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It just means that more guys are hitting their shots after Tony passes to them.
In december tony's number are 17.9/7.8 in 9 games.
Will Tony finally improve his passing skills and become a true PG?
With Gino back, it would be great
It just means that more guys are hitting their shots after Tony passes to them.
You are a genius
Parker's assists
November: 4.88
December: 7.78
Team shooting
November: .465 FG, .377 3PT
December: .502 FG, .468 3PT
Not exactly a direct correlation, but it's pretty telling.
obviously he's not but at least he's using largely more his brain than you before posting such an answer...
obviously he's not
Tony is definitely looking to pass more, I think he has chosen (or Pop) that since Manu appears to be playing the way he was in 05 he can relinquish some of the scoring load.
That being said his improved assist numbers are a direct bi-product of shooters making shots and not necessarily improved passing skills. Poor Elson is going to have to put up with horrible lob passes for the rest of his stay in SA.
Even though his teammates are hitting more shots, it has to do with the ball-movement in general. Isn't the team assist ratio up a little too this month?
Tony is looking for the passing option more though, I noticed in the last week. Though there are a few plays where he still runs into traffic and cuts a good possession.
But he's starting to make good decisions when to pass or go to hole, so now the defenses are gonna have even more problems with Tony, as he gets a better knack at it.
We're gonna be pretty dangerous if Tony starts juggling his scoring/passing abilities.
Correction: Unless they come from Manu or Barry
Take it easy. My answer didn't mean to be agressive. I just believe it is a bit short to explain this kind of improvment only with FG%. The FG% improvment may be the consequence not the cause of assist numbers improvment.
I don't know if Tony is improving but it would be great.
7.8 in 31 minutes makes Tony a top5-6 in assist per 48 minutes.
As Chump says it's pretty telling.
Even if i'm not posting a lot, i've been around for quite some time now so no way for me not to be aware of that
I was being flippant since I and others have always said Tony could get 2 or 3 more assists per game if the shooters hit more shots. Our five main scorers are simply on fire this month and even Finley has brought his FG% up 10 points in December, so I'm not complaining either way.
TP won't be a passing pg until he looses his speed...
tell me you want him to be way better at decision making and i'm all right...
but sorry asking him to be a passing PG would be just silly...
he's a slashing PG.
I don't want him to be the best PG because he won't ever be but as long as he helps the team in the way he's asked to...
Spurs should have traded Parker + Rasho for Marbury.
I don' ask him to be a passing PG. Just a multidimensional PG.
If he can pass and score, go inside and shoot from the perimeter he will be virtualy unguardable. I don't want him to be the best PG but the best he can.
Then he would just be the best point guard
What is a "best point guard" for you stéphanie?
doing 20 and 11?
That is not Tony's game to be an elite passer at this point in his career. And even if it was, he probably wouldn't have the stats to show for it on this team with Duncan as the main option and Manu as a legit 2nd/3rd option.
The main thing is for him to score efficiently and keep his turnovers down. Sure it would be nice if he could average 7apg but 5.8apg @ 33mpg isn't exactly terrible. If he can keep his turnovers low and his scoring as high as it is he will be doing his job.
stéphane not stéphanie thx maybe you didn't read it well as you were spinning...What is a "best point guard" for you stéphanie?
doing 20 and 11?
are the stats everything for you? so bowen is a scrub right?
best point guard is imo good shooting, good slasher, excellent court vision/passing, good D and among all these DECISION MAKING.
Parker's best attribute is scoring, so I'd rather see him average 21.9 and 5.8. But perhaps that's just me.
always been the same question in sports...
better to be just above average in every area or one of the best in just one and average in the other... for me no question, parker is a slasher, yes of course he can improve other things but he can't do less what he's the best at...
It's not.
People will never get it through their thick skulls that him scoring makes the team better.
Kid is 22 or 23, and gets the most undeserved on the team.
Its to the point of lunacy.
I agree that his best attribute is scoring, but I bet the Spurs record is better in games where he has >= 10 assists than in games where he has >= 25 points.
More assists probably means that he and at least one other person are playing well.
I believe in four of those games, he didn't even play in the fourth quarter. Tony's numbers have been excellent this month (he's also shooting 56% from the field).In december tony's number are 17.9/7.8 in 9 games,
On the year, Tony is averaging 19 and 6 and shooting 52%. His turnovers are also down from last year. I think if he can hang somewhere around that shooting percentage and end up with 20 and 7 on the season, the Spurs should be in excellent shape.
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