This blogger’s opinion on TP should be discredited immediately based on the fact he has a Kobe picture in his header. I’m done.

This baffles me… I dont know what to say. Is this supposed to be a joke:

…putting Matt Bonner on the same team as Scalabrine is an added benefit of this deal

Ok, I WAS done. But now I’m not. The entire premise of this article is that the Spurs need to do a trade so that they no longer have 4 players making over $10M, and instead only have 3 which has been their formula. Seriously? And the assumption that trading Tony gets them back down to $68M for payroll? How does that happen unless you cut guys? It’s absurd. You can’t throw in guys “to get the money the money to measure out” and reduce payroll. The only thing this accomplishes is the original ridiculous premise that the Spurs can’t win with 4 guys who get paid $10M. Ugh!!

Obviously, this guy wants Boston to win the title. I mean, wtf kind of proposal is that?

Oh, and I love “burst onto the seen” – seems like a PtR-ism.

Tony and Ian for Rondo, Scalabrine, Walker and Perk??? Tony for Rondo straight up isn’t even worth it.

Who says no to this:

Tony Parker and Ian Mahinmi to the Boston Celtics for Rajon Rondo, Brian Scalabrine, Bill Walker and Kendrick Perkins

I’ll assume this is question—despite the lack of the proper punctuation mark to signify that effect. Then I’ll go a step further and assume it is rhetorical—notwithstanding the “Complex Question” bent of this non-sequitur.

And then, I’ll raise my hand and say, “I for-fucking-one!”

Let’s trade Tony for the guy that wins this poll. That way, we’ll have numbers to corroborate our arguments.

::goes and votes for LeBron::

Wow, somebody has the gall to propose that the Spurs trade Parker! What is this guy thinking?

Ridiculous. Not only does he trash TP, but Manu as well. The Spurs don’t need to be doing anything with their Big Three, except letting them do their thing.

If you didn’t read all of the comments the writer made in reaction to his readers’ comments … wow, it is just INSANE! The article+the comments=probably the worst basketball-related article I’ve ever read. I don’t think that is an overstatement.

Breakin’ it down (I’ll try to go easy on him):
First of all, we all know the Spurs would not do that deal, but at least both teams would be receiving some talent. He also makes a point about the younger guys’ salaries, i.e. Rondo. HOWEVER, once a reader pointed out you can’t trim $10M off the payroll so easily b/c of the NBA trade rules (contracts must be within 25% plus 100K), the author backtracks and says the Spurs could get the Celtics to pay Rondo’ s and Perkins’ contracts for the privilege of adding TP. Riiiight.
Second, he talks about the potential of Rondo and forgets that we don’t want to wait around for a starting point guard to develop when