It's just really hard to play well when Tony AND Manu aren't right

[TDfan2007]

In 2013 Tony had a career playoff run until those last 2 games in the Finals. Last year Manu had a resurgent playoffs and was at times the best player on the court for the Spurs. Unfortunately, this season Tony has been wildly inconsistent, and Manu has been consistently mediocre/barely passable. It's not just the poor shooting, but also the awful defense (Tony) and the horrible decision-making (Manu).

One of these guys needs to wake up, otherwise the Spurs are toast. It may not be against the Clippers, but maybe against a stronger defensive team like the Rockets or the Warriors. One way or another, with both of these guys playing like falling stars we don't have much of a chance at a ring.

[Malik Hairston]

Yep..

In 2013, Parker was great/Manu was poor = should have won the championship
2014, Manu was really good/Parker was mediocre = championship

Spurs can afford to have 1 of them playing poorly, nowadays, but not both..

[dabom]

I've said it before. We need one to play "good" not even well. Just "good" and we win. Too bad they ting the bed together.

[Mugen]

Meh, both have looked done through 4 games. Wishing they just magically turn the clock back 5 years for Games 5-7 seems like an exercise in futility. Can't knock them....

What you can knock is a coach that insists to still run the entire offense through them despite having arguably the best 2 way player in the league. That's okay too as Pop has gotten old and seems to like doing his buddies a solid, and Doc/Pop are pretty buddy buddy......

[100%duncan]

And an injured Splitter. And a mentally injured Pop.

[RD2191]

They aren't magically going to turn it around. They're old as dust.

[dabom]

Lets run the offense through 2 of the worst players on the team. Lets see how that works.