How to Make Plays like Tony Parker
This is how Tony Parker likes to set up his plays.
The main job of a point guard, oftentimes, is to make decisions.
They have to map out the court and decide how to get their team the best shot possible.
And there are many ways to achieve this.
Some point guards like to start at the top of the key and run plays from there.
Some like to get into the post, post-up and run plays from there (like Andre Miller).
And then there are some who like to attack the paint and make their decisions on the drive.
Tony Parker was one of these point guards.
During his time in San Antonio with the Spurs, he frequently drove the ball into the paint before deciding if he was going to shoot it or pass it.
So, why did he play this way?
Well, it’s because his floater game was phenomenal and this put a lot of pressure on the defence (there’s even a stat saying that he took 533 close shots in 2006 and made 70.5 percent of them).
“So when I first arrived in the NBA, [the floater] was a great first weapon for me to be able to score and be aggressive and put pressure on the defence,” he told Darius Miles and Quentin Richardson on the Knuckleheads podcast. “To be on the paint and either pass or either shoot to try to find that happy middle between scoring and passing. And teardrop, it was always my thing.”
In his arguably best season in 2012-13, Parker averaged 20.3 points on 52.2 percent shooting and dished out 7.6 assists, while only committing 2.6 turnovers a game.
Parker is one of the greatest point guards to play the game and his accolades shot it.
He is a Hall of Famer, 6-time All-Star, 4-time champion, 4-time All-NBA and the 2007 NBA Finals MVP.
And he received all of this because he mastered the floater as a small kid trying to play basketball with his friends.
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Now, back to the story…
Random Thought
Victor Wembanyama has been diagnosed with a blood clot in his shoulder and will sit out the remainder of the season.
This sucks.
But, and this may be tooooo soon, but if the San Antonio Spurs can’t win games, there might be a chance they get a first-round pick and draft Cooper Flagg or Ace Bailey.
They can pull a 1996-97 Spurs, when David Robinson and Sean Elliot pretty much missed the entire season and San Antonio tanked for Tim Duncan. And, well, you know what that Spurs’ dynasty did.
5 rings.
You may think I’m a bad person for caring about the team’s well-being more than Wemby’s health. But I do truly wish he has a full recovery… because if he doesn’t the Spurs won’t be as dominant and won’t form a dynasty.
I’m going to hell, aren’t I?
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