Is Richard Jefferson Too Poisonous A Pill In Kings' Tony Parker Trade?

For bringing back the sanity. This deal is a no-brainer if it can be done. Two teams going different directions.

And there is about a 95% chance it won’t.

Ah well. I couldn’t have put it better myself TZ. This deal is a no-brainer to me, especially considering the fact that I don’t think there is a player at 7 the team is absolutely in love with, like they were with Tyreke and DeMarcus.

And this Free Agent class sucks almost as bad as the draft.

Well written and thought out. This deal is a no-brainer to me. This is huge year for the franchise in so many ways. Two veterans starters to go with Reke and DMC from the team that had the best record in the conference last year. I like the veteran balance it will give our team in the starting line-up and I can see this line-up bringing out some serious ‘Arco Thunder’ and a playoff berth…

do it.

I am curious about that. They just lost the Palms, seem to be in a financial tailspin, and have stated they can’t afford to stay in Sac. I just have to wonder if they can even really pay the salary to get this talent.

The saddest part of all this is that RJ probably makes more $ this year than the Maloofs.

Petrie needs to snap call this.

That had the “No Jimmer” gif with the little puppydog looking all sad? I think that might explain what’s behind some of the naysaying of this deal.

The Spurs won 61 games with these two guys starting – how bad could it be!

This team would have a set roster with absolutely no real weaknesses. Think about it.

Top flight PG to compete in a PG driven league? Check!

Dominating young 2 guard? Check!

Great 3 point shooting veteran SF? Check!

Low post scoring multi-skilled PF? Check!

Defensive, shot blocking presence to hold down the paint? Check!

Very good back up PG? Check!

Crazy bench scoring 6th man? Check!

Good back up SF? We’ve got 2! Check!

A defensive specialist to come in & handle the guys RJ can’t? Check!

A great 3rd big off the bench? Check!

Depth? Check!

Every damn team in the league has atleast one weakness! Lakers need a PG, Miami needs a center, Chicago needs a 2 guard, etc, etc.

Jefferson could be that guy if his production drops off even more or if we just want to cut bait. like everyone else: no brainer.

Parker’s career high in minutes played is 34.4 minutes per game. For comparison’s sake, Beno played 34.6 minutes per game last year, and Tyreke has been over 37 in each of his first two years. Not sure if it means anything, but I found it interesting that he played less minutes than I expected.

…Tony Parker, Kings starting Point Guard.

Deals like this (and contracts like Jeffersons) are the reason for having cap space—it’s not an asset if you don’t use it.

I can’t honestly say something this good was even on my radar—I’ve been mentally trying to picture the Feltons, Teagues, Barreas, and Walkers of the world in our backcourt, and suddenly getting a glipse of a guy like TP has me downright giddy.

I don’t think it would be blasphemy to compare TP to a modern day KJ—sure, Johnson might have been a little more explosive in his prime and a little better assist guy, but Parker is a superlative player.

I’d do this in a second—and the fact that Jefferson becomes our best player at a position of need does’t hurt, either.

pretty please

The #7 pick in this draft plus Casspi seems cheap. JR is owed $30M and he’s probably worth half that much. So, basically if we do the deal we’ll be paying Max money $17.5M over the next 3 years for Parker.

Now, there is no arguing that Parker makes this team better, but is that worth the price. You have to value what the player brings to the team, and not just the player himself. If the Spurs where to take back Cisco then it’s an absolute no brainer.

But, for the price Felton might be a better deal for the Kings. He’s younger, a better defender, a better assist man, almost as good scoring, and he’d cost half the price if you include the extra salary your paying JR. And, Felton might be available without giving up the #7.

I believe obtaining Felton is a more likely prospect, but if JR has to be included without the Spurs taking back either Beno or Cisco (preferably Cisco), then I’d have to think long and hard. Parker and JR for Cisco, Casspi and our #7, done deal with out hesitation.

The logic is based on the assumption that the Maloofs will spend 60 million on the roster next season.

I have to say that I like it. I am not keen on Parker but both of these guys are a really big upgrade for the team.

I admire Jefferson a lot. He came in the league as a one sided highflyer who couldn’t shoot further than Biyombo and gradually he became an almost marginal all-star with good range and a decent all around game. Last season 3p% stats won’t be repeated. I’m pretty sure about that, but he has made huge strides, even though I’m not convinced he has a better 3p than Casspi (it doesn’t matter because he’s much better in everything else). One reason his 3p% was that high last year is the Spurs’ system for corner 3s. The corner three is in a closer range compared to the rest of the arc, and the Spurs have a habit of taking advantage of that (they had the best pct last season in the league). 62% of Jefferson’s 3s were attempted in the corners. He shot 46% from the corners and a “normal” 38% from the rest of the perimeter.

He was a great 2nd scorer in the Nets and I still remember some long periods when Carter was out and Jefferson was averaging around 20-25ppg. His numbers went down on the Spurs mostly because of the.. Spurs. The team had many more solutions so he took a more background role.

This post is a pretty good indication why you’re SBN’s lead basketball writer.

Phenomenal work. One of the better articles I’ve read in a while.

Parker is an established veteran who could teach DMC how to run it with him. This is what some of us have been waiting for.

According to Sham (and this only reflects salaries for 11-12), Frank + RJ Donte = 16,761,914. Our current guys (FrankDonte+Omri) = 8,821,874. Is what RJ brings to the table really worth an extra 8 mil?

If Frank could be moved it would certainly help, but I don’t see him being much of a commodity.

Jefferson is due $30 million over the next three seasons. He is … not great.

I am all for Tony Parker, but not the least bit interested in an over the hill, over paid Jefferson. I sure don’t want to dump, Beno for him.

Tony yes; Jefferson, no thank you.

is that this would be the team. We would no longer have much cap space, and that cap space is only going to shrink once Tyreke is resigned and DeMarcus is resigned. So, if we are confident that one or both of those guys are going to be stars, and if the job is just to build around them, then this is a really good trade. Although, since Jefferson’s contract only runs for three years, it would give us three likely seasons in the playoffs, and if its not working, we can adjust from there. Idk, there are some contractual issues though.

I like it. Man up or get shipped out.

This is what most of us have been wishing for.

And then they added in Tony Parker.