Tony Parker didn't get enough credit

[SpursDynasty85]

Parker is the Spurs best PG for sure. My issue with him was his court vision. For all his other abilities that is something that he never became elite at. He had the mid range jumper , the ability to finish etc. But running fast breaks and not always seeing open teammates never set right with me. Especially considering my favorite player is John Stockton, and I grew up watching the spurs with Avery. I would watch other top point guards during TPs hey day and wouldn't see their teammates jump up and down that there open. It was most apparent when Jefferson got here. RJ was used to getting lobs etc.....but when he got here I remember Parker trying to adjust his one man break to a more magic/Stockton break with guys running with him. To his credit he tried but it was
uncomfortable. Parker deserves ALL the respect/praise for playing through injury and being loyal and being a leader by word and by example. When he comes to town he better get a standing ovation especially when you consider the nonsense that we dealt with the past season.

I wholeheartedly disagree. Parker usually always made the correct pass. He was never as ball dominant as most and especially the pgs you just referred to. He was more of a scoring pg but he rarely missed the right play. His uncanny ability to get in the paint cause many collapsed defenses which led to a series of passes. He was the master of the hockey assist. A ton of assists should be credited to him since he was the one that initiated the scoring plays with his ability to penetrate almost at will.

[DMC]

He's not an interesting person. His interviews are almost always scripted and repe ive. He's known to dribble too long, freeze out anyone not named Tim Duncan and has that French "better than you" at ude that seems to filter through the scripted sessions. He was unstoppable as a scorer in his prime, but there were enough negatives about him to make even Spurs fans dislike him. He was the an hesis to the Spurs creed of self sacrifice for the good of the team, and as soon as the bench reared its head, off he went to another city.

[DMC]

I wholeheartedly disagree. Parker usually always made the correct pass. He was never as ball dominant as most and especially the pgs you just referred to. He was more of a scoring pg but he rarely missed the right play. His uncanny ability to get in the paint cause many collapsed defenses which led to a series of passes. He was the master of the hockey assist. A ton of assists should be credited to him since he was the one that initiated the scoring plays with his ability to penetrate almost at will.

There's no such thing as "usually always". Parker was notorious for looking off open shooters especially on the break.

[RD2191]

He's not an interesting person. His interviews are almost always scripted and repe ive. He's known to dribble too long, freeze out anyone not named Tim Duncan and has that French "better than you" at ude that seems to filter through the scripted sessions. He was unstoppable as a scorer in his prime, but there were enough negatives about him to make even Spurs fans dislike him. He was the an hesis to the Spurs creed of self sacrifice for the good of the team, and as soon as the bench reared its head, off he went to another city.

Yeah, Parker always came off as a smug tbh

[Clipper Nation]

Speedy, Beno, Boobie, and MVPatty didn't get enough credit, tbh.

[SpursDynasty85]

There's no such thing as "usually always". Parker was notorious for looking off open shooters especially on the break.

Haha. Ok grammar master. It is still pretty common to go for a layup on a fast break vs a jump shot. Tony shot a pretty high clip in the paint and was justified. Still hating on Tony our hof late first round pg I see.

[DMC]

Haha. Ok grammar master. It is still pretty common to go for a layup on a fast break vs a jump shot. Tony shot a pretty high clip in the paint and was justified. Still hating on Tony our hof late first round pg I see.

Tony would ignore Kawhi who was out on the break, while Tony would go 1 on 3 and flop. You don't ignore Kawhi on the break. Tony was a guette

[Pavlov]

Duncan
DRob
Manu
Gervin

Basically the only 4 Hall of Fame worthy Spurs, tbh...

lol Parker is a lock for the HOF.

[SpursDynasty85]

Tony would ignore Kawhi who was out on the break, while Tony would go 1 on 3 and flop. You don't ignore Kawhi on the break. Tony was a guette

I doubt he missed Kawhi for a layup or dunk on a fast break. Kawhi eventually got handed over the keys and became a superstar, what's your point? No one predicted how good he could become.

[SpurPadre]

That's not why he left and I don't know if this is a troll post but it's 100% true Parker was unjustly maligned on this board. Fourth greatest Spur of all time and will probably always be the greatest PG the Spurs will ever have. His speed, handles, ability to score among the trees with floaters and spins, and fearlessness battling the bigs in the paint were legendary. We'll never see his like again.

FIFY

[TheGreatYacht]

Tony would ignore Kawhi who was out on the break, while Tony would go 1 on 3 and flop. You don't ignore Kawhi on the break. Tony was a guette

Only guette here is you, Cheeto puff fingers.

