San Antonio Spurs: Time To Search For Tony Parker's Replacement

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Originally Posted by TheGreatYacht

We have to find Manu's successor first, tbh...

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If only we could fuse together Simmons and Anderson.

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Originally Posted by ElKingslayer2

Maybe eventually George De Paula if the Spurs can draft him. He is obviously very raw, but 3 or 4 years down the line if developed correctly he can be pretty good. Was a bit sad when he withdrew from the draft this year, afraid with another year to develop his draft stock will rise and he will be out of the Spurs reach.

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Wasn't he already climbing up draft boards before he withdrew? He might be a lottery pick this coming season. However, there's some good talent in next year's draft.

Not looking good with a hobbling Parker... fingers crossed that he can somehow have a second wind like Duncan had.

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Originally Posted by ceperez

Not looking good with a hobbling Parker... fingers crossed that he can somehow have a second wind like Duncan had.

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That's what we were hoping.
Duncan obviously did some form of diet and exercise that gave him Championship wind.
But Duncs is a team 1st guy.

Parker, not.
With the Euroball showing Parker is still a cheeseburger it's not looking good.
We can only hope the *HOF* coatail rider i mean coach will adjust.

Parker was essentially the coach of the national team. No way he was gonna let that scrub de Colo lead los blues,


But in San Antonio pop can and probably will talk with Parker and tell him the new role. The hope is that limited minutes are enough for him to play well..with the national team Parker looked good and then faded as the tournament went on. This is entirely consistent with an old player trying to carry the team fading during a closely packed tournament.

Again, that could be a difference.

That rj like contract though.:depressed

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Originally Posted by Nathan89

That rj like contract though.:depressed

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Kill yourself. You can disagree with a small market team paying out legacy contracts, but you can't compare limp Jefferson with mvparker. Jeez the slander against the hof players of this franchise is limitless.

I like Schrooder a lot, unlikely Atlanta lets him walk though. He could outgrow his bench role though and want to spread his wings. He's very young and athletic. If he wants to spring free like Reggie Jackson Atl will want something in return. Don't know wan that looks like.

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Originally Posted by apalisoc_9

On a serious note, it isn't outside the realm of possibility that kawhi becomes a Point Forward. Kawhi has played this role numerous times in the last couple of years and was somewhat successful. Tony Parker is only going to get worse, if we're looking ahead..there's some interesting options for next year and the year after.. Assuming Manu retires next year, Parker could replace Manu as the scoring bench guy. We don't know yet what kind of sets the spurs are going to rely on this season with Kawhi and LMA as the offensive options, once we do we'll probably have a better feel of what kind of Guard the spurs would be looking for as a replacement for Parker in the starting lineup. Ray isn't really good enough and patty is a perfect bench guy...

Looking at Free agents..In 2016, Mike Conley and Brandon Jennings are the only two players talented enough to play as starting PG for a contender...The former will most likely ask for a max, and the latter have attitude problems but will most likely going to be cheap. If we Assume Kawhi plays the point forward position and Parker stays as a started with limited role and minutes, we can do with a two guard or another SG that can shoot and drive..Gordan, Fournier, are the only guards next year that would be affordable while having talent to offer.

If we're looking at 2017, Jeff teague is a possiblity assuming he hasn't been traded..I'm fairly positive that Atlanta is looking for teams now to throw away teague...Schroder is almost as good as he is at this point and younger...

of course a trade can happen too ( Not trading parker but other players to get a PG)..or they strike Gold in the draft..we'll see.

I think this season will give us a better idea of what Players the spurs will be looking for to replace Parker as starting PG and manu and tim with their retirment

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Conley would be nice but we'd be unable to afford him/fit him in under the cap. He's going to get paid somewhere.

No thanks on Brandon Jennings. You want to find a player who -actually- fits in the "heroball chucker" mold Porker haters always claim about him? Look no further than Brandon Jennings. Career FG%: comfortably below 40%.

Jeff Teague is an interesting choice though, but again I think money's gonna be a prob for us going forward.

TP isn't going anywhere any time soon. This year will be telling in how we approach the future. I'm sure Pop and TP will have straight talk about how we proceed. He has said himself that his role is changing. It's not like he does whatever he wants. He got the team for awhile and we won a lot of games.
'Move over rover and let Kawhi and LMA take over...'

To argue the article i would say the FO DID preview a scenario on how to replace Parker, and that was Parker´s contract itself.

If things would have happen normally, Tony would have at least one good year out of those 3 contract years, allowing the Spurs to trade him when he still has value, a short contract and get good value in return.

What can be argued is if A) The FO was mistaken in extending Parker on a year when he did not have a great year on the basis that his performance was justa fluke and he would be back to his normal averages. Or B) The FO was correct on thei assumption but a combination of bad conditioning, bad luck or whatever variable unable to control by the Spurs FO led to a pretty faster and unprecedented decline for a 33 year old player.

