Tony Parker is not a kid anymore

[BillMc]

Some posters seem to more content throwing dirt on his grave than hoping for him to have a bounceback season, despite the fact that the latter would make the Spurs even more ridiculously loaded.

This.

[T_L_P]

I just hope he doesn't cry hamstring at each time he sucks in a game/stretch beacuse the reality is that he'is done more than anything else..I'm sure Manu and TD are dinged up all time but they never reach for the media to talk about how niggling and beaten up their bodies are..Tony needs take the honorable path and sit himself on the bench with fellow cheering teammates instead of disappearing in the locker room to never bee seen again after a disastrous"i-don't-have-it-this-night" half..It is going to be a challenge trying to reconcile Tony's ego with the stark reality of his ability as Basketball player right now..Yes Parker is not a kid anymore, but he could still grow in other departments..

Damn. Truth nuke.

[Kool Bob Love]

tbh, I wish he would stop blaming the "injuries"... Hopefully he doesn't really think that injuries is what slowed him down. He needs to realize he just can't push the machine as much as before, otherwise he will get hurt again. That's natural once you get older. Especially during the grind of the regular season. Now we have personnel that can carry the scoring load, so he needs to have a more cerebral role (like HH said, more of a Prigioni role).

Spurs really need him healthy in that kind of role, so hopefully he understands that and he can have a good season.

I wish you were this honest about Manu. Clown.

[SpursforSix]

I think all Spurs fans hope that Parker rebounds and has a decent season. But many of us have been expressing our concerns about the potentially fast dropoff for Parker for years. Only to be ridiculed time and time again.
So while everyone hopes that Parker doesn't up this otherwise promising season, there are a lot of "told you so's" that have been building up should Parker not rebound.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

Parker appears to be taking a humble, hard working approach to the season. All good things from my perspective. He'll be fine if he plays within himself. With LMA on board it takes some offensive burden off of everyone, but I'd say especially the Big 3.

[ElNono]

I wish you were this honest about Manu. Clown.

I have been, especially after 2013. Look it up. I was first in line about a reduced role for him, tbh

[ElNono]

It doesn't have to mean you love them any less or that they're not important to the team.

They ARE important, that's why you want them healthy, even if they can't impact the game from the same areas they did in the past.

[SpursforSix]

Parker appears to be taking a humble, hard working approach to the season. All good things from my perspective. He'll be fine if he plays within himself. With LMA on board it takes some offensive burden off of everyone, but I'd say especially the Big 3.

All I want is for him to do is facilitate ball movement, not turnover the ball, and hit the occasional open short jumper. I'm not saying it's worth $15,000,000 but it's all they need from him.

[wildcardX]

All I want is for him to do is facilitate ball movement, not turnover the ball, and hit the occasional open short jumper. I'm not saying it's worth $15,000,000 but it's all they need from him.

Expectations shouldn't be higher than that for him this year.

[Mr Bones]

As the best ball handler on the team, and with his much improved 3 pt shooting, Parker should be able to transition into a different type of player. Just as the Spurs made the transition from a team that pounded the ball down inside to Duncan to a more Parker-centric offense, I have no doubt they'll be able to put more focus on ball movement and more shots for Aldridge, Leonard, and Green.

[T_L_P]

As the best ball handler on the team, and with his much improved 3 pt shooting, Parker should be able to transition into a different type of player. Just as the Spurs made the transition from a team that pounded the ball down inside to Duncan to a more Parker-centric offense, I have no doubt they'll be able to put more focus on ball movement and more shots for Aldridge, Leonard, and Green.

Sounds simple enough.

Problem is, Parker is the one with the ball in his hands most - so if he decides he'd rather be shooting the ball than facilitating, we're screwed.

If we had a Belichick it wouldn't be a problem, but Pop showed us last year that he is too scared to bench Parker, so we're pretty much done if he doesn't accept a role (which he won't).

[Mr Bones]

Sounds simple enough.

Problem is, Parker is the one with the ball in his hands most - so if he decides he'd rather be shooting the ball than facilitating, we're screwed.

If we had a Belichick it wouldn't be a problem, but Pop showed us last year that he is too scared to bench Parker, so we're pretty much done if he doesn't accept a role (which he won't).

I don't agree. It seems to me judging by Parker's quotes that he is coming to terms with aging and the inevitable slowing down of his game, and understands that he'll have to adapt.

[SASdynasty!]

Nashs back was already bad when he was in Phoenix.

Only good things you hear from Parker, though. The changes in training regime were necessary, I said it the year before he has to take a page out of Manus book before because Manu had less muscle problems the last two seasons. Parker will have it easier with the Spurs than with his national team as Gobert is not exactly a player that opens the floor for Tony. So, hopefully he stays healthy, then the offense can be pretty incredible after the first few months of the season.

Parker broke Nash's back when he dropped 29.6/7.0/3.4/1.5 on him in the 2008 playoff series, tbh

[LaMarcus Bryant]

Parker broke Nash's back when he dropped 29.6/7.0/3.4/1.5 on him in the 2008 playoff series, tbh

underrated post

[TheGreatYacht]

Parker broke Nash's back when he dropped 29.6/7.0/3.4/1.5 on him in the 2008 playoff series, tbh

underrated post

[K...]

Sounds simple enough.

Problem is, Parker is the one with the ball in his hands most - so if he decides he'd rather be shooting the ball than facilitating, we're screwed.

If we had a Belichick it wouldn't be a problem, but Pop showed us last year that he is too scared to bench Parker, so we're pretty much done if he doesn't accept a role (which he won't).

