New New York
Quiet Storm
Look I was a huge Nash fan before he joined The Suns! I liked his game a lot, but it took on a whole other level when he became PG in Mike Dantoni's seven seconds or less offense!
And really to me Toney Parker is better now then Nash was as a Maverick! Now granted Nash had been and will always be a better shooter, but, Nash has never played in a Finals let alone been Finals MVP! Not to mention Nash was two years older when he joined The Suns than Parker would be if he came to NY now.
so lets just pretend we made a trade for him. The package that financially makes the most sense would be Danillo Gallanari,Douglas and Curry for Parker and Malik Hairston (throw in just to make the numbers work).
This I know is not popular amongst Gallo fans (I'm actually one too) but if this trade goes down it would have to include Gallo!
But, lets not focus on my proposed trade right now and argue it, but lets just pretend it actually went down and we had no choice but to just accept it (like any othe GM move).
So we make this trade on draft night and it actually gives us a million more in cap.
Which instantly makes NY a little more appealing.....We re-sign David Lee for 9 million.
We are now left with 30 million in cap with two All Stars on the roster. We get Bosh for 16 million leaving 14 million which goes to Joe Johnson.
Starting 5
Parker
Johnson
Wilson
Lee
Bosh
You could certainley argue that this is a more talented starting 5 than The Suns teams Dantoni coached ever had!....yes I realize that if we did make this trade that we then these would be the only five players on the roster, but I don't think we would be hard pressed to get some really sevicable league minimum players to fill out the roster.
Again the shooting element is what made Nash so dangerous and Toney does not have that, but Parker is much quicker (key in a seven seconds or less offense) and is a better defender (not really saying much), so he does have some very nice strengths too that even out Nash's strengths over him.
I'm just saying, Nash went from a top 10 PG to an MVP in this offense, and Parker is certainly a top 10, so you have to assume.....
And really to me Toney Parker is better now then Nash was as a Maverick! Now granted Nash had been and will always be a better shooter, but, Nash has never played in a Finals let alone been Finals MVP! Not to mention Nash was two years older when he joined The Suns than Parker would be if he came to NY now.
so lets just pretend we made a trade for him. The package that financially makes the most sense would be Danillo Gallanari,Douglas and Curry for Parker and Malik Hairston (throw in just to make the numbers work).
This I know is not popular amongst Gallo fans (I'm actually one too) but if this trade goes down it would have to include Gallo!
But, lets not focus on my proposed trade right now and argue it, but lets just pretend it actually went down and we had no choice but to just accept it (like any othe GM move).
So we make this trade on draft night and it actually gives us a million more in cap.
Which instantly makes NY a little more appealing.....We re-sign David Lee for 9 million.
We are now left with 30 million in cap with two All Stars on the roster. We get Bosh for 16 million leaving 14 million which goes to Joe Johnson.
Starting 5
Parker
Johnson
Wilson
Lee
Bosh
You could certainley argue that this is a more talented starting 5 than The Suns teams Dantoni coached ever had!....yes I realize that if we did make this trade that we then these would be the only five players on the roster, but I don't think we would be hard pressed to get some really sevicable league minimum players to fill out the roster.
Again the shooting element is what made Nash so dangerous and Toney does not have that, but Parker is much quicker (key in a seven seconds or less offense) and is a better defender (not really saying much), so he does have some very nice strengths too that even out Nash's strengths over him.
I'm just saying, Nash went from a top 10 PG to an MVP in this offense, and Parker is certainly a top 10, so you have to assume.....