| Right Now, Tony Parker or Steve Nash? |
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| Written by TJ Zwarych | |
| Sunday, 13 July 2008 | |
 Steve Nash is obviously a 2 time MVP and still probably the best passer in the NBA. He can shoot from the outside, take it to the hole and is a pass first point guard but he can still make the clutch shot. Unfortunately, he cannot play defense! By far his biggest weakness, Steve Nash is not a good defender. Then Suns have been criticized for the past few years for loading up to much on offence and forgetting about defense. We all know they aren't a good defensive team. Now I'm not saying it is all his fault, because it clearly isn't, but he is a very big reason on why they aren't a good defensive team. Your point guard is your offensive leader, he brings up the ball, makes the plays and pops the majority of the threes. He also is supposed to be good perimeter defender though which Nash is not. Nash is a great offensive player, but I would say definitely one of the worst starting guards in the NBA at playing defense. Here are Steve's important stats from last season. 16.9 ppg, 11.1 apg, 3.5 rpg, 0.6 spg, 3.64 tpg and he shot 50.3 percent from the field, 90 percent from the line and 47 percent from the three point line. Parker on the other hand is a great defender with on a very defensive minded team. The Spurs have one many championships over the years and recently, Parker has been a big part of it. Just last season, he helped lead them to the conference finals which they later lost against Kobe and the Los Angeles Lakers. Parker probably isn't as good of an offensive player as Nash, but he can still get it done. He has mastered his little tear drop inside the key which he almost makes every time. He isn't as good of passer as Nash but is probably a better scorer. Parker is also better at not turning the ball over as he averaged over 1 less than Nash last season. His defensive stats aren't fantastic, but hey, neither are Bruce Bowen's. Parker is a lock-down point guard who doesn't let players get past him. His stats last season were as follows: 18.8 ppg, 6 apg, 3.2 rpg, 0.8 spg, 2.38 tpg and 49.4 percent from the field. Parker isn't near as good at free throw shooting or three point shooting as he shot give or take 20 percent less then Nash did in both of those areas. Both of these players are two of the best point guards in the league and you could not make a wrong decision with either one of them. For me it is truly a toss up. If I had to chose I would probably take Parker just because of his defensive ability but I can't say he would be the one I would take for sure.         Set as favorite Bookmark Comments
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