Worked for George W and Iraq...... But it isn't false, it is factual.....Tony Parker...that is what AB is becomming a Tony Parker like player. DD
Ok... let me put it another way.... The statement I made was not about the position that they play... When you are a player coming off the bench you know that you may not or probably want play as many minutes as a starter... You also know that you have a different mentality and your focus is different.... Your job is to come in and put some energy to the team, basically you are running at 100 mph and not trying to pace yourself.. As a starter you are pacing yourself, knowing you have a long game, setting a flow. If Lowry was so good then why wasn't he starting with Memphis???
Parker was not very good as a passer when he came into the league, and he has developed OK court vision, not great, but good enough. That is where AB is headed, IMO. DD
Tony Parker has good decision making skills. AB flounders in that department. You got it or you don't.
Tony Parker had Tim Manu and one of the better coaches in this league. Most importantly TP knew how a pick and roll worked. No stats in the world is going to teach you that. Stockton had to deal with the greatest basket player in the world...other than that he may have won 1 championship. On this current team we need AB, on a championship team we need a PG who can run the pick and roll or a SG who can do that (fisher has Kobe running pick and roll, hell he has Kobe). If AB gets better great but if he continues to lack progress next year......who knows.
DD, unfortuantely most of the people on the board may not remember when Gregg Popovich was ready to ship T. Parker out of San Antonio and how Parker was critiized for being a SHOT first point guard...
why are you still posting you have lost all credibility. Remember tmac is washed up hes done. remember you making fun of all of the idiots who said tmac wasnt done. But i guess your right tmac is trash and has nothing left 26 points 10-17 thats trash. DDsucks.com
Lowry is the key for this team to win many games. Since he was injured, we lost more games than won. When Brooks was not hot, Lowry is the guy who played whole 4th q. Lowry is just a winner, who can make something from northing, but Lowry is a bad shooter, so Brooks needs Lowry, Lowry needs Brooks, this team really need both to win.
T_Man, I understand liking Lowry, I do too, but I don't understand the poo they toss at Brooks, arguably our best player. I mean the guy scored 26 points tonight on 55% shooting and yeah, they want to bench him for a career backup that can't shoot the ball. Un-fricken-believable. Actually, the more I think about it.....it is not so unbelievable at all... Sigh..... DD
Lowry didn't start in Memhpis, but Memphis didn't win. That doesn't mean much. Lowry is a much better player this season than last season, much better than he was in Memphis. AB has got his time as a starter, but his play making skill is less than desired. Why not give Lowry a try? This year the best lineup is when Lowry and AB play together, Lowry handles the ball. There is no guarantee it will work, but there is a good chance that it would work. Why not give it a try next season?
He was done as a Rocket.....he didn't fit in here, the team was not going to sign him next year, so no reason to help him out by letting him rehab on our nickel. NY gets to let him do it on theirs....I never said he was DONE.....just that he was DONE as a Rocket....big difference. I think he can still play the game, HIS WAY...but that way equals first round losses. I don't expect some people to understand.....by the way...wrong thread...kid ! And why am I still posting, to educate people like you....who clearly need to grow up and understand the game of basketball. DD
Tony Parker - Then and Now I remember in the early part of 2002, during Tony Parker's rookie campaign, I read an article calling for Parker to be benched. The writer in question felt that the Spurs needed someone with more experience at starting PG in order to make a proper playoff run. Terry Porter was with the Spurs at the time and the argument was that utilizing Porter's experience in the present was more vital than allowing Parker to develop for the future. That was crazy, but people believed it. I was one of them. The next eight years taught me the errors of my short-sighted thinking and now we've got the All-Star point guard we all know and kind of love when we're not ruthlessly raising expectations on him, again. There are three things that distinguish the Tony Parker today from the one we first witnessed eight years ago. That's it – three. We could discuss some finer points in greater numbers, but all of Parker's evolution can be captured in the following three areas: He couldn't shoot. He wasn't physical enough. He wasn't in control of the offense.
When they drafted a high lottery pick and want to make him the future PG in the process of rebuilding, for example.
Exactly.....rep earned !!! At least I can use this thread to grow my ignore list......like the moron trying to pick a fight about Tmac......good riddance...buh bye....brah ! DD
he knows to let tim duncan and manu ginobili take over when it mattered the most and not force the issue and try to become the hero everytime when he knew the others were better than he was. brooks doesnt. brooks cant even feed a post pass to yao.
