Why do people continue to say Parsons can create his own shot?

His pump fake worked...

 

he cant, whoever says he can is a ****ing idiot

 

He's Scottie Pippen but just not as good.

 

I just remember when they tried to go iso parsons at end of game couple times and nothing good happened from it.

 

he averaged 20ppg in the playoffs and he cant make his own shot?

 

Morey fell for his pump fake.

 

Good point OP. I asked a similar question in another thread and didn't get a response. I rarely recall Chandler taking anyone off the dribble straight up. Cuts, kick outs, anything that gave him the advantage of his defender running at him or being off balance, sure he could get by them. But with the ball in his hands and a man defensively ready he didn't do well. Yes, he couldn't create a shot (read: he didn't get blocked) but it wasn't a good shot.

I will say he had a nice little one handed runner in the lane that seemed to be effective. But breaking down his man, creating a play on a drive for himself and others. No. Not a strength. And it didn't need to be here.

 

LOL too funny....3 days ago people were saying "no big deal we lose lin, asik....ariza is here, we'll match Parsons and we'll be fine"

now that Parsons is gone...."ohh that guy's overrated anyway, who said he could do this that, etc etc"

 

i dont mean he's a great one on one player. but he can do something on his own. he's kinda like marion in phx, feeding off star players.

 

Indeed bmd, and some tend to think a 29 year old Ariza couldn't do those same things. Or it will be a big drop now since the offense flowed so much better with Parson on the floor. lol

 

So you think Ariza played as well as Parsons in a Rockets uniform?

 

Parsons is an excellent 4th option in an offense... but if you are going to feature him, that won't work because he cannot put the ball on the floor and create for himself, he is dependent on excellent ball movement. That is why it is unlikely he will ever become a true elite offensive player. If a defense decides to focus on him, they can shut him down for that very reason.

Maybe Dallas pushes the issue and his usage rate goes up and his PPG goes up, but his efficiency will hit Jerry Stackhouse levels because at the end of the day, he is just not a one on one creator.

Want to see what happens when an opportunity/system scorer is forced to create? Look at Trevor Ariza with the Rockets.

Parsons upside is Detlef Shrempf....

 

That was 5 years ago, with different coaches and systems and Ariza was a poor shooter. Ariza no longer tries to break people off the dribble or create. He has accepted he is a role player on offense and become a very good one. The last 3 years his shot has improved and he has picked his catch and shoot skill to the point where he is in the top tier of the NBA.

 

This is a total different team BOOM. Ariza is not tasked to be the 1st option on this team.

 

Okay yes Chandler Parsons cannot create his own shot. He is a system player and most people will agree with that. The problem is he is going to a great system. Carlisle will utilize him effectively and that will make me sad. If he had bolted to the lakers or Milwuakee then I wouldn't be worried but we play this guy four times a year... ******* it

 

It's cool you're enjoying it, but people aren't being inconsistent.

BEFORE: Chandler's an important part of what we're hoping to do, especially with someone like Bosh on board. (Note: nobody was talking about him creating his own shot or being some lock-down defender.)

AFTER: Yeah, we got burned, but the price was too steep. Dude wasn't a lock-down defender anyway, and it's not like he could create his own shot very easily.

Fans gonna fan. You should try it, but good ****ing luck with your Knicks, brah.

 

A simple "no" would have sufficed.
Ariza has improved his shot, but to say he can do the same things Parsons can and the offense won't miss a beat is ridiculous.

 

Parson's court vision is too bad for him to be a good shot creator. He would constantly lose sight of his open teammates or make bad basses when he tried.

He is a decent catch and shoot/dirve scorer though. So if that's what the Mavs need then they got a good role player for that.

 

He usually creates his own shot using his pump fake or jab step. He would get his defender in the air or off balance to make a move to the bucket.

 

He will be the third option behind Dirk and Monte. LOL Good job Cuban.


Indeed Nook