Chandler Bang is an awesome nickname. The fact that it sounds like a porno only magnifies the awesomeness.
Ok, I in no way intend to be a wet blanket over this kid's phenomenal rise.. But each time I watch a Rockets game now, I have DVR remote in hand, and after my initial yelling and whooping and 'No he did NOT just do that!!' feelings and all, rewind, watch, rewind, watch, etc etc.. I start to watch him and what he does BEFORE those put-backs. What he has done - and like Clyde and Bull have both said repeatedly, 'You can't teach that!' - he has learned very quickly what the offensive moves are of his teammates, especially Scola, Martin and Lowry, and he actually starts running to the basket before the shot is even going up. This is especially evident the last couple of nights: he is hovering out beyond the arc, watching Scola for example, and when Scola begins his drive into the lane, doing his gyrations and whatnot, here comes Parsons racing into the lane and leaping at exactly the right time to be able to slam it back in if the shot happens to miss. This is great, it really is. My guess is, Parsons got very tall very young, and has been able to dunk for a long time, and instinctively taught himself that trick early on, and now just does it as a natural response during a game. (just a guess, as I said) Those make for spectacular highlights, and I am sure we will all have a lot of fun watching and re-watching them over the course of the season. The thing which gives me pause, just a tiny bit anyway, is that I fear a sort of 'Phenom Rookie Baseball Pitcher' effect here, where, first time through the league, the kid is lights-out, but from then on, the opposing teams have his number, and he falls off the face of the planet, so to speak. In other words, it just seems to me that a good opposing coach will pretty quickly get enough film of these put-backs to be able to coach his guys up to be able to prevent it, or worse, position themselves to where Parsons starts getting called for a lot of over-the-back fouls. Like I said, this is just a tiny concern, but I am just wondering how long these highlight shows are going to last before the other coaches figure out that someone has to have a body on Parsons all the time whenever there is a shot going up... Anyway, if that was all Parsons was doing well, then it would be a real concern, but as it is, it is actually his defense, his passing and his clearly high hoops IQ that are more encouraging than even the highlight-reel plays. Just wondering if any of you guys had noticed how he gears himself up for those, and if we can see it that easily, then so can the other team in the film room..
I figured that's what was going on. But I also think that teams must already have scouted that and told their players about it, since he's done it already 4 or 5 times and he was known for that in college too. If Parsons was a one-trick pony and that's all he did, I would be worried. The fact that he does a variety of things that help the team win makes me not worry about this so much.
There was an article about how Love got so many rebounds. Love mentioned what his father taught him and actually explained those 'tricks'. I'm sure some players/coaches are taking notes, but it doesn't prevent him getting those rebounds yet. I played other sports, and realized that even if I know what's the correct techinique, I wouldn't be able to master it before thousands of hours of practice and fine tuning.
Well, in order to stop Parsons from getting these putbacks, teams would have to start boxing him out right? But he's always around the 3pt line when he gets his running start, so they'd have to start boxing him out there, or try to guess where he's coming from and try to box out (while trying to keep an eye on the rebound and Parsons). Either way, it opens up more rebounding opportunities in the paint for teammates. But since this is just 2 points off 1 rebound, and its not happening every possession. I'm guessing teams are content giving up the one highlight putback in favor of more consistent rebounding, and that one extra rebounder in the paint.
I would imagine teams would be talking about this after the first 3 times he did it, but it's easier said than done because he's not BANGing around in the paint prior to it. You'd have to face guard him at the 3 pt line to even have a shot at boxing him out, Most defenders will instinctively look at where the ball is going, which is away from parsons
<iframe width="480" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/NdhuLfGcjrE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> I can't wait to see CP do that in the NBA
Wow, he brought the pass from about a foot and a half below the rim to above it for the dunk. Impressive.
Parson's has officially made it to the show... Memebase! http://memebase.com/2012/01/19/internet-memes-tea-bag/#comments
