Sign the Pe ion: Keep Tony Parker

[Pauleta14]

I get that, but there's no denying that there's a good chance the spurs might be trying to shop Parker. I'm not hoping that they just rid themselves of Parker. I'm hoping that there's a deal out there that will make the spurs BETTER.
That's what im hoping for.

But i'm getting tired of Parker lovers who immediately dismiss the idea of trading him.

I'm just talking about me, but I'm not against a tp trade (neither I'm a tp "lover"), the spurs will still be my team after/if he leaves...

but, as we've been saying for weeks now, the only worthy scenario would be for an elite PG or guard, THERE AREN'T ANY AVAILABLE!!!!

90% of the "trade tp" we can see on ST are just dumb, irrealistic or Hill is our PG...
So sometimes, it just seems that these poster only want to trade Tony for the sake of trading HIM!

It's getting old...

[TeKu]

Would love to sign as no Parker means chances of Tim getting another ring are majorly cut but...

It's all about the $$$'s and with max $$$'s this season >>>>>> max $$$'s under new CBA then TP is mad if he dosn't push for an extension now. Question is who it'll be with. SA (maybe 20% chance IMO) or elsewhere (80% chance)?

Can't figure out people who want to 'force' TP to play out this season and then test FA. If we make Tony play out this year and head into a lockout with no deal in place and the likelihood of reduced $$$'s on the other side, that'd lead to one pissed off Frenchie surely!

[Josepatches_]

Parker could go next summer so Hill will be the PG anyway and you will have the same problem.Trade Parker for a elite PG is not the only way.

[Pauleta14]

I wish I could say I didn't expect the above response from people with that flag under their name. Try to separate what I'm saying from the people who are suggesting that Parker isn't a good player and let's go from there.

Parker complained publicly that the team needed more help, and it was perfectly obvious at the time that the Spurs responded to it because they wanted to show a commitment to Parker that they were willing to do what was required to help the team win so that he wouldn't leave.

"EVERYBODY" has been thinking the same thing for the previous 20 years that the Spurs wouldn't spend money; it took Parker's veiled threat to get them to do it. Once the Spurs did that, not only did Parker completely fail to show up after a lot of time off, he then suggested that he wouldn't even entertain the idea of an extension.

He's likely to play really well this season since he'll be playing for himself instead of the team he asked to open their pursestrings, but unless that play is enough to win the Spurs a le, they need to get value for him before he bails.

First, forget about the flag, they put it for me, I love y country, but I'm not nationalist to the point of loving and defending all the frenchs.

(+ I don't feel I represent the frenchs or anything, we should take them off every posters, it has only negative effect with people full of clichés or who
think they know you before they talked to u)

For the record, I don't particualrly like Tony Parker as a man, but I like the player he is and the way he is different from all I can/could see in the nba.
I just think people are underating him, and YOU are OVERATING the power he has on the Spurs FO!!!

You seem smart (it's not sarcasm), that's why I just can't believe you truly think the spurs did what they did ONLY because/for Tony...

Every FO has to/should care about the opinion of their best pllayers, the same way Timmy is involved, but I don't think Tony has any particuar power on the spurs FO, it's just IMPOSSIBLE!

Remember last year (even if they were probably right), they asked him to flew bck to SA just for a scan!
Tony was pissed, but he did it anyway...

All I'm saying, is that you can't put the RJ trade on TP!!!

It's just absurd.

peace

[Pauleta14]

Parker could go next summer so Hill will be the PG anyway and you will have the same problem.Trade Parker for a elite PG is not the only way.

So many things can happen till next summer, this is just speculation...

Why wouldn't he sign an extention?

It's reminds me all year threads about "let's trade Tony, because he is going to play next summer for his french NT"....

And what happened?

Let's wait and see what happen, we all know it has a lot to do with the negociation process.

[Vito Corleone]

I like Tony as much as the next guy, but we cannot afford to let him walk on us and get nothing in return. That is exactly what is going to happen if we don't make a move and either sign him to an extended contract or trade him now.

[Obstructed_View]

I just think people are underating him, and YOU are OVERATING the power he has on the Spurs FO!!!

And with all due respect, I think you're doing the opposite on the latter because of the former. Parker has been the Spurs' best player over the last few years, and two seasons ago was well on his way to becoming one of the top scorers in the league and the anchor of the Spurs for the next decade.

Don't let last season's hiccup fool you or alter your memory; when Parker made his statements about the Spurs getting some help that was a clear shot across the bow by the team's best player telling the front office what needs to happen if they want his participation, and ultimately, his signature on a new contract.

Having him leave the team for nothing would be disastrous (and after the team acquiesced to his demands, a betrayal), and I hope that his recent comments were just for bargaining position, but if they're not then the Spurs absolutely have to get something for him, even if it's a trade exception and a rotation backup. Teams like the Spurs don't have the luxury of being on the preferred list of free-agent destinations, so they have to get value for Parker if they want to compete.

[Lady M]

I'm a very big Tony's fan and more i read ST more i want he be trade and make cry all they want a trade

[TDMVPDPOY]

looks like the knicks will be good trading partners with there new acquired pieces from the warriors...

[ohmwrecker]

I'm a very big Tony's fan and more i read ST more i want he be trade and make cry all they want a trade

I dig your accent. Is your name Natasha?

[TDMVPDPOY]

either you trade his ass now while he is still in demand

or the knicks would just get cp3 in a trade and then sign melo if he doesnt sign that extention...