BSPN Article on Tony Parker's Decision to Leave

[SASdynasty!]

Not to mention Parker defending Rip Hamilton's miss on the last play of game 5 in the 2005 Finals.

Exactly, no one remembers one of the biggest defensive stops in Spurs history.

[SASdynasty!]

2013 regular season:
Parker - 20.3ppg, 7.6apg, 52.2FG%
Manure - 11.8ppg, 4.6apg, 42.5FG%

2013 Spurs first round vs Lakers:
Parker - 22.3ppg, 6.5apg, 49.3FG%
Manure - 11.3ppg, 4.8apg, 46.7FG%

2013 Spurs WCF semis vs Warriors
Parker - 22.5ppg, 6.2apg, 42.6FG%
Manure - 12.7ppg, 6.7apg, 34.2FG%

2013 Spurs WCF finals vs Grizzlies:
Parker - 24.5ppg, 9.5apg, 53.2FG%
Manure - 10ppg, 4.5apg, 40.7FG%

Manure s trying to rewrite history as per usual the NUMBERS say differently. I wonder if those same illegals would say Manu "played like " if those numbers were reversed..,.

Dude was literally half the player Parker was that year...if that.

[Phenomanul]

That's not the position you should die on your sword tbh. All we needed from Manu was to not turn the ball over 8 times in game 6. we don't need him to have an A game for game 6 and probably don't need him to have a C game either. I can argue we win the championship if he had an F game as well. But the dude was damn near playing for the Miami Heat in game 6 and had worse than an F. If Z were a grade then that's what he had.

plus Parker is the only one who stepped up in the clutch. He played ty all game but made two huge game winning plays and was also the only one who realized that Ray Allen was open. It took the ENTIRE Spurs team to kill Parker's heroics tbh. Ginobili with turnovers and missed free throws. Kawhi with missed free throw. Boris for not fouling Bosh immediately after he got the offensive rebound and giving up the offensive rebound. Danny for ing leaving Ray open to begin with and not even trying to rebound. Pop for benching Timmy and Timmy for letting Pop bench him. Parker was LITERALLY a one man team. Everyone else in that final minute might as well have been wearing Heat jerseys and nobody can say otherwise

I would be blind not to recognize Tony's herculean efforts and clutch play during the 2013 Finals. But it doesn't negate my own statement. Ginobili laid an egg that series. Result Spurs lost.

My grander point was that there were several series where Manu played elite basketball and the Spurs needed his contributions to move on. TGY's bias is his myopic tendency to just focus on Ginobili's worst series, or Parker's best ones as the defacto summary of their careers. THAT to me is asinine.

I will forever cherish Manu's flair, tenaciousness, creativity, passion, craftiness, and his second-to-none compe ive fire.

With Tony we had stability, dependability, and his scoring amongst the big men was always spectacular. Much like Ginobili's "Eurostep", Tony's spin moves and tear drops are a staple in today's game that Tony perfected.

As I said in my previous post, Duncan ultimately needed both of them to enjoy the success that they did. I don't get why people always have to hate one player to love the other...

[MultiTroll]

All we needed from Manu was to not turn the ball over 8 times in game 6. we don't need him to have an A game for game 6 and probably don't need him to have a C game either. I can argue we win the championship if he had an F game as well. But the dude was damn near playing for the Miami Heat in game 6 and had worse than an F. If Z were a grade then that's what he had.

After Manus 4th turnover it was obvious his Alzheimer's was acting up to everyone watching the game except
I had friends over who are hockey watchers saying what the is wrong with that coach, get that guy out of there.

[Kobe'sAchilles]

I would be blind not to recognize Tony's herculean efforts and clutch play during the 2013 Finals. But it doesn't negate my own statement. Ginobili laid an egg that series. Result Spurs lost.

My grander point was that there were several series where Manu played elite basketball and the Spurs needed his contributions to move on. TGY's bias is his myopic tendency to just focus on Ginobili's worst series, or Parker's best ones as the defacto summary of their careers. THAT to me is asinine.

I will forever cherish Manu's flair, tenaciousness, creativity, passion, craftiness, and his second-to-none compe ive fire.

With Tony we had stability, dependability, and his scoring amongst the big men was always spectacular. Much like Ginobili's "Eurostep", Tony's spin moves and tear drops are a staple in today's game that Tony perfected.

As I said in my previous post, Duncan ultimately needed both of them to enjoy the success that they did. I don't get why people always have to hate one player to love the other...

oh I'm aware of his anti-Manu shtick and I agree that Duncan did need his troops to play well in order to win. But then some idiots starting blaming tony for losing game 6 and I kinda had lost it. But ginobili didn't lay an egg on that game but rather he cracked it open, poured it on the floor and then buried the remains. I love Gino though. He gave his heart and soul to the Spurs along with tony. They both had great series for us in championship years and had horrible ones in the non championship years. But Manu was a late second rounder and just a miracle that he panned out while tony was like the 29th pick and had great success. I just wish that Tim could've played with the same talent on his team that other top 10 players had. Tim might be the only player not to have played with a top 50 player of all time in his prime. Bird is the only other one that it's debatable if his teammates are top 50. That's what idiots on this board don't realize. We were supposed to suck after Tim retired. The Bulls sucked after Michael. The celtics after bird. The lakers after magic. but here we are fighting in the thick of a playoff run. It's just rare man so we might as well celebrate the past and enjoy what we have today.