Comments on: Is Tony Parker a franchise player?

By: Alamo

Alamo — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:14:45 +0000

This is tough because I am biased but, I’m sick with all the talkings about a PG not being able to win a champ as the #1 option. Guys take the game for granted all the time. I’ll still belive that anything can happen, and that playing small ball like everybody does for a couple years will definitely redefine roles on the court.
So never be sure, and TP is already the franchise guy, just need some rest.

By: sh!tfaced

sh!tfaced — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:30:38 +0000

@Ian
Dirk did it with the German team. Yao did it with his Chinese team. Shit, even Hamed Haddadi did it with the Iranian team. Except for Yi (because he’s now an NBA player and now quite well known) feel free to name the second best players for those teams.

By: bola

bola — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:34:00 +0000

TP should replace Mo (f*cking borderline all star) with the Cavs so LBJ can get his ring already..

@ballin

nice way of looking at it

@control

i totally agree re: mo williams.. i’m one of the few people who thinks that the cavs with mo as #2 will never get it done last season.. shallow bench, lame starting five ( i know that they have the best record, so what? got no rings still)

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:02:58 +0000

ctkennedy
you are actually right that lineup is top 50 heavy. when bryant had a bad team he did the same thing kg tmac and pierce did carry his team to the first round and yes a lot of sgs can win on that team.

shitfaced
wait whos the second best player on that team?? but let me guess bryant is a monster cuz he carried melo , bron and wade to the next level?

By: sh!tfaced

sh!tfaced — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:44:41 +0000

Franchise player?! He can’t even take the French national team to the next level. But TP is on a level on his own when it comes to the wifey…

By: ctkennedy

ctkennedy — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:28:23 +0000

the real question is how many franchise players r there in the league anyway …i can make a argument that kobe aint a franchise player he only leads when hes happy he dont trust a sole in the world on the court and hes on a team right now with 4 of his teammates that u can say r in the top 50players in the league (gasol odom artest and bynum)what all star wing player couldnt win with that

By: control

control — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:01:12 +0000

Control
That’s a really good point, I hadn’t thought of that

By: karizmatic

karizmatic — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:42:49 +0000

Ian

I don’t think KG is a number one either.

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:11:18 +0000

karizmatic
dirk is a 1 imo for sure at least over kg

By: karizmatic

karizmatic — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:57:29 +0000

@ Ballin
I happen to think position matters to the extent that if you have two dominant perimeter players you’re less likely to win than if you have one dominant perimeter player and one dominant post player. Unless you have Pippen and Jordan, but even there during the second run for Jordan he was as much a post player as anything else. I think the post presence is the most important thing.

Also I don’t consider Dirk a true #1 option and I don’t think Bosh will pan out to be a number one option either.