Maybe it's not Tony Parker?

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  1. Wizard Mentor

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    That's terrible logic considering the Gasol trade and any IT Knicks trade.
     
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    So why do you want Chris Paul? If New Orleans didn't value him highly enough to keep him, why would the Blazers want to spend a fortune on him?

    With this logic, opportunities never exist. Any player available must be terrible, or else their current team would keep them.
     
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    This Blazers Edge quote is probably the dumbest thing Dave has ever posted about the NBA.

    Teams trade extremely good players for all kinds of reasons that have nothing to do with their skill level.
    Off the top of my head:
    - The team knows the player is going to leave via free agency in a year and wants to get something for them instead of nothing.
    - They can no longer afford excellent player A because they have to play excellent players B and C in a year.
    - They are fucking insane and make trades that honestly don't make a lick of sense. (IE David Kahn deciding to trade Al Jefferson if Darko resigns with the team)
    - The team is broke and needs to only have mostly rookie contracts on the books (See Memphis Grizzlies for more details).

    I don't know if any of the above reasons match why the Spurs would deal Parker. I honestly do see a package Portland could put together that would bring Parker to Portland without including either Roy, LaMarcus, Batum or Oden.
     
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    I think SA is going to give it one more year of making a run with Duncan . . . which means I don't see them trading Parker to rebuild this summer.
     
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    Or the most applicable reason, they have a slightly less effective but significantly less expensive replacement, and the expected reduction in performance is well worth the reduction in salary.
     
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    And that fits into my point as well. As the Spurs age, they have Blair, Hill and if we trade to them an expiring contract to get a free agent with, it works. We'd probably have to give up an expiring + Rudy, Bayless, or Cunningham and maybe a pick, but it could be done.
     

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