We love Parker, but we look like more of a team without him

[Sean Cagney]

I agree. However, the OP could have posted it in one of the other 1500 threads regarding this issue. That's the problem.

Damn right.

So many shots to get his points and 2 assists against Portland.. Sure they give us all the time but there defense is pretty ty too.. A healthy Parker makes this team flow better but Patty coming off the bench will be huge if he can sustain this.

Correct.

[testies]

Steve Kerr always says, championship teams need to get multiple stops.. With Parker and older Timmy, we simply can't get multiple stops in crunch time.

Parker era is over, unfortunantely.. Mills should start

[TheGoldStandard]

Steve Kerr always says, championship teams need to get multiple stops.. With Parker and older Timmy, we simply can't get multiple stops in crunch time.

Parker era is over, unfortunantely.. Mills should start

In a 7 game series where coaches can game plan Mills would be in trouble. A healthy Parker is an elite player both scoring and distributing but Mills adds that dimension to the bench that can lead to us sustaining leads or building on them in the playoffs.

[TJastal]

In a 7 game series where coaches can game plan Mills would be in trouble. A healthy Parker is an elite player both scoring and distributing but Mills adds that dimension to the bench that can lead to us sustaining leads or building on them in the playoffs.

Ahh right. As i recall the heat also had several games to gameplan Barea in the '10 finals before the mavs moved him into the starting lineup. How'd all that gameplanning work out for them?

[TJastal]

did you notice that Cojo was the primary on Paul? Paul certainly struggled last night. Baynes fouls at a ridiculous clip (and its not just because of hacking). Cojo has certainly played well of late.

in February

Games-8 (Record 6-2)

PPG-8.8

RPG-2.9

APG-3.1

SPG-1.5

MPG-28.5

Net rating- +12

TFG%-56%

He also in that span his, minute to foul rate in 13:1 not quite the 6 minutes you suggesting.

If you have been paying any attention to my post, i've been largely critical or both Baynes and Cojo (mostly Cojo because we used a 1st rounder on him and he can't even earn a backup PG spot). He has played well of late as I stated earlier.

Well another stellar game from coblows. 0-4 zero points in 24 minutes. I guess the scorekeeper took pity on him wnd gave him some hockey assists so his statline wouldn't read all zeroes. Looking more and more like an nba player huh?

[cd021]

Well another stellar game from coblows. 0-4 zero points in 24 minutes. I guess the scorekeeper took pity on him wnd gave him some hockey assists so his statline wouldn't read all zeroes. Looking more and more like an nba player huh?

I love how you waited till we played another game before commenting. You clearly did that to see if he struggled so you wouldn't have to acknowledge his recent solid play.

[Obstructed_View]

If Parker had 29 points on 26 shots and only two assists, ST would be talking about how tired and worn down he looks.




EDIT: Apparently ESPN's box score is wrong. Patty had 5 rebounds and 5 assists. Mah bad.

[eyeh8u]

I agree. However, the OP could have posted it in one of the other 1500 threads regarding this issue. That's the problem.

But at the moment that is all we fans have to speculate about, he is in many ways the only movable piece that would net the team something, if he were traded, no matter how unlikely that is. Call it being spoiled or whatever, but many fans are trying to play pseudoGM to try to figure out a way to we a championship, mix that with attention-wanted and you get a billion of these types of there, although what the OP said is quite tame and even acknowledged parker more likely to have a better performance in the playoffs.

I would rather the forum get rid of the misogyny and racism more than threads like it.

[HarlemHeat37]

Of course the Spurs are better with a healthy and motivated Parker, I don't think even the biggest Parker would dispute that, tbh..

However, when a high-usage player like Parker is struggling, which has been the case since December or so, it kills the team, obviously..it's exacerbated by his complete lack of effort and mobility on defense, too..a healthy Parker makes the Spurs an elite team, but the injured, fatigued Parker is a liability, as we have seen the past 2 months..