2018-19 NBA Off-Season

Maybe he thinks he can still play (he can't), so I guess I don't blame him for not walking away when someone is still willing to pay him millions.

But he's a Hall of Famer who's going to a new city, a new team, to be a backup on a lottery team, and he's made $150 million. I don't think I could do that.

 

I also imagine that when he retires, he goes into the San Antonio Basketball Hall of Fame and probably can take a front office or "special assistant" role. Nobody is going to give a shit that he got a good deal from Charlotte at the end.

 

It might all be a state of mind. Maybe he just wants to keep playing basketball. I wouldn't be surprised to see him do a short tour in France before he's all done, so what's $10 mil for half a year?

 

"So what if I retired after only nine games into the championship season. So what if the team's record 33-game winning streak started the game after I retired. I still got a ring!"



"Well, I had it until I auctioned it off."

 

Oh, I agree that no one will care. My comment, though, was more of a statement of my curiosity about why he'd continue playing as a backup on a team going nowhere when he's made his money and had a great career. Usually HOFers spend their final years playing for something or they retire.

 

That's the thing -- go to one of the big five right now (Golden State, Houston, Lakers, Boston or Philly) and it makes sense. A team that probably can't even make the playoffs in the East? headscratcher

 

Yes. $10 million is a lot of money. That’s not the question. Did SA offer him anything to stay ?

 

What value does Parker have at this point though? I remember two years ago, he got hurt during the playoffs and people worried about the impact that he would have, and Patty Mills basically gave them the same production. His numbers slid across the board last year, and he shoots 29 percent from 3-point range, so I'm not sure what use a good team would have for him, except as a minimum salary veteran guy.

 

Dwight Howard and John Wall appear headed to be the train wreck of the upcoming season. If only they can get Melo

 

Heard on the radio this morning that two guys played 17+ years for the same team, then went somewhere else. They were Hakeem and Karl Malone. Did either tarnish their legacy by doing so? Hakeem finished with the Raptors. Does anyone even remember?

 

Kind of sad to see Parker go play for someone else.