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inb4 Manu starts game 4
I gave him the benefit of the doubt all season, tbh... but it's clear something isn't right...
inb4 Manu starts game 4
I agree that something isn't right, and it is not his tendency to ask not to play. He always quotes Pop saying "nobody cares if you are hurt…it's the playoffs".
I said weeks ago that it was a given that Parker would play; the question would be his effectiveness when he played. He was so dominant in the beginning of the game tonight, and he ended up shooting 50% with 6 assists. It is not that he had a bad game, per se, it is just that when he plays like he did in the first quarter and then can't finish, you know something is wrong. And he was hardly on the floor in the 4th quarter until about 4 minutes left.
If Tony is done (as I strongly believe) Pop will not take him out anyway so we are dead because of their stubborn hearts/minds whatever, they will sink the ship drowning the entire crew.
But to be fair Im more pissed at the horrible performance our ¨Deep Bench¨ is giving, and if everything explodes I would love to see Tiago/Bonner go they had his fair playing time here, and the rest (Gordis-Patty-Marco-Ayres-Green) should be executed in some hole no one cares about.
Last edited by Mikeanaro; 04-26-2014 at 11:17 PM.
Any one person scoring lots of points has never been the right answer for the Spurs. That's a losing recipe. They are better when sharing the ball and racking up assists.
Reggie Jackson with 32 points tonight for OKC. Too bad the Spurs don't have a PG than can drop 30 in crucial playoff games. Instead, we're stuck with a disinterested Tony Parker who's probably saving his energy for the French NT.
He actually sucked the first 3 games, tbh, big reason they were down 2-1 to begin with...
Tony needs to balance his scoring and assists better going further; too much dribble dribble waste shot clock dribble dribble shoot mid range. Run a play or pass the ball.
Screw assists. If they go under a screen, he needs to shoot it. 25 shots a game is what he should be getting!
6-23. It did the spurs no good.
People ignore this, but, damn if it ain't true...
This is only my opinion but I think the spurs can't have two playmakers
it's either Parker or Manu
when Parker plays this role , spurs uses
cool pace & organized systems (use Duncan at low post...)
& Manu becomes a shooter (when they play together) like others
when manu plays this role, in huge games
parker tends to disappear because of the enormous charisma of manu
and he becomes almost useless (this is not a player catch & shoot, that haters wants he becames, like Patty ) but it's a waste
Manu's huge balls in a game that is completely disorganized with high pacing (totally unSpurs) become the keys of the game
manu becomes an improviser
manu is the playmaker of the second unit Because neither mills nor joseph or neal before ... aren't true PG
& Manu is a better PG than 70% of combos guards (90% of PG starters are combos) in the league
Parker is a true PG (a few in the league)
The remains of the charism of Manu (NBA Finals 2005) crush MVP Parker
and this is not the first time in the playoffs as it happens and it tends to make Parker doubts later in series
They are still friends but they struggle to coexist on court
Imagine Melo and Durant play together
That isn't possible
& Mills shooting in this case is most useful and it can work for the first round(nice coaching Pop)
However do you really think that without MVP Parker (1st half & game 1) Spurs can pass a second round
Pop Game 3 to take advantage to boost Patty Marco & Babac (Boris) Who Was off since 2 games and rest Parker for game 4
but he's not gassed
But Pop need to make a choice
Can't win a championship with a point guard unless you're magic. That's on the organization, Parker is only playing the role he was given.
We need Big 3
Not Manu & Parker only
Not Parker & Duncan only
Manu & Duncan only
I don't know how people thought this guy could just turn it on in the post-season (the physical variables haven't been there all season long). This has been his worst season in a long time and the timing of it couldn't be worse.
But hey, at least he got a his prestigious gold medal last summer, so that makes up for everything.
Interesting observation. I don't know if it is accurate or not, but it certainly makes as much or more sense than some of the other theories out there.
Parker can't play in the lane and take as many hits as he has taken over his career and reasonably be criticized for being a pussy. That stuff is nonsense.
I have wondered fairly often if Pop doesn't leave Tony on the bench too long. He appears to me to be more of a 'rhythm shooter' than he used to be, and once he cools down he literally cools off and has a hard time getting going again. He didn't play in the 4th quarter of last night's game until the last 4 minutes, and he was not contributing during that time offensively. He seems to need some lead time to figure out how things are going to go before he will start shooting again after sitting.
Like you, I may be wrong.
Only thing I know for sure about Parker:
1. He has a lot of guts and willing to take a hit and keep on tickin'
2. He is more willing to play hurt than we are to watch him play hurt, because he is not effective when he is hurt.
3. He has gotten more defensive attention in the last few years' playoffs than almost anyone because the offense relies so much on him. This is why I think you may really be onto a significant observation here because he seems to get the ball so much less when he and Manu are on the court at the same time.
It may be something as simple as him trying to figure out how to be aggressive offensively when he is not bringing the ball up the court. I think Pop occasionally has others do that to minimize the wear and tear on Tony, but he really doesn't seem to know how to play that role effectively. When Manu brings the ball up the court, Tony takes the position of the shooting guard, and occasionally only gets the ball in the offensive set in the role of giving it to another player, as would the 2 guard in the normal Spurs set.
This has always been the problem with drafting internationals. These morons play off-season basketball for meaningless FIBA trophies. Then they come back to the states tired while collecting a fat paycheck from their NBA teams. Complete disrespect for the ten of thousands of NBA fans that buy tickets for games(and basically pay for their livelihood)
He looks gassed, which isn't unreasonable to expect given last season and his FNT duties. At the same time Dallas is making Parker prove he can beat them by switching everything. last year's Parker was better suited than this year's Parker to do so.
being a hero ball got does tend to exhaust, honestly
And he benched the Hollywood-loving, French, surrendering MFer!
Last edited by Skull-1; 04-27-2014 at 03:42 PM.
Isn't this why people ed at Manu for playing during the offseason last year now it's Tonys turn whatever the reason tony has been a s of himself this season
could be. which means Spurs will throw 2 legacy contracts his way.
right before they up Bonner and Ayres.
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