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And take Dirk out of the lineup and see how effective the Mavericks are...
That is just a stupid statement....
Baron Davis does not deserve to be an allstar.. especially over Tony Parker who has been playing great I must say. But I also must say I think the all-star game is a joke... especially fans voting who dont know anything about basketball.. yeah lets have amare stoudemire start wooohh.. hasnt played a whole game all season. yeah ok.
And take Dirk out of the lineup and see how effective the Mavericks are...
That is just a stupid statement....
Every single team's coach we have played this season said that their biggest concern was Tony Parker when playing the Spurs.
Flip Saunders believes Parker is the key to the success/failure of the Spurs
Doc Rivers praised Parker and his layup drill, saying he's never seen a PG practice layups during the shootaround.
And just yesterday, T-Wolves coach Dwayne Casey:
There you have it.On Tony Parker - “Tony Parker is probably one of the fastest human beings in the world. He puts so much pressure on the defense when he is coming at you. He really keeps you on your heels. That causes offensive rebounds…when guys get out on Tony, they are out of position for the boards coming off the glass.”
Baron is overrated. He dominates the ball, which is why his assist numbers are better. He shoot ty %, is constantly injured, and even when he's not, he fakes it to get traded. If he had a post threat, he would either ignore him, or his scoring would plummet with his inefficiency. I don't think he could EVER score what Tony does as a fluctuating 2nd or 3rd option.
Call me crazy, but in an unstructured game like the ASG, Tony could dominate the game and walk with the MVP.
I take Tony over BD.
Ohhh, Mavsfan.
Tp Would Get 15 Layups Because They Do Not Play D In The Allstar Game
And Win The Mvp
He Is To Fast To Stop
, I don't want Parker, Manu, or even TD on the AS team. Let 'em get some rest. Let 'em get pissed because they were slighted and take it out on the rest of the L.
Parker would be continously double teamed if he didn't have Duncan. His stats would be very inefficient like Baron and he doesn't make his teammates better. Baron is by far a better passer. Homerism if you think Parker could average that many assist even without Duncan.
OK, so TD makes about 15+ Mil in salary, and for the sake of equation i'll take Bruce also out of the line up, i'll replace them with Rasheed Wallace and Rashard Lewis , i think he would still do great with that line up (Rasho, Rasheed, Lewis, Manu, & Tony). You just can't make a claim without calculating the dynamic around the issue:
And you assume after taking TD out of equation, you put a few scrubs as his replacement ? Yeah right
Mike Bibby is making a case for AS. Sacramento keeps losing, but he has 3 40 point games in the last 2 weeks. I think Tony deserves it over Bibby easily, but Bibby has been in the running for years now and never made it I believe, and that usually helps in getting you into a game eventually.
Put Parker on the Warriors instead of Baron and everyone else will struggle getting up points. Duncan used to be more of a scorer until Parker became the point guard.
Duncan's scoring is down exactly 3.3 ppg since 02-03, and I would attribute that more to injuries than to Parker (missed 13 and 16 games to injury the last two seasons, and is obviously dealing with similar issues this year). TD has never been a Lebron or Kobe "watch me throw the ball at the basket 35 times a game" type.
Duncan's 1st, 2nd and 4th highest scoring seasons have come with Tony at point guard.
Try again.
Put Tony on GS, and he's probably a 25/9 PG. Double teams would only mean 4 on 3 after he splits them. They KNOW he's going to drive now, and he still finishes at the rim.
B-diddy 270-688 FG
TP 340-625 FG
AJ is way too smart to not pick Parker.
Well don't you guys all think that there will be five guards on the A-S team?
So in the West it's Kobe/Nash ...
Who else?
I don't think 3 other guys will beat out Tony. So he's in IMO.
Oh and as far as Baron Davis goes .. I should be a fan because of UCLA and all. But I can't get impressed by a guy that struggles to shoot 40 percent. I don't care how many points/assists he's putting up, his FG % always sucks. And until it improves, he's not an elite player.
Kori - It could be close if they decide that TMac has enough guard skills, even though he is stupidly categorized as a F on the ballot this year.
And what assumption does your claim base on that the Warriors will struggle more with Tony as their PG ? Tony HAS NEVER played on a team that's perimeter oriented. If he DOESN'T HAVE to dump the rock into Duncan every once in a while, don't you think he would have been just as effective doing pick & roll, running in the paint and find a shooter outside with defense collapses on him ?
I'm not saying that he's perfect and the best in the bussiness at the moment, but you should PAY ATTENTION that Tony Parkers IS the Spurs BEST PLAYER up to this point in this season, leading a team that holds the top position of western conference standing. If that's not a merit for him to be included in All Star game, then i don't know what MERIT is -and i believe wertern conf coaches are not as thick as you
TP deserves it this season.
Even so, then they'd still take 2 other guards other than Kobe/Nash. So would they be?
Ray Allen? Davis? Richardson?
Man that would be awesome... But seriously If Tony can get good mins, with the way he has been tearing defenders up this year, and with the lack of D @ the ASG...Tony could score 30
I know you don't like RayRay, but he deserves to go. Not necessarily ahead of Parker, but it's neck-and-neck.
One comment about Parker: I don't think his defense is anywhere near the level it was last year. Last year I would serously consider him for a spot on the 3rd team All-Defense (if they had one). This year, I just haven't seen it. Maybe his increased offensive load won't allow him to sustain the effort.
Also, apropos of nothing, and this isn't a shot a Parker, but did you know that Tp isn't even the leading French assist guy in the NBA? Boris Diaw is averaging 5.9 APG to Parkers 5.8!
WHy are we assuming AJ is the ASG coach? Wouldn't it be Pop?
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