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Lol pretty good
He looked pretty good until he got hurt.
Lol pretty good
That was an understatement manI was just being a wise ass to his haters on here who said he looked bad or playoff Tony or that 6-23 crap. I never got the hate on Tony in here from Gino fans as if they are in compe ion? It goes both ways I guess but their countrymen or fans act like idiots downing someone on our so called fave team which makes me believe they are just a fan of the player and will be gone when their fave player retires. Real Spurs fans can appreciate both and admit when one is doing well or bad.
i didn't catch the game, did tony look like or something? this team only goes as far as parker can take us. period.
Conserving energy.. for the Play-offs..
For those who believe this ^, I will ask two questions:
1) Is it wise for TP to conserve energy at the expense of Duncan having to expend more?
2) If he's just coasting and the Spurs are winning despite that, why bother playing him? If after getting 3 weeks off (more than anyone else on the team) he still needs to conserve energy, would it not be more prudent just to rest him?
Honest questions to the above mindset..
Duncan plays the same way every night. Pop could get away playing Duncan less right now but decides not too. Not sure why but I don't see Tony's struggles having any direct impact on Tim's minutes. Been wondering all year why Tim hasn't rested more. I mean he looks fantastic but Pop has always been paranoid when it comes to him and it's like he trusts Tim and his body a lot more now for some reason.
Believers dont have an answer for that kind of questions they love to trust like the Charles Manson sect.
Last edited by Mikeanaro; 03-29-2014 at 12:04 AM.
2-9, 4 points, 2 assists for our MVP PG, tbh...
And we won by 30 lol
I'm not arguing the results. I'm saying if we can win by 30 with him coasting & he feels the need to coast why not shut him down? I'd rather him as rested as possible.
He wasn't coasting tonight. He's done so a few times this season but overall he's just lost a step or two. Whether that's due to injury, fatigue, or the wheels finally falling off I have no clue. Hopefully the bench can play this well in the playoffs.
guys been terrible all season
cant remember the last time I saw him hit a floater
missed like 4 tonight
its amazing when you look at the stats and it shows that hes decent but the court doesnt show it at all
every point guard lights him up and hes a step slow offensively
its not like hes even setting up teammates to offset less scoring either
Tiago/Tim get more assists then he does
he's absolutely coasting tbh. Pop wasn't very happy with his play and benched him 4mins into the 3rd. As to why he's playing...about half the team deserves extended rest tbh so his main job the last week and a half has been to soak up minutes against a bunch of horrible teams.
the April stretch will be a lot more telling on where Frenchie is at heading into the playoffs tbh, not a big concern until he's terrible against good teams.
Our actual starting 5 hasn't had much time to play together this year due to injuries. They finally all get healthy and have the chance to develop chemistry as we get closer to the playoffs. Not sure just throwing him into the playoffs after not playing for a month is the best idea...especially with how tough the West will be this year.
Just playing a little devil's advocate. I'm not sure what exactly is going on. But I'm not too worried at this point. If Parker continues to struggle even in this tough stretch coming up and we start dropping lots of games, then maybe I'll start to worry.
I know it was early on in the season but he's been pretty bad against all the elite teams they played outside a game against the Guests and Houston (only good scoring-wise but he hero'd a lot of shots). Again, it was early in the season and he might've been coasting, but so far there's only been like two games where he played like last year.
Sure that makes some sense, but he wasn't playing well enough for Pop not to be extremely worried. Worried enough to give him 3 weeks off when he didn't have any major injury. If after giving him 3 weeks off he still hasn't shown an elevated level of play, to me that is somewhat concerning. Very could be coasting, but I would feel better about that diagnosis if he was playing at a level high enough before the 3 weeks off to where you could say that.
It's been a struggle despite decent numbers and he looks worn out despite getting 3 weeks off.
let's revisit in a couple of weeks tbh. I think he's coasting hard.
Parker knows what's at stake here. You can tell he's half assing it out there the majority of the time. I do agree with the sentiment of might as well let him rest completely though. Nobody feels good about collecting million dollar pay checks while sitting behind a bench though.
A little ray of hope: It looks like a reporter asked TP about his past 3 games (5 PPG on 29% FG) and he didn't mention being tired or injured. He simply said that it's hard to get in a groove when minutes are sporadic.
Coasting, tbh.
Number 2 is the real one. If he needs to coast, just rest him, and play Cory Joseph. We were winning games with Cory when Parker was out.
You have to stay in game condition. Even if he's not shooting, he's running up and down the floor.
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