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parker played ty for a few games after coming back from his calf injury. that was no career altering injury either.
a basketball game is 90% mental. Just look at Lebron James
That's rubbish. This isn't a career altering injury, its s tight hammy. Parker will not play scared or nervous because of it, Parker is a warrior that knows how close the team is to making history. He'll put it all on the line and leave everything on the court, hamstring pull or no.
parker played ty for a few games after coming back from his calf injury. that was no career altering injury either.
a basketball game is 90% mental. Just look at Lebron James
Hopefully, he doesn't go all-out and completely tear his hamstring and miss the rest of the series, tbh. He needs to be careful, but we need him.
I am 99.9% sure he will play in game four. If he misses an NBA Finals game due to a hamstring strain, then either the injury is much worse or Parker is a pussy. I don't think the latter is the truth, though the former could be possible, I suppose (with CIA Pop out in full force).
"Parker did not participate in the portion of practice on Wednesday that was open to the media,"
Smelling ruse.
And I'm one of the more pessimistic fans. But everything seems to suggest it was probably a cramp that was exaggerated as a "stretch" to play mind games with the Heat. I just don't see the Spurs (the most cautious franchise in the league) starting him in the 4th if it was something more serious than a cramp or the mildest of mildest strains.
His acting job in today's interview, with all the "We'll sees," was particularly bad, too.
some fans apparently have a very vivid imagination. they should work in hollywood IMO
you got us this far with your 36 pt blowout prediction, don't let us down now
Parker is usually very forthcoming and honest in his interview. He seems stilted and close-mouthed - strange for him. Hope he's okay. Maybe it's a smokescreen.
I don't think Parker's sullen mood and ho hum body language is an indication of him being hurt but he knows how cautious Pop is and he probably feels like his minutes are going to be severely cut or he won't play. Tony won't rock the boat, he'll listen to what Pop has to say and he probably feels that if he doesn't play he's not contributing to the team and he feels like this is his team not to let down. I suspect that he will play, test it a bit and then probably have limited minutes if it's not feeling right and be used as a decoy when he goes in. I expect Manu/Joseph to share the remaining minutes and we may even see, dare I say, T-Mac with the 2nd or 3rd team running point for a few minutes.
Highly doubt it was anything intensive.
Even more reason to worry if parker couldnt go through a relaxed practice session
If nothing else it gives the Spurs a legit excuse for not picking up any real talent in the off season if they lose here because well, Tony was injured. They can check the D-league to see if they have any more Finals caliber starters at PG.
The cHeat, namely Chalmers and Cole will go after Tony attacking him offensively. If Tony isn't near 85-90%, I can see the cHeat winning three straight close games which will feed into the bull notion that this team is resilient when in fact they are the opposite. Funny thing is each of the cHeat's championships have a measure of asterisk to them.
*06-Championship basically given to them.
*12-Played a young OKC team that was devoid of a real coach and probably shouldn't have been there in the first place.
**13-If they win, each team they will have played was either lacking the necessary talent and basketball IQ to beat them or had an injury to one of their important players.
Unlike Derrick Rose, Parker actually has a pair of balls. Rose would waive the white flag in this situation, not TP. He made a promise to the team and he's going to do all he can to keep it. He won't be 100% though and that is cause for concern but just having him out there is a plus and a MUST.
Agree. Why the are people freaking out about this? He came back into the game. Pretty sure if Game 7 was the next day he would play. Tony just needs to be 85%; at this point in the season that would put him right there with Wade, Bosh and maybe even Lebron. If Tony can hit some jumpers that will force Miami's defense back onto him and open up the role players games again.
Sigh.....
All of these "I don't knows" from Pop and Tony aren't worrying me at all. If there was an "I'm not sure" or worse, "No", then I'd be worried. Parker played in the 4th quarter, looked fine. I think Pop is playing mind games, and isn't Pop always grumpy when he's asked about injuries? I'm not worried at all the more I think about it. If Parker wasn't going to play in game 4, we would know by now. It's the freakin Finals and the team is 2 wins away! No way in Parker doesn't play unless if the doctors don't let him at all.
Parker pulling a Kobe tbh
Watch him have a pretty solid game, it'll cement that MVP vote. I see him playing 24 minutes and scoring 16, making a few trips to the line and 8 assists.
LJ I didn't know he missed practice. I admit, that makes it less likely its bull .
Of course he missed practice, you don't want to take any chances no matter how light the practice is.
You can tell Pop and Tony were being vague on purpose, it's the finals.
Sneaky Sneaky
I predict that not only will he play, but he will go HAM on the Heat.
Right there with you, adrenaline and desire will get the best of him! I still think he sees limited minutes, but I think after last game Cory Joseph started to relax, and I think he'll play his best game yet. I also have a good feeling Manu will be hot tomorrow, and maybe even Bonner, don't know why Bonner, just have that feeling. He'll be like Neal, we'll all get pissed that he's playing, but then he'll hit 5 straight threes and we'll love him.
This is a real concern as hamstrings usually take 2+ weeks to heal, and the probability of tearing it is probably now higher given that TP already has a strain. Still, it's out of our control and nothing can be done about it except whatever TP chooses to do. Let's just hope he can play with it and still be effective.
If not, I trust in the depth of this team to get it done. They need 2 more wins and I think they've shown they can win even without TP.
lol I don't know. Maybe Parker is playing the media. Getting everyone to think he hurt more than he actually is, with his "Well see" " I cant tell you right now" quotes....
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