Tony Parker to return to Spurs tonight

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The San Antonio Spurs have solved their George Hill injury problem. Tonight some guy named Tony Parker will assume Hill’s minutes for the Spurs.

Not a bad fix.

Parker broke the news of his return via his Facebook page.

Good news, i’m back !!! I play tonight to Sacramento !!!!

That’s three and  four exclamation points.

We’re excited to.

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  • Ian

    @Nadeem
    you should make more predictions like that from now on haha it seems to be working pretty well

  • grego

    Mason sucks/Temple should get all his limited minutes.

    Mason’s one skill is shooting. He’s at 29.9% post all star. He’s always in the top 3 of the negatives of the +/-’s when he’s played decent amount of time.

  • TradeTp

    Temple played better than Parker last night.

  • spursrocks

    I like parker BUT… he is slower, not the same when he won his finals MVP. now that he is slower, he is a defensive liability. he just came of an hand injury so his jump shot will be affected. and he cant shoot the 3. he depends mainly on his speed, which he doesnt have right now. SO.. continue to start Hill, gino, jeff, dice, and duncan. hill on the otherhand, can defend.(he defended kobe and kevin durant well, do you think parker can do that?) hill can spot up for 3point shot. when manu drives he can find an open hill. but parker? just let parker come of the bench. parker the 6th man. if he cant accept that role, then he is IVERSON 2.0 period

  • spursrocks

    why do you prefer tony who cant defend and cant shoot 3? hill is better defender and spot up 3pointer. we cant rely on parker now that he is slower and his jump shot is just so-so. defense wins championships, and hill is the defensive point guard we want to be at the starting five. tony is at best should lead the 2nd unit

  • Kevin

    So if we lose at any point before winning the NBA Championship, then BALLHOG will be proven right. If any other team signs Ian this off season, then BALLHOG will be proven right. That’s the gist I get from your last 100 nearly identical postings. You have set yourself up pretty well then, I guess, because both of those things are overwhelmingly likely to happen. I won’t even argue those points anymore.

    However, I don’t see how you can just throw examples like Ratliff out there and expect that to aid your case. Where, exactly, would this guy be getting any useful minutes?? If he were taking minutes from Duncan, Bonner, Blair, or even McDyess… then our team would be worse. At least with Ian you could argue for the future…

  • Kevin

    Also, @BALLHOG, can you please give credit to the team for playing guys like Temple and Hairston? A lot of your previous arguements revolve around this wizard Popovich (who has tricked us all) being so stubborn and stupid that he never plays younger players… but he clearly has disproven that myth. Just because he hasn’t played the one guy you really want him to (and maybe you’re right about Ian), you have to admit that your characterization of him was wrong in this respect… right?

  • Tyler

    All things considered, I thought TP looked good. His jumper looked smooth. All the mistakes he made were due to rust I thought.

    Temple looked good. He’s got a nice all around game – not great at one thing, but good in just about every area. He can PG, SG, and even some SF depending on matchups, whichs makes him pretty valuable. I’d like to see us hold onto him as an insurance policy for all the guard slots. And if he improves, he could very well turn into more. Good risk/reward at his price.

  • Bushka

    Why do people keep seeing it as a choice between George Hill & TP?

    The spurs NEED both. You don’t win by giving away talent, you can use both plus Manu for more than 30 minutes per.

    There is no harm in having more weapons than a russian arms dealer.

    You have to have depth to deal with injuries, different defensive looks, different personell who play better with different personell.

    Hold onto our current roster, add another Big hey presto we’re better.

  • TradeTp

    No Bushka, the Spurs need a big, and if TP is as great as half on here think then he can be used as trade bait. We dont need Hill and Parker, we need Hill and a big guy who isnt over 35

  • Jim Henderson

    The idea that Hill is a more valuable player to this team than Parker, when Parker’s healthy, is ludicrous. And Parker is by no means slow now. Athletes don’t get “slow” at age 27. Please! Indeed, when healthy, TP’s still probably the best finisher in the paint of any point guard in the league, some might even say in the history of the league. He has also run an offense from the point position for three championship teams.

    Look, I love GHill’s game, and he’s got some great skills, some that TP doesn’t have, but he’s not as valuable as TP. Not yet anyway.

  • TradeTp

    Jim Henderson,

    Please stop living in the past. Is Larry Bird still better than Lebron? Could Robinson still dominate the game?

    Best finisher in the “history of the game”

    Credibility just got shot from slim to none.

    Hes not even the best finisher from the pg spot in the NBA now let alone of all time. No one would ever think that.

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