Tony Parker or Chauncey Billups

[Da Heroic One]

1.) Who has had the better career?

2.) Who is the better player today?

3.) Who was better in their primes?

4.) Are both of them Hall of Famers? Or is only one of them Hall of famers? If so, which one is the one?

[Kellogs4toniee]

1.) Who has had the better career?

2.) Who is the better player today?

3.) Who was better in their primes?

4.) Are both of them Hall of Famers? Or is only one of them Hall of famers? If so, which one is the one?

1. Chauncey Billups
2. Tony Parker
3. Tony Parker
4. I have a really hard time putting Tony Parker as a hall of famer. To me, he's always benefited from having Duncan and that Spurs defensive system mask any of his weaknesses. I think ultimately Billups will be the only one out of the two to get into the hall of fame.

[SsKSpurs21]

i actually when the other way...

1) Tony Parker
2) Tony Parker
3) Chauncey Billups
4) i dont think either of them will get into the HOF. neither has done anything significant to be HOF worthy. Parkers resume has more on it than billups, but i dont think its enough to get into the hall of fame.

[AMISTILLILL]

1.) Who has had the better career?
Tony Parker. He's been a integral part of that Spurs system for several years now, spending most of that time completely untouchable to trades. He's shaped himself to fit the demands of Pop's offense and defensive schemes beautifully.

Billups has been shipped around quite a bit, only seeing real success with Detroit and, for a short period, with Denver. While I think he's an excellent player, I think Parker gets the nod for 'best career' based solely on his part in maintaining the Spurs consistency in excellence. Three rings in five years speaks volumes.

2.) Who is the better player today?
Overall, Tony Parker. As long as he's slashing and hangs onto some of his speed, he'll be a better player than Chauncey, who appears to be breaking down. But I'd still take Billups as my floor general any day of the week.

3.) Who was better in their primes?
Chauncey Billups. You forget just how solid a player the guy was during that Detroit hey-day because he was on a team filled with solid players, while it's difficult to know just how much of Parkers performance was a product of the system he was in.

4.) Are both of them Hall of Famers? Or is only one of them Hall of famers? If so, which one is the one?
Tony Parker is definitely up for HOF considerations not too long after he retires. I think it will likely take Billups a bit longer, however.

[FourthTenor]

I would rather have prime Billups than prime Parker.

The "whose career was better" stuff means nothing to me because people largely base that on team success and just end up letting the players' teammates dictate the outcome.

The Spurs could have won each of their titles just as easily with Billups, IMO. I don't know that the Pistons make back to back finals and win one with Parker in place of Billups. In fact I doubt they do.

Give me Chauncey. As far as HOF, I personally wouldnt put either in. Once again, you're gonna have people who are dummies want to put Parker in because of the TEAM success he was a part of. He's not an all-time point guard worth memorializing by any stretch, he was simply a good contributor on a very good team. There have been countless PG's better than Tony Parker.

[knickscity]

Tony Parker for numbers 1,2, although it's biased as far as who had the better career.

TP played with arguably the best PF ever.

Chauncey for number 3.

HOF? I don't think either get in, but I wouldn't be shocked if either did.

[Stuckey]

i`d take prime chauncey over prime parker

but parker had a better career, let`s not kid ourselves

[FourthTenor]

i`d take prime chauncey over prime parker

but parker had a better career, let`s not kid ourselves

and adam morrison has had a better career than al jefferson, right?

[Kevin_Gamble]

and adam morrison has had a better career than al jefferson, right?

Are you seriously arguing that Parker was not an integral part of those SA championship runs?

[AMISTILLILL]

and adam morrison has had a better career than al jefferson, right?

Dude... Tony Parker won Finals MVP on a team with Tim Duncan. Forget the rings, that's the accomplishment.

[Bigsmoke]

1.) Who has had the better career?
maybe Parker. more rings

2.) Who is the better player today?
Parker i guess

3.) Who was better in their primes?
Billups. They went head-to-Head in the Finals and Billups was more impressive.

4.) Are both of them Hall of Famers? Or is only one of them Hall of famers? If so, which one is the one?

ummm... shit pick whoever

[FourthTenor]

Dude... Tony Parker won Finals MVP on a team with Tim Duncan. Forget the rings, that's the accomplishment.

You know Billups is also a Finals MVP, right?

[AMISTILLILL]

You know Billups is also a Finals MVP, right?

Who doesn't?

Tim Duncan is arguably the greatest player at his position in league history. While Ben Wallace, Rasheed Wallace, Tayshaun Prince and Rip Hamilton were great players at that point in their career, winning Finals MVP over a guaranteed first ballot HOF'r is a HUGE achievement and greatly outshines Billups'.

The point isn't winning Finals MVP, it's winning it convincingly over one of the greatest players the game has ever seen.

[dbugz]

and adam morrison has had a better career than al jefferson, right?

Dude stop making yourself look so stupid on this thread.

Just stop.

[TrueGreenFan]

Parker has had a better/more consistent career but Billups prime>>>Parkers prime.