Haha, pop scared.....everyone assumes that pop has hindsight but the rational belief was always that Parker could recover better then mills could be pg. Thus pop went with the right horse.


I wanted to talk about another meme....the Parker always blames injury for poor performance. Tony Parker is the guy who drove to the basket time and time again. Yeah gino was more creative but Parker was steady and effective. If you didn't think he ever sustained minor injuries you are delusional. It's not up to a player to say they are too injured to be effective. That's the coach. And hobbled Parker was always better than average. Maybe last year that ceased to be true.

Even if Parker did legitimately lie about injuries, how does that take away the thousands of legit shots he made?


This is the Tony Parker who took more coach abuse than any other spur ever. Parker worked harder on his game than any other player in recent history. Even if he's just average, he gave so much to this team that it's odd people pick out these random complaints about his ego. News flash, there's nothing inherently better about Duncan and Kawhi's autistic at ude from a basketball perspective. Parker has been coacheable his whole career.



The final gripe I have is the people who said that they took for calling out Parker for bad play last year. Here is my pity party to anyone who took for truthful statements that Parker would not recover in 2014. Whether you had superior basketball knowledge or just a lucky guess your statement does not mean the countless other criticisms are true. All that is proven is that an old player is old. Blessed be those who are still athletic on through their 30s even without having played thousands of nba games. Most of you here are less than attractive, less athletic than Parker even in his tosb state. Please deal with this quietly.


Anyway, don't let facts get on the way of your feelings kids. If you say Parker fakes injuries then it must be true. You are all experts in mind reading and medicine.

[rmt]

Sounds simple enough.

Problem is, Parker is the one with the ball in his hands most - so if he decides he'd rather be shooting the ball than facilitating, we're screwed.

If we had a Belichick it wouldn't be a problem, but Pop showed us last year that he is too scared to bench Parker, so we're pretty much done if he doesn't accept a role (which he won't).

I hate how Pop panders to him - what - his ego can't take not scoring. Pop's gotta praise him for being a good floor general and he's gotta state that he's gotta trust his team mates?

[Kawhitstorm]

Haha, pop scared.....everyone assumes that pop has hindsight but the rational belief was always that Parker could recover better then mills could be pg. Thus pop went with the right horse.


I wanted to talk about another meme....the Parker always blames injury for poor performance. Tony Parker is the guy who drove to the basket time and time again. Yeah gino was more creative but Parker was steady and effective. If you didn't think he ever sustained minor injuries you are delusional. It's not up to a player to say they are too injured to be effective. That's the coach. And hobbled Parker was always better than average. Maybe last year that ceased to be true.

Even if Parker did legitimately lie about injuries, how does that take away the thousands of legit shots he made?


This is the Tony Parker who took more coach abuse than any other spur ever. Parker worked harder on his game than any other player in recent history. Even if he's just average, he gave so much to this team that it's odd people pick out these random complaints about his ego. News flash, there's nothing inherently better about Duncan and Kawhi's autistic at ude from a basketball perspective. Parker has been coacheable his whole career.



The final gripe I have is the people who said that they took for calling out Parker for bad play last year. Here is my pity party to anyone who took for truthful statements that Parker would not recover in 2014. Whether you had superior basketball knowledge or just a lucky guess your statement does not mean the countless other criticisms are true. All that is proven is that an old player is old. Blessed be those who are still athletic on through their 30s even without having played thousands of nba games. Most of you here are less than attractive, less athletic than Parker even in his tosb state. Please deal with this quietly.


Anyway, don't let facts get on the way of your feelings kids. If you say Parker fakes injuries then it must be true. You are all experts in mind reading and medicine.

Wipe off Tony's off your face before you yourself w/ a dido.

[Mikeanaro]

Parker broke Nash's back when he dropped 29.6/7.0/3.4/1.5 on him in the 2008 playoff series, tbh

And Nash made Porker fatter in 2010 by sweeping the Spurs with Porker shooting 5/17 during game 3, Nash was 36 years old.

[Clipper Nation]

Wipe off Tony's off your face before you yourself w/ a dido.

[SASdynasty!]

And Nash made Porker fatter in 2010 by sweeping the Spurs with Porker shooting 5/17 during game 3, Nash was 36 years old.

Lol, he shot above .500 every game of that series except for one.

[Maj_G]

Some posters seem to more content throwing dirt on his grave than hoping for him to have a bounceback season, despite the fact that the latter would make the Spurs even more ridiculously loaded.

I think Tony realizes this more than ANYONE else and is like; holy I can give a championship ring to timmy and manu. I am pretty sure tony will be 110% committed this season. Plus LMA is actually a good pick n pop player, and that makes Tony a better. It's easier to penetrate to the basket if LMA's man is not there lol...

[Mikeanaro]

Lol, he shot above .500 every game of that series except for one.

So? The result was Nash scoring at will over Porker and sweeping the Spurs, making every Suns player around him better at 36 years old.
According to you Porka was too much for a 34y/o Nash, but what happened with the 36y/o?
Lets switch sides, how would perform a 28y/o Nash vs a 36y/o Porka?

[apalisoc_9]

Wipe off Tony's off your face before you yourself w/ a dido.

[FkLA]

Did I read someone mention Enrique has an improved 3 PT shot? The man shot 25% after the all-star break and a whopping 0% in the Clippers series from beyond the arc.

His shot is just as broke as it's always been. Which is why I think he should've focused on developing his 3 PT shot in the off-season, his ballhandling+3 PT shooting could've been useful. Of course being the egotistical player he is, he instead wasted the off-season trying to get 'in-shape' so he can go back to being the heroballer he's always been...and failed miserably at it during Eurobasket.