People will automaticly jump and say Tim Duncan will be the MVP(since its pretty certain the Spurs will win), but if you look at the series, Tony Parker has been the Spurs best player. Even when the entire Spurs team had a bad night like last night, he was still better than Duncan and Ginobli. Personaly, if Duncan wins it again, no biggie cause hes played well too, but I think Tony Parker should atleast be considered for the Finals MVP.
Oh yeah, he has carried the team during the Finals. Duncan carried the team through the 1st Round, WCSF, and WCF, but Parker should get the MVP Trophy, unless Duncan just shuts down the lane in Game 4. It is really between Duncan and Parker. IMO, Parker is number one right now especially since he hit that key three last night.
Duncan. Could the Spurs could have won without TD?No. Could the Spurs could have won without TP? No. But higher possibility.
No way for Bruce. LeBron is still gettin some points on him, he isn't averaging 30+ in the playoffs, around the mid 20's. IT has to be Tony Parker or Tim. It really depends on the next game or games.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (l?ckdown @ Jun 13 2007, 02:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>No way for Bruce. LeBron is still gettin some points on him, he isn't averaging 30+ in the playoffs, around the mid 20's. IT has to be Tony Parker or Tim. It really depends on the next game or games.</div>16 shots for 14 points; 4 assists, 6 turnovers21 shots for 25 points; 6 assists, 6 turnovers23 shots for 25 points; 7 assists, 5 turnoversHis 3 games so far and all 3 have been awful performances, he is being shut down. If you're taking 20+ shots you should be scoring 30+ points a game not to mention he has a 1:1 Assist to Turnover ratio.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BluffCityBlue @ Jun 13 2007, 04:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>LeBron has been playing like that since the Detriot series...</div>lol, I was about to say that. The fact that by saying Bruce for MVP really shows how much people are in love with Lebron. He doesn't score 48 points, and something must be up, whoever has him is the best defender ever. Bowen is doing his thing, and hitting threes, but really now, Lebron didn't even handle himself that well in the detroit series. He had that one monster game, and the next one, Gibson did all the scoring. Bowen is doing a terrific job on him, but Parker and Duncan are dishing the ball out to Bowen for those open threes, plus getting points themselves.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (l?ckdown @ Jun 13 2007, 04:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>lol, I was about to say that. The fact that by saying Bruce for MVP really shows how much people are in love with Lebron. He doesn't score 48 points, and something must be up, whoever has him is the best defender ever. Bowen is doing his thing, and hitting threes, but really now, Lebron didn't even handle himself that well in the detroit series. He had that one monster game, and the next one, Gibson did all the scoring. Bowen is doing a terrific job on him, but Parker and Duncan are dishing the ball out to Bowen for those open threes, plus getting points themselves.</div>But who was setting up Gibson for those shots? LeBron still got a good amount of points in that game, but he was the set up man more than scorer. After scoring those 48 points, the Pistons focused more on slowing him down, so LeBron brought out his passing game. The number of assists did no justice to how good he was dishing the ball out, because a lot of his passes were to players who were fouled on the shot. He nearly had a triple-double that game.As far as MVP, I think it has to be Parker. He's been probably the most consistent player in the Finals for the Spurs. He sets the pace of the game. Cleveland's gameplan has really been centered around finding a way to slow down Parker, and they haven't been able to. Even when things weren't going right, like lastnight, it was Parker who came in at the end, even going out of his game to hit a 3 pointer. Duncan is right behind him though.
