htown11 Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 The San Antonio Spurs are engaged in discussions about trading point guard Tony Parke to secure a high pick in Thursday’s draft, league sources told Yahoo! Sports. The Spurs have talked to teams in the lottery, including the Toronto Raptors and Sacramento Kings, who hold the fifth and seventh picks, respectively. The Kings are determined to get a frontline point guard, and have also talked with the Denver Nuggets about Raymond Felton. It’s unclear who the Spurs would prefer to take if they acquired a high lottery pick. If the Spurs were to trade Parker, George Hill could become their starting point guard. League sources said Hill also has drawn trade interest from teams willing to give the Spurs a pick near the back end of the lottery. Parker didn’t play well early in the Spurs’ first-round loss to the eighth-seeded Memphis Grizzlies in May then later told French reporters he thought the franchise’s days of contending for a title had all but ended. Interesting, they are pretty young at the guard position now. http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-wojnarowski_tony_parker_spurs_nba_draft_062111 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 Let the rebuilding begin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Built Ford Tough Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 Based on what is posted in the OP, I would say that the opposite of the title is true. The Spurs are making calls to teams with lottery picks for Parker, not the other way around. Based on the comment about them talking to multiple teams, it definitely suggests that they are the ones who trying to spark any sort of deal and aren't the ones receiving the calls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch23 Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 Spurs werenever going to trade Parker unless a no brainer came along, but they definately were not going to trade him for the crap that was reported. Spurs were setting up smokescreens with Parker to make George Hills value rise, they do it all the time. Even if they were able to dump RJs contract with TP that is still a slap in the face. Casspi and the 7th lol...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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