So the Spurs need Flip Saunders for Tony to take the next step as a point guard?
unlike you, real men don't give a about the wedding plans. Show up on this date, that's all Parker needs to know. his game will be fine.
regarding the ball-hogging. I do not blame TOny one bit. The whole team minus Barry,Oberto and DUncan is shooting like . Please be a hog Tony or else we won't make the playoffs.
He sounds like a prick in all these columns. Dude needs to change his tone or stop doing the columns.
same here...keep up the good work tony
Yeah, I don't get it. His tone in his stories is always very professional. Is he really this much of a jerk in real life, or is he just badly misfiring on attempts at humor?
I've got no problems with Tony's fg% or his scoring average but I find the area where he needs the most attention is his crunch time decisions. He can score at will in quarters 1-3 but when the pressure is on he seems to become a turnover waiting to happen. Either he travels, gets stripped or tries to drive into the teeth of the defense.
Until he can improve his decision making in the crunch, Manu or Duncan will initiate the offense when it really matters.
Folks sure love Longoria jokes. And it's always seemed to be that Udrih shoots more than he passes
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getting back to tony's assist numbers, another reason they may not be as high is that this team is big on swinging the ball, so his penetration pass may be the pass that leads to the pass that gets the shot. I wonder how many baskets have been made by a player who was the recepient of the swing pass
The thing about this is that this team is full of great passers. Besides manu, Duncan, Barry, Oberto, even Bowen are above average passers so this is why our PG must circulate the ball more often than an average team.
I can see why ppl want Tony to pass the ball more, this team is made for it and benefits from it.
I agree with you 100% and I'm glad to see that someone else agrees with me! Truthfully, I don't think that Ludden is necessarily a poor beat writer. However, its tired and over reaching when he flacidly attempts to impose the wanna be east coast edge in his commentary. He is anything but funny and I don't consider him to be exactly the wittiest beat writer. He needs to give the soft arrogant smack a rest.
The thing I like about Tony is that he plays to his strengths and works on his weaknesses.
Last year, Tony's only offensive weapon was his speed. So he drove the lane with reckless abandon and got the layup or to the line. But he realized the defenses would just clog the lane so...
This year he added a reliable 18-20 footer, which will allow him to use his quick first step when defenses key on his outside shooting. He also worked on his FT shooting, so that when he did drive the lane and got fouled, he'd be able to convert.
Next to improve will be his passing ability. If he can draw defenses from anywhere on the court, all he has to do is find the open man.
Given Tony's track record for improvment, I'd say he's a complete player within the next two years.
so the people who wrote the letters didn't accuse tony of being a ballhog?
how did I miss the point of the article if people are sending in mailing asking why hes calling his own number?
Its bad when you've got the ball all the time. Despite what Ludden tries to do, which is fool us into thinking Tony isnt a point guard, he is, either that or "the guard with the ball all the time", which in my book is usually the point guard.
Tony does what Pop tells him to do. Don't like the way Tony plays? Blame Pop. Not Tony.
The only way I'd be satisfied paying $2G's plus for a regular season game ticket is if Pop played me in the second half.
If they're playing the Mavs, Pop just might take you up on that offer....
I don't know about that, extra muscle doesn't slow you don't, it should actually make you more explosive. I know plenty of bulky guys that are quick as and can cut like no other.
Parker is about as big as you want him. Make him any thicker and you start taking away some of his speed and agility that make him the player he is.
LOL @ spurs fans calling TP a ball hog. I like it here. You guys entertain the out of me.
And Johnny Ludden is now the first recipient of an e-mail from Nigeria that DIDN'T come from a member of the Royal Family who needs $10,000 to secure his fortune (which he'd be most happy to share with YOU of course, providing you have the 10 large...)Is it just me or is Tony Parker (for all his burgeoning talent) a tad selfish at times? It seems he has become enamored with calling his own number on the high pick-and-roll, to the exclusion of his teammates. I'm always a little leery when a point guard consistently leads his team in shots. I know Pop lets him call his own plays but where's the balance?– Patrick, Lagos, Nigeria
Some of the questions Ludden gets deserve the sarcasm.
The question about who the Spurs would be looking at?
Good lord, its December, that shouldn't come up till June.
On top of that, how the would Ludden know, and IF HE DID, why give out that inside info and lose your damn sources.
something has to, since your fakers suck so badLOL @ spurs fans calling TP a ball hog. I like it here. You guys entertain the out of me.
i think parker should drive to the basket a little bit more. it's good that he's seeing the collapse and pulling up for a J (what ginobili is supposed to be working on doing too), but he used to make a lot of shots on collapsed defenses.
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