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Playoff form tbh
It's clear he doesn't have his legs all the way back yet but he still moved better than he's had for the past couple weeks. And he made up for his lack of burst with smart decision-making and some nice passes. The fact that there are no back-to-backs will have to give TP a good chance to get to 100% as the playoffs go on. But that's what my eyes see. What do the rest of you think about TP's condition right now and moving forward?
Playoff form tbh
Wasn't there some Skip Bayless "source" a few weeks ago that said Tony's ankle won't recover until after the season when he could be off it for a length of time?? That's when ole Skip jumped off our bandwagon. I have no idea if he can get near 100% while playing or not. Surely a short first round would give him more time to rest, but would it be enough? No idea.
To me, he seemed to have more burst than the last few games. So maybe he's progressing. Wednesday will be interesting.
I'd say more 80-85%
70% at best right now
He's basically a jump shooter atm
I liked the lift he got on his jumpers, but his speed is below par for our expectations. No way to tell right now quite yet, IMHO.
I don't know where he got his "source" but I found his tweet about it: https://twitter.com/RealSkipBayless/...74567519232000
Whatever is the truth, we need him at or very near 100% for any le hopes but if 39 year old Nash can get up for Game 1, TP can get better healthwise, too.
I'm hoping it's more that he just needs to get into game shape, and that he'll regain form at some point if we get far enough. To me he looked about 80-85%. He was able to speed past Blake for that impressive steal and finish, and he had another nice finish later in the game on the break, but it's that last 15-20% that it what makes him so great at finishing in traffic, and he doesn't seem to have got that back yet. It's a real shame his great season had to hit this road bump. I would've liked to have seen what this team could achieve with Tony as the best player, playing at the level he was.
Yeah, that's the one I saw or Skip mentioned. If it is shin splints, maybe it won't heal during the season? I notice Tony doesn't really answer "are you healthy" questions now, even though Pop says he's healthy to the media. That tends to point to something that won't get better (until after the season) and therefore they won't dwell on it publicly. But that's complete conjecture on my part, I admit.
And Skip continues to insist TP won't be 100% until the offseason: https://twitter.com/RealSkipBayless/...76777728466944.
He may not get his first-step quickness back without extended time off, but his jumpers and finishes in traffic will come back with time. Fortunately, LAL is a perfect warmup series for he and Manu because it literally doesn't matter how they play so long as we score above 90 points and play decent defense. The Lakers have no wing scoring to speak of, and Howard/Pau aren't going to give them more than 15-25 a game.
he is probably 100% Correct there, which is why I am not that high on the Spurs winning it all with him that dinged up right now. They might make it outta here in 5 and POSSIBLY the next round, but better hurry here quickly and move on to get him a little more healthy before hand.
Thing is, if he truly has shin splints, why isn't he wearing a running shin splint sleeve? As a long-distance runner who had shin splints at one point, I managed to keep running with the injury while wearing running sleeves and my speed time didn't have much of a drop off and I got better as time went along. I eventually got to 100% without taking more than two days off between my running schedule of 5 days a week. Of course, it was a long process to get to that point but TP has more resources and better access to quality treatment than I did when I had the injury.
The wrong foot take-off is just very Euro. It's a move just like a drop-step. It's not a health adjustment.
I'd say, he's taking less chances to minimize injury because the playoffs are a long process. He's about 90-95 to me because his gait does NOT seem impeded when he's on the court.
Sucks if he's right. Tony's already had a lot of rest. Even if we luck into a short series with the Lakers, he'd only have, at most, a week until the second round.
To your excellent point about shin splints...its sounds like Skip is wrong on that front, but who knows?
Every time Skip calls them "my Spurs" I want to drive to sea world and punch a dolphin in the face
so it's the ankle bothering him or he's still holding back?
"77.04%" - Pop.
Impossible to quantify, but he was missing many shots that are automatic for him. I would say his speed isn't that bad, its the mechanic he uses to shot or lack of practice. I would say it will be better with time.
I agree!
Probably just holding back still. Kind of like when Manu decided not to try a layup against Metta World Peace...the Lakers like to throw hard elbows and throw players into the ground....Manu and Parker are too old for that for a Game 1
Blake was a goddamn defensive monster in the first half though
If Tony was that hurt, we wouldn't have played him the last couple of games of the season - think about it, if tony had an injury that required enough time until the offseason, do you really think Pop would of played him the last few games of the reg season? No.
While I admit, he looks slow as crap (Steve Blake was able to keep up with him), I don't think it's a lingering injury, otherwise he would of have rested against LA, T'wolves, golden state, etc.
I think he's just getting into gameshape.
I honestly don't think Skip knows what he's talking about.
It's still a reality that Parker didn't really try to get into the paint. He's a jumpshooter at this stage. Actually I was thinking, when watching the game, that this is how Parker is going to play at the end of his career: jump shots, nice passes, smart decisions on the fastbreak. Sadly the Spurs need a bit more than that from him this year.
The Lakers have something that no one else in the playoffs has: two shot blockers in the paint. Tony's taking what they're giving him. Be glad that he CAN be a jump shooter.
He looked about 35-40% to me.
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