^^Having said all that, give Tony the props he deserves for having had a great December. In order to have the semblance of a lack of bias, you have to give credit when credit is due, and the man had a terrific month.
If you think Tony has that compe ive fire to overcome challenges as they present themselves, and seeing he's in the prime of his career, I see no reason why Tony couldn't raise his game and overcome adversity. If you think he doesn't have that kind of fire in him, then he probably won't.
Finals MVP says he knows how to elevate his game. Parker is going to be phenomenal in these playoffs, probably the best Tony we'll ever see.
Yup
Great numbers for a non-playoff month
He didn't have to elevate his game in the sense the poster above is describing. This is about talent level. It's not a knock on TP who is an amazing player and top 3 PG. But he isn't so talented that he can just beat any game plan. You can take TP out of a series (like Phil used to do with TP and how OKC did last year) if your game plan is to stop him. That is what they mean I think.
Fair enough, but I think his game has rounded out enough to really make him almost impossible to stop. He's hitting long range and even 3s this year with accuracy.
Finals MVP means he knows how to elevate his game against the Booby Gibson of the league. Certainly not his fault that was the matchup. I hope he does have phenomenal playoffs, especially against Sefolosha. This Spurs team needs that to advance.
Elnono with the I refuse to give tp props schtick.
No schtickk necessary. I think Parker still needs to prove he can lead his team past adversity in the playoffs as the #1 option (which he pretty much is now). Shouldn't be that difficult, all he needs to do is keep doing what he's been doing all season long..
the scrub who crumbles when teams adjust to him...
still gettin exposed as usual when they put someone bigger on him
dont really care what he scores, when the other guy scores the same amount...
Tony is a point guard, which essentially disqualifies him from being the best player on a le team, tbh..
He needs to perform better in the playoffs(relative to the past few seasons), but Duncan needs to be the best player on the team if the Spurs are going to seriously compete for a le..
the problem has never been duncan, its the other wankers on the team that stop feeding him the ball when he already got going, cant afford to give up possessions for other clowns to get going bricking houses, last 2 seasons in the playoffs is a good example when he got going in the first quarter only to become another player on the court for the rest of the games....i blame the heroes on the team
TP has been awesome this month and is having again a heck of a season.
Huge props to him.
Cant wait for the playoffs to start, this way those premature ejac TP appreciation threads will stop
That's the problem I have with him being #1. He hasn't shown he can adjust to any defense. It's tricky relying on TP to be the #1 if it won't work in the playoffs. That essentially accounts for why we've been disappointed in the playoffs the last 5-6 years. We've being playing a style of play in the regular season that won't work in the playoffs. However relying on TD has shown the ability to work in the regular season and playoffs.
If anything TP single-handedly made the spurs contenders again by both calling out the FO and elevating his level of play.
Besides not his fault our genius coach of the year allowed the Thunder to switch the D on TP by having Green next to him like he does this year once again...
No point guard can lead an average team to a le, but this year for the first time in his career TP might just be the best point guard in the nba with Rose out and Deron playing like ... It comes down to CP3 and TP, not sure you can ask for much more... Give him a good-to-great frontline who can dominate defensively like this might be the case this year year and good things will happen. Sounds like another team led by a PG a few years ago...
That said I think we're at least one big away from having a legit shot and I very much doubt Splitter is the answer vs the Thunder, too slow to close out on Ibaka, tend to get blocked at the rim and so on... Let's trade SJax and/or some guards for a monkeyballer and I'd like our chances better.
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