Anyone read ESPN's Insider Article on TP?

[SpurPadre]

Don't mean to fan the flames for TP bashing, but I just noticed this article. Anybody with Insider read it?

http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/story...-antonio-spurs

[lefty]

Nothing you haven't already read in this forum tbh

[SpurPadre]

Nothing you haven't already read in this forum tbh

Yeah, I'm sure but now everyone outside of our fanbase is taking notice.

[Malik Hairston]

Does it mention how bad he was last year, too? Because people are going to ignorantly attribute this year's decline to his individual decline, when in reality, it's much larger than that..

[ElNono]

full article here:

http://bbs.hupu.com/12055375.html

[ElNono]

Parker's problems

In a season defined by strong point guard play, Parker hasn't kept pace, suffering through his worst season since developing into an All-Star nine years ago. San Antonio is scoring 3.5 fewer points per 100 possessions with Parker on the floor, per NBA.com/Stats, and allowing an incredible 7.2 per 100 more at the defensive end.

While those numbers are subject to random fluctuations, Parker's individual statistics also suggest he's not delivering at anything close to his usual level. Parker is making just 46.4 percent of his 2-point attempts, down from 50.9 percent the season before and 53.4 percent in 2012-13, while his free throw rate has plummeted to a career-low .206 attempts per field goal attempt.

Parker is no longer getting to the basket on a regular basis, leaving him dependent on inefficient midrange jump shots that haven't gone in as frequently this season (per Basketball-Reference.com, he's shooting an even 40 percent on 2-pointers from beyond 15 feet after making better than 45 percent of them the past two seasons). Despite a career-high 49.2 percent shooting from 3-point range (on just 63 attempts), Parker's true shooting percentage (.534) would still be his worst in a decade.

On top of that, Parker's assist rate is down. His 6.2 assists per 36 minutes rank 36th in the league -- and second on the Spurs, with teammate Manu Ginobili (6.9) out-assisting Parker on a per-minute basis for the first time during their 13 seasons together.

[dabom]

full article here:

http://bbs.hupu.com/12055375.html

Read one paragraph.

BRB going to finish reading now.

[dabom]

Dam the article went in raw. I wonder how the parker s will handle this? Suicide en masse?

[SpurPadre]

full article here:

http://bbs.hupu.com/12055375.html

Thanks, Nono!

[Kool Bob Love]

full article here:

http://bbs.hupu.com/12055375.html

No ing shame. SOB.

[mkurts]

Parker's problems

In a season defined by strong point guard play, Parker hasn't kept pace, suffering through his worst season since developing into an All-Star nine years ago. San Antonio is scoring 3.5 fewer points per 100 possessions with Parker on the floor, per NBA.com/Stats, and allowing an incredible 7.2 per 100 more at the defensive end.

While those numbers are subject to random fluctuations, Parker's individual statistics also suggest he's not delivering at anything close to his usual level. Parker is making just 46.4 percent of his 2-point attempts, down from 50.9 percent the season before and 53.4 percent in 2012-13, while his free throw rate has plummeted to a career-low .206 attempts per field goal attempt.

Parker is no longer getting to the basket on a regular basis, leaving him dependent on inefficient midrange jump shots that haven't gone in as frequently this season (per Basketball-Reference.com, he's shooting an even 40 percent on 2-pointers from beyond 15 feet after making better than 45 percent of them the past two seasons). Despite a career-high 49.2 percent shooting from 3-point range (on just 63 attempts), Parker's true shooting percentage (.534) would still be his worst in a decade.

On top of that, Parker's assist rate is down. His 6.2 assists per 36 minutes rank 36th in the league -- and second on the Spurs, with teammate Manu Ginobili (6.9) out-assisting Parker on a per-minute basis for the first time during their 13 seasons together.

Parker has really lost it.

Steve Blake is better at this point as a PG