Parker is not known for being a clutch player in time of need.
He shines when it dont matter.
What's she gonna do?
When was the last time he made a clutch play to ace a game?
Parker has been extremely clutch for the last 7 years at least. He wasn't this game.
In the regular season or the playoffs?
Last year's playoffs, TP was clutch in games 3 and 4 against the Mavs and pretty much put both those games away for the Spurs.
Manu still obviously has the ball in his hands in crunch time and rightfully so but to say TP isn't clutch just isn't true.
Not concerned at all with him having a better Game 2.
Spurs fans with the recollection ability of a dust mite.
Anyways, this game reminded me exactly of the first game of the playoffs in 2005 when Parker inexplicable appeared not to be ready for postseason basketball. His stats and play were very similar. One would hope Parker would have been ready to go since the Spurs are without Manu -- not to mention the fact that Parker is a veteran now as opposed to back then -- but I guess not.
TP usually makes a lot of clutch shots, but he missed today
wow that was quick, lets be prepared for some funny y posts untill next game about TP. TP has been horrible but we never should have been in that position to begin with.
Pop is the guy to blame from the beginning till the end, he broke a nice lead as always with bonner / blair bull . The only thing is doing is talking about Defense but he didn't act like he cares about Defense. With or without Manu ty shooting days happen all the time, the only thing that brings consistency is D.
TBH we are lucky to have been in position to steal this game, Grizz shot 55% FG 55% (and don't come with they were lucky) ! with a 6/10 on 3s, luckily for us they missed 12 FTs shooting a poor 63%.
Guys creating thread to blame TP, Bonner, Tim or the weather are missing the point. Our D sucks and not playing Tiago is just some STUPID .
Yeah sure next time Manu will be there but maybe we are not having 47 FTs again with Grizz at 33 missing 12 !
Would not surprise me, really. Not saying it necessarily was the case, but would be no surprise at all. IMO he isn't the smartest decision maker on the court, and also never really had the vision to distribute the ball really well for a PG. He did also make a stupid decision to sext his ex-teammate's wife, a teammate he won championships with and who also has kids with said wife. Pretty ridiculous.
He also spends a lot of his time doing really foolish and childish like:
A dude who's primary noteworthy skills are on the basketball court, still feels the need to make videos as shown above, does kinda hint he may be a relatively self-conscious insecure dude.
So yes, upon further review I do believe it is likely he was trying to prove a point that "but but but I can close too!!"and also show his value to the team.
Agree, blame one guy is not fair. The defense, especially the interior D, was awful.
point in caseWould not surprise me, really. Not saying it necessarily was the case, but would be no surprise at all. IMO he isn't the smartest decision maker on the court, and also never really had the vision to distribute the ball really well for a PG. He did also make a stupid decision to sext his ex-teammate's wife, a teammate he won championships with and who also has kids with said wife. Pretty ridiculous.
He also spends a lot of his time doing really foolish and childish like:
A dude who's primary noteworthy skills are on the basketball court, still feels the need to make videos as shown above, does kinda hint he may be a relatively self-conscious insecure dude.
So yes, upon further review I do believe it is likely he was trying to prove a point that "but but but I can close too!!"
Alvarez 1. your thoughts about TP are stupid and 2. focusing on TP ty game is dumb when Marc ing Gasol scores 24 pts in our house.
Would not surprise me, really. Not saying it necessarily was the case, but would be no surprise at all. IMO he isn't the smartest decision maker on the court, and also never really had the vision to distribute the ball really well for a PG. He did also make a stupid decision to sext his ex-teammate's wife, a teammate he won championships with and who also has kids with said wife. Pretty ridiculous.
He also spends a lot of his time doing really foolish and childish like:
A dude who's primary noteworthy skills are on the basketball court, still feels the need to make videos as shown above, does kinda hint he may be a relatively self-conscious insecure dude.
So yes, upon further review I do believe it is likely he was trying to prove a point that "but but but I can close too!!"
Wow
Do you feel better now?
It must have been hard for you to wait for the oportunity...
I guess it was a VERY long regular season for you and a pain to watch TP ending leader in points, assists and FG% for the best team in the west...
You're right, all these years/games were just fool gold and we saw tonight the real TP!
