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Tuck (San Antonio, TX): Bill, if you're the GM of the Spurs what do you do to capitalize on the last few years of the Duncan-Ginobili era?
Bill Simmons: (12:24 PM ET ) I would trade Parker right now for multiple pieces. I think they need to start the rebuilding process a little while keeping the Duncan/Manu foundation. For instance, a deal that makes sense to me is Parker to the Wolves for Randy Foye, the No. 6 pick and expiring contracts. Something like that. And if you're the Wolves, you'd do a deal like that because that gives you a foundation of Jefferson, Love and Parker... you need 3 building blocks to contend and those are 3 good ones. Reminds me of the Ray Allen/Boston trade a little.
Rock (Camden, NJ): Um, you do know Tony Parker just turned 27 on May 17, right? And that Duncan and Manu are hurt more often than LaDainian Tomlinson? Why would the Spurs build around the two older/less durable players?
Bill Simmons: (12:32 PM ET ) Good question. The answer: They can't deal Duncan for obvious reasons (you don't trade your all-time franchise guy), and Manu wouldn't have as much value as he should because of his ankles. The Spurs were victimized by the NBA's stupid draft system - it penalizes teams that do things the right way and eventually fade back to the middle of the pack because you can't ultimately keep winning 55-60 games picking in the bottom-four of the draft with a luxury tax.
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Sounds like a good plan.
Simmons is angling for the Minnesota GM job -- however tongue in cheek it might be; suggesting that the Spurs trade Parker to Minnesota (while in itself absurd) is a self-aggrandizing suggestion in the sense that he can say "See, I'm thinking about ways to get you Tony Parker."
Why the Spurs would be interested in pieces from a team that hasn't won in years and the 6th pick in a weak draft is beyond me. That they would be willing to part with their most consistent player -- and, at times, their best player -- in return for pieces and a mediocre draft pick is asinine.
That actually sounds halfway legit.
Problem is, Foye is hurt often as well...
Parker to Memphis for Mayo, Gay and Gasol.
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No , this place is about to go bat nuts.Over/Under the amount of pages in this thread?
If Rubio is as good as advertised, Memphis would be a damn nice fit for him. (At least they'd be a lot of fun to watch.)
Surprising excuse-making from the guy who gives so much credit (rightly) to Darryl Morey.The Spurs were victimized by the NBA's stupid draft system - it penalizes teams that do things the right way and eventually fade back to the middle of the pack because you can't ultimately keep winning 55-60 games picking in the bottom-four of the draft with a luxury tax
The Spurs have had plenty of opportunities to draft solid contributing role players and even legit starters since 2003 but blew it all for a variety of stupid reasons.
The luxury tax didn't make them sign Elson/Butler over Scola and then trade Scola for garbage, or skip out on guys like Josh Howard, David Lee, Paul Milsapp, Trevor Ariza, etc etc.
I'll give Bill the benefit of the doubt and just assume that such ridiculous thoughts are the result of him drinking non-stop ever since the Celtics got eliminated.
That without a doubt is one of the stupidest ideas I have ever read. The Spurs will soon be Tony's team. His skills and leadership are and will be in their prime for the next 6-8 seasons. SA needs Tony against the CP3, Williams , etc of the future. All Star PGs are a rare commidity and a necessity And Randy Foye is not the answer either. Pop and RC will figure it out, Simmons has no clue.
As far as the actual idea of trading Parker?
It's really not all that outlandish if your talking about winning les, and not just sustaining long term respectability.
Tony's the only one of the Big 3 that could bring back a package that could provide the right prospects and depth to help fill the roster adequately enough to keep the window open for Tim and Manu.
As great as Tony played this year, and as good as he's going to be moving forward, Tony isn't going to be the centerpiece to a championship-level team.
It's not a slight against him or his talent, just a fact.
Barring any unforeseen free-agent acquisitions or Gasol-like trades, the window closes with Tim and Manu.
By is logic I don't understand why he wants to keep Gino...
Trade Parker and Ginobili...so why not trading Duncan... After ten years of top 3 pick maybe we could start winning again.
Does these guys get paid for writing these BS?
Maybe Bayless, Outlaw and Pryzbilla would be better than Foye and a #6... i may get in the Minnesota thing with a 2010 first round pick too...
Parker has the highest trade value.
Wow.... Yeah let's trade Parker for Randy Foye and the 6th pick because that is going to help Tim and Manu win another championship....
The only thing that is certain if we trade Parker is that we will be getting a top 14 draft pick in 2010.....
Ridiculous..... WOW
That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. So Foye + random guy out of college = better than Finals MVP, 3 time champion, 27 year old TP.
This is one of the worst thought out scenarios and it seriously under values TP and is a slap in the face to him.
Should Atlanta trade Joe Johnson for this same package?
A healthy Parker and a decent role player in a below average trade for Manu > an injured Manu and a decent role player in a below average trade for Parker.
This guy's a moron.
I love Bill's work and read it regularly, but this idea makes little sense. Not because the idea of trading Parker for several young pieces is completely ridiculous, but getting nothing better than Foye back as the major piece in return just doesn't work. I'm not sure he was being totally serious since he compares it to the Ray Allen trade which left Ray's old team deep in the lottery for at least two years.
From Minnesota's perspective, it's a bit like the Ray Allen trade.
From San Antonio's perspective, it's waving a white flag, particularly if you buy the notion that you need 3 stars to win (basically).
Exactly, I could see a package from Portland that would at least be worth discussing, but this deal kills any championship dreams and doesn't even bring back enough to think that the Spurs would be better down the line.
So the Spurs best move to win now is to trade a point guard in his prime for a lesser talent not in his and a 19 year-old?
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