Parker Makes this Team Go!

[spurtech09]

Agree.... Kawhi is playing way too much hero ball which is killing our offense. No rhythm, not putting any pressure on defenses,.... crazy to see how far our offense has fallen in the past two years.

agree......

[KL2]

Bruh, the 2013-14 Pacers were a mess after the All-Star break as Hibbert was putting up double-doughnuts & Lance Stephenson showed his true color. The Bulls were starting Noah who was the worst player in the postseason & Rose/Pau were very inconsistent. Not to mention the Hawks & the Bucks are all solid playoffs teams, not some walkovers (the 2008 Celtics need 7 games to win beat the 37 win Hawks). At the end of the day, Butler had a very good series against the Bucks & so did Paul George against the Hawks, blame their teammates.

-Post all star break '13-14 Paul George was shooting 39% from the field, he was heavily responsible for their struggles as a team with all his ball hogging. Like I said, PG doesn't play championship quality ball. Why do you think David West left? He said he was tired of babysitting, he literally gave up $10 mill guaranteed to get away from that locker room lmao.

The Hawks and Bucks are not good teams, that's like playing the Kings in the 1st round. Teams like the Heat/Celtics used to always play down to their compe ion then turn it up when it mattered, the Bulls got blown out in game 7 last year while Butler had a poor offensive showing. The Bulls won 50 games last year in the East clinching the 3 seed, 50 wins in the West gets you the 7th seed. They'd probably get the 8th seed had they been in the West last year.

If you want to go that route where was Kawhi against the Mavs in 2014 when he was being guarded by Monta who was also killing him on the other end. The series went to 7 when the Spurs were a historically great team b/c Kawhi was getting outplayed by washed up Shawn Marion/Vince Carter. Paul George/Butler would have murdered those fools.

That was when Parker was still hero balling and was the #1 option, that's why that series went 7 games lol, the Spurs weren't playing championship ball then, it was when he was forced to take a reduced role from re-injuring his ankle allowing Leonard to get more opportunities on offense. Leonard was still the 5th or 6th option on offense, they wouldn't even clear out for him, just crowd him on post ups.

Leonard isn't even the same player he was in '13-14, he's improved levels on both sides of the ball.

[Calispursfan11]

Agree.... Kawhi is playing way too much hero ball which is killing our offense. No rhythm, not putting any pressure on defenses,.... crazy to see how far our offense has fallen in the past two years.

It's a damn shame I said!

[Calispursfan11]

HE SHOULD PLAY LIKE THAT AND LET HIM DEVELOP,THE SPURS IS NOT 2014 SPURS ANYMORE,IT WON'ZT WORK,IF HE CAN'T DEVELOPE,THE SPURS HAS NO CHANCE TO MAKES THE FINALS AGAIN

Calm down breh. And... What's with all the CAPS!? It's ANNOYING!

[daslicer]

Duncan and Manu
would be retired got. Kawhi already had the drive before joining the spurs.

Showing your intelligence. No team would have been willing to develop Kawhi's offensive game like the way the spurs did. Even Kawhi's agent admitted that Kawhi was lucky to be drafted by the Spurs and that if he wasn't he wouldn't be as good as he is now.

[random21]

Have you seen Jimmy Butler play? He's got handles and court vision unlike Kawhi. This guy has a complete game the likes of which we haven't seen since Michael. Complete monster. See below.

Props to Jimmy Butler, but he is not a top 5 player in the league like Kawhi....
Kawhi would have better numbers all around if he played minutes like Jimmy Butler...

[Kawhitstorm]

-Post all star break '13-14 Paul George was shooting 39% from the field, he was heavily responsible for their struggles as a team with all his ball hogging. Like I said, PG doesn't play championship quality ball. Why do you think David West left? He said he was tired of babysitting, he literally gave up $10 mill guaranteed to get away from that locker room lmao.

The '13-'14 Pacers had a melt down around the all-star break & everyone on the team went on a downward spiral. D-West left b/c he was washed-up & was losing minutes to guys such as Scola/Levoy Allen last season along w/ his boy Hibbert being shipped out. Bird essential gave him an ultimatum that he could opt-out & chase a ring or opt-in & rot on the bench b/c the team was rebuilding. He's at the end of his career & has made plenty of money so he went ring chasing.

The Hawks and Bucks are not good teams, that's like playing the Kings in the 1st round. Teams like the Heat/Celtics used to always play down to their compe ion then turn it up when it mattered, the Bulls got blown out in game 7 last year while Butler had a poor offensive showing. The Bulls won 50 games last year in the East clinching the 3 seed, 50 wins in the West gets you the 7th seed. They'd probably get the 8th seed had they been in the West last year.

