Does Parker Retire A Spur?

[vander]

we'll reload around Parker, it should be a pretty painless transition because we can replace one major piece per year

10/11 Manu will probably come back cheap, and we'll replace Mason/Bonner/Finley's salaries with a long term solution at the 2

11/12 RJ gone, go out and get long term solution at the 3, Mcdyess's unguaranteed contract part of trade for the new 3, Splitter comes over as his partial replacement, or maybe he already came over

12/13 Mahimni/Blair/Splitter now getting majority of minutes at the 4/5, TD done, must find new long term solution at PF/C, this should be the only "rebuilding year" as it might take a year or two to find another big man, or to work in/develop a new/young guy

and then we're back on top in 13/14 thinking about how old TP is and how will we be able to replace him...

[Macca76]

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.

Basically during the PO we had two players, TP and Duncan, Duncan playing on one leg. You're forgetting a big piece of the puzzle in your version. Without TP it would have been one of the biggest spanking in PO history. We'll see this year, with a better team if TP is still the go-to-guy. I won't be surprised if he is.