He is playing pretty bad, but definitely not the worst! I have seen *all games* in the playoffs so far, except for the Miami-Bobcats series, and I would say there are definitely worse PGs with big responsibilities... e.g. of the top of my head, Jeremy Lin and George Hill are playing worse than TP, to name a few.
Out of the 32 PG playing in the playoffs that play more than 9 MPG, Tony ranks currently 19th. His PER is 14.29, below average player replacement value.
His most noticeable drop has been on the defensive end, he is actually a liability right now. Calderon has been torching him left and right, while in the past TP would have eaten him for breakfast.
I think his bad play is magnified by him being more important and taking a larger share of the team's load. He is currently 4th out 32nd out of all PGs in the playoffs in usage rate, and only Westbrook, D.J. Augustin and Jeff Teague have the ball in their hands more. Patty Mills is also playing like crap, but at the same time he is just a secondary player on the team.
All in all, the Spurs are in control. They took homecourt advantage back, and despite one of the big three no playing well, they can take a commanding league the next game at home. I would expect Tony to get out of his funk and get back to a PER around ~17 in the postseason. On the defensive end, he needs to put more effort and decide more intelligently and faster when to go under/over the screens and not go through the motions like a regular season game. When fighting the screens, he should try harder. On offense, he just needs to stay aggressive and pick his moments. He'll be all right.
the TP hate has always been there, even when he was a young 19 year old toddler.
It was even stronger when there was a big argentine compendium of posters here that claimed he was not passing the ball to Manu
it is what it is. Parker is probably a top tier PG. Can you imagine what this team would be like if we had say George Hill instead?
except a minute left in game 6 when he made a step back 3, stole the ball and scored a basket to put spurs up to clinch the championship
then Pop and Manu crashed the bus as it was pulling into its victory lap
Just like in the finals last year, tbh........
Manu's hamstring was probably acting up throughout last year's playoffs, but you didn't see him blame it on that crap. Tony's a warrior!
And in that same game if it weren't for Parker's 6-23 clunker, the Spurs would have cruised to an easy win, tbh.except a minute left in game 6 when he made a step back 3, stole the ball and scored a basket to put spurs up to clinch the championship
What can you say? The dude was trying to hero his way to a FMVP.
I'm not surprised you didn't bother reading it, seeing as how you probably didn't bother watching many Spurs games over the course of your life to know that Parker has been one of our best players for many a year, and that we wouldn't have won our last 3 les or even been all that compe ive over the last few years without him. We also won't be winning this year without him either.
Opinions are different though, I agree with that. Some are based on facts and some are just in stupid.
"Tony Parker is the highest scoring point guard in playoff history."
Parker has been our best player since game 6 4th quarter tbh. I think he's scored 58 points in the last 6 quarters, and he barely played in the 4th in game 7.
No Williams killing us? Really?
Whoops somehow iPhone took me here and I thought this was the game thread.
MARCO! I always loved him.
Stupid iPhone did it again, wth?!
Parker already has 17 points in the first half - yeah, he's the worst point guard in the playoffs...I wish all you haters would just stop posting.
And then you have the usual followers who gonna explain how great is TP after 1,5 games after spitting on him during 6 games
what have you done for me lately forum
As I stated earlier, some of you guys are ing morons.
Dpg is gonna tell me I'm wrong but this fanbase is getting more moronic every year since 2008
lol. Luckily idiotic fans don't change the way the wind blows. Enjoy this great team though spurfans, they really epitomize perfection in certain aspects of the game and show what discipline and determination can accomplish--even when there is lack of talent.
the Tiago thread makes your point FALSE IMO
Parker had a good game 1 against the Mavs too then he proceeded to the bed in the next five games. Hopefully, he's more consistent against the Blazers.
and manu has the bed today like he did in game 2, 4 and 6 imo
MVP chants in the crowd taking a dinosaur sized on this thread.
Should trade his ass for CP3..
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