Is Tony Parker gassed?..

[HI-FI]

Isn't this why people ed at Manu for playing during the offseason last year now it's Tonys turn whatever the reason tony has been a s of himself this season

Yep. People like Johnny Ringo been dropping truth bombs about it for awhile. Manu finally did the right thing and he's had a pretty damn good season overall, considering he and Parker sharted badly in the Finals. but least Manu has been healthy, which is a miracle in itself. Parker appears to not have got the memo. We'll see if Parker has enough for the playoffs.

[Creation88]

clearly he is. his first half stats vs his 2nd half stats are insane. team defense is the #1 failure though. their guards are killing us.

[td4mvp2k]

Tony needs to balance his scoring and assists better going further; too much dribble dribble waste shot clock dribble dribble shoot mid range. Run a play or pass the ball.

this n play sum fukn D tbh

[Skull-1]

this n play sum fukn D tbh

He can't. Too old, slow, and French. They can't defend squat. It is their national pastime.

[TheGoldStandard]

It would be nice if guys like Mills actually scored and Boris actually grew a pair.

[Budkin]

Last season we had MVP Parker in the playoffs. This season we have "gassed" Parker.

[superjames1992]

Parker is honestly just in the process of becoming a TOSB. He relies heavily on his speed and that's going away as he enters his low 30s, tbh.

[Prose]

I believe this this is the case...think about the playoffs runs plus the international ball he has played the last two seasons.....

He carried the Spurs in the first half and played very well on both sides, a lot of energy..

Pop subbed him off with 6 minutes left in the 3rd, and he took him out of the game for key stretches of the 4th..once Parker re-entered, he didn't even look to shoot, at all, he deferred to his teammates..

Is he out of gas, tbh?..

[Darius McCrary]

This is only my opinion but I think the spurs can't have two playmakers
it's either Parker or Manu

when Parker plays this role , spurs uses
cool pace & organized systems (use Duncan at low post...)
& Manu becomes a shooter (when they play together) like others

when manu plays this role, in huge games
parker tends to disappear because of the enormous charisma of manu
and he becomes almost useless (this is not a player catch & shoot, that haters wants he becames, like Patty ) but it's a waste

Manu's huge balls in a game that is completely disorganized with high pacing (totally unSpurs) become the keys of the game
manu becomes an improviser

manu is the playmaker of the second unit Because neither mills nor joseph or neal before ... aren't true PG
& Manu is a better PG than 70% of combos guards (90% of PG starters are combos) in the league
Parker is a true PG (a few in the league)

The remains of the charism of Manu (NBA Finals 2005) crush MVP Parker
and this is not the first time in the playoffs as it happens and it tends to make Parker doubts later in series

They are still friends but they struggle to coexist on court


Imagine Melo and Durant play together
That isn't possible

& Mills shooting in this case is most useful and it can work for the first round(nice coaching Pop)

However do you really think that without MVP Parker (1st half & game 1) Spurs can pass a second round

Pop Game 3 to take advantage to boost Patty Marco & Babac (Boris) Who Was off since 2 games and rest Parker for game 4
but he's not gassed

But Pop need to make a choice

Most intriguing GNSF post in quite some time, to be sure. The Manu/Parker debate continues to this date on April 27th, 2014. Telling.

[gilmor]

The fact is that no matter how much you about Parker this is still his team.

The team will go as far as he carries us.

This is the fact.

Good or bad, this is still Parker's team.

[Malik Hairston]

Tony's missed layup with nobody near him was heart-breaking, tbh..I can't remember ever seeing him miss a shot like that..