If you ask me i think the plan the FO had was a good one. I also didn´t expect Tony to drop his production so fast. That was unpredictable and the FO is not to blame for his extension, that was, on retrospect, a good move.

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Originally Posted by RD2191

So the media finally acknowledges what a few certain posters have been saying for a while.

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lol "the media"

Co-Editor of Blue Man Hoop. I'm an NBA Fan living Down Under in Australia!

No worries, Jacque Vaughn is on his way.....I heard he's a good point guard prospect so the future looks bright.

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Originally Posted by ChumpDumper

lol "the media"

Co-Editor of Blue Man Hoop. I'm an NBA Fan living Down Under in Australia!

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:lmao scooter boy getting jizzed on per par

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Originally Posted by Clipper Nation

lol a 3.5 chins and 6 fat rolls player continuing to run point

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:lmao

It's so hard to tell who's bullshitting with all these threads during these dog days for the NBA offseason, but I actually think this is an interesting topic. Tony is heading in the direction of Kevin Johnson (for those old enough to remember), who was super reliant on speed and from one day to the next found himself without it. It wasn't pretty.

The replacement will have to come from the draft I think, giving that player a few years to learn under TP while he plays out his contract.

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Originally Posted by K...

Parker was essentially the coach of the national team. No way he was gonna let that scrub de Colo lead los blues,


But in San Antonio pop can and probably will talk with Parker and tell him the new role. The hope is that limited minutes are enough for him to play well..with the national team Parker looked good and then faded as the tournament went on. This is entirely consistent with an old player trying to carry the team fading during a closely packed tournament.

Again, that could be a difference.

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I want to believe that but considering how many minutes Pop played Parker in the playoffs and in crunch time I think it'll be some time before that happens.

:lol it's comical how late NBA media and fans are to realize an ex-star player is on the decline/a liability, tbh..

It happens mostly in the NBA, you don't really see it in other sports..I've been saying this for years, it's the thing I hate the most about sports coverage..judging players by reputation is irritating..ex-players are the worst(which is generally the case with all types of analysis, to be fair:lol), it's the same morons that thought Rondo still had anything in the tank, just last season..

Parker being finished has been obvious since last November, this isn't anything new, I'm sure Pop is fully aware by now..it's only the :(real Spurs fans:( that thought we were :(just trolling:( when we tried to tell them last year, tbh..

Fortunately, the Spurs only need average-level production from the PG position for the next 2 seasons..if Parker accepts a role as Pablo Prigioni, the Spurs will be fine..if he doesn't, it will be another early exit, unfortunately..he can't score at an above average level anymore, nor can he beat any good defense or defensive player, but he's still capable of dribbling the ball and running the offense, which should suffice..

The worrisome part for the Spurs is that they've needed at least 1 of Ginobili/Parker to play at a high level in the 2013 and 2014 playoff runs, they couldn't survive them both being non-factors..hopefully Aldridge's arrival changes that, though..

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Originally Posted by HarlemHeat37

:lol it's comical how late NBA media and fans are to realize an ex-star player is on the decline/a liability, tbh..

It happens mostly in the NBA, you don't really see it in other sports..I've been saying this for years, it's the thing I hate the most about sports coverage..judging players by reputation is irritating..ex-players are the worst(which is generally the case with all types of analysis, to be fair:lol), it's the same morons that thought Rondo still had anything in the tank, just last season..

Parker being finished has been obvious since last November, this isn't anything new, I'm sure Pop is fully aware by now..it's only the :(real Spurs fans:( that thought we were :(just trolling:( when we tried to tell them last year, tbh..

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:lol What's up bro. What's good?..

GDammit

Right now, the Spurs have Patty Mills as Parker’s interim replacement. Mills is an exciting player off the bench who provides that spark when Parker isn’t on top form, but isn’t quite starting caliber yet.




Mills is NOT a frggn point guard. Who the hell is this author and has he ever actually watched a game?

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Originally Posted by rogues

:lol What's up bro. What's good?..

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How's everything, G? What's up with your Colts?:lol

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Originally Posted by pgardn

GDammit

Right now, the Spurs have Patty Mills as Parker’s interim replacement. Mills is an exciting player off the bench who provides that spark when Parker isn’t on top form, but isn’t quite starting caliber yet.




Mills is NOT a frggn point guard. Who the hell is this author and has he ever actually watched a game?

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That's what 3/4 of the people here think too though.

Phil Pressey is a very underrated pg. If we can somehow get him here to learn the Spurs system we would have our starting point guard for the next 10 years.

Also, it is a fact that if TP were never drafted by the Spurs we don't have 5 NBA titles. Have to give him respect. Unfortunately, we have far too many unsophisticated basketball fans in the San Antonio area who don't appreciate what he has helped bring to our city. Spurs fans are the worst bar none.

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Originally Posted by Clipper Nation

lol a 3.5 chins and 6 fat rolls player continuing to run point

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Super funny.