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Your take was almost as bad as chinook telling me kawhi didn't shut down westbrook in game 5 last year.You are free to have and express your opinion, however mis-guided or intellectually barren it may be.
I think we all knew it wasn't like EVAY said. It's fine though. I think we all knew what he was trying to get at.
Your take was almost as bad as chinook telling me kawhi didn't shut down westbrook in game 5 last year.You are free to have and express your opinion, however mis-guided or intellectually barren it may be.
I agree with most of what you have said in this. They are good observations and well-stated.
Mostly, I agree that Parker is successful because of the system (he has never had the raw talent and passing ability of Manu or Boris) and his speed. Moreover, since both Manu and Boris are about 4-6 inches taller than TP, his court vision is definitely inferior to theirs. However, in the last two years, the difficulty he has had in getting the offense into its set is, I believe, a function of the league having figured out just how critical his function (regardless of who is filling that function) is to the team's offense.
It has primarily been in the last two years that we have seen more and more defenses running two and/or three players out at the pg, knowing that putting that many people out there will in fact delay the start of the offensive set, and often move our offensive players out of position in order to help the ball handler. That means often that TP is in fact having to dribble around three people instead of one or two to simply start the offense. It definitely effects the play. Pop hasn't changed that play initiation. He might think about doing that.
I agree entirely that packing the paint and having a decent shot blocker destroys a lot of what Pop was wanting to happen in that, and we have seen it repeatedly since the end of the 2013 season, imo. When he had success last year was when Splitter did a good job of blocking out the rim protector. Baynes did a good job of that in the last game and that, along with Parker moving a bit faster, resulted in greater success.
But, as you say, that is all a function of the system.
Some of what I have been trying (clearly inartfully) to get at is that the system is set up a certain way. The way that has worked in the last several years is as you described. When the system was so successful last year was when the 'hockey assist' and the reliance on many ball handlers became the dominant factor in the system.
My point is that in order for Kawhi to have more of a prominent role in the offense (prominent meaning that he has a role other than spot up shooter for whomever is getting the pass off), the system has to change. I believe that the team tried that earlier this season with limited success. Not that it can't BECOME successful, but that the team still has to figure it out, or Pop needs to change the system.
Falling back on the 'inside-out game' that has defined our offense for much of the past few years worked the other night against Miami specifically because of the type of defense that Miami plays. The Western Conference teams figured out long ago how to neutralize Parker's strengths in just the way you indicated, and that is partly why they are so much more successful against us than Eastern teams are.
Here's the thing though. Parker is a creation of Pop's coaching and Pop's system. He is what Pop always wanted to be himself, imo, a less-talented player than a lot of others but a guy who does what he is told and runs the plays Pop tells him to run. Pop is NOT going to get rid of Tony.
Parker just needs to evolve his game and his role as he gets older, loses some quickness, etc. he'll help the team more and extend his career, IMO
Holy moly one good game from Parker and suddenly the s are celebrating as if that was the Finals last game this year.
No comment on his form in this Raptors game or are the Porky fans gone dumb and mute ?
Where are all those Enrique -worshippers?
Where are all those Enrique -worshippers?
Dude is a fail tbh.
Player haters with agendas won't admit to MVParker's greatness.
Another great game by the best player in franchise history.
I might be done with Parker, tbh. I don't want to throw anybody under the bus but his performance screams decline. He would get away with years ago with his ability to score points in the paint. That's no longer something he can do with consistency.
They were all excited until this Raptors game because one decent game erases all the from the past.Where are all those Enrique -worshippers?
Player haters with agendas won't admit to MVParker's greatness.
Another great game by the best player in franchise history.
Cojo +19 warming the bench, Pop and Pork do it every night.
I'm no Cuck Thornton fan
MVMarleau>>>>>>>Cuck Thornton.
Amazing how a player can be a liability on both sides of the court
Player haters with agendas won't admit to MVParker's greatness.
Another great game by the best player in franchise history.
Marchoke is another choker, tbh.I'm no Cuck Thornton fan
MVMarleau>>>>>>>Cuck Thornton.
#ItWas3-0
MVMarleau is no choker, 60 playoff goals and over a 100 playoff points. Not his fault he's weighed down by cucks like Cuck Thornton.Marchoke is another choker, tbh.
#ItWas3-0
lol at the mods trying to shield Enrique by deleting threads
Thanks for the photoshop brah.
lol at the mods trying to shield Enrique by deleting threads
Thanks for the photoshop brah.
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