Lebron still nearly had a triple double last game as well... but that doesn't have to do with mvp voting (as far as the spurs are concerned) I agree with that tho, Parker is very consistent, and efficient, at home he shot like 58%, which is a feat in itself (for a small player like him)
Not to mention that Parker ranked 3rd in points in the paint during the playoffs. The 3 other people on the list were Duncan, Boozer, and LeBron, all of whom are 6'8" and over.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BluffCityBlue @ Jun 13 2007, 02:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>LeBron has been playing like that since the Detriot series...</div>Lebron vs. Detroit: 25.7 ppg, 8.5 apg, 3.2 tpg .449 FG%Lebron vs. San Antonio: 21.3 ppg, 5.7 apg, 5.7 tpg & .367 FG%He is playing significantly worse against the Spurs then he did against Detroit. His scoring is down, his playmaking is down, his FG% dropped like a rock and he nearly doubled his turnover rate.<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (l?ckdown @ Jun 13 2007, 02:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>lol, I was about to say that. The fact that by saying Bruce for MVP really shows how much people are in love with Lebron. He doesn't score 48 points, and something must be up, whoever has him is the best defender ever. Bowen is doing his thing, and hitting threes, but really now, Lebron didn't even handle himself that well in the detroit series. He had that one monster game, and the next one, Gibson did all the scoring.</div>It isn't the fact that he isn't scoring at a Kobe-esqe rate it is the fact that he isn't doing much of anything that has a positive effect on his team I.e. being completely shut down. As noted about his scoring, shooting and playmaking have all took a nose dive and he is turning the ball over at a much higher rate because of the Spurs defense and more specifically Bruce Bowen. The job they have done in not allowing Lebron to gain good position and forcing him to work on every single play by closing off the lanes to the basket as well as the passing lanes is the main reason why San Antonio is sweeping Cleveland out of the finals.For the record I have been on the "Lebron is the most over-rated player in the league" bandwagon since the moment he was drafted
which is why bruce shouldn't get all the credit. Bruce is stopping him some of the time, but most of the time, lbj can't do anything becuz Tim Duncan is there to stop his penetration, and plus they aren't playing single coverage on him the entire series. He is getting double teamed, and the help defense is usually there. LBJ is gettin past Bruce many times during the series, but the overall team defense is stopping him.
As of right now, yeah, I would say that Tony Parker deserves it, but I think they'll give it to Duncan just because he is who he is. Parker was amazing in Game 1 and he hit multiple clutch shots in Game 3.
I'd hate it to go to tony, I'm not saying he doesn't deserves it, cause he's really stepped up, but I want duncan to get it cause he's humble.......... tony's ego would go crazy if he was awarded finals mvp, he'd probably ask for a trade to a big city team or never pass the ball again........
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (koopa @ Jun 13 2007, 06:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I'd hate it to go to tony, I'm not saying he doesn't deserves it, cause he's really stepped up, but I want duncan to get it cause he's humble.......... tony's ego would go crazy if he was awarded finals mvp, he'd probably ask for a trade to a big city team or never pass the ball again........</div>And what do you see in Tony Parker that makes you think that? Parker seems like a humble guy to me. I haven't seen any flaws in his attitude that would suggest any of that.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GrizzFanTaylor @ Jun 13 2007, 06:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>And what do you see in Tony Parker that makes you think that? Parker seems like a humble guy to me. I haven't seen any flaws in his attitude that would suggest any of that.</div>well since I'm a spurs fan I've followed him his whole career, and ever since he started dating eva he thinks he's all that, he thinks he's the man on this team, when manu is doing good, he'll stop passing to manu and just jack up shots....... and when he made the all star team he got a little more cockier..... so an finals mvp will make him think he's the next mj
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (koopa @ Jun 13 2007, 09:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>well since I'm a spurs fan I've followed him his whole career, and ever since he started dating eva he thinks he's all that, he thinks he's the man on this team, when manu is doing good, he'll stop passing to manu and just jack up shots....... and when he made the all star team he got a little more cockier..... so an finals mvp will make him think he's the next mj</div>That's like saying since Chauncey won his finals MVP a few years ago he'd just stop passing. PGs dont stop passing because they win finals mvp. I cant believe you actually believe that.
Im very happy for Tony Parker. Basicly, this is the best wedding gift he could get...now he doesn't even have to buy a wedding ring. Haha, j/k. But Im glad he was recognized, he played incredible for the Spurs.I dont know, but is he the first European player to win Finals MVP?If so or not, these past few seasons are showing how much world expansion has done for the NBA. Past 3 seasons, all 3 International season MVPs, and including a Finals MVP this season.