[SpurPadre]

I love TP, the 4th greatest Spur of all time and a HOF, but these are the reasons why he's been maligned by Spurs fans:

1) ed a teammate's wife
2) "Why are they leaving Danny open?" comment
3) "Our le window has closed" comment
4) Speedy Claxton bailing his ass out in '03
5) Not passing the ing ball to Manu in his prime

I'm sure I'm missing others but those 5 stick in my mind.

[TheGreatYacht]

Top 5 reasons Tony is hated:

1. Doesn't speak mexican
2. Superior stats and more accomplished than Ginose
3. Alpha ladies men get hated on by beta neckbeard nerds (ala Ronaldo)
4. Left Eva before she bloated up like your usual Latina
5. 1 finals MVP > none

[daslicer]

I love TP, the 4th greatest Spur of all time and a HOF, but these are the reasons why he's been maligned by Spurs fans:

1) ed a teammate's wife
2) "Why are they leaving Danny open?" comment
3) "Our le window has closed" comment
4) Speedy Claxton bailing his ass out in '03
5) Not passing the ing ball to Manu in his prime

I'm sure I'm missing others but those 5 stick in my mind.

Dumbest reason out of the 5. It never ceases to amaze me how stupid people are to believe the Heat were going to leave Danny Green open in an elimination game after what had happened the previous several games. It was not going to happen regardless of what Parker said.

[Pavlov]

Dumbest reason out of the 5. It never ceases to amaze me how stupid people are to believe the Heat were going to leave Danny Green open in an elimination game after what had happened the previous several games. It was not going to happen regardless of what Parker said.

Yeah, the Heat never watched any game tapes to plan for future games; they only watched opposing player interviews.

[daslicer]

Yeah, the Heat never watched any game tapes to plan for future games; they only watched opposing player interviews.

Even dumber when you factor in Lebron is the coach of the Heat. No way in was Lebron's pride going to allow him to lose to Danny Green.

[SpurPadre]

Dumbest reason out of the 5. It never ceases to amaze me how stupid people are to believe the Heat were going to leave Danny Green open in an elimination game after what had happened the previous several games. It was not going to happen regardless of what Parker said.

But why the do you say it?! It's dumb to think the reason why people were pissed with that comment is because we thought that's what made the Heat change their game plan. It's just that as your teammate, you want to encourage their play not question their success.

[Pavlov]

But why the do you say it?! It's dumb to think the reason why people were pissed with that comment is because we thought that's what made the Heat change their game plan. It's just that as your teammate, you want to encourage their play not question their success.

Yeah, he said Danny sucked and was just lucky they were leaving him open.

Come on now....

[TheGreatYacht]

Don't argue with Salvadoreans about MVParker, sons.

[daslicer]

But why the do you say it?! It's dumb to think the reason why people were pissed with that comment is because we thought that's what made the Heat change their game plan. It's just that as your teammate, you want to encourage their play not question their success.

Moving the goal post. The majority of people including yourself did actually believe the heat changed their game plan simply because of Parker's comments. Parker actually did say Green was playing great so I don't know what the you mean by him not encouraging Green's great play.

[SASdynasty!]

At least Manure showed up in game 7 tbh.

There wouldn’t have been a Game 7 if he didn’t score 9 points with 8 turnovers in Game 6. I think that was kind of the point.

[SASdynasty!]

One of the few PGs to win FMVP and the last one to do it. Most points in the playoffs for a PG all-time.

[Joe Budd]

One of the few PGs to win FMVP and the last one to do it. Most points in the playoffs for a PG all-time.

Is Parker the best point guard ever at finishing in the paint? 🎨 Was he the fastest ever?

[daslicer]

I love TP, the 4th greatest Spur of all time and a HOF, but these are the reasons why he's been maligned by Spurs fans:

1) ed a teammate's wife
2) "Why are they leaving Danny open?" comment
3) "Our le window has closed" comment
4) Speedy Claxton bailing his ass out in '03
5) Not passing the ing ball to Manu in his prime

I'm sure I'm missing others but those 5 stick in my mind.

TBH I would say you have legit qualms when it comes to reason 1,3. I can't defend Parker when it comes to those reasons considering he was stupid in both of those situations. Obviously I told you why reason 2 was re ed. Reason 4 is also stupid because it diminishes Parker's value. No way in do the Spurs win in '03 if Claxton is the starting PG and Parker does not exist. There is a reason why Claxton was a career backup. Backup's are not equipped to be starters long term, as Mills proved this year. Reason 5 is very debatable to me. Manu may not have gotten a lot of touches during the regular season but he always did come playoff time. At times Manu actually scored more than Parker during playoff series and runs ala '05.

[DAF86]

although duncan was probably our most complete player from 2007-2014, parker was arguably our best player from that span.

Manu was the Spurs' leading MVP vote getter in three of those years: '08, '10 and '11. Parker was the Spurs best player in '12 and '13.