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I usually find +/- to be overrated, but I will be very interested in seeing the +/- for this game, given its schizophrenic nature.
Tony had 4 personals. Pop saved him until the 4th. Most of TPs minutes came in the 1st and 4th quarters. The Spurs outscored the Sixers 20-6 in the 1st and 33-21 in the 4th....coincidence? I think not.
I usually find +/- to be overrated, but I will be very interested in seeing the +/- for this game, given its schizophrenic nature.
LG, how's Briant Grant and his remaining $45 millon doing?
That will never not be funny that the Lakers traded their best player since Magic and had to take the Rastafailure's ridiculous contract back in return.
Parker just needs one three-pointer to drop for his overall confidence to rise. He'll always be a streak shooter (like Manu), but once he gets going .... it usually lasts a good set of games.
I was pretty sure he was set after the Knicks, he outplayed Marbury. He'll get it going.
Okay, why is eight games enough to say that Manu should "definitely" be an All-Star, but not enough to say that TP has been mediocre (to be extremely generous)?
Only blind homers can have it both ways.
Fair point, Shoogar. However I sincerely think Parker will kick it up a notch and whilst Manu has already regressed a bit I believe this current level will be his par for a while, with some games going poorly with some brilliant ones in between.
Point taken. I do think Parker showed the ability to be useful last night even when not scoring and that is new for him, which is good. Also, his D has been very good these past two games given the tough matchups (AI and Starbury).focus on the fact that he scored no points, reaally didn't look to score, wasn't really that he sucked... but still found a way to contribute....That's something we haven't seen from Parker and it shows maturity
However, I'm very surprised that he didn't look to score last night given that he is probably our most talented scorer after Tim when he penetrates. We really needed to put points on the board last night and Parker is a better scorer than a distributer. If he did indeed get instructed by Pop to try and distribute instead of scoring, then I guess last night can be overlooked but it would surprise me if Pop would forego Tony's natural ability to get to the rim.
Anyhow, we came up with the win last night on the road in a city where we hadn't won in 4 years. And all this on a night when one of our main scorers didn't even put a point up on the board. For that to happen, especially this early in the season is a testament to the potential of this team.
Good times.
and finished with eight boards, six assists and three steals.
damnit timvp, why couldn't you have the TP scores how many points vbookie for THIS game!
but those are great filler stats, so at least he wasn't invisible out there, he did what he could and helped our team win the game. i only got to watch a minute here and there, but with TD racking up 34 points, i would think that the lane was pretty clogged. did TP really only take 2 shots like the boxscore on spurs.com says?
For the record:
Manu is not an All Star, Parker doesn't suck.
If 17pts, 9asst is regression then i want everyone to regress.Fair point, Shoogar. However I sincerely think Parker will kick it up a notch and whilst Manu has already regressed a bit I believe this current level will be his par for a while, with some games going poorly with some brilliant ones in between.
That's a very balanced veiwpoint, smeagol, which puts you in the top 2% of objective Spur fans, and which will probably get you killed in Argentina.
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