David Thorpe: Parsons is the best defender of K.Durant I've ever seen

God I hope Kobe never sees this lol

Parsons will get 48point put on him the next time Kobe plays us. Doesn't matter if the lakers win our not...he will put up 38 shots to prove his point

 

I'm surprised at the poll results.

 

kind of good for us :grin:

if i was kobe i would just dump the ball into the paint to either gasol or bynum.

kobe is so stubborn and not uses the 7fters. i mean who wouldn't just dump the ball to the paint when you have two seven footers?

 

Uh... what relevance does that have? Nobody in the draft has touched an NBA court yet

 

Your analysis skills rival my 5 yr old's, fyi.

 

Parsons is already better than Battier.

 

Under Rick Carlisle, do you think Parsons will regain his defensive edge and live up to past expectations?

 

Would have been nice if Parsons was the best defender of Nick Batum he'd ever seen...

 

Parsons sucks. He's too concerned about his image to care about winning

 

Wrong thread....

Parsons has moved on and so should we....

T_Man

 

He needs to watch Wizards games last year.

 

Wrong forum!

 

Absolutely. Parsons will have a more defined role all around. He's not worth $16M but he's going to perform much better than he did with the Rockets IMO.

When I watched Parsons I saw someone who never knew when to attack, when to turn it on, when to facilitate, when to shoot... his feel for the game was off. The Parsons you saw in the Thunder series 2 years ago is probably what you'll see on a regular basis in Dallas. But with better defense.

Parsons inability to fit in, that's on McHale and the freelance offensive scheme IMO. I don't think he's a Pippen, eternally out of place on offense outside of the triangle, I think Parsons will fit it and get more out of his skillset.

 

Thanks for bumping a 2 year old thread.

 

I can't believe I voted 'yes' in this poll. A couple of long years later....

Durant won't have to worry about Parsons anymore now that he's on the Ponies!

 

The parson threads are getting out of hand. Its actually getting worse then LOF's threads.

 

stupid bump is stupid

 

When you say much better, are you saying he will average more than 16/5/4 with an increase in his shooting stats.

Now did the Mavericks have a top 10 defense since Rick's been there? I haven't seen Dallas play elite defense or anything close to that.

Parson IMO fit in pretty good with our freelance offense, most people would say he was the glue.

 

I agree with the comment on Parson's defense of KD. Parson's is actually a bad defender overall but he did do a great job on him in the 2013 playoffs.