Reply With Quote
if finley take 15 shots by game it's not the solution ! and if tony lose his rythm... pop suck! a player who shoot 53% he can his shoots period!!!
Pop asks Parker to shoot less
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/b...S.20e932c.html
Web Posted: 01/23/2007 12:19 AM CST
Johnny Ludden
Express-News
BOSTON — Tony Parker attempted only nine shots in Monday's game, one more than he took Sunday in Philadelphia. The reduction hasn't been by accident.
Parker, who was averaging a team-high 14.9 shots per game entering Monday, said Spurs coach Gregg Popovich has asked him to focus more on distributing the ball and helping his teammates get in rhythm.
"He wants me to try to do a better job of getting everybody involved and try to take less shots," Parker said. "I try to get more shots for Michael Finley and Brent Barry and to get their confidence going."
Parker had eight points and eight assists in Sunday's victory. He had 15 points on 6 of 9 shooting against Boston with five assists and five turnovers.
After averaging about 19 points a game for much of the season, Parker said he's had to change his natural instincts a bit.
"I'm trying to do my best to help my team out and get something going," he said. "My offense will always come back. I just try to be more as a passer these last two games and get everybody involved."
Jefferson looks strong: Boston forward Al Jefferson looked impressive in his matchup with Tim Duncan, totaling 26 points and 14 rebounds.
He also had a pair of blocks on Duncan, who finished with 21 points, nine rebounds, five assists and four blocks. But Duncan got the best of him in the final minute, spinning by him for a dunk and a foul after Jefferson gambled for a steal.
"I'm not measuring myself against Tim Duncan," said Jefferson, who turned 22 earlier this month. "He's a three-time champion, an MVP. I'm just honored to be on the same court as him."
Bonner back in New England: Until New Hampshire lands an NBA franchise, Boston is as close as it comes to a homecoming for Matt Bonner.
Bonner, who grew up in the Granite State, filled about 20 ticket requests for Monday's game, including a pair for his parents. He also gave out more than 50 guest passes.
"I did some damage on the guest passes, that's for sure," Bonner said. "(I've) got luckily a lot of people who are responsible and can get their own tickets."
And that's just the amount of people who wanted to make the drive to see Bonner spend the evening on the inactive list.
Bonner missed his fifth consecutive game Monday since tearing his left medial collateral ligament on Jan. 13.
He was expected to be out at least a month — and coach Gregg Popovich still thinks he'll need that long — but Bonner said his rehabilitation is going well and hopes he can return in a couple of weeks.
"Everything is improving: range of motion, pain," Bonner said. "There's hardly any swelling, so it's just a matter of strengthening it and letting the ligament heal."
Bonner was happy to be back in New England, even if it was only for a night.
"I took a walk down Newbury Street by the hotel," he said, "and walked into Newbury Comics and bought a record — just for old times sake."
Popovich wasn't surprised "Matt New Hampshire Bonner," as he calls him, was in good spirits.
"He's 24 years old. He's getting a good paycheck," Popovich joked. "He doesn't have to do anything. Just travel around the country. He should be happy."
if finley take 15 shots by game it's not the solution ! and if tony lose his rythm... pop suck! a player who shoot 53% he can his shoots period!!!
I would rather have finley take 15 shots than Bowen driving it to the hole anyday
TP shoots 53%?
No wonder we're sucking.
i hope he takes pop's advice on the upcoming road trip!
Good to read about Bonner on the mend.
yeah when we go on the highway to ......
Over/Under on this thread being four pages?
Tony stops scoring and the SPURS are ed.
Maybe Pop can up Tony, like he did AD
Hmm.
Hopefully it's temporary. Just to get Barry/Finley more involved. Once they get going, Pop can give TP the green-light and know he can rely on Finley/Barry for big shots when needed. HOPEFULLY. If it's not temporary, then we've officially hit the panic button.
People complain about Tony hogging the ball too much, and now that he's actually trying to be more of a distributor, he's getting complaints also?
This way we can get Fin and Brent into a rythm, and we can count on our bench a little more.
I've got it set on 40 posts/page and there's no doubt I'd take the over.
In 16 hours.
Where are all the people who were ing about TP shooting too much? They should be on cloud nine knowing that Brick Finley will be getting more shots.
Go to sleep...when you login from work tomorrow morning, it'll be here.
Looks like Pop is trying to give Finley/Barry some more attempts to see which one he's going to go with when he shortens the rotation.
Another example of Parker just doing what he is asked. When Pop wants him to shoot 20+ shots per game, he does. When Pop wants him to shoot 10 shots a game, he does.
I don't see much to talk about in this thread, but I'm sure the haters will come in with "I told you so's" that don't make any sense
160 posts, here we come.I don't see much to talk about in this thread, but I'm sure the haters will come in with "I told you so's" that don't make any sense
I don't care if Parker takes 100 shots a game
as long as they arne't outside of 4 feet
Having said that, it's nice that Pop has made him more of a distributor
No, it'd be nice if Pop made him more of a distrubtor on a team with good scoring options. As it stands, it sucks that Pop did this. Gonna be hard to win against Houston without a big game from Tony.
well, I don't see him going off in the paint at will with Mutombo and Ming in the paint anyway. I think it's a good idea for TP to get his teammates more involved even if his other options not named TD or Manu absolutely blow.
At the rate we're playing, even a big game from Tony would only keep the score close. I'm sure Pop will (hopefully) give him the go ahead to take over the scoring load when need be.
Good decision by Pop
All in all we (the spurs) has got to see how other can play in the flow of a game - not just looking at Tim or Tony.
That can help the team.
Come playoff time - the spurs will have more versitile offence.
Or not
I think this has less to do with Tony, and more so those recent articles about getting those other Spurs' confidence up.
Besides, I think these last two teams were a good time to risk that and get Barry and Fin shooting, I think Tony will be called to do his stuff for Houston. But yeah, the Tony-haters can't really gripe about Tony being a ball-hog, since he follows orders from Pop.
I think Pop needs to go on instinct and flow more, instead being insistent and so rigid in the big three's roles..Spurs are so predictable sometimes!
So this seems like a good call by Pop.
I think Tony is one of the most over bagged on players on this board. The guy has proven to do whatever is asked of him. He's gotten better every year. He steps up and changes his game to Pop's plan. (not that Pop is always right.) But Tony is a great team player. I'm glad we have him on our team.
Pop told the wrong PG to stop shooting so much
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
Posting Permissions