He's one of the best con artist ever!!!
I wouldn't say that TP is not clutch BUT I don't feel comfortable with him trying to be a closer.
I'm still wondering why Parker had a 3 point attempt in the first half and it wasn't a wide open corner 3 with the clock winding down either. Also for this season he seems to have taken fewer mid range jumpers overall.
Parker's play was overall pretty bad. He couldn't convert his shot attempts and he made terrible decisions in the clutch both offensively and defensively.
He's our biggest match-up advantage against most playoffs teams so he's going to have to pick up his game especially with Ginobili suffering an injury.
But he also wasn't the reason why Marc Gasol looked like a HOFer out there...unless you play the argument that Parker should've gotten the Memphis bigs into foul trouble early which I agree with tbh.
Well at least the Manu fan boys are happy with this loss.Would not surprise me, really. Not saying it necessarily was the case, but would be no surprise at all. IMO he isn't the smartest decision maker on the court, and also never really had the vision to distribute the ball really well for a PG. He did also make a stupid decision to sext his ex-teammate's wife, a teammate he won championships with and who also has kids with said wife. Pretty ridiculous.
He also spends a lot of his time doing really foolish and childish like:
A dude who's primary noteworthy skills are on the basketball court, still feels the need to make videos as shown above, does kinda hint he may be a relatively self-conscious insecure dude.
So yes, upon further review I do believe it is likely he was trying to prove a point that "but but but I can close too!!"
Don't be mean to TP. It's a team game not his alone. Good luck Spurs during the next game.
Hill ran the offense in the first half, even when Parker was in the game. Anyone that recorded it go back and watch. Then watch when Parker runs it in the third quarter and suddenly the Spurs start winning again. Then watch when Pop gives the ball back to Hill in the fourth and the Spurs start sucking. Blame Parker for that terrible shot at the end, but don't blame him for playing badly in the three quarters where Pop made Hill the primary ball handler.
For the love of God..
you can't seriously blame the game on one guy. Spurs played horrible for most of the game except during the 3rd quarter and during that time of the 2 clutch 3s from bonnerball. The rest of the game was horrible, only McHale's Timmy was able to carry the Spurs through most of the game (at least he looked as sharp as 4 years ago).
This team can't win nothing without Manu playing - they are just too used to have him play.
Also, you need to consider the Spurs will not win these series going against their 2 bigs alone. The Spurs were getting killed on the 2nd options, unable to buy a rebound. There was a stretch in the 4th that was just slaughter. They knew that coming into this game so unless you bring everything you can from the likes of TP, Hill, Neal and Manu you can't beat them. They are an overall team. Also, I don't understand how you can leave a player like Battier all by himself right there. He's known for his perimeter threat and he's really one of the best players in the NBA - he's just had a bad break at Huston but I would have him playing for the Spurs in a heartbeat.
People in here are so frequently eager to hang Parker.
Clutch play????? When was the last basket made by the all star and Hall of Famer and $22 million dollar a year man, Tim Duncan?
TD played well early. He played poorly late, and disappeared in the clutch.
This loss is on EVERYBODY, guys...get off one person's case.
Try Duncan from mid- third quarter, McDyess the whole game, GHill most of the game, and Popovich. Tony was terrible in the first half and food in the second. He wasn't perfect.
The most knowledgable post in this thread by far.
(But I have to admit the bar wasn't very high)
Man this is so true. WTF. This has to be a wake up call for Pop - this experiment has ended badly before - I'm not sure I'm ready to revive it all again. Hill is a good back up for SG but not as PG. Hill can really SCORE if he's not carrying the ball.
I just don't get why you would get out of something that's working and just mismanage a game that I though could be won.
I definitely agree with the second part.
don't be a party breaker for tp haters thats a golden opportunity for them
IMO TP played like the first half, he should have told Hill get the out my way, he had a very good third, sucked in a 4 but not for the tp wanted to shine bs, with manu he is our main O weapon he took his responsability and failed.
We never should have been in that situation anyway
The Spurs were a fast break team all year with one of the quickest players in the league who plays great in the paint, makes good decisions with the ball and is completely healthy.
They were a half court team today.
Even Chump can do the math on that.
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