Would Have The Spurs Won The 2013 NBA Finals With Chris Paul Instead of Tony Parker?

[Foster5k]

What do you guys think? If Chris Paul was at the helm, instead of Tony Parker, would the Spurs have out gunned Miami and won the championship?

[NumberSix]

Dat grammar.

[Inferno]

Yeah. Parker performed badly in the finals

[Young X]

No question. Paul's better than Parker at almost every facet of basketball. Put him on the Spurs and he'd have at least 5 rings.

Look at the teams Parker has played with in the playoffs, then look at the teams Paul has played with. It's a joke.

The only real advantage Parker has over Paul is luck, put him on Paul's Hornets teams and he'd miss the playoffs every year. Real talk.

[christian1923]

A healthy Parker would have won that NbA finals.

[Victoire]

No question. Paul's better than Parker at almost every facet of basketball. Put him on the Spurs and he'd have at least 5 rings.

Look at the teams Parker has played with in the playoffs, then look at the teams Paul has played with. It's a joke.

The only real advantage Parker has over Paul is luck, put him on Paul's Hornets teams and he'd miss the playoffs every year. Real talk.

Chris Paul, is that you?

[BoutPractice]

You can't use that series as an argument for anything. If Allen misses that shot, something completely independent of Parker's play, we're all talking about how Parker was the hero in both Game 1 and Game 6 and we start seeing a lot more of him in all-time PG lists... That's what so great about the 2013 Finals. They're a living example of why the way we think of basketball is completely nonsensical upon closer examination

[Thechosen1]

yea, but parker wasnt the reason the spurs lost that series

[PizzamanIRL]

No. I think you need to go back and watch the finals.

[imdaman99]

You can't use that series as an argument for anything. If Allen misses that shot, something completely independent of Parker's play, we're all talking about how Parker was the hero in both Game 1 and Game 6 and we start seeing a lot more of him in all-time PG lists... That's what so great about the 2013 Finals. They're a living example of why the way we think of basketball is completely nonsensical upon closer examination

I know it was a broken play, but Parker was the one who was supposed to be guarding RayRay there. CP3 goes the extra mile to get that rebound or tip it away from Bosh, or mans up RayRay better and Spurs win.

[IncarceratedBob]

If you take Ginobili off the Spurs they win in 6

[Black and White]

If you take Ginobili off the Spurs they win in 6

This

[DMAVS41]

Yes.

Paul is better than Parker on both ends.

Parker is getting to be one of the more over-rated players here and in the media. Here it's some strange attempt to devalue Duncan.

21/10/5 57% TS vs 19/5/3 52% TS

Thing is...Paul is the better defender as well. Parker has never played really efficient basketball in the playoffs.

You can call sample size or whatever you want, but I can't even imagine what the Spurs do over the last 9 years with Paul over Parker. They win more than 1 title...I'll tell you that much.

[Bigsmoke]

Chris Paul maybe would have told Pop in game 6 like "hey man Duncan is having a good game and the Heat have guys that can't defend in the post for shit.... maybe we should keep feeding him the ball"

[TheReturn]

Take Ginobili off the Spurs and they don't get past the Warriors.