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BTW, I was obviously kidding about TP.
Missed what happened live. Anyway to check it out on video somewhere?
BTW, I was obviously kidding about TP.
if you recored the game, check the play before he gets pulled, Dice pressures a three, parker switched underneath, tp is standing outside the charge circle, love drives, parker moves out of the way, love lays it in...
no d, no play
goodnite noowww tp.
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...fensive-lapse/Parker banished for defensive lapse
Mike Monroe
The stomach ailment that nearly kept Tony Parker out of Friday’s game was nearly gone by tip-off Sunday, but the Spurs’ starting point guard may have ringing in his ears long after the 94-91 victory.
A defensive deficiency in the fourth quarter — Parker failed to step in front of Minnesota guard Luke Ridnour as he started a drive that produced a Kevin Love dunk — resulted in Parker’s banishment to the bench for the remainder of the game.
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich gave Parker an emphatic, pointed reminder on his way to the pine: Defensive miscues, especially in crunch time, won’t be tolerated.
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regular season, hill needs training to be a closer? don't read too far in to pop. they gotta learn sometime.
On Game Time React, Taylor indicated that Tony has been under the weather.
manu said on postgame parker is still sick
This is bull , if Pop had to bench every palyer with defensive miscues especially in crunch time, all the spurs should be benched I mean all beginning with Manu and Hill.
Wow 3 pages for a non issue and the media coming up with that tp was punished or something.
The guy was just sick! He is still not feeling well, that's the freakin reason.
If Pop does the same with Blair he won't play again this season
I think it had more to do with him playing bad D last night. Pop yanked him quick when he failed to cover on a switch. He had only played for about a minute before Pop pulled him again.
This has always been Pop's way. He's much more likely to make his point in this fashion by benching Tony Parker in January than by benching Gary Neal or George Hill ever. The point is to get Parker's attention; but it's also to show everyone else that the point is significant -- it's important enough that the lapse will cost a player like Tony Parker playing time. If you're a guy who doesn't have 3 All-Star appearances and a Finals MVP, I'd think the message would be loud and clear that your playing time will probably depend upon doing the little things the right way.
Pop can do that with TP because he knows TP will answer well to that kind of treatment. Now he could also do that with Manu but he won't (here is my perception I have no evidence to back it up tbh) why ? I'm pretty sure Manu will accept it calmly too. Hill seems to be a different animal that needs confidence from his coach.
Anyway I still think this method is old, TP is no more a rookie. Dude is going inside against all the NBA bigs, taking charges, falling strongly on the floor and keeps going... and you bench him because once in his file he escaped from a charge ? this is bull , you do that when a player is soft, TP is the contrary of soft.
Its nothing new, there have been several clutch situations where Tp has been benched, playoffs included. As of late I dont know if he is fully recovered physically. Thats probably not why pop benched him, but I think that he is still feeling some after affects.
kinda like last season when he was dealing with injuries and never said anything. Also ginobili is probably the only player that will be put in any clutch situation regardless, their have been times when duncan sits on a few plays either because of his free throw shooting or because the team needs a 3.
This one thing to bench TP or TD on spot clutch situations (I don't remember a lot of them but why not ?) It is another thing to bench this kind of player during the last 6mn50 especially when Hill is playing so bad
BTW I fully agree Manu needs to play in all clutch situation regardless (except for Defending Dirk on the last Dallas play) and we have to accept the outcome bad or good, fortunately there are much more goods than bads. And IMHO Pop should do the same with TP and Tim, I'd prefer living and dying by the big 3 than by the Bonner 3.
Whoever started this thread must be a TP hater.Because Pop hasnt only benched TP in crunch time situations before. even TD has been sat down in the clutch at times for not having a good night or making mistakes as well....
You miss the point. The message wasn't one intended for Tony Parker. We've been around the block enough times with Tony to know that he's pretty adept at atoning for his mistakes and too valuable to have on the bench when it wins and losses really matter.
It wasn't really about Tony Parker.
The message was for everyone else (other than Manu and Timmy). Pop was perfectly willing to risk losing a game to reinforce the point that everyone is expected to play hard on the defensive end; if one of the Big 3 can be benched for a defensive lapse -- not a physical error, but a mental error -- anyone can be benched. Now the Gary Neals and James Andersons of the world know that. I'm sure it made an impression.
It's entirely about a larger point. Tomorrow night in Minnesota, if the game is close in the late 4th, Tony Parker will be there.
Flu perhaps, or maybe it was just Pop being Pop.
So you are late two days in a row and your boss says "So, now you have changed your schedule?"
Two data points doesn't equal a trend.
Rumor of a certain latina being in the Spurs family room last night and Tony going in there at halftime to see her and well, that not going over well....
Rumour..rumour, rumour...it's not good....
This!
The Spurs' have always been coachable, and that starts at the top. Tim gets yelled at.... TIM DUNCAN. I'm not talking about 2010 Tim Duncan, or rookie Tim Duncan, but league MVP, bad ass stone cold killer Tim Duncan. People coming over to the Spurs who hold the notion they are above reprimand are soon shown the light. That makes the team better from bottom up.
Tony knows.
JJ Barea was in the Spurs family room?
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