Okay, this is a doozy. We get Tony Parker 11.5 million and waive his physical We send San Antonio the following: Outlaw 4.0 million Blake 4.6 million Frye 3.1 million Sergio 1.0 million Next year's number one pick...or the rights to Freeland or Kaponen. San Antonio gets one solid point guard with a solid three point shot and one promising back up. They get some needed frontcourt depth with Frye. They also get some scoring punch with Outlaw. Sergio and outlaw are two possible stars in the making on cheap contracts. Their draft pick will be a decent one. If necessary, we expand the trade and give Rudy...though we probably need something else back. The Blazers are left with the following lineup Parker/Bayless Roy/Rudy Webster/Batum Aldridge/Diogu Oden/Pryzbilla
Tony Parker is a player that would vault us into the elite. ...And he'd cost a whole lot more than that package.
Why do we want to save San Antonio's season? But I think they'd laugh in our face with that offer anyway... And I think we have to be careful with who we acquire with this big trade we have the potential of doing. Great teams are built around 3 great players and role players surrounding them, or else you have too many guys who need the ball. You could argue we have four now with Roy, Aldridge, Oden and Rudy. We need to find good role players IMO.
San Antonio is not going to trade one of their two best players (a player who may their best player in a year or two), especially when he is only 26. That's young prime. Not for a package of odds and ends. Parker is a legitimate star and still young enough to be part of the next contender San Antonio tries to build. Trading him away ends this window completely, takes away their best foundation piece for a new window and gives them no one who hastens their climb back up. Outlaw is a nice complementary player...he doesn't represent a major piece in building a contender. The other players are all spare parts. It kills this season for San Antonio, it doesn't save it. It sure helps Portland, but I doubt SA is in the charity business when it comes to other NBA teams.
I don't think we're that good, yet. Rudy has played a few games and Oden is still a question mark. KP would be wise to see what we have in those guys before going out and getting role players.
