Maybe it's not Tony Parker?

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  1. Fez Hammersticks

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    I would be relieved if he did go to NY. The whole thing with Nic Batum about Parker asking about the city and players was likely nothing more than casual talk.

    I hope Paul Allen is setting his sights a little higher than a Tony Parker.​
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Did someone say Chris Paul?
     
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    Was I being too obvious?
     
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    LameR Ha Seung-Jin Approved!

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    There's not a lot of point guards that are "higher than a Tony Parker". There are a lot fewer that are available. Tony Parker would be a great addition to this team.
     
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    Higher than a Tony Parker? Ridiculous.

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    Imagine the culture shock of going from San Antonio or Phoenix to New York City.

    Oh, another thing, imagine the change in the cities, too.
     
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    What the heck? NO WAY!

    Lets refresh

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    It's Newsday, so I tend to take the source with a grain of salt. Besides, what the hell does New York have that San Antonio would want? Ridiculous.
     
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    Could be Monta Ellis
     
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    Probably not much worse than going from Paris to San Antonio.
     
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    Yes, it would be disappointing to bring in a point guard capable of consistent 20+ PER seasons, good defense and who's still in his 20s.

    Of course, maybe Parker accomplished all that on a bad team, which makes it empty. I'll have to research how his teams have done.
     
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    Well, CP isn't coming to Portland, so that speculation can die a natural death. As to Parker, I still think the idea is plausible as we have what an aging team needs most- expiring contracts. As far as Eastern teams acquiring all those all-stars, let them. Only one of them can win the East and there's still only one basketball to play with.
     
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    funny, when I saw "PG's higher than Parker" and "Stoudemire" in the same set of posts, I thought there'd be a "tin-foil wrapped" joke in there somewhere.
     
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    Dave from B-Edge summed up my opinion perfectly:

     
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    Same reason NO could conceivably trade CP3. Having two good guys at one position and zero good guys at another position makes you want to trade one of the former for someone who can play the latter.

    Now, I don't have any reason to believe SA is going to trade him. But if they were, presumably that's why.

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    George Hill is not a PG. He's as much of a PG as Bayless is.

    Collison is a pure PG who put up nearly 20/10 in place of CP3.

    IMO, it's a pretty huge difference between Hill and Collison.
     
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    Some people think Bayless is.

    Me, I don't. And if SA doesn't think Hill is, then they'd be pretty crazy to trade TP, unless they have another PG that I'm not thinking of. But I don't know what SA thinks.

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    I know that Popovich thinks enough of Hill to start him over Parker at PG in a few playoff games. You wouldn't see Collison over CP3 or Bayless over Miller.
     
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    Perhaps the Spurs are in the business of selling high. That team has mastered the art of reloading rather than rebuilding.
     
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    How about this, Duncan will retire next year when his contract expires. Once that happens San Antonio will be heading into rebuild mode. they currently have Hill and are adding Tiago Splitter this summer. Parker expires after the upcoming season, are they going to re-sign a 29 year old Parker as they head into rebuilding? Parker might even leave after next season seeing rebuilding looming and at his age likely not wanting to be part of a a lottery team. So it would make sense to add a younger player or 2 and some draft picks now before rather than waiting to try and re-sign or S&T him.
     

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