How Did The Spurs Forgive Tony Parker for the Brent Barry Wife Infidelities?

[Spurtacular]

Hollywood starlets are supposed to have short marriages and gain publicity from their turbulent relationships. Longoria got what she wanted. I doubt she even cares one iota about who got hurt in all of this. She got hers.

[itsamanuthree]

Hollywood starlets are supposed to have short marriages and gain publicity from their turbulent relationships. Longoria got what she wanted. I doubt she even cares one iota about who got hurt in all of this. She got hers.

Interesting...

[AFBlue]

The kid made a mistake...was young and apparently unhappy in his relationship with his wife. Whatever was said and however long it took, it's clearly water under the bridge now. I, for one, didn't even think about it since it happened until you brought it up. The children on here, who are no more morally grounded than Parker, like to throw insults his way about it. But they have deeper seated issues with Parker.

Curious why OP is curious...seems an odd topic to bring up off-hand.

[jhuan16]

Maybe Brent is into some kinky cuckold .

[RayTdropout]

Over a million posts! So you got the record?

[RayTdropout]

Yes master

[SASdynasty!]

So, you loathed him before any 'sexting' scandal or anything else.

You certainly have every right to loathe the man and to consider his humanity, as well as his playing abilities, to be suspect. Good of you to acknowledge the pre-existing bias, in fact.

My take has always been that he was never as good a player as some thought him to be and never as bad as others thought him to be. He has always seemed to me to be an average-skill set sort of guy who was (almost literally) whipped into a decent pg by Popovich over his first several years in the league, and who has always tried to do exactly what Pop wanted him to do.

I also think his morals are about as average as most professional basketball players. I think the genuine shock that some posters herein seem to have over the scandal is a fairly significant display of naiveté.

People who hate him (as you admittedly do ghost-writer) can and do beat this dead horse into the ground every chance they get. But clearly, the organization did its normal Spurs thing. Close ranks and shut everybody else out.

TP has never, in my mind, been as good as he appears to think himself to be, but he has been a really hard worker except when hurt. I think he is egotistic and vain. Having said that, it is all irrelevant to what he brings the team. PATFO seem to value him differently than the cadre of posters herein who have their own agenda and cannot seem to control their need to try to advance that agenda every chance they get. The fact that some of us don't actively 'loathe' the man as you do is grounds on this forum to be called all manner of unseemly names, reflective of little more than a classically adolescent inability to recognize nuanced assessments as opposed to the "You're either with me or against me" mentality.

Because "average skill-set" guys drop 17.2 PPG on 50% shooting on the best defensive PG of all time as 19-year old rookies playing their first playoff series ever. Lol.

[ChumpDumper]

Ghost Writer is back!

[EVAY]

Because "average skill-set" guys drop 17.2 PPG on 50% shooting on the best defensive PG of all time as 19-year old rookies playing their first playoff series ever. Lol.

Didn't intend to upset you SAS. I bolded the fact that it was my opinion in another section of that thread. I honestly don't see what is wrong with saying his hard work has gotten him to be where he is. I think that happens to be what Pop values.

I never suggested that he is not a valuable member of the team. I have often argued to the contrary, in fact, and again, in that same thread, said that I would and do prefer Parker to some more "athletic" or skilled pgs, e.g., Chris Paul. TP is our pg and he is, I believe that best pg for our team. I just don't think that being the best pg on our team implies that he came into the league with above average skill sets for a pg. My points have more to do with court vision and passing than scoring. I believe that TP is the third best guard on the Spurs' team with respect to court vision and passing (I am using Diaw as a guard in this example). TP is a far better pg than Mills, was light years better than Avery, and far ahead of George Hill.

[hater]

shut the up everyone about the bull 1 million posts bonus for those subpar over the hill wishy washy fake spurstalk celebrity posters

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it still hurts

[SASdynasty!]

Didn't intend to upset you SAS. I bolded the fact that it was my opinion in another section of that thread. I honestly don't see what is wrong with saying his hard work has gotten him to be where he is. I think that happens to be what Pop values.

