Tony Parker is still good enough for the Spurs

[bklynspursfan]

I'm rooting for TP to shut the haters up. He'll retire a Spur and I doubt he'll ever come off the bench.

+1

[bklynspursfan]

I thought last year was a bounce back season?

We'll need even more next year. From a leadership standpoint, and from him continuing to improve as a floor general/shooter. The shooting even more, he improved the corner 3 a great deal as he's gotten older. Adding a 3 point shot would help our starting 5 floor spacing issues a ton

[SASdynasty!]

so glad we have someone better than avery johnson to compete with curry, westbrook

Parker's already outplayed both of those guys in the playoffs.

[SASdynasty!]

It's a BIG part of the problem. If the Spurs expect Leonard to create his own offense, he needs the ball before there's 3 seconds left on the shot clock.

Lol, then tell Kawhi not to give it back to Parker when he gets it from him the first time.

[SASdynasty!]

Never seen a bigger crock of repeated at ad nauseum. Tony Parker literally took at huge backseat for Kawhi and LaMarcus to take the reigns, but they were complete chicken s at the end of games against OKC. The offense is ran through them, they take a majority of the looks, yet the failings of the offense falls on Parker?

That makes absolutely no sense and Tony needs to continue to play a balanced game of scoring/passing while defering to Kawhi/LaMarcus. They need to in turn make their shots and remain aggressive or the offense/team is ed just like last postseason.

Side-note: Parker is at the age where he should be a backup, but the Spurs options are far too limited for that just yet. Finding his successor should be priorty #1, 2, 3 and 4 although I would like him to stick around as a mentor/6th man.

Truth nuked the false narratives, tbh. Kawhi's where the ball sticks, not Parker.

[tonight...you]

Lol, then tell Kawhi not to give it back to Parker when he gets it from him the first time.

That's a good point... Kawhi absolutely keeps it only when Pop tells him to. Otherwise he's looking for the best play within the clock and passing it back to Parker seems to be a recurring decision for him when he doesn't have a good opportunity in front of him after viewing what's in front of him and a few jab steps.

[tonight...you]

Lord, that post was poorly phrased. Good thing I don't care about fixing it...

[daslicer]

part of the problem with parker is how he freezes kawhi out sometimes. it's embarassing. and doesn't make it any easier for kawhi.

I have said this hundred times before but Kawhi needs to call for the ball if he feels Tony is freezing him out. I think this is the biggest excuses for Kawhi s when Kawhi doesn't play well "Parker didn't pass him the ball." Kawhi has to work on not being a mute.

so glad we have someone better than avery johnson to compete with curry, westbrook

Westbrook is a non factor now that Durant is gone. I feel the only other PG that could be a thorn for the spurs in the playoffs outside of Curry is Chris Paul. Spurs are fine with Parker at PG against any other team in the West besides the Clippers and Warriors. Those 2 teams will present the toughest challenge.

[james evans]

2012 Leading Scorer Parker = WCF
2013 Leading Scorer Parker = Finals
2014 Leading Scorer Parker = Championship
2015 Leading Scorer Kawhi = WCR1
2016 Leading Scorer Kawhi = WCSF

what happened in the finals? oh yeah, parker averaged 18ppg to Leonard's 17.8 but Parker took 24 more shots as Leoard shot a measly 61% from the field and a pitiful 57% from 3.. I wonder if Parker is gonna get the Kobe/Dirk severance package when his sorry ass is on his last contract.

[cutewizard]

I think Parker could thrive with Gasol.....but we shall see.....

[gambit1990]

since he probably isn't getting trade i hope he comes off the bench.

bring him and manu off the bench is kinda weird though... hopefully tp gets traded.

[gambit1990]

people here thinking parker doesn't freeze kawhi out

people here have such a low standard of what a point guard does because parker's been playing it for so long.

he's never been a natural point guard. he's trying to be like nash, cp3 but without their court vision and play making abilities he ends up just over dribbling. he has to dominate the ball to stay relevant tbh.

[sasaint]

people here thinking parker doesn't freeze kawhi out

people here have such a low standard of what a point guard does because parker's been playing it for so long.

he's never been a natural point guard. he's trying to be like nash, cp3 but without their court vision and play making abilities he ends up just over dribbling. he has to dominate the ball to stay relevant tbh.

I agree with much of what you said. However to really stay relevant for the team, he needs to be a reliable mid- and long-range shooter.

[dabom]

People expect him to shoot jumpshots. We've gone full circle here. Long off season.

[SASdynasty!]

what happened in the finals? oh yeah, parker averaged 18ppg to Leonard's 17.8 but Parker took 24 more shots as Leoard shot a measly 61% from the field and a pitiful 57% from 3.. I wonder if Parker is gonna get the Kobe/Dirk severance package when his sorry ass is on his last contract.

Kawhi was great in that series. He took a huge step up from the 12 PPG he averaged in the Dallas & OKC series that year.