Utah's Williams special, but he's no Parker

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Williams > Paul > Parker.

[SpursIndonesia]

IMHO, the only thing that prevents Tony from becoming an undisputed top PG of the league right now is his inconsistent outside (midrange) shooting & lack of 3 pts range. Ofcourse he's not a true pass first PG, but since he has the capability of scoring while being efficient in doing it, he doesn't have to be.

Heck, he doesn't even have to master both consistent midrange & 3 pts range, getting just one of them will make him a much more potent player than what he is right now. And while he might never be a passer in the class of Stockton, Kidd, or Nash, but given the right situation & environment, his assist AVG has still more room to grow. We know that once upon a time Steve Francis averaging more assist per game than Tony.

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Every shooter in the league has an inconsistent midrange and 3 point shot...I don't understand this explanation.

For better or worse, Parker shoots 50+% from the field, whatever way he shoots it while averaging 18 ppg. Who cares if its a midrange shot or layup? It's a high % shot either way......

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When you look at Parker and Williams shooting they bothh are about the same from the top and left and right of the key. Williams is much better from left and right baseline. Parker improved his shooting from the top of the key from '05 and fell off an equal amount from left and right baseline which is olkay because he takes and should take more shots from the top of the key. Parker has a significantly higher 3 point FG% from above the arc in his limited tries and he shot far more at the basket at a substantially better average than William .630 to .524.

I thinkwith some hard work this summer we'll be seeing more 3s from Parker outside the top of the key.