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Really, really impressed with his play so far this season. If this Parker is here to stay, I like the Spurs' chances.
might as well sticky this thread, tbh
Really, really impressed with his play so far this season. If this Parker is here to stay, I like the Spurs' chances.
still not worth his contract, but given that green/duncan are bargains, it should be good enough for now
Parker played well tonight, outside a stretch in the 3rd when he forced things a bit. He had a great first half though. I really like even Tony focuses on 3 basic things: (1) drive by his man to for a layup; (2) pick and pop with a big; (3) hit the spot up jumper off a pass. He's actually very good at getting LMA decent looks at jumpers off of picks. He struggled when he probes, doesn't get to the rim, and then tries to create.
Parker from the first half today is a good pg for this team.
aka parker played a good game, so lets focus on the the stretch of a couple of minutes where he wasnt good
My comment wasn't about those few minutes. It was meant to convey that I thought Tony looked great tonight.
who gives a .. Tony sucks... muahahaha
are we gonna ignore the fact that mvparker just shut down teague and held him to 6 points on 2-10 shooting and 4 turnovers?
I understand the objective opinion that Parker is not the player he once was, but the hate schtick is just a ridiculous affectation... the guy is shooting 57% from the field and has a PER of 19.4. He's doing everything that's asked of him by the team, his ORtg, DRtg, and RPM are all vastly improved from last season, and his rank as a PG in the RPM has him at #24 in the league compared with #65 last year. How do you possibly find a negative in that? As a fan of the Spurs, you should be celebrating the fact that Parker has adjusted his play in exactly the way even his harshest critics have asked him to...
You have to realize that even when Parker WAS the 'player he once' was, there is/was a cadre of posters on ST who hated him, and it has now become a cult phenomenon. Some of the posters who continually hate on him do so because he is not Kawhi (Apo, Dabom), some because he was part of a sexting scandal with Erin Barry, some because they don't understand or even watch the games, and some because they want to be accepted as of an identifiable group (looking at you, Rob) that reinforce each other during threads.
No one who is an actual Team Fan hates him. It is impossible, as you point out, to continue the rants that took place last year with anything resembling rationality. Rationality has no place for the Apo, ("hope he breaks his ankle and never plays again") crowd. There is little point in engaging them, imo.
he's still overpaid
He can not tear up his contract Spurs have paid luxury tax
He is not the most overpaid on team
Lol 3rd best player in Spurs history? Still a great player. Deserves every dime
duncan/robinson/gervin/manu all squarely ahead of him. kawhi is already better now than parker ever was.
and parker deserved the money when he was playing at that high level. he doesn't deserve that same money now
Cant say I ever watched gervin but manu over Parker is just player fan talk. Ginobili was great for a few years but his longevity as an elite player wasn't close to parkers.
Maybe longevity, not even sure if thats even true, but Manus high points are higher.
And to comment on spurraider, Kawhi now being better than Parker ever was is debatable. Kawhis got him on D but not O.
Tony over Manu.
When Kawhi finishes top 5 in MVP rankings (should be the case this year) he'll still have done only part of what Parker has done in his career. Kawhi's ceiling might be higher, but that story still remains to be written (and I sure hope it will). But right now we're comparing apples and oranges.
The role of MVParker.
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