Parker for CP3 - your thoughts?

[DAF86]

If Hornets do the trade I've suggested, the next step for them would be to showcase RJ.

With CP3 traded for expirings/prospects/picks, RJ would be Hornets main offensive weapon and it's realistic to think that he can be again the great scorer he was 2,3 years ago. RJ's trade value woudl rise which will make him easier to dump for the Hornets.

RJ has been exposed.

[cheguevara]

seriously some ppl here actually think an NBA team will voluntarily agree to receiving RJ or Bonner in a trade??

[Brazil]

The core 3 should be broken up. The spurs are not winning anything with those 3 as the top 3 players on the team.

The Core 3 will be broken up soon anyway with Duncan retiring... The fact to break up the core 3 this year won't change the fact spurs are no contenders. We won't have enough from a TP trade to have a shot at something in the next two years.

So I kinda agree with DMC, live and die by the big 3. Spurs will be in total rebuilt mode soon enough.

[DMC]

The core 3 should be broken up. The spurs are not winning anything with those 3 as the top 3 players on the team.

They will win regular season games and might even make a decent run into the playoffs, but they won't win a ring most likely.

No "star" is going to volunteer to come to SA. There's no glory in it, none, and it would cost them in advertising revenue.

[Agloco]

People are going to think I'm insane, but here's my rationale:

*the Spurs are going to have to rebuild soon, and Timmy is likely to retire after this season, so we are likely to start rebuilding in 2012-13 (unless he finds a new lease on life and decides to play another two years on a DRob-type contract).

*TP is not the cornerstone for a re-building project - he's done great things for this team, but he'd be unhappy here while rebuilding, and he's also a 29yo PG who relies on his speed to be effective (how much longer do you think his quickness will last?).

* if we are to make one more run at the le, it's pretty clear that the current formula is not going to get us there, but CP3 gives the team a completely different look with his range and half court savvy. He also gives us an excellent small perimeter defender.

*CP3 would probably be a one-year hire, although he might bond with the organisation and decide to stay (unlikely). If he doesn't we clear his 17mil and Timmy's 21mil off the cap, and Manu is a very enticing trade piece in the final year of his contract, so we'd immediately be way under the and in full rebuilding mode, which is a better way of going about it than half measures.

Parker+Bonner for CP3 - I'd do it for one more shot at a le before the rebuild. Would you?

I see it Ruff. I'm just wondering about Paul's knee is all.