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I imagine Patty, Cojo, Timmy, and RC reading this on spurstalk and thinking, "wow, some of our fans really suck."
What would I do? Not play Parker against playoff teams until Kawhi returns. You can get away with playing him against bottom feeders like Minny but the negative impact is too much to overcome against a competent opponent. We beat the Wizards quite easily last week without Parker stepping on the court. Ball movement was awesome - Cojo/Patty both looked great. Parker comes back and just ruins the chemistry last night. Horrendous on defense and a ballstopper on the other end. Pop should have rested him last night and then played him against Charlotte tonight.
I imagine Patty, Cojo, Timmy, and RC reading this on spurstalk and thinking, "wow, some of our fans really suck."
I agree with having a three-pronged approach to the PG position-- it's a luxury most teams don't have. The one very positive impact of Parker's injury has definitely been the improvement of Cojo. But a healthy Parker shooting 50+% is not something to be ignored in many match up situations either.
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he's been predictable on the offensive end, that's what has been hurting us the most, he is also playing pick and roll with timmy too much. He has also been bad defensively. He'll be better in a month imo, he is moving fine.
He is slowly improving group can see it game by game. Gonna need him.
can we have a "player-bashing" section, and a section where we actually discuss spurs basketball.
Mods would need to move threads/posts on a regular basis.
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Look on the bright side fellas. It's nowhere but up for tp9 at this point.
Great idea. How is it the best run organization in the NBA has so many half-wit ingrates as fans who think the organization is completely clueless? It's unbelievable.
and to think if not for the thrown game 2 and the 8 turnovers in game 6 in 2013, MVParker would have another Finals MVP to his collection.
ce la vie
If the team was 11-3 for that stretch then he certainly wasn't hurting them.....if Parker and PGs are really so unimportant then why complain about them......their level if play literally has no effect on the outcome of any games.....
Last night I started seeing it.
When he is healthy and playing well, teams have to adjust for him. He started out bad, but came around. Still doesn't look completely healthy
Because it's "edgy", it makes them feel special, and they think imitating 4chan is the key to being cool on the internet.
I don't know how a healthy Parker (meaning something closer to MVParker) would fit into the current Spurs. The team simply doesn't need him to dominate the ball as much as it used to, to the extent that Parker doing so will end up hurting the team's efficiency. However, it's obvious that Tony will need to get to that kind of level for times where the ball-movement gets taken away.
I seriously wonder what kind of contract Parker would have gotten had he been allowed to play out the year. I'm thinking a $40M/4 would have been fair for both sides. That would have given the Spurs a max slot this summer. Just a situation all around.
163 posts about TP so far..
yeah, we sure have no use for a low 4th quarter turnover starting PG
No turnovers in the 4th quarter means nothing when you play no D and barely play O (Enrique).yeah, we sure have no use for a low 4th quarter turnover starting PG
"we have no use for a starting PG" - short bus rider
"but we're barely clinging to the 7th seed" - smart spur fan
"no worries Kawhi will come in and his D will take us to the top of the league" - short bus rider
":facepalm" - smart spurfan
He is still one of two penetrators that must be dealt with in the half court. we lose either him or Manu, things get very tough. Every Spurs fan should appreciate the options Tony gives us. No, he does not have to be dominant on the ball anymore, but I sure like knowing when the clock is running down we have 2 guys that cause problems for the other team.
And he is getting his speed back. Learning how he will fit in exactly when KL returns will be important.
These posters that say we don't need him are delusional. He is still the fastest guy with the ball on our team that is an accelerator. He can stop/start better than anyone we have. Manu does this very well with ball fakes but he is not as quick.
Any Spurs fan has got to see this.
The he extension is done with just like Tiago. If they both are deemed to be sitting on fat contacts then we all have a problem.
And yet again I say, no way we win a le without a healthy team that includes Parker.
This is Coming from a guy who chunks projectiles at the screen when he lays on the floor after missing a layup, or continually grabs his round head every time he gets smacked on that spherical thing atop his neck.
I'm amazed that people here in S.A. struggle to see the impact of a player like Parker when fully healthy. Every other team in the league would be happy to take him off our hands. Why wouldn't we want a point guard with a good midrange game and a great finisher in the paint? Excuse me, an elite finisher in the paint. Every time he gets in the lane, he breaks down the defense, which allows for an advantage in the Spurs passing game. Same with Manu. The Spurs haven't gone away from a guard penetration system. That's what they do the last few minutes of every quarter, and sprinkled throughout the game. And when the shot clock starts to tick down, keep your eye on what they do...big comes and sets a screen and Parker and Manu create offense off those screens. They are two of the best in the league at doing it. We have struggled without Parker as a threat. Once he is healthy, and Kawhi is back, we will be a lethal team. You can't bag on a guy with a bad hamstring. Those injuries take time and you have to be really careful not to reinjure. His stats are down because he's rusty, injured, and playing limited minutes to avoid reinjurying his hamstring.
Amazed that people are still ignoring how poor Parker played in last year's playoffs, tbh..
I do agree that the Spurs need 1 of Manu or Parker to be effective to win the championship, thankfully Manu had a dominant run last year, and it looks like he has much more left in the tank than Parker does..
Parker just hasn't been anything more than a hit or miss, above average player since game 6 of the 2013 Finals..he had an above average regular season, last year, and a mediocre playoff run..
If you think we don't need his penetrations, +50% shooting, knowledge of systems, ball handling... well...
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