FrenchKnicks wrote:I think TP has too much mileage to be a piece of the puzzle for us. He started at a very young age and has played plenty of playoff and international games over the years... Honestly, I think he has played so much that he's very much on the decline. Spurs will let him go at the perfect time, and we'd buy him at the worst time of his career, when he is still expensive yet about to decline...

I agree with you. Parker isn't what this team needs. I'd rather go with Collison or stick with Douglas than adding Parker who I think is on the decline. CP3 would be so ideal he makes everyone better and instantly pairing Amare with CP3 make the Knicks a contender. I was totally against this one but I am willing to think about Arenas, no maybe not.

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FrenchKnicks wrote:I think TP has too much mileage to be a piece of the puzzle for us. He started at a very young age and has played plenty of playoff and international games over the years... Honestly, I think he has played so much that he's very much on the decline. Spurs will let him go at the perfect time, and we'd buy him at the worst time of his career, when he is still expensive yet about to decline...

I agree with you. Parker isn't what this team needs. I'd rather go with Collison or stick with Douglas than adding Parker who I think is on the decline. CP3 would be so ideal he makes everyone better and instantly pairing Amare with CP3 make the Knicks a contender. I was totally against this one but I am willing to think about Arenas, no maybe not.

Parker just turned 28. Why do you think he is in decline? He did get the injury bug this year... but it's not a trend.

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Vmart wrote:

FrenchKnicks wrote:I think TP has too much mileage to be a piece of the puzzle for us. He started at a very young age and has played plenty of playoff and international games over the years... Honestly, I think he has played so much that he's very much on the decline. Spurs will let him go at the perfect time, and we'd buy him at the worst time of his career, when he is still expensive yet about to decline...

I agree with you. Parker isn't what this team needs. I'd rather go with Collison or stick with Douglas than adding Parker who I think is on the decline. CP3 would be so ideal he makes everyone better and instantly pairing Amare with CP3 make the Knicks a contender. I was totally against this one but I am willing to think about Arenas, no maybe not.

Parker just turned 28. Why do you think he is in decline? He did get the injury bug this year... but it's not a trend.

He has a good 10 year career in him already. I think he peaked year before last and he is coming down. I never thought of Parker as a PG that could rack up assists. I don't think he ever average 7 assists per game. I think he fits that SA system will have trouble fitting into a fast paced system. I truly believe that Douglas can give you the numbers that Parker gives.

i don't know... you aren't really showing me much here.

Kobe is 31... are you saying that he peaked at 28 and declined? Super athlete no doubt but same situation.

Also, how can you say that Parker peaked year before last when he was injured last year? That's not a trend just situational.

Parker doesn't rack up assists because of the type of system Spurs employ. Slow, half court.

Douglas may not be ready to take full time PG duties, I hope he can though.

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martin wrote:

Vmart wrote:

martin wrote:

Vmart wrote:

FrenchKnicks wrote:I think TP has too much mileage to be a piece of the puzzle for us. He started at a very young age and has played plenty of playoff and international games over the years... Honestly, I think he has played so much that he's very much on the decline. Spurs will let him go at the perfect time, and we'd buy him at the worst time of his career, when he is still expensive yet about to decline...

I agree with you. Parker isn't what this team needs. I'd rather go with Collison or stick with Douglas than adding Parker who I think is on the decline. CP3 would be so ideal he makes everyone better and instantly pairing Amare with CP3 make the Knicks a contender. I was totally against this one but I am willing to think about Arenas, no maybe not.

Parker just turned 28. Why do you think he is in decline? He did get the injury bug this year... but it's not a trend.

He has a good 10 year career in him already. I think he peaked year before last and he is coming down. I never thought of Parker as a PG that could rack up assists. I don't think he ever average 7 assists per game. I think he fits that SA system will have trouble fitting into a fast paced system. I truly believe that Douglas can give you the numbers that Parker gives.

i don't know... you aren't really showing me much here.

Kobe is 31... are you saying that he peaked at 28 and declined? Super athlete no doubt but same situation.

Also, how can you say that Parker peaked year before last when he was injured last year? That's not a trend just situational.

Parker doesn't rack up assists because of the type of system Spurs employ. Slow, half court.

Douglas may not be ready to take full time PG duties, I hope he can though.

SA is going in another direction why? Pop's a smart guy I think he sees something that we may not be seeing. If he is willing to part with Tony Parker gut feeling says something is not right. As for him not racking up assist because of the system I don't know he could get 5 assist just dumping the ball to Duncan. He is a solid pg but lacks creativity to make others better. Deron Williams is in a half court system yet he gets more assists. One factor I do like about Parker is his high FG%. But his FT for a pg is poor and his three point shooting isn't very good. I strongly feel that letting Douglas play full time he give you 15 and 6. I will say that if the Knicks add Parker he does have intangibles he is a winner, has vast playoff experience and it can only help the young Knick players.

here is the other part that I have put in other threads:

Spurs want to compete for 2+ more years with Duncan. They don't want to go over the Salary Cap and into the luxury. They are at $52M right now without Jefferson. They know they need to upgrade a big that may turn out to be Tiago (and they want to sign him cause if they dont he stays in Europe for at least another 2 years, so he is for now and after TD goes).

Spurs biggest asset that is duplicated is Tony *and* they may just lose him after this year for nada if they don't trade him (they think Hill is good enough).

Like that.