Call me crazy but Kawhi and Danny are the two most important Duo's in the team..

[dabom]

Theres a reason the vegas odds were the same for the Spurs with tony playing and without tony playing. He's clearly not important to success.

He needs to be traded for someone relevant before his value plummets due to old age

I knew you were trolling earlier but ignored you. How about you STFU already.
We should trade some stupid fans.

[boutons_deux]

where the did Danny get that floater? and started finishing at the rim? WTH?

[therealtruth]

I think Parker is way underrated on this board. He still led the Spurs in scoring in the playoffs even though he was hurt. His ability to drive and break down defenses is what makes the Spurs go.

Leonard is awesome but he had some iffy moments in the playoffs too. In the OKC series he was pretty meh on the offensive end. In that series it was Manu who really carried the team at times. The spurs have so many weapons no reason to always be comparing them.

TP might be underrated but we can't win with him as our best player. That's not to say he can't be leading scorer. But when he's our best player the defense can focus it's attention on stopping him. With KL taking on a bigger role this year the Heat couldn't simply put Lebron on TP and get the same effect. It also makes TP more deadly as he can score when the defense isn't paying attention to him.

[Shabazz]

English is my fourth language....I learned ABC's when I was 14..

Pretty sure I've mentioned that a million times already. Not bad for a fourth language imo

That's impressive.

[Shabazz]

where the did Danny get that floater? and started finishing at the rim? WTH?

hard workers rarely take time off

[Kidd K]

I love Leonard and Green, especially Green due to his hard time getting a role then making a name for himself as what could possibly be an all time great 3pt shooter. . .

But OP, stop it. The Spurs would fall apart without Duncan and Parker. You have to know this. Don't be that guy who thinks major key players are somehow not important because they Spurs did okay without them for one half or a game or two.

[barbacoataco]

Watch the Finals and you'll see that Lebron was guarding Parker most of the time. Miami went into the series keying on stopping Parker driving to the basket. That opens up possibilities for everyone else. So you can dig out Tony all you want but the fact that Lebron was defending Parker says a lot.

[Malik Hairston]

Parker had a net negative on/off during the playoffs, which doesn't make sense if you're trying to argue that the team runs entirely on his performance, tbh..

I'm not arguing that the Spurs were better without him on the floor, they certainly weren't, but it's virtually impossible to argue that he was the key cog on the team when he had net negative on/off metrics, tbh..

The 2012-2013 Spurs' offense was certainly carried by Parker and his superstar-like performance during that season, but 2013-14 Parker was not even in the same universe as the former, tbh..

Technically, every player on the 2014 Spurs was an elite role player..there wasn't really any particular player that was assigned to carry the team in one specific facet of the game..they all had 1 or 2 roles to play at an elite level while being aided by another 1 or 2 players in that specific facet..

[ElNono]

Parker had a net negative on/off during the playoffs, which doesn't make sense if you're trying to argue that the team runs entirely on his performance, tbh..

I'm not arguing that the Spurs were better without him on the floor, they certainly weren't, but it's virtually impossible to argue that he was the key cog on the team when he had net negative on/off metrics, tbh..

The 2012-2013 Spurs' offense was certainly carried by Parker and his superstar-like performance during that season, but 2013-14 Parker was not even in the same universe as the former, tbh..

Technically, every player on the 2014 Spurs was an elite role player..there wasn't really any particular player that was assigned to carry the team in one specific facet of the game..they all had 1 or 2 roles to play at an elite level while being aided by another 1 or 2 players in that specific facet..

hater

[baseline bum]

It's amazing how much Verde improved this year. In 2013 his ball handling was about the worst in the league for a guard, fast forward to 2014 and he's taking LeBron off the dribble. I went ing nuts seeing that 3 point play at the 1:50 mark at the time.