Comments on: Which International Player Would You Want on Team USA?

By: t8mas

t8mas — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:39:44 +0000

its just that Pop makes every player at its best. Pop makes the good chemistry of the team. im a spurs fan. and i like TP, Manu and TD being together. i think, they can’t win championships 4 times over the last 10 years if they are not together and TP is just part of that good team chemistry of spurs. d-will is better as an individual. its just that the supporting cast of TP’s team (spurs) is better that with d-will’s (jazz).

By: jeremy

jeremy — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:38:11 +0000

have you ever actually watched them play or do you only check the box scores and check in for awards. unless you’re just plain stupid you can’t watch the two of them objectively and say parker is better than williams. if you just watch them both play it is clear that one is better. and don’t give me that crap about deron not being and all-star because parker wasn’t named to the team until the 06-07 season, his sixth year in the league. williams has only been in the league for three years. come back to me when parker can hit an 18-footer that middle schoolers make with regularity.

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:48:07 +0000

how many times did deron win finals mvp?

By: Safetydan

Safetydan — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:38:51 +0000

2nd team all nba? how many times did tony parker make the all nba team?

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:11:20 +0000

austin dont waste your time man
the only thing they answer back with is with what if crap

lets c haters what if jordan and richmond woulda traded places in the 90s would sacramento win 6 championships fuck no
would u still consider him the best ever
would you consider pippen a top 50 player ever
who the fuck knows
but like austion said facts are facts and the awards are were they belong

let deron at least make the allstar team
and one more thing if deron doest win shit he wont even be in the discussion as whos the best

why is it that when we talk about duncan some people call him overrated and say its cuz he has a good team and when we talk about parker being great u come back and say its cuz he has duncan
please make up your minds haters

judge everyone the same

and to the fools that say miller stockton ewing then arent that great cuz austin puts a lot of importance in rings are just being ignorant. we all know that we would consider them better players if they had.

so yeah ill say it again when playes are kinda close like parker and deron its an opinion thing
id take parker but to the people that say its deron easy u dont know shit

By: Borgs

Borgs — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:16:47 +0000

You’re right. He’s really good for a 28th pick. (Actually, he’s really good for a top five pick.) Buford did and does well. Still, ask the other 29 GMs who they’d rather have and report back.

By: Austin Burton

Austin Burton — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:42:37 +0000

Yeah, just like R.C. Buford can’t judge talent. Ask him how the Tony Parker draft pick is working out.

By: Borgs

Borgs — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:14:38 +0000

Deron Williams’ greatest accomplishment: Olympics gold medal, likely as lead PG. Does it get any more accomplished than that? Not according to Kobe and LeBron.

“But, look at his team” you might say. How ironic. And self-defeating.

By: jeremy

jeremy — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:06:51 +0000

just give up, austin is hopeless. he clearly can’t judge basketball talent.

By: Austin Burton

Austin Burton — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:48:58 +0000

@Bulldog47 — If you read the earlier posts, I said that in cases where talent is pretty much even, things like championships and awards help swing it. Is Randy Brown better than Kevin Johnson because he has a ring? Of course not. But if you’re matching up John Stockton and Isiah Thomas, I wouldn’t argue with saying Isiah is better because Isiah has the hardware. Do you devalue Isiah’s rings because he had a great supporting cast? Or maybe one reason they were so great is because Isiah helped make them great. Same with Parker. No, he’s not as good as Isiah or Stockton, but comparing him to someone like Deron Williams at this stage in Deron’s career, Parker wins. Yes, Duncan and Manu and Bowen and Horry are great at what they do, but don’t act like Jacque Vaughn could have led those Spurs teams to the title. The fact that Parker won Finals MVP shows he’s no coattail rider. How about Deron makes an All-Star team before he gets put ahead of a three-time champ?