The Hawks weren't a good team when they essentially added Al Horford & won 60 games. Butler was playing w/ a handicapped point guard who thought he was still a franchise player & a starting center who can't make a basket in an empty gym. Pau got injured in Gm 3 & that was all she wrote otherwise Butler gave LeBron all he could handle when he still had Kyrie (he got injured in Gm 7 but it didn't matter as Rose got BADLY outplayed by Delly).

That was when Parker was still hero balling and was the #1 option, that's why that series went 7 games lol, the Spurs weren't playing championship ball then, it was when he was forced to take a reduced role from re-injuring his ankle allowing Leonard to get more opportunities on offense. Leonard was still the 5th or 6th option on offense, they wouldn't even clear out for him, just crowd him on post ups.

You could say the same for Butler as Rose is a worse ball hog than Porker & still thinks it's his team.

Leonard isn't even the same player he was in '13-14, he's improved levels on both sides of the ball.

Butler/George are STILL better offensive players than Kawhi. Both Butler/George are having career years just like Kawhi & they play w/ inferior teammates.

[Stabula]

enrique leadership...cant even deliver a 5th

he was nearly taking his services to another team

lol how fast the pos fans forget who revive that pos career...

What's up apalisoc_9/dabom

[Stabula]

HE SHOULD PLAY LIKE THAT AND LET HIM DEVELOP,THE SPURS IS NOT 2014 SPURS ANYMORE,IT WON'ZT WORK,IF HE CAN'T DEVELOPE,THE SPURS HAS NO CHANCE TO MAKES THE FINALS AGAIN

It's a shame we live in a pussified world where parents are too scared to euthanize their got children like you

[Stabula]

pos has hot hand is allowed to continue to chuck

non french got on team who has hot hand? pos will stop passing the ball to him to cool the hot hand

I hope your got ass gets banned for infecting this forum with barely legible posts exposing your pathetic lack of intelligence

[Calispursfan11]

I hope your got ass gets banned for infecting this forum with barely legible posts exposing your pathetic lack of intelligence

Yeah, no idea what he is saying either.

[Calispursfan11]

And we return to the thread le... Parker Makes this Team Go! Congrats on the win with Tony scoring 18 and nearly tying Kawhi Chuckard's 19.

[ElNono]

He had a terrific first half tonight... nice bounceback from Ish, tbh

[YGWHI]

Both Butler/George are having career years just like Kawhi & they play w/ inferior teammates.

Butler had better offensive numbers last season...Repeating "Butler's better than Kawhi" over and over again doesn't make it true.

Ironically, in his worst shooting game of the season Kawhi went to the line 8 times and had 3 asts, the same apg the Bulls guy is averaging.

Idiots said here..."he isn't able to get to the line...he will never improve significantly his playmaker skills....he's not good enough to..." Keep betting against Kawhi.

[Kawhitstorm]

Butler had better offensive numbers last season...Repeating "Butler's better than Kawhi" over and over again doesn't make it true.

Ironically, in his worst shooting game of the season Kawhi went to the line 8 times and had 3 asts, the same apg the Bulls guy is averaging.

Idiots said here..."he isn't able to get to the line...he will never improve significantly his playmaker skills....he's not good enough to..." Keep betting against Kawhi.

You are an idiot, no point in arguing w/ a self professed re . The turd I just flushed has more sense than you.

[YGWHI]

You are an idiot, no point in arguing w/ a self professed re . The turd I just flushed has more sense than you.

Why are you so oversensitive? Are you mad?

Let me see, Kawhi did tonight all the things that OP and you say he can't do now /won't be able in next seasons, get to the line, make plays for his teammates... Ouch! That must have hurt.

[Calispursfan11]

Why are you so oversensitive? Are you mad?

Let me see, Kawhi did tonight all the things that OP and you say he can't do now /won't be able in next seasons, get to the line, make plays for his teammates... Ouch! That must have hurt.

Kawhi forced and shot abysmally. Spurs only won because of their depth, because the grizzlies can't shoot outside and because Parker was given some room to get his shot off, but as I said, Parker needs more room and la ude to make this team really GO!

[YGWHI]

Kawhi forced and shot abysmally.

I've said before this was his worst shooting game but still he did what you said he isn't able to do...Keep betting against him!

