Hats Off to Tony in December

[lefty]

Lefty has always been a TP hater since forever... you know Algerians don't like a lot the French tbh

its not true


We enjoy ing your women TBH

[Brunodf]

This is what I don't think that E-N ever gets. Tim Duncan is one of the best players in the history of the sport. But not even the great TD, in his prime, could deliver by himself. And Tony is no TD, nor LeBron nor Dirk). Tony is a really good player with a lot of heart who put this team on his back for most of last season and into the playoffs. But he is not a superstar. He needs help against a terrific defender and he didn't get it in the WCF last year and he hasn't gotten it so far this year. Pop said that the team probably over-achieved last year and I agree with him. But Tony is why they got as far as they did with the record they had.

1999/2003

[will_spurs]

We enjoy ing your women TBH

Probably because it happens so rarely.

Coming back to TP and OKC, I don't think the issue starts and ends with Sefolosha. Every player has its kryptonite and in Parker's case part of it is being defended by a player like Sefolosha, the other part is having trouble getting in the paint and being blocked. This is where the at ude of the Spurs big men at the beginning of a game can have consequences. If Parker is blocked/manhandled during his first few trips into the paint, he will typically be less and less aggressive, faling back to his jumpshot which, while still being good, is not the same type of money shot his teardrop is. It's important to remember that last year Ibaka could have lifted Parker off the floor and broken his back on his knee and still have been on the good side of an offensive foul.

All in all people remember that Conley or Sefolosha were problematic for Parker (even worse and more efficient I think was Phil Jackson's strategy of having the whole defense collapse on Parker when he was going into the paint) but Parker actually played well enough to overcome that in at least a couple of games. If other players had deigned showing up OKC wouldn't have won 4 straight. Game 6 is Exhibit A.

[will_spurs]

1999/2003

Oh yeah, it's not like he had another HOFer playing alongside him, as well as a miracle in 99.

[Brunodf]

Oh yeah, it's not like he had another HOFer playing alongside him, as well as a miracle in 99.

Yeah, his 11.7 points/8.3 rebs in the playoffs of 1999/2003 for sure carried Timmy to 2 rings.

[lefty]

Probably because it happens so rarely.

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Naive people

[ElNono]

If Parker is blocked/manhandled during his first few trips into the paint, he will typically be less and less aggressive, faling back to his jumpshot which, while still being good, is not the same type of money shot his teardrop is.

Careful now, last time I posted something like that I was labeled a hater

[will_spurs]

Yeah, his average of 11.7 points/8.3 rebs in the playoffs of 1999/2003 for sure carried Timmy to 2 rings.

Your retort would have been more stinging if you could name any other Spurs big who played alongside Tim and averaged better than D-Rob in the playoffs. Any.

[will_spurs]

Careful now, last time I posted something like that I was labeled a hater

But you are a hater!

[ElNono]

But you are a hater!

Lies!

[Brunodf]

Your retort would have been more stinging if you could name any other Spurs big who played alongside Tim and averaged better than D-Rob in the playoffs. Any.

I am not the one who is arguing that DRob carried TD.

[timvp]

1999/2003

2003 is arguable.

1999 isn't. , Robinson had a higher PER than Duncan in 1999, better plus/minus stats and was undoubtedly the better defender. Robinson might not have been in his prime but he was still a top ten player in the league.

[romain.star]

its not true


We enjoy ing your women TBH

I wish I could say the same with yours

[Brazil]

its not true


We enjoy ing your women TBH

yeah sure French women like some Algerian dudes ...

[Brazil]

But you are a hater!

Nono is not a hater he is a Manu lover

[lefty]

yeah sure French women like some Algerian dudes ...

More than you ugly white frenchy pasty boys who are afraid to talk to them

We take charge like real men are supposed to

[Kidd K]

Parker's been great. I'm especially pleased with his increased FT%. I doubt he can continue to manage 87%, but if it's comfortably in the 80's. . .I'm perfectly happy with that. 55% from the field is nothing to sneeze at either. Having added a little bit to his range this year is going to help in the playoffs when teams pack the paint more.

Get off his ass about the playoffs too. You can't expect your PG, and guy everyone was considering the 3rd best player on the team for nearly a decade, to carry you. We lost to the Thunder because of ty officiating, Ibaka being on fire that one game, or bench underperforming, and Manu ting the bed every game at OKC. Parker had a couple off games, but his overall numbers were good even in just that series.

Parker played his role fine, he just didn't play way above it. It wasn't like against the Grizzlies where he just sucked. He was fine last year all playoffs. He actually played better than his career averages in the playoffs last year in almost every category. I'm content with Parker's production this year and last. No complaints here.

[Brazil]

More than you ugly white frenchy pasty boys who are afraid to talk to them

We take charge like real men are supposed to

first time in my life somebody is explaining to me that algerians are some kind of latin lovers driving crazy women

[lefty]

first time in my life somebody is explaining to me that algerians are some kind of latin lovers driving crazy women

Because we walk the walk

You guys talk the talk, and that's it

Big mouths claiming they know how to seduce women and say they invented the french kiss , yet they freeze when they see a hot women

[Brazil]

Because we walk the walk

You guys talk the talk, and that's it

Big mouths claiming they know how to seduce women and say they invented the french kiss , yet they freeze when they see a hot women

aAlgerians
terrorist Latin lovers
offering cows and camels as wedding present

[cd021]

I honestly don't think that he can, do you? I mean, he would have already done it if he could...you know that about him. But he needs some help. I think that it is going to take our bigs really blocking for him to free him up. We have relied on his speed to free things up for other spurs, but against OKC it doesn't work because all of their team members are so quick they can negate his speed, and Sefalosha is their Bowen. He is long and athletic AND quick. We never adjusted last year in the WC after they put Sefalosha on him, but we should have.

In an earlier era for the spurs, our bigs essentially played the role of blocking tackle for our guards going to the basket. I remember that as bad as Nesterovich was in most respects, he was a decent blocking guard. There was another one but I can't call his name at the time. Bottom line, with Duncan moving away from the basket for his points, we are losing some offensive rebounds and the blocking ability for the guards. Perhaps Splitter can be trained to do that, I don't know, but really we have to do something different than we have been doing or we will go down again.

If green continues to shoot the way he has recently they can't just put Westbrook on him like they did when Greens shot went south in the WCF. Westbrook is a good defender but can't check Parker.

[lefty]

aAlgerians
terrorist Latin lovers
offering cows and camels as wedding present

ok thats funny

[will_spurs]

I am not the one who is arguing that DRob carried TD.

You have a real reading comprehension problem.

You claimed Tim delivered a championship alone in both 99 and 03 and simply can't back it up. EVAY was right, even Tim never managed to win alone.

[racm]

Duncan and Robinson were 1a and 1b in 1999. 2003 it was TD, no contest.

[Pauleta14]

"With Tony Parker, his season has been spectacular from many angles. I’m not sure which is the best way to view it. His shooting percentages jump off the page (51.7% from the field, 40.5% on three-pointers, 82.6% at the line). His PER over his last 21 games is a sterling 25.7. But perhaps my favorite number of all: nobody in NBA history has scored at Parker’s per-minute rate of points and handed out his per-minute rate of assists while turning the ball over as infrequently has he has. Nobody. Ever."

timvp.