bucher said he was making up a complete hypothetical but looking at the spurs squad, parker seems most obvious trade piece. george hill will fill in capably at PG, and parker is the youngest and probably has the most trade value.

bucher then mentioned how the spurs could use a stretch 4 and mentioned shawne williams. the trade he proposed was williams, landry, and toney D for parker.

parker signed a 4 yr 50 mil extension which will start next yr. he would basically mean no CP3 or dwight, but i think you have to make that trade if the new CBA comes out and the salary cap # isn't raised to something in the neighbor of $60 mil (which is where the knicks will need it to be to get a 3rd max guy).

i could see the cap getting raised as a conession to less max money deals but who knows what will happen.

i think it'd be very interesting. move billups over to 2 (which he basically is now, anyway). melo and stat at 3/4. use the MLE on a guy like dalembert and hope you strike gold in the draft with the first rounder.

tony P can run the pick and roll, i'd expect to see a lot more of that with STAT. also he can push the ball so MDA would be able to do his SSOL nonsense with TP.

food for thought...if that deal's on the table do you pull the trigger?

AnubisADL wrote:

Nalod wrote:
Spurs develop george hill making Parker expendable for trade in his prime and receive good value in return.

Brilliant concept. This is why some teams can continue to succeed over long periods of time. Luck don't hurt mind you.

You're overrating George Hill.

Spurs aren't going to give away Tony Parker when they just had the best record in the NBA. We have to trade our pick, Billups, and Fields or Douglas at minimum.

Even that trade sounds like it's worth looking at if I don't have to give up more, at least in my opinion. You get the championship experience in Parker, who's six years younger than Chauncey and in the same window of his prime as Melo and Stat, and Parker fits the SSOL better than Chauncey because he can run the P&R and penetrate. The team still needs a center and a backup guard and has LESS flexibility, so purchasing draft picks and getting players for the minimum and the MLE would have to happen to complete the roster.