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All the more reason to not trade Danny for Ricky Rubio.
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Kawhi"It's been great," Parker said of his changing role. "I love my role, and I'll try to do the best I can this year to keep winning games. You know, we won 67 games last year. We’ll try to do the same thing and go further in the playoffs. As long as [coach Gregg Popovich] is happy, that’s my main job here. I don’t care if people don’t understand my role or all this stuff I have to do now.”
“It’s hard to explain the way I felt, but for sure I think my role is even bigger [now] on the leadership thing,” Parker said. Now, the key is to spread “the Spurs mentality and the way we play: unselfish, sharing the ball, only caring about winning and winning championships. That was the best thing about Timmy when I first came in, [him] showing all of us how to do it.”
As part of this transition, Parker said he’s studied Stockton, Kidd and Steve Nash, all veterans who “were still efficient” as they aged into their mid-to-late 30s.
“I always study everybody,” Parker said. “You know, I’m a big student of the game. So as everybody gets older and further in their careers, you just have to adapt. I’m lucky that we have a lot of great players on the team. Of course, you can pick up stuff from everybody. You can learn from everybody and see what fits in your game. I'm just trying to do what Pop wants, and if he wants me to play like that, that's all I care about: winning and winning championships. At the end of the day, if I can win a couple of more before I retire, I will be very happy.”
PopLeonard joined the Spurs during that 2011-12 season, and remembers Parker toting most of the load on offense.
At the time, Parker was “very aggressive on the offensive end,” Leonard said. “[It was] just him trying to score a lot of points, just really carrying us. We didn’t have the talent level that we have now, and as he’s slowed down, Pop has given him a different role.”
Manu“He’s done that more and more,” Popovich said. “He’s done a great job, just like David [Robinson] did for Tim [Duncan] and Tim did for Manu [Ginobili] and Tony. Now they’re realizing the ball needs to go in different places, and Tony is finding out he’s pretty darned skilled at it. He’s been really great in practice at finding open people.”
http://www.espn.com/blog/san-antonio...what-they-need“Yeah, it’s a transition that everyone goes through with years and with experience, and the addition of new, younger talent,” Ginobili said. “He's understood it, and he's done it really well. He, of course, at the beginning is going to have some ups and downs, and sometimes even some frustration. But I think he went past that, and we are looking forward to seeing him mature in that aspect and keep going but in different role; not in the one where we need 20 [points] and 10 [assists] from him.”
All the more reason to not trade Danny for Ricky Rubio.
Was gonna share this too, but worried what it'd turn in to with some of the posters here. Thanks for sharing. Look forward to seeing what he's got this year. These changes don't happen over night or even in a season with guys who were so ball dominant. These things are gradual changes.
Last edited by bklynspursfan; 10-10-2016 at 02:44 PM.
Yeah and Tony seems really great about it too. Can't be easy, especially for someone like him who cares about these things more than your average Spur. You can really see he's trying put the team's best interests first.
An encouraging sign. If he stays within the parameters of his designated role then he can be a net positive.
Keep saying the right things but he needs to implement and stay confined to a facilitator role all season long and not go hero ball two weeks into the season.
We are not worthy. We are so blessed to have a pg with veteran leadership like Tony Parker on the team.
We can't underestimate the mental aspect.
In context: the talk about Ginobili feeling "important," so the mental aspect is relevant for everybody and Ginobili mentions that at times Tony was frustrated. I think when a guy is not looking for his shot as often as Tony used to, and has to prioritize others, his own rhythm and things like that come into play as well, and thus he had some stinkers which have to be frustrating. But it seems like right now Tony is adjusting.
I agree with brooklynfan, these things are gradual. (I also think the growth of younger players is gradual. Kawhi improved each season before getting to where he is at for example. He didn't just roll out of bed his second season and was an MVP candidate.)
This season I do look forward to see the evolution of Tony and the Spurs offense. I also look forward to watching the evolution in the bench. But Tony is setting an example here for everyone else. Now he has to go out and do it, that is the challenge.
The thing with Tony is that he has to trust the other players enough to score when needed instead of saying, it, I got this and going hero style.
That means the other players have to be trustworthy enough to produce but he does have to work on the patience of watching it play out. Hopefully he can curb that hero for the first half of the RS to at least see what he has to work with...
^^^ Someone who has to trust others too is Manu. (Just saying.)
And it is funny you should mention trust bc one thing Pop said about young players is that not only they have to get confidence in themselves, but teammates have to get confidence in them too, and it's sometimes unnatural to the vets bc they were used to being the ones taking it upon themselves to save the situation if they needed to. Tony did a fair amount of this, but at times others were not stepping up to the challenge. It's a synergy. Others have to get aggressive as well and demand control of the situation (with Pop's green light of course).
Kawhi was still developing an at ude of knowing when to take over last season. I know this bc he said one of the things he worked on over the summer was knowing the times when he needed to take over and demand possessions. I can only imagine he meant he's looked at a lot of film of himself in games etc., (and maybe talked to Kobe like Pop said he wanted him to mentor Kawhi) and he is starting to understand that at times h needs to call up for the ball and take command. I expect the team to progress in that direction. Tony is talking the talk, now we just have to see him walk the walk. Kawhi and LMA too, they have their share in this as well. The team is an organic en y.
Tony is doing everything he can and now, in the current market, his contract is by no means an albatross. Nothing really to complain about.
Thanks for posting.
I have thought about this some, too. I don't think it is a terrible contract this season or (especially) next. Somehow I would like it better, though, if Tony were on Danny's contract and Danny on Tony's. But since neither one will be departing before the end of next season (if then), it really doesn't matter at all. Basically, 24MM for Tony and Danny puts the Spurs ahead of the game. (I just have to laugh at myself and my obsession with symmetry some times.Tony is doing everything he can and now, in the current market, his contract is by no means an albatross. Nothing really to complain about.)
Some nice words from Kawhi, tbh he appreciates MVParker. I'm guessing he doesn't read Spurstalk because he supposedly hates him
I hate to be that guy, but I'll believe it when I see it.
Tony has talked about a changing role in the past only to ball hog it and become a black hole on offense. He shouldn't be playing more than 20 mpg at this stage of his career.
This is Pop making the team think for themselves obviously.
2016 Warriors.
Translation: Tony can't get to the rim now and when he can he cannot score. He's too fat and slow to get anything done and hates passing but hates sitting on the bench worse.
16 minutes, 1/6 FG.
Yep, Tony is well and truly back smh
Offense looked great when he was running the P&P with Aldridge in the first half tbh.
....Then Kawhi ran PG the whole 3rd quarter and the Spurs scored 14 points
LMAO
All the morons that bash Parker and claim everyone "hates" playing with Tony. Or that the team will actively look to rid itself of him.
LOLOLOL
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