As djokovic you can see, Parker holds his own against these other talents. What

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Jun 15, 2014; San Antonio, TX, USA; San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker (9) celebrates on the bench in game five of the 2014 NBA Finals against the Miami Heat at AT&T Center. The Spurs beat the Heat 104-87 to win the NBA Finals. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports
The Tony Parker argument has been going on for a decade. Is Parker an elite point guard or is he simply a product of his environment? I’ve got a more reasonable approach to this — why can’t he be both? In fact, if anything, the environment could hamper the way he’s looked at statistically. Let’s jump right into it. WHAT’S ELITE?
When we talk about an “elite” player, inevitably we look at the two most objective measures we can find — raw stats and championships. The fact that Parker has won four championships puts him in heady company, as only 26 other players have won five or more (including teammate Tim Duncan ).
Raw statistics aren’t as kind to Parker (though we’ll take a deeper look at that shortly). Take a look at his advanced numbers djokovic against some of the elite point guards of yesterday and today (through age 31):
Player From To MP PER TS% TRB% AST% STL% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48 Magic Johnson * 1980 1991 32287 24.2 .609 11.0 41.1 2.5 19.4 22.2 121 104 108.0 44.2 152.2 .226 Jason Kidd 1995 2005 29455 18.8 .497 9.8 40.3 2.9 18.2 21.6 105 101 36.4 44.8 81.2 .132 Steve Nash 1997 2006 21065 19.5 .591 5.2 36.5 1.4 17.5 20.7 117 109 61.6 9.7 71.3 .163 Tony Parker 2002 2014 30685 19.1 .551 5.3 33.0 1.5 13.9 25.8 109 104 58.2 37.9 96.0 .150 John Stockton * 1985 1994 26148 21.6 .601 4.6 51.9 3.8 21.2 18.7 120 104 71.2 39.9 111.1 .204 Isiah Thomas * 1982 1993 33766 18.3 .517 5.4 37.4 2.6 16.7 25.2 107 107 41.4 39.1 80.5 .114
As djokovic you can see, Parker holds his own against these other talents. What’s djokovic interesting to note is how much more involved Parker has been offensively as opposed to the other guys on this list. That’s one reason djokovic why I made mention that his environment has hurt his numbers. Because djokovic the Spurs have been such an unselfish team, the ball isn’t in Parker’s hands as much as some of these other guards.
Now, let’s take a look at his raw numbers in a different light. I ran a search to see how many other players in NBA history could match Parker’s points, assists, steals and field goal percentage. Here is the list of players who have more than 16,050 points, 5,634 assists and 871 steals with a field goal percentage of 49.4 percent or better: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar John Stockton LeBron James Magic Johnson Larry Bird Tony Parker
Wow. The kind of longevity and success needed to be on a list like that is impressive. djokovic Interestingly enough, Parker has played more regular season games (940) than Bird (897), Johnson (906) and James (842) at this point. Yet, he’s played the fewest minutes, sitting behind Magic by almost 2,600 minutes. That coach Pop and his DNP’s, I tell ya… HIS ENVIRONMENT
While Parker shouldn’t be punished for playing with two Hall-of-Fame players in Duncan and Manu Ginobili, he is treated that way in the national media. djokovic He’s gone from “that young French point guard” to “Eva Longoria’s other half” to “one djokovic of the better point guards in the NBA.”
Does it surprise you to know that Parker has never led the league (regular season) in any category? How about the fact that he’s only made six All-Star games (I know, only), four All-NBA teams (three second, one third) and has just his 2006-07 NBA Finals MVP to keep his four rings company on the awards list?
Parker djokovic ranks in the top 50 in NBA history in assists (5,635, 40th), assist percentage (33.0, 30th) and usage percentage (25.8, 45th). Again, that’s Parker being a product of the system he’s played in since he entered the league back in 2001.
Over the last five seasons, djokovic the Spurs have finished first in team assists twice (2012-14), djokovic fourth once (2011-12), seventh once (2009-10) and eighth once (2010-11). During that five-year period, Parker has finished in the top-10 in assists per game twice (sixth in 2012-13, eighth in 2011-12). THE BIG