I have seen some bad air-balls at the FT line but that's got to be the worst free-throw attempt that I have ever seen in the NBA. WTF happened did he mean to do that? It doesn't look like it slipped or anything.
(edit)ahh, ok. After researching it seems that a ref blew a whistle while he was in mid stroke, that explains it
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Odd that the ref's whistle blowing gets ignored by the Parker haters on the board, isn't it?I have seen some bad air-balls at the FT line but that's got to be the worst free-throw attempt that I have ever seen in the NBA. WTF happened did he mean to do that? It doesn't look like it slipped or anything.
(edit)ahh, ok. After researching it seems that a ref blew a whistle while he was in mid stroke, that explains it
Most of that is incoherent double-speak.
1. You cannot exceed your potential
2. "never could" is the same as "never had the potential" since "could" and "potential" is the same thing.
3. All star and All NBA are not even remotely related. One is not a step above or below the other. One is a popularity contest, the other is about effectiveness (except in a couple instances).
4. The team made the Finals last year. How is that equal to "did not work"?
5. Durant hasn't improved.
6. Age and injury always catch up to you, no matter which team or roster you have.
7. The struggles are part and parcel of the injuries, and that's been the case all season. You have to consider injuries that aren't severe enough to bench a player, like Tim's knees or Manu's hammy.
He's more or less had the season I expected. I knew him playing playing at the level he did the past two seasons was out of the question and I still think no amount of minute managing or games off (within' reason, since they're not giving him a month off) will prevent him from inevitably breaking down in the playoffs.
I hate to say it, but the reality is this: They pissed away their championship last season and him playing a good portion of the summer internationally, combined with the front office's incompetence, pissed away whatever chance they would have had this season.
he was in the top 5 mvp voting last year having a ok season but not like last year
hopefully he can get to the top 5 mvp leading in playoffs
spurs also the last month have looked worse to different lineups
Actually injuries let's you show people you're an MVP. Look at what Durant is doing w/o Westbrook.
In SAN ANTONIO SPURS NEWS :
While that might hurt Tiago Splitter’s chances of returning from his shoulder injury Saturday against Sacramento, the rest has done wonders for Parker, who revealed Friday that he’s been dealing with soreness in his abdominal/groin/hip region for the past two weeks.Perhaps now you know why TP is not always fine !Under normal cir stances, that might have forced Parker, having already missed several games this season with a shin contusion, to the sideline. But with Splitter, Danny Green, Kawhi Leonard and Manu Ginobili all dealing with long-term injuries of their own, Parker has been forced to persevere.
The good news for the newly-minted All-Star: An MRI on Friday revealed no problems, allowing him to suit up against the Kings.
“I need the rest,” Parker said. “My body is going to fall (apart). There’s still inflammation, but it is not like a sports hernia, a big thing. So that was good news this morning.”
can we afford to sit him until the clippers??
i mean, seriously. let's just say it for two weeks or so and let him get better
we eat our losses and bank on making it up after we get healthy and try to catch our stride going into the playoffs
makes sense to me…cuz let's face it, he's not doing us much good right now.
Some people in here would prefer to say he's faking injuries or something, but the fact of the matter is that he plays hurt - not injured, but hurt - even when he shouldn't.
If folks can remember back to when Tim had that chest bruise early in the season and it took weeks for him to get his shot back after that, that's what it is like for Parker now, imo.
Haters will hate, but I would just prefer that they shut him down for a couple of weeks.
Doesn't make sense at all with Green / Kawhi / Manu injured. We are already struggling to compensate their production, if you rest Parker you have absolutely no one to make up for his production and we will even lose against bad team (2 point win against sac ...) If anything, rest him against the good team since we never win but we can't afford to lose against bad team.makes sense to me…cuz let's face it, he's not doing us much good right now.
Tony needs the rest.
injured for 2 weeks, what's the reason for not playing good the last 3 months?
Exactly. Parker's been all year. This recent injury doesn't explain why he went from playing like an All-NBA guard last season to a mediocre PG in 2014. I hope Frenchie enjoys his Euro trophy because he jeopardized any chance the Spurs have of winning a le this year.
he looked like last year's tp against the pelicans, pulling cross overs and his usual array of moves and shots around the basket
Yeah, Parker pretty much willed the team to a victory, especially in the 3rd quarter. It was encouraging to see him lighting up the pelicans at will.
One of the things that I always notice about Parker is that he plays so much more focused and better if/when he gets mad about something. And last night he got mad with the reffing, and then took off.
I also noticed last night that he was drawing a play on the sideline, showing Bonner what he wanted him to do because he had tried to tell him and Bonner kept looking blank. So Tony picked up a white board and was drawing on it.
I mention that because that was the sort of thing he did so much of last season and hadn't done at all this season…really taking the team on his back coaching on the floor, challenging players and truly leading them. This is the first time I have seen it all season this year. Hope he keeps it up.
I'd rather he save his anger for the playoffs, tbh.
Personally I think Parker should rest a week or two. It's pretty damn obvious he isn't the same Parker from last year. Odds are if he keeps playing he is going to get "hurt" in a big way. Let Mills get some burn. The schedule is fairly easy right now. We have a couple tough games. But if a ring is the true focus, it's time the staff makes the Championship the true focus.
Parker is way underrated on this board. The guy turns in huge games all the time. I don't know why his whole career he's been disrespected. Just because he isn't 't good enough to single handedly lead a team to a ring? Who was? Shaq needed Kobe, lebron needed wade, etc etc. OK Duncan did in 2003, but still. Parker is a great player. It is true that he can be slowed with the right defender. But so can a lot of the other "great" players like CP3 and Carmelo. Really only lebron and Durant are unstoppable right now.
Wow UNBELIEVABLE the things I read on this board...
TP gets more respect from the rest of the league than from his own fans!!!
The guy has been putting the team on his shoulders the whole november with clutch plays, is playing through injuries and fatigue and still manage to put elite numbers at +50% shooting and you guys still on him...
Spurstalk is getting worse and worse...
I agree with this. Im not going to take anything from TP as he is a very good player and is a huge factor for the Spurs, but he is not MVP materiel. A great player usually steps thier game up when thier team is down. Especially when a key player goes down they know how much more their production is needed to carry the team. Great players don't make excuses they just play harder.
He kind of has done it on himself with his playoff disappearances when he was needed most.(people tend to remember those things) Like I said though he is a very good player and has allways been a huge factor for this team. He just lacks that 1 last extra gear I think that Top players have.
TP put the team on his shoulders? You must not have watched the Spurs this season.
And it's not surprising TP gets this kind of hate. He choked in the Finals. Then he followed that up with playing for France when he should have been resting. He comes back to the Spurs playing half-ass basketball all year, whining about being exhausted. Then he gets rewarded with an all-star spot when he's been worse than Duncan and Manu.
What's wrong with playing for France?
It's an honor to represent your country and win something..
Even more honorable to earn your paycheck tbqh. Shouldn't be resting on company time
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