[KL2]

The '13-'14 Pacers had a melt down around the all-star break & everyone on the team went on a downward spiral. D-West left b/c he was washed-up & was losing minutes to guys such as Scola/Levoy Allen last season along w/ his boy Hibbert being shipped out. Bird essential gave him an ultimatum that he could opt-out & chase a ring or opt-in & rot on the bench b/c the team was rebuilding. He's at the end of his career & has made plenty of money so he went ring chasing.

They had a melt down because Paul George got caught cheating with Hibbert's wife. Once Hibbert started playing like the defense took a hit, just in case you don't know, Hibbert has always been an elite rim protector. West got tired of dealing with all the bull , he literally said he didn't want to "babysit".

http://www.ibtimes.com.au/nba-rumors...losion-1337325

Defensively Indiana was still an elite defensive squad without George, that's despite Stephenson leaving, George Hill leaving, and West on the decline. Not only that, they nearly made the playoffs as the 8th seed last year without George, and again, that's with all those injuries/changes to the roster. Imagine the Spurs trying to survive an entire year without Leonard's defense

The Hawks weren't a good team when they essentially added Al Horford & won 60 games.

The Hawks are a completely different team than they were in 13-14, Horford was missing from that series, Schroeder didn't even get playing time, Carroll played much better next year, they had numerous injuries throughout the year to key players giving Indiana home court advantage. Not only that, Budenholzer hadn't fully implemented his system yet nor had they adapted to it.

Butler was playing w/ a handicapped point guard who thought he was still a franchise player & a starting center who can't make a basket in an empty gym. Pau got injured in Gm 3 & that was all she wrote otherwise Butler gave LeBron all he could handle when he still had Kyrie (he got injured in Gm 7 but it didn't matter as Rose got BADLY outplayed by Delly).

You could say the same for Butler as Rose is a worse ball hog than Porker & still thinks it's his team.

Butler/George are STILL better offensive players than Kawhi. Both Butler/George are having career years just like Kawhi & they play w/ inferior teammates.

Rose wasn't getting lit up for 55 against Irving, that's the difference. You think Parker could guard Irving? lmao. Parker has consistently been one of the worst defenders, if not the worst defender in the NBA, Butler nor George has never had to deal with anything like that. We're talking about a guy that got lit up by McCallum, Galloway, Ish Smith, Austin Rivers, Chalmers etc.

Butler shot 40% against the Cavs and 38% game 7, funny you didn't mention that. It's not like the Cavs were even as good as Lebron's Heat team either lmao. Did you even watch Butler last year? He sacrificed his defense for offense, he's not on Leonard's defensive level. Like I said, Lebron and company have a history of playing down to their compe ion, only to turn it up and blow them out.

Paul George shot 39% post all star break and is a career 42% shooter, that's last year's Kobe territory, yet you think that's elite? C'mon son. George even averages almost as many turnovers as assists. A 39% shooter that averages almost as many turnovers as assists, you can't it.


Both players have the luxury of playing in the East which is filled with mostly young inexperienced teams, in the West you have experienced vets, hardened playoff teams with a wealth of experience. The perimeter players are better, the bigs are a whole lot better, the only time the West-East has been close is this year with the West falling off so early. Nobody gets up to play the Bulls/Pacers, however teams do go hard at the Spurs.

[Calispursfan11]

BUMP

[YGWHI]

Kawhi forced and shot abysmally...Kawhi Chuckard's

BUMP

Best player of the game...24 pts on 60 FG% 13 rbs 4 asts 4 stls 1 block

"He isn't that good, he can't make plays for his teammates..."

Eat hater!

[gilmor]

actually kawhi and parker played well.. so all win..

[Cowboys_Wear_Spurs]

Parker and Kawhi played well last night. Parker started off again passing and getting this teammates open looks. It forced the Suns to adjust and once they did and went on a 9-0 run, Parker started to shoot the ball more. Went 10-13 this game with 8 assist. Seriously, like I said last year, Parker would be able to do this still if he JUST BECOME A PASS FIRST PG.

If and WHEN teams start to respect his passing, they will no longer collapse on him hard and it leave him a lot of open J's and open lanes to drive to the hole. The past 3 of 4 games, Parker has played this way and has been shooting lights out. There is a reason for this.

[Cowboys_Wear_Spurs]

And yeah, if Parker continues to play like this, the Spurs will be the NBA Champions at year-end. Parker playing like old Parker will just lead to a 1st or 2nd round exit. It's great to so see him finally adjusting his game from a fan perspective.

[TheGreatYacht]

A Spurs team led by Parker & Aldridge is a winning one. No lies, all truth.