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Well, I was going to write in my original post that I didn't know if he was doing it before playing in Europe and that I could be wrong, but I didn't write it. I guess I was wrong.
Didn't you watch the video posted on this thread where Manu says that he has been doing that since he can remember?
Well, I was going to write in my original post that I didn't know if he was doing it before playing in Europe and that I could be wrong, but I didn't write it. I guess I was wrong.
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That you made an attempt at an actual post before inevitably resorting to your usual
, Harlem.
The arc on these game winners is what gets me.
oh mamaaaa
Manu now has a streak of 5 straight games in double digit scoring. Hasn’t done that since December 2014!!!
Lmao pathetic
I mean I know it’s a shtick and all, but even so I don’t get why anyone would in any way gripe at Manu. He’s one of the greatest draft steals of all time and is underrated in his influence on basketball. He may, in the long run, turn out to have the most stylistic influence on basketball of all the Spurs greats. At an advanced age, he still pulls one trick out of the bag that no one else in the league will do.
And that hat also goes to the people that hate Parker, who is every bit as great as Manu.
I’ve seen the future with Fathead, Murray, and White. I’m not looking forward to the lottery years. Let us true Spur fans enjoy the last few runs this team makes before all of the big three are gone and Pop forces Kawhi to retire after the next ankle sprain.
Fathead and Murray....
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I think him and Tony both had equal influence on the game of basketball from a style perspective. Manu popularized the Euro step and now you see other perimeter players doing it. Tony popularized the tear drop. Almost every PG in the league has their own tear drop type of move.
i think stylistically, the most special thing about parker were his teardrops and his little ninja jump hook post moves in the paint. i dont think anyone else has really copied that style of play where a small guard gets position inside quickly and shoots a jump hook on a drive. By far his most special quality. and yes both will be missed for decades, general nba fans pay no respect to spurs players (whether because of the pace, minutes distribution, system, pop getting undue credit, people's perception of texas/san antonio) for as long as ive been a spurs fan ive seen every single one of our players be criminally underrated by most nba fans. tony was absolutely right, that if they had played the same way in new york instead of san antonio, they would have gotten credit/recognition that they didnt get in san antonio.
Wasn't he teardrop signaled as the least efficient shot in basketball not too long ago?
Not hating on Tony, tbh. If anything it's admirable that he mastered such a difficult shot. I just found funny folks talking about the influence of the teardrop when it was just outed as the (or one of the) least efficient shots in the sport.
If Tony popularized the tear drop, then I popularized truth bombs tbh.
Can we mention some of Manu's defensive plays this season? There is so way such a slight guy without an abnormal wingspan at age 40 defending guards should be this effective defensively...
I might've figured he had in Dec. 2015 when the Spurs had all those injuries. Maybe Manu was one of them? When did he bust a nut again?
I mean, I can see the case for having him in the same stratosphere. But at the end of the day Manu > Parker, tbh.
I don't hate Tony either, he's a staple of the franchise, but he just hasn't aged well. He's 35 right now, can you see him playing at the current Manu's level at age 40? I can't.
It's true it's not his fault, tbh, and has a lot of miles. C'est la vie.
I agree with cd98 that the time is now to enjoy whatever is left of them.
Tony also popularized the wrong-footed lay-up and the reach-out-and-shoot before the big can go for the swat. As well, he brought the 360 back en vogue (to some degree), post Dominique. But at the end of the day Manu > Tony.
Tony also popularized shooting 6/23 and 4/12 and scoring 0 points in the first three quarters of closeout games in the NBA Finals tbh.
It doesn't matter which one was better since they were both Duncan's sidekicks. This is like Celtic fans debating whether McHale is better than Parish.
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