Interesting Tony Parker speculation

What makes you think Quick knows anything?

 

No way... Parker has begun to slide, while Nic has yet to show us all he can be...

 

LeBron James?

 

I think that the spurs would be interested in something that looked more like:

Blazers out: Andre, JPEC, Bayless, Rudy
Blazers In: Parker, Mcdyess

Spurs in: Trade exemption, Pryzbilla, Bayless, ? (picks)
Spurs Out: Parker, Mcdyess

3rd Team with cap space in: Miller, Rudy
3rd Team with cap space out: trade exemption...

the real question is who the 3rd team would be, New Jersey, New York, Washington, Indiana and a few others come to mind. For a team looking to add a shooter (Rudy) or a facilitator (Andre) the price and risk are fairly cheap. Perhaps they'd supply a draft pick or young player. The spurs would save money and add Bayless basically.

 

I had another sudden thought: there's another player the Blazers have that the Spurs were rumored to be very interested in, and that Matthews would easily replace: Elliot Williams. Perhaps there's another reason he's been held out of Summer League - he's not really our player?

 

Now that trade I would do in a heartbeat.

To Maxiep...what's this stuff about J. Quick alluding to a Parker trade? Link?

 

You know the Spurs picked before us right? They could have had him if they wanted him.

 

Oh yeah.... Forgot about James Anderson. But maybe they only picked him because they thought Williams really was injured? (Yeah, that's MUCH more likely than this whole "overheard Nate say TP" thing being bullshit...)

Tell you what would REALLY make me happy - if we picked a player for San Antonio, and it was Babbitt.

 

We are talking Pop. He loves TP. If he thought TP has anything left then he would make sure he re-signs. If he trades him, that tells me pop has doubts about the mileage of his Peugot. Nothing worse than relying on a run down Peugot. I would be leary

 

Now that is a great theory ... and something that I actually think fits just about perfectly with this particular scenario. Clearly Williams is a 2 guard who can create a little bit, and it's not like Manu is getting any younger. A future backcourt of Hill and Williams, with the addition of Splitter means they maybe don't go into full tear down and rebuild mode right away but can instead groom Williams to be Manu's replacement when the time comes.

I'm pretty sure the trade wouldn't be able to be consummated for a couple more months due to Williams being recently signed, so we could be in for quite the wait.

 

Except B-Roy made a pretty decent point, that if they really wanted him, they could have just drafted him since they were ahead of us.

 

Nik: I think you can sign and trade rookies immediately.
B-Roy: Did the Spurs even end up with Anderson? I don't see him on their Summer League Roster.
Pinwheel: But Pop loves G-Hill more. It's well known that he's called him his fave player.

 

Maybe the Spurs wanted both the guy they drafted and Williams.