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I see him being traded 3-4 years from now while he still has value, assuming G Hill is ready to take over by then. But once TD and Manu are gone, who knows whats gonna happen.
Yes, Tony will always play for the Spurs and retire with them
No, Once Tim/Manu/Pop leaves, he leaves.
i've always had a feeling he'll play for the Knicks one day.
I see him being traded 3-4 years from now while he still has value, assuming G Hill is ready to take over by then. But once TD and Manu are gone, who knows whats gonna happen.
29. a lot of time left to another contract then and there's still a trade possibiliy.
IMO, as long as Pop is here, TP will be there. If Pop retires with Tim, everything is possible then for TP depending on the new coach, staff and team.
depends also of how much money tony will be asking for maybe his last big contract and his current bball level then.
The likelihood appears improbable.
When Duncan and Ginobili are gone I want nothing to do with Parker still being on the spurs.
No kidding.
Its not that Parker is a bad player. Its just that you can't build your team around him. He is good if he has other players around him that are good as well, that way he doesn't have to worry about trying set everybody up and all that stuff ( i.e. Dallas mavs beat spurs 4-1 convincingly ). You have Tim to get points downlow and draw the occasional double team. You have Manu to create shots for himself/others and take control in the fourth quarter of Games. Parker as good as he is, is still to one-dimensional. To be a franchise player you must be able to score/defend/pass and make other guys better.
Well you speak for yourself.
Parker is not a franchise player like Duncan (who is?), but he is a great piece to build around. Parker can hopefully attract other free agents to come play in SA if anything.
Parker is a nice strong addition, to a team thats halfway decent. Its very rare that you get a point guard to build around. Cp3 / Magic / Jason Kidd (back in the day) / Steve Nash. Thats about it, though. All the guys mentioned above make there teammates significantly better. Who was west or chandler before Cp3. Jefferson, Martin before Kidd. Stoudamire Before Nash. A.c. Green before Magic. Who was Manu Ginobili Before Parker, A rookie who developed in time because of already being talented, not cause of Parker.
IMO when Timmy/Manu hang it up the squad will be blown up, go into sale mode for picks and cap space.
Of course i'm not thinking that far ahead, enjoy being contenders whilst I can.
portnoy1 : I want nothing to do with Parker still being on the spurs.
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portnoy1: we got your point already. You are not going to post it over and over and over and over ?
What is tricky is that TP's contract will expire, but Duncan will still have 1 year left on his. If Tim is healthy and the team is doing well, I can see TP signing an extension. If Tim is done or the team is struggling, I can see him testing FA.
polls like these are important because these decide the fate of the universe.
tp is better then nash
and teams were built around nash
I can easily see a scenario where this becomes his team for a few years post Tim, Manu & Pop. It will be a very different kind of team.
I hope so, but I've got no idea what he will do in 2011 knowing that Tim, Pop and Manu will probably be gone the following year.
I`ve read few articles about his relationship with Pop, so it depends on what Pop do, not Tim or Manu. If Popovich stays with the team after Duncan, Parker will stay too. Who knows what we will be able to get as a replacement for Tim, maybe Splitter will rise like Nowitzki, who wasn`t a franchise player in his first two years in nba. The thing is - now we have a dynasty player with Duncan, Manu and Parker are superstars, that`s for sure. So after our dynasty player leaves, Manu will leave soon too, it`s up to the FO to get replacement for them. I don`t know, maybe we`ll witness another unprecedented decision in nba by the Spurs - building a team with multiple international stars leading the squad. Parker, Splitter, Mahinmi. I just hope it won`t end with Duncan retairing...
P.S. now that i`m thinking, there is one possible scenario, which I run in nba2k9 - after Duncan and Manu retirement, george hill gets the point gard starter and Parker is traded for big center, Blair gets Duncan minutes if he blossomes in something incredible. If it happens we have good athletic point, rebounding genius at PF, and eventually superstar at C.Two spots to fill SG and SF, I don`t know how long Jefferson will stay with the spurs, but if he grows into something like Bowen we can keep him forever (with him adapting his new role - defensive stopper rather than highflyer). I`m sure that with the cap space after Duncan retirement we`ll have enough money to fill the SG.
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I think he won't sign another contract with the spurs. He doesn't need money... someone is already rich in his family. So he could opt for a smaller contract in a better team. That team could be the Spurs if the rebuilding was extremely good; or it could be... LA, where someone is very desperate.
He probably doesn't know himself yet.
Sadly, I agree.
This post in itself fails epic
for the last 12yrs in duncans career, the spurs couldnt even land a top FA to come here and play, even with the lucrative contracts we offered....now you think parker is going to get us good players to come here?
What part of the word hopefully do you not understand?
Anyways its not as "fail" as you think.
With Manu and TD off the payroll, thats even more money to attract someone. TP can be another form of attraction. Never said we were going to ing get Lebron James though.
Agreed. AS Kori stated he and Eva like it here. So I think he will want to stay if he and the FO can work together to make it happen.
Ditto. But it is too early to predict whether he stays or goes. Too many things can/will happen in the coming years, especially when Manu and Timmy retire.
I voted for him to leave based on the above assumption. I think once TD and Manu leave then he is the player with the highest trade value on the team. I'm sure the Spurs, if they are in rebuild mode at that point, would most likely move him for picks/cap space and start over.
you mean the point that Parker is not a franchise player? cause the way some of yall talk about him scares me. He is a big piece of our puzzle but not the main piece. With the Injuries he has developed into our go to guy however, which as seen has not been effective in the playoffs ( Mavs 4-1 ). Duncan will Retire then 1-2 years with Ginobili playing a smaller role. Then what? I think Parker will test free agency regardless of how the team is doing at the end of his contract. Why not, He has 3 rings. There is no reason to stay with the team anymore. And if the spurs try to build around him then that will change the whole offensive scheme. And all the 3pt shots we seen this past year is what we'll se if Parker stays a spurs, which I dont think he will.
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