Guarding Nash, I think is the toughest thing to do for anyone in the league. He is such a great shooter, you can't sag off him, you leave your man to help for a split second, he finds the open man. I can only blame the Sppurs for not communicating well on defense. Nash flat out confused the entire Spurs team with his play.
I understand how difficult it is to guard Nash, but that does not mean he is impossible to guard and the Spurs played him terribly tonight. With anyone, not just Nash, you have to give them one or the other. You cannot give them both. Spurs gave Nash everything tonight.
It was painful to watch how old Nash owned Tony's ass all game long.... within all the mediocrity the one that "guarded" Nash somehow decently was old and done for ever Ginobili.
The Suns were killing all of our players with the P&R, so I don't blame Tony for that..
He DID get torched by both Nash and Dragic though, he missed A LOT of rotations..anybody that has watched Parker has seen that his defense has been absolutely horrible all year except for maybe 2 or 3 games..unlike Nash, Parker doesn't even take charges, so he's a huge defensive liability right now..
It's discouraging that he was playing better the last few games as he became a distributor, but he STILL racked up a bunch of turnovers..the haters aren't exaggerating, Tony is having a very poor season so far..
A guy that plays Tony Parker's style has to be efficient to make it work..he dribbles the ball a lot and he has to have the ball in his hands to be effective..when he's turning the ball over at a very high rate AND not dominating the scoring, he hurts our offense..he has to be dominant with the ball since his 3-point shooting is a liability..he's just hurting the team right now..
The optimists can sugar coat it all they want, but Tony isn't going to get better without a few weeks of rest, he's looked off physically all year..he's actually looked slow next to a lot of PGs so far this season..
Would you say this to Tony's face. Would you say that about Tony to any
Spurs player/coach?
So, you think his lack of legs or conditioning is effecting his play on the defensive end? Parker has always been an adequate defender, but this season he's looked like Derek Fisher alot. I was worried about Timmy's health and conditioning going into the season, but it's obvious right now that Parker and Ginobili are much bigger concerns.
That's all.
Timmy has a legit excuse for his injuries though(age and mileage). What's Manu and Tony's excuse? International basketball...which is absolutely pathetic for two guys that are getting payed more than 10 million each to play for their REAL teams.
This guy's Finals MVP and perennial all-star status don't mean ! He just plain sucks...no stats or logic needed!
Manu did not play basketball at all last summer...
Good to see you man up, EricB
He's just playing horrible this year. The teardrop is MIA, and he's missing layups. We're seeing Tony from like 5 years ago, and that's not a happy sight.
Calm the down man
The Spurs had a run to cut the lead down to five
Tp9 is just adjusting and he's not the only spur that had a ty game tonight
Yeah, Spursbrazil I am with you man. I am with you. I understand it completely, but as you said it is killing us out there.
He was looking better though Kori and he said in an interview a day or two ago that he is feeling better and not far from 100%. He's looked pretty good the last few games, until tonight that is. Is this a cop out every time he plays bad against a good team?
He might be feeling less pain, but it's obvious by his speed/lift that he's not all the way healthy.
I just find it weird that everytime he plays good it's against a crap team and he is looking better, then we play a good team he looks like again.
If he is that injured I guess it is time to sit him.
Pop needs to ask all the guys in the locker room that played pathetic that if they don't want to be here and put forth the effort he'll try and trade them.
McDyess and RJ are giving us NOTHING.
lol all the homers in here talkin about parkers defense compared to seasons past...lets get this straight his a avg defender like every avg player out there who can stay in front their man, arms up waving in the air like you just dont care,
Quit making excuses for Parker dudes a bum.
Tony Parker has played some incredibly tough defense in the playoffs before.
Don't bring that trash in here. Have you watched many Spurs playoff games or followed them for long?
You gotta make sacrifices. TP and Manu thought they could do it all. Big mistake. Thanks for letting us down guys.
If I was Pop I'd rest TP for at least a month. Let Hill develop. Why not?
This team is going nowhere in the standings. Might as well let TP rest.
International basketball sucks.
Go ahead and suck RJ and TP balls then
Because he can't. He just got busted up playing for Argentina in 08.
Nope. He got busted up leaving it all out there for the Spurs. He had both of his injuries playing with the Spurs.
If you leave it out there for the team that pays you, I don't see anything wrong with it. I understand Ginobili's love and passion for his national team. Then again, playing basketball for consecutive seasons without taking a break will break down anyone's body in no time. That's what's going on with him right now.
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