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Tony really sux in first two games with Spain, this time was better but his team lost again..........
Thanks for the warm welcome Solid D and JUUOT.
I'm Live & Direct from Paris, I've been surfing on this forum since a few months already and I really appreciate to see that there are so many people that have good knowledge of basketball but I never had the gut to post to avoid embarassing myself..
But I can contribute to give some insight from Paris when there are news on TP, and I have more time now that I have started my internship!
Tony really sux in first two games with Spain, this time was better but his team lost again..........
from lequipe.fr
tony was interviewed by the french news paper. He explained he was correct against spain but was dead after few minutes on the floor. Now he said he is nearly ready physically wise and his knee is looking fine. Concerning his shoot...
journalist: "we often say your shoot is your weakness. But against Turkey you shot 5 of 7 3 pt..."
Tony: "Iam changing my technic, changing my hand and using more my thumb. I am really happy because all the specific work i did with chip starts paying back. my objective is that in 3 years i will be like a steve nash or a chauncey billups. It is not going to come in days. Since i am actually working on it, sometimes i am going to do big games and sometimes completely miss everything (i do not see how it changes from last year lol). It is only the beginning but i think i will become a lot more consistent with my shoot."
On avance souvent le shoot comme votre point faible. Or contre la Turquie vous êtes à 5/7 à trois points...
Je suis en train de changer ma technique, de changer ma main et d'utiliser plus mon pouce. Je suis très content parce que tout le travail spécifique que j'ai fait avec Chip England commence à payer. Mon objectif c'est que dans trois ans, je serai comme un Steve Nash ou un Chauncey Billups. Ca ne va pas venir du jour au lendemain. Comme je travaille en ce moment, des fois je vais faire un gros match et des fois je vais tout louper. Ce n'est que le début mais je pense que je vais devenir beaucoup plus régulier au shoot.
thats enough for me to celebrate on .
Don't worry, lots of people embarass themselves on this forum. Most don't even know it.
Hehe good stuff JUUOT, I haven't seen it on their web site.
Here is Parker's opinion on NVE's arrival:
"It doesn't bother me, on the contrary I will learn from him, he's a good PG.
We're not directly in compe ion, he can also play SG and we can both be on the court at the same time. Anyway, they (RC & Pop) could have brought anyone, there is no big deal, that's basketball, there is always compe ion. He's a clutch player, that's good.
He can be like Rober Horry: he rests for a year and then he drops big shots in playoffs"
Ha ha, LMAO at that. Robert Horry rests for a year. Ah TP. Somehow I find that funny even though it's not. I'm weird that way.
Welcome. Thanks for the info.Hi, this is my first post!
see! there IS a god! He's answered all my prayers! Tony is paying attention ot Chip, co-operating with Chip... and he;s improving.Tony: "Iam changing my technic, changing my hand and using more my thumb. I am really happy because all the specific work i did with chip starts paying back. my objective is that in 3 years i will be like a steve nash or a chauncey billups. It is not going to come in days. Since i am actually working on it, sometimes i am going to do big games and sometimes completely miss everything (i do not see how it changes from last year lol). It is only the beginning but i think i will become a lot more consistent with my shoot."
EVERYONE MAKE APPROPRIATE SACRIFICES TO THE BASKETBALL GODS NOW BEFORE THIS FALLS APART !!!!!
Welcome to the forum
Just interested to know what question that response was to. Seems like the reporter thought Nick would be challenging Tony for the starting job, or maybe he thought Parker would be expendable now? On the other hand maybe he/she thought this would impact Parkers 4th Q PT.
Haha, don't worry hardwork always pays.
Look at Billups, he has become a good shooter in the past 2 years (44,2% in 04-05) while he was just horrible in his first 4 years (average 36%).
Nash also wasn't too good when he began in the NBA and he is now a deadly shooter.
What I mean is TP is just 23 years old!! Billups and Nash are 28 and 31, I think he can surely develop a more reliable shoot and we haven't seen his best yet.
ThxWelcome to the forum
Actually, there wasn't any specific question. The reporter just ask TP to comment on NVE's arrival.Just interested to know what question that response was to. Seems like the reporter thought Nick would be challenging Tony for the starting job, or maybe he thought Parker would be expendable now? On the other hand maybe he/she thought this would impact Parkers 4th Q PT.
In that case his responses were probebly pre-emptive becasue the French press is very Pro-Tony and they are always looking out for what they think could be slights to him etc etc.
In fact, JUUOT translated the end of the interview and sum up what was the most interesting but I translated the beginning for those that might be interested..
Journalist: "What's your point of view on the 3 lost in a row in 4 days?"
TP: "We're not disciplined enough, each guy is doing his thing.
We're not defending well, there is no help while defense should be our strenght.
But against Turkey, except the end of the game, we did good things.
There is improvement comparing to our game against Spain.
Our game is less crazy and we're getting accustomed to the system."
(btw, France was leading all the time except at the end of each half)
Journalist: "It doesn't scare you"?
TP: "Nope, cuz don't forget that the team is still really young
and that we need to know each other better. There are players with whom
I've never played before.
Jérôme Schmitt for example: before coming I didn't even know his name (lol neither did I), I didn't know what he looks like. We need more experience and to play more games."
Journalist: "Even if you lose?"
TP: "I hate losing, but if we play all our pre-games, it's not big deal.
We need to win during the European Tournament. Meanwhile, we're gaining more experience. From now, don't ask too much from this team."
Journalist: "But in 2 weeks we'll ask a lot more from this team"
Tp: "Yeah, that's obvious. That's like when I was put in the starting lineup
at the Spurs, they didn't give a f* that I was 18 and that I was coming from Europe.
We needed to win the le, that's all. With our national team coach, that's the same, we don't have much choice anyway. I think that in 4 years we will be really good!
But we need to be good right now, to improve faster to be ready for the Euro."
Journalist: "How do you feel physically?"
TP: "I'm better physically if you compare with the game vs Spain when I wasn't able to run. My knees hurt just a little bit after the games but I'm OK.
I'm almost ready".
Welcome!
Greetings from Argentina!
We need more frenchies arround. It's nice to hear that Parker has in mind to become as good as billups or nash. If he improves his jumpshots, and keep that speed going, he will be an awsome point guard. And the spurs will rule like forever,
thx, will start an argento-french invasion on this forum
Just to clarify, the reference to Billups and Nash wasn't from TP, it was just my thought.
But in fact I've heard the Billups reference from TP before, he said that Billups and Manu got their best at the end of their 20's and that he's just in the early 20's. He'll become stronger as the years go by.
merci admidave50 je suis au travail alors pas trop le temps de tout traduire.
nous sommes 2-3 francais regulierement sur le site. ca fait un de plus et aussi solid D est generalement bien au courant de ce qui se passe en europe.
keep it up
ah bon, Solid D est également francophone?
Je comprends ta situation, je suis moi-même au bureau mais j'ai plus de temps libre étant stagiare
Tu es du Quebec?
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