I never suggested that he is not a valuable member of the team. I have often argued to the contrary, in fact, and again, in that same thread, said that I would and do prefer Parker to some more "athletic" or skilled pgs, e.g., Chris Paul. TP is our pg and he is, I believe that best pg for our team. I just don't think that being the best pg on our team implies that he came into the league with above average skill sets for a pg. My points have more to do with court vision and passing than scoring. I believe that TP is the third best guard on the Spurs' team with respect to court vision and passing (I am using Diaw as a guard in this example). TP is a far better pg than Mills, was light years better than Avery, and far ahead of George Hill.

That's fair. I just distinctly remember when TP came into the league thinking he was one of the most talented guards I had ever seen. Here are the things I thought set Parker out as unique:

1. Speed - One of the quickest players to ever play the game. A different type of speed than guys like Iverson (less horizontal, more vertical).
2. Fast breaks - TP has a unique ability to throw his body into players and create space, which is especially highlighted on fast breaks. For a stretch of several seasons, I think he was the best fast-break finisher in the game...or at the very least the best PG at it.
3. Finishing in the paint - We all know the stats, how he led ALL-PLAYERS in points in the paint, which was pretty unheard of for a point guard at the time. He was one of the craftiest players at the basket I've ever seen.
4. Floater - He has the best floater the NBA has ever seen. I'm not going to put it up there with Kareem's sky-hook in terms of unique shots that are almost unguardable, but his floater gets about a close as any other shot, except maybe the Dirk/Kobe/Jordan fadeaway. I put Tim's bank shot up there as well...for a stretch of his career it was basically unstoppable. Everyone who guarded him knew it was coming. So did the fans. He would still make it.

As far as court vision, Parker was never elite at general passing. He's always been very good at the pick-n-roll, and if you add his ability to score, it makes it even harder to stop. In my opinion, us seeing an injured Parker the last 3 playoffs has clouded our vision a little bit (even though he still led us in scoring in 6 of our last 7 playoff series wins over that stretch). But he hasn't been the same as he was in 2012 and 2013 until his injury.

[TheDoctor]

Most probably Enrique was mad at Brent because he outscored him and dribbled dribbled more for couple of games. And Tony thought "If you're gonna with me like that I'm gonna with you like that". And the rest is history, 'Rique spin-moved and dunked his balls on Brent's wife rim.

[Macca76]

Didn't intend to upset you SAS. I bolded the fact that it was my opinion in another section of that thread. I honestly don't see what is wrong with saying his hard work has gotten him to be where he is. I think that happens to be what Pop values.

I never suggested that he is not a valuable member of the team. I have often argued to the contrary, in fact, and again, in that same thread, said that I would and do prefer Parker to some more "athletic" or skilled pgs, e.g., Chris Paul. TP is our pg and he is, I believe that best pg for our team. I just don't think that being the best pg on our team implies that he came into the league with above average skill sets for a pg. My points have more to do with court vision and passing than scoring. I believe that TP is the third best guard on the Spurs' team with respect to court vision and passing (I am using Diaw as a guard in this example). TP is a far better pg than Mills, was light years better than Avery, and far ahead of George Hill.

Which leads us to how would good Bobo could have been had he the same will and work ethic TP had...

[EVAY]

Which leads us to how would good Bobo could have been had he the same will and work ethic TP had...

good god, yes!! Can you imagine? I always thought he had a real shot at the MVP of the 2014 Finals. I was fine with Kawhi getting it, but Boris was a monster the entire series!!

[wildbill2u]

If TP played in L.A. or New York and that happened, it would've wrecked his career beyond repair, tbh.

Are you kidding? Kobe probably raped that girl in Colorado under the 'no means no' standard, and the team, the league and the fans pretty much ignored it.

[SequSpur]

Gw comes back as a 15 year old girl worried about some affair and some gossip. Go figure. Who gives a about what happened especially if you're a dude. Go TP!