Spurs trading Parker for Chris Paul?

[MRduncan2010]

Chris PAUL owns the out of the MAVS

[slick'81]

i love tp but if this was somehow possible who the fck wouldnt do this??2bad it would never happen

[#2!]

at spurs fans spurning at the thought of a parker for paul swap. i would personally carry CP3 from new orleans to san antonio if it was required for the trade to go down. can you say guaranteed DYNASTY? tim duncan will go out his last three years with championships.

right

he's talented no doubt, but I think he has less Championship moxy than Steve Nash, it's just never going to happen for CP3, he's too playground.

wrong


edit: had it backwards

[GooberNuts]

Please include "Hoopsworld" in the le next time

[MRduncan2010]

Pipe dream

[iggypop123]

chris wallace doesnt work for the hornets

[Obstructed_View]

1. Probably not true considering the source.

2. Even if it is true, it's a pretty no-brainer trade offer. Just like when Kobe was supposedly wanting to be traded, I'm sure the Spurs called and offered Manu.

Do we think that the Lakers had a conversation where someone said, "So call them and offer them Kwame. What's the worst that can happen?"

[HarlemHeat37]

I think that conversation was more like, "For s sake David, Kobe won't shut up, it really looks like he's going to leave".."Don't worry Jerry, I'll take care of it..."...

[alchemist]

Please include "Hoopsworld" in the le next time

there's no fun in that

[murpjf88]

And just another theory, other than Ian is a beast, I think if there were any trades invloving Ian (perhaps to a team looking to rebuild with a 23 year old athletic center in their sights) they would want to see him play a little. Maybe with Hilton Armstrong on the way out (and keep in mind this is a big maybe) the Spurs offered Ian in the said Chris Paul trade. Ian is probably one of the more interesting players on the Spurs roster. If given proper playing time he could turn into something special.

What would you guys think of this trade?

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMa...radeId=yf7r974

Throw in DeJuan Blair and a first round pick for good measure and I don't see why the Honrets don't do that trade.

Well that might work, but while were on the subject of trades that won't happen, how's this one sound?

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMa...radeId=ykvoenl

Talk about wiping out your compe ors.

[jdev82]

the spurs also offered finley for lebron. i mean cmon guys...

[murpjf88]

the spurs also offered finley for lebron. i mean cmon guys...

These trades aren't going to happen. That's for sure.

[murpjf88]

I don't know anything about trades or such, but I would believe that Hoopsworld has some connection to the Spurs. They were the ones who said DeJuan would not play in a summer league game over contract issues. While that really isn't a lot, it clearly wasn't a wild guess.

Still as we all know there is a lot of talking before a trade goes down. I would bet that if said trade was offered it would have gone like this:

Spurs: Hey, what do you think of Chris Paul for Tony Parker and a first rounder?

Hornets: hahahaha... of you were serious?

The next day...

Spurs: Okay, how about Tony Parker, a first round pick in this years draft, the newly emerged Ian Mahinmi for Chris Paul.

Hornets: haha... no

The next day...

Spurs: Okay how about TP, Ian, 2010 first rounder, DeJuan Blair for Chris Paul?

Hornets: ha? hmmm.... Nah.

The next day...

Spurs: Okay okay okay. Tony Parker what ever expirings you want (excluding Manu) any young prospects you want (excluding George Hill) and a first round draft pick for Chris Paul and Okafor.


And on and on it goes. The point is of course the Hornets will turn down the first trade offered, even if they do like it. Its the way negotiations work.

No fan of the Silver and Black would mind a staight up trade for Chris Paul. But would you gus mind if the Spurs traded for Chris Paul and Peja while giving up DeJuan, Ian or maybe even Manu? Thats the way the trade world works.

I have no doubt the Spurs had communications with the hornets. I also believe the spurs toiled with the notion of a Parker and Paul swap.

The problem is Ian is not as valuable as people think he is. He's played a total of 21 minutes on the season. His stats, not withstanding, were against the worst team in basketball. He still managed to pick up 5 fouls in that span, although Yi and Lopez are a tough cover for anybody. He is still injury prone and no coach knows how he will fare through a rigorous 82 game schedule. This is a huge risk when you talk about a trade for one of the best point guards in the game, who has yet to hit his prime.

If pop continues to play Ian, and he continues to produce, his stock will rise. Until then, its too risky to make a trade of that calibre.

I also think that David West will be moved before Paul. In essence, the Hornets would be essentially blowing up their team. I don't think they have gotten to that point yet.

[mavsfan1000]

How about Duncan for Dwight Howard while we are at it.

[Findog]

Chris Paul can opt of his contract in the summer of 2012. Therefore, the Hornets will not entertain any offers for him until the summer of 2011 at the earliest.

[eyeh8u]

Chris Paul can opt of his contract in the summer of 2012. Therefore, the Hornets will not entertain any offers for him until the summer of 2011 at the earliest.

wtf is up with your sig

[mountainballer]

What would you guys think of this trade?

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMa...radeId=yf7r974

Throw in DeJuan Blair and a first round pick for good measure and I don't see why the Honrets don't do that trade.

jesus, in the last weeks you presented half a dozen trades incredibly lopsided deals when you didn't see why the other team doesn't do the trade.
and it's not that hard to see why the Hornets don't do it.

[hsxvvd]

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMa...radeId=yl2d77j

This is more likely, if we were to take on a contract like Posey's it's more of a sweetner for the Hornets.

New Orleans cut $3,500,000 from their books immediately, plus Finley's expiring contract & the Mahinmi wild card.

We get a proven playoff performer to fill the Finley "void".

[mountainballer]

you guys really think the Hornets are suddenly attracted by an Ian trow in!!!!!!!!
they just traded away Hilton Armstrong for a TE by adding his salary.
after they invested almost 4 years, a lottery pick and 9 million for him.
guess what, even Hilton delivered one or two double double games every season.
bet that the Hornets are the last team looking for another wild card.

Hornets will somehow manage to get under the threshold and they won't need to sacrifice either Paul or West to do so. (of course they get calls about either, that daily business in the NBA)

and before people speculate about what and why the Hornets will do now, just one point:
this off season 8-10 teams will have enough cap space to just absorb Paul's contract. and most of this teams have a young top talent on a rookie contract to offer in return.
or the 2010 top pick.
THAT's the offer it will take to get Paul.
just for the sake of speculations. Nets win the #1 pick. of course they pick Chris Wall. first they try to get Lebron, Bosh or Wade, but they fail. they offer Chris Wall plus another young prospect, let's say Lee or Yi or Williams or CDR to the Hornets. now the Hornets will bite, if they in fact need to save that much money that they are forced to trade their franchise player.

[wijayas]

Can you imagine the flopping potential of a CP3 and Manu backcourt?????

Nice thoughts....
We'll foul out ALL starters of the opposing team, every game!

[wijayas]

Him and Duncan would be sweet in PnR , he plays better D than parker, and imagine all the playmaking with Him and Manu on the same team.

Guys...we can drool on the prospects. And while we are day-dreaming, the Lakers will swap Fisher for Paul, straight up.

[ezau]

Nets win the #1 pick. of course they pick Chris Wall. first they try to get Lebron, Bosh or Wade, but they fail. they offer Chris Wall plus another young prospect, let's say Lee or Yi or Williams or CDR to the Hornets. now the Hornets will bite, if they in fact need to save that much money that they are forced to trade their franchise player.

why would the nets pick wall who is already a PG and pair him with another PG in CP3?

[mountainballer]

why would the nets pick wall who is already a PG and pair him with another PG in CP3?

oh well. just read my post before ask this.

[Chieflion]

It is John Wall, who the is Chris Wall?

[mountainballer]

John Wall, Chris Paul.......I guess you can figure yourself when I started to confuse names.