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always the allstargame in his mind i guess
Third in scoring among all point gaurds, in 31 mpg he has 22 ppg on 62% shooting
always the allstargame in his mind i guess
Parker
We have seen a truly "next level" Tony so far, both mentally and game-ly. He may still need to balance his own playing and scoring against running the offense (only 3 AST in 30 minutes vs Mavs), but he certainly has upped his game while keeping his cool for the first 3 games.
eg, perhaps if he would have had only 12 pts but 12 ASTs vs Mavs, the Spurs would be 3-0. Certainly, he and Tim seemd to be the only Spurs really "involved" in last night's game.
His assists also depend on the rest of the team making their shots..........he can't help it if they're all clanking their shots left and right.
Though I don't think him having 24 and 3 vs 12 and 12 would have made that much of a difference in last nights game, I agree his assist numbers could be better.
He did all these things last year, and the year before. Consistency , is only Tony Parker stat I'll be watching.
Not to rain on the parade, but he has done this against Dallas, Cleveland, and the Nuggets. 3 of the worst defensive teams in the league. I watched most of the 3 games and he was just walking into the defense and throwing up uncontested layups. In particular I remember the game against Cleveland where it was noticably awful.
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Last edited by FreshPrince22; 09-12-2011 at 02:09 PM.
It's funny how when Parker plays well, people still try to discredit him.
"It's only 3 games."
"He still doesn't have enough assists."
"It's because he is trying to be an All-Star and cares about his own stats not the team."
"It's against bad defenses."
Just give him some props and
I'm sure you'll all be here in groves when he has his first bad game.
You should watch some other point guards in the league regularly and you'll find out that nearly all of them are as inconsistent as Parker has been in the past.
I agree with Kori..... It is only three games into the season. Its good to see that he is off to a good start but the question is..... Can he maintain and be consistent? Consistency has been his issues in his career. A good example of this was in the 2004 playoffs. He started strong against the Lakers and could not be stopped in the first two games to only not show up again.
Can he maintain this level for all 82 games and in the playoffs? Only time will tell.
This is a stunning run for anyone.
Recognize greatness when it's smacking you about like so much .
Uh. Parker good.
Kori is correct, few PG's were as consistent as Tony last season. I think Spurs fan expect Tim Duncan like consistency from there good players, which just doesn't happen because Tim is more consistent than anybody.
Tony looks good to me. I think he'll have a great year. At this stage in his pro career, he's a vet. no more I'm young excuses. I trust that he will perform well this season.
"Tim is more consistent than anybody."
I differ. Watching NBA TV's clump of 05 playoff games last weekend Sat/Sun as their run-up to Premiere Week (can't they find another word that isn't, puke, FRENCH?) with a cooler head than last May/June, I was amazed how badly Tim played, how he seemed to disappear for quarters. Game5 vs Pistons, had Robert not hit the game5 heroic 3G, the loss would have been mostly on Tim blowing 4Q FTs, close-shots, shooting 35% and missing that last-second put-back winner of Manu's missed layup.
And remember last autumn when everybody was excusing Tim's Nov-Dec mediocrity saying he was sick with something?
Tim is a HoFer, I'm not saying anything to the contrary. And he did very definitely put the team on his shoulders, eg in Game6 to eliminate the Sonics, severa times. But he does have his ups and downs, inconsistencies, like anybody else.
Tim always starts off slowly in Nov/Dec, yet still manages to consistently put up his 20/10/3/3. The game you are talking about against Detroit, maybe, just maybe he was tired from completely carrying the whole team through 3 quarters against the best frontcourt defense in the league with 2 sprained ankles. Sure, Tim wasn't as consistent as he normally is in the playoffs, but it's more consistent than almost anybody else.
When healthy, , perhaps even when not healthy, Tim is at least the equal most consistent performer in the league with guys like Garnett, Stoudamire, LeBron, Wade and probably more so. This is widely accepted, even by members of the media who tend to not give Tim much recognition, they all know that he is consistent.
While I personally think TP has played great so far........the truth of the matter is:It's funny how when Parker plays well, people still try to discredit him.
"It's only 3 games."
"He still doesn't have enough assists."
"It's because he is trying to be an All-Star and cares about his own stats not the team."
"It's against bad defenses."
Just give him some props and
I'm sure you'll all be here in groves when he has his first bad game.
You should watch some other point guards in the league regularly and you'll find out that nearly all of them are as inconsistent as Parker has been in the past.
"It's only 3 games."
"He still doesn't have enough assists."
and,
"It's against bad defenses."
Hopefully (except when he plays Detroit) he will continue with the great play......but I don't see how anyone can start to give props to anyone whose middle name is "inconsistent". TP has made huge strides each year. I remember watching him a few years ago, and his current game is vastly improved. I don't personally hate on TP, and expect this year to be the year that he "turns the corner", but it's still very early.
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You aren't a Spurs fan, so you don't understand.
Parker could have 20 games in a row that are very good and Spurs fans wouldn't give him any credit.
That's how it is.
That was the point of the post.
A great sign if TP's J continues to fall this season.
Spurs fans should be glad that Pop badgered Holt et at into giving him that extension.
OK, point taken. I can appreciate that angle, based on what I've read on these forums in the last 5 or 6 months.
Assists are just a stat, if you watch Spurs games Parker passes the ball early and often and is very creative. His passing ability is underated."He still doesn't have enough assists."
The Spurs are unselfish to a fault at times, which hurts his assist totals and also Manu's. When they drive and kick, it's not terribly often that the player who receives the shot actually shoots it, there is usually another pass or even more and that is what kills other teams because it forces them to rotate and close out aggresively otherwise they get killed from the outside. The flipside is that if they are to aggressive on close outs, the Spurs just run right around them and create havoc in the key.
Also, whenever the Spurs are playing the dump it down to Timmy offense, no one is getting assists if Timmy is dominating, which is of course very often. Our offense is conjusive to everyone getting a few assists, leading to high team assists totals, rather than individual's averaging over 8apg (how many players have done that in last 5 years in any offense anyway). Tony averaging 6apg to go along with his ridiculous FG% for a guard is more than enough.
I do not like scoring PG's.
I would rather he do with assists and steals with what he does on scoring. We already have scorers and if he was a 15/10/2 player things would get way nasty.
manu is stuggling with his shots right now
tp has to score more
as long as the spurs win I am fine with him shooting the ball more then passing
he just needs to pass more when his shot is not falling
ps if tp makes the allstar game spur fans will think he sucks and manu can still do no wrong
Then Billups will own him..................LOL!
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