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If you never rest they do. Also old people recover slower. Try hanging around the assisted living center and telling people "c'mon you've been limping for years, get over and show some respect"
Parker was running from TMZ faster than he did on the court the whole series.
If you never rest they do. Also old people recover slower. Try hanging around the assisted living center and telling people "c'mon you've been limping for years, get over and show some respect"
Injuries matter. Injuries KILL your confidence first and foremost. Which can lead to bad choices on the court. Tony tried and you gotta give him credit..
And for the people that say injuries don't matter don't play basketball
Parker's entire season was a disgrace. He put on too much weight, and he looked slow and tired. With the injuries topped on later in the season, he was nearly worthless.
Parker became a liability when a couple things happened:
1. He couldn't drive to the paint with any urgency
2. He couldn't make short range jumpers
Two things Parker is useful for when he was in his prime, driving the paint and shooting the short range jumper.
When Parker would get into the paint and get fouled, he'd miss his free throws. He was taking the punishment for driving but not taking the reward.
In the games where the Spurs shot FTs well they won. The rest they lost.
In the first game the Clippers won 114 to 105. That's a 9 point lead. Spurs missed 10 free throws. The starters missed 9 of those. Out of 35 FTA, the Spurs hit 25, and the bench accounted for almost half of those.
Until the Spurs can clean up free throw shooting in their starting lineup, they won't be able to move far.
I figured that joke would be right along the lines for a John Ireland / Dave Coulier fan tbh.
Just us.
Where did I say he outplayed Paul? I just said Parker looked like his old self finally in G7 where he went for 20/5/5 on 48% shooting with really good buckets in the 4th (the floater he missed was a high-percentage shot, it just looks bad in hindsight because it didn't go in and Barnes got a 3 on the other end). He was one of few guys that came to play, especially in the 4th.
20 points on 21 shots is terrible
unless everyone else on the team lacks ballss
He's the PG, he can shoot whenever he wants..
That didn't lose the game, 5/13 against a 36 year old SF did
I've defended Parker here during the first round. He's not nearly as bad as most of the hack takes, and he's had a great career with the Spurs, but you can't argue this season wasn't a regression. He was horrible most of the season. I believe the regression was mostly injury related. Fast PGs can make a go until around 34, then the drop off seems to be big. If Parker gets healthy and plays less minutes, I think he will regain most of his former form. That said, he is on the wrong side of 30 for basketball. I suspect he has some regression, but not nearly as bad as the last few weeks.
Open letter to Tony Parker:
Dear Mr. Parker --
Thank you for your service.
I know that many Spurs fans do not appreciate you anymore and think that you are washed up.
Unfortunately, many of these same Spurs fans seem angry at you just because they believe you are washed up.
That seems odd to me.
In any event, most of these same Spurs fans have been wrong about just about everything in the past.
They thought David Robinson was washed up in 2001 and actually blamed him for re-signing with the team. One Spurs fan even purported to "indict" Big Dave for "crimes against the Spurs" on a message board (I think his internet name was actually "Spurs Fan" or something).
Then there was Tim Duncan -- they all thought he was washed up about five years ago.
Even the heart and soul of the Spurs, Manu Ginobili, was not spared -- they were angry at him for having the temerity just to continue suiting up a couple years ago. Then he slam dunked his way to a Finals win over the Miami Heat just last year.
These fans almost always think that the Spurs should be "blown up" and start rebuilding every summer.
So, in other words Tony, being hated buy these short-sighted fools puts you in good company.
And don't worry Tony -- when you come back strong next year they'll all deny they ever said a bad word about you.
Just like they deny they ever said anything bad about David Robinson, or Tim, or Manu.
So enjoy the summer.
-- A Spurs Fan
Why are people ignoring that 2014 Parker saw a huge regression from 2013 Parker, too? This year's decline was worse than I thought, but it's evident that this is an age-related, progressive decline..
He went from star PG to slightly above average player to backup PG in 3 years..even if you blame it on injuries, why wouldn't a 33-year old PG that has spent his entire career playing in the paint continue to get nagging injuries?
Comparing the decline of Parker to the decline of Robinson is just so stupid, blind and idiotic in so many ways, but I'll leave it there.
Parker, Diaw, de Colo, Gobert included n the preliminary roster for the Eurobasket 2015.
You think the Spurs will let him play?
Yeah because Enrique is as skilled, unselfish and dedicated (shape wise) as those actual Spurs legends.
The Spurs are sending him a "no compete" letter for any extra curricular basketball, just like they did Manu last year.. I think Parker finally sees his body is no longer invincible, and I expect him to return next year rested, lighter, hungry and healthy. Parker will be back, no way his career is gonna just fizz out like this.
Low IQ players that rely on their athleticism to be effective tend to fizzle out like this all the time. In Tony's case, he's useless without his speed. He won't age well like Duncan and Manu(players with actual skills to fall back on)
It may be time to make him officially a two guard, like Pop planned after the 02-03 le..
They don't have a choice.
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