I am eyeing Conley as a replacement to Parker and have Parker come off the bench to replace Manu. Regardless of what happens, I think we are all pretty certain this is Manu's last season. Duncan may or may not go for another season solely playing in Texas (it could still work). This is namely to separate two different problems.
Posted Feb 2, 2016, 10:21 PM UTC
I saw this thread and almost blew it off, but thinking about it... damn. Who says no?
i hope not. We need size . A bigger pg would help our defense. it be great to have a 6-3 6-4 pg.
Not only that but we need youth. Conley will be 29 this year. I actually love Mike Conley, but I think the asking price will be too high. He will most likely command the max, and I don't know how much the Spurs are willing to pay that.
This. Budget will be an issue. We have max contract players already (Kawhi and Aldridge) so landing more will be hard.
Pretty sure parker is 6'3
6'2" officially and I've heard that's generous.
I'm ~6'3" in shoes and I've stood right next to Parker (and Eva, she is like 5' lol), he's about 6' or 6'1".
why the downvotes? I stood RIGHT next to them in a Jim's in the mid 2000s...
Ha. Now when I (5'1") stand next to my fiancee (6'3") i am totally gonna channel my inner movie star standing next to my NBA superstar ... have an upvote :)
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I'd rather have George Hill back. He's a UFA in 2017.
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Funny. Before I even saw this post I was looking at possible replacements for Tony and I basically came to my personal opinion that Conley would be a solid replacement. He might be my #1 option for what's available this summer. He's well-rounded and his defense would be exactly what we need against dudes like Russ, CP3, Kyrie, Steph, etc and those dudes kill us. Not sure how the dynamics would play out with Tony coming off the bench but damn I think we could really use a defensive PG.
Conley is going to have a lot of offers thrown at him considering how special he is as a PG so I'm not sure if I would even give us close to a 50% chance considering the fact that he'd be sharing a lot of playing time with Tony.
That's why I think Parker coming off the bench is so important. In particular, parker can create just like Manu. As we've seen, patty isn't quite there yet in the creation department.
What are your thoughts on George Hill instead?
I'd love to have George back and I think it's more likely we see him than Conley. He's exactly what we need against a team like the Warriors cause there's absolutely nowhere we can hide Tony against when we play them. Now that I think about it this might be my dream scenario where we get George Hill back although I'm not sure who/what we'd have to give up for him.
He's a FA in 2017 I believe. That sounds like a perfect time to transition Tony to the bench/extend him to a cap friendlier deal. Then we could use that saved salary for George. He's currently making 8mm per season. To come play with a contender he knows, I think we could get him in the 11-14 mm/yr range. Considering the cap will be way up by then it seems like a good deal. Perimeter defense featuring Kawhi, Danny and George would be ridiculous.
Edit: typos, and confirmed he is a UFA in 2017
He'll be 31. Kind of a gamble to bank on him playing well chasing elite PGs, especially at that price range.