He was a Finals MVP. Made multiple all stars. And I noticed the last several years, so many people blamed Parker and called him Porky and Fatty. The guy was lightening quick and used to make me upset when he would easily score. He used to dominate Baron Davis. I think he had the highest percentage in the paint. Many centers couldn't stop him. I'm amazed at how he was often the scape goat. I think maybe he left because he felt too much pressure.
That's not why he left and I don't know if this is a troll post but it's 100% true Parker was unjustly maligned on this board. Third greatest Spur of all time and will probably always be the greatest PG the Spurs will ever have. His speed, handles, ability to score among the trees with floaters and spins, and fearlessness battling the bigs in the paint were legendary. We'll never see his like again.
so if it's true, then it means I'm for real.
I think it's common here to not give enough credit. (With exception of the highly appreciated Timmy)
Not only Tony but all the great players that have given us joy down the years watching them.
The Parker tribute thread should be hundres of pages ... great games\moments\memories .
Same applies to Manu if he leaves
Heck I believe green and even bobo were under appreciated
You can always tell the try hard alts.
Such an epic sequence with the le on the line. Step-back 3 in LeBron's face, clutch steal, and tricky silky smooth spin to put us on top while nephew probably wasn't even aware it was the fourth quarter.
Agreed. Unfortunately for him he didn't speak Mexican.
Parker was great, but he had some toxic personality flaws that u wouldn't want in a teammate
Overblown. If he was so toxic he wouldn't have been such a close friend of Timmy (who everyone will agree is the embodiment of a class act), Manu, and Pop. Kawhi is the one with toxic personality flaws.
His toxicity was overlooked because he never directed it to them... I'm sure they didn't like when he had sex with/sexted a teammate’s wife... Threw other teammates under the bus, downplayed successes of teammates, try to hijack the moment from other teammates, etc... But they put up with it because
1. Many of these traits came out after they've been friends and teammates for almost ten years
2. Sometimes we have friends that may be ty to other people
This is a hole, being a saint would still get you treated like that.
So many new accounts. Wondering how many are not alts.
I don't underappreciate him. Love Tony and his game. Top 20 PG and obviously our best. Prime TP was unstoppable and had respect of the league. A little arrogant. I like that.
Fatty was never a Parker moniker... that name was reserved for Patty Mills.
In these parts Parker haters "definitely" called him Porker, Enrique or Mr. Dribble Dribble.
6/23 that game. Great, he hit a few shots at the end.
4/12 in game 7 too. He rolled over and handed that LOB to LABron.
He got the credit he deserved. He will be a hall of famer. What more can he ask for? Multiple rings and a hof career. He got his credit.
Taken away from him by choking, just like Tim's no-look shot in Shaq's fat stupid face in the 0.4 game.
Can we move this the NBA forum, tbh?
He was hurt in game 3, you know that. Was force-effing the Heat prior to being hurt.6/23 that game. Great, he hit a few shots at the end.
4/12 in game 7 too. He rolled over and handed that LOB to LABron.
Kobe was also always hurt when he didn't play well... or so his publicist said, tbh...
Forums and public opinion, in general, tend to not tolerate decrease on play level on veteran players. Spurstalk isn't different.
Some players take the end of his career with grace and others take more time to understand this. Sometimes it's hard to recognize when this is starting to happen. Probably this gave Parker a few haters here and there but it doesn't change his career.
One can have an opinion about Parker (mine is not exactly great) but respect for his accomplishments is undeniable. Now Parker is still active so agree with moving this to NBA forum. Tony will retire and then there will be time enough and a ceremony to remember all the good he made for the franchise.
There's a ton of people on here with a lot of differing opinions. There's bound to be a few haters. Most just jump on the bashing bandwagon too, just to for attention or to troll. Parker's a top 5 Spur, guaranteed, and the greatest PG Spurs have ever had. Anyone with any spec of logic knows that.
Was Ginose hurt that series as well?
Parker is the Spurs best PG for sure. My issue with him was his court vision. For all his other abilities that is something that he never became elite at. He had the mid range jumper , the ability to finish etc. But running fast breaks and not always seeing open teammates never set right with me. Especially considering my favorite player is John Stockton, and I grew up watching the spurs with Avery. I would watch other top point guards during TPs hey day and wouldn't see their teammates jump up and down that there open. It was most apparent when Jefferson got here. RJ was used to getting lobs etc.....but when he got here I remember Parker trying to adjust his one man break to a more magic/Stockton break with guys running with him. To his credit he tried but it was
uncomfortable. Parker deserves ALL the respect/praise for playing through injury and being loyal and being a leader by word and by example. When he comes to town he better get a standing ovation especially when you consider the nonsense that we dealt with the past season.
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