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Ballings7 wrote:Watched him grow as a player and turn into a superstar PG and MVP candidate, as far as I'm concerned... he never was a big-time 3PT shooter, but it didn't matter. He was so good everywhere else, and could still hit the three if really needed.

Right there with Iverson as a slasher, finisher, and mid-range and under guy. Right there, for sure. Very efficient.

Loved it when Phoenix would try to guard him with one guy, or not at all... and he'd drain jumpers on them all day because he worked hard to get that shot into his arsenal. 2007, 2008 for real!

Just look at anyone of these montages... incredible numbers : https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Tony+Parker+vs.+Phoenix+Suns

And he honestly did really add a more reliable 3PT shot to his game in latter 2000s when Pop started using him in the corners when people sagged off him -- especially in the playoffs, he hit some daggers and boomers for momentum.

Crafty, jet quick, lots of swag, silent confidence, clutch, was virtually unstoppable in his prime. Underrated and overlooked because he wasn't a personality like Kobe or Iverson or came from an American college.

Thanks for the awesome and fun years, Tony


41/5/12 -- to go up 3-0

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And last one (so not posting every vid), Dagger G7 game against Paul on the road...

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But mostly I just wanted to say thank you.

Thank you to the Spurs organization, from top to bottom, for the most amazing opportunity of my life — and for 17 years of the greatest job on earth. Thank you to Spurs fans, everywhere, for always showing up, always being loud, and always, always having my back. And thank you to the city of San Antonio, for being the only thing that I could ever possibly call it now: home.

The truth is, I know it’s impossible to summarize what my time with the Spurs has meant to me, in a letter like this.

But I guess that’s also the beauty of basketball, and of life in a way. How it can become less about the summary of things — and more about a collection of moments. How you just … become these moments, you know what I mean? All of these relationships, and conversations, and lessons, and decisions. All of these little things that just sort of sneak up on you, and begin to shape you, and eventually, if you’re lucky, even come to define you.

And while I won’t try to define who I’ve become, over these last 17 years, in a single letter … I can say this for sure: I have the Spurs and I have San Antonio to thank for it.

And I will carry that with pride.

imagump1313 wrote:Its going to be weird not having him around. I hope he averages 20ppg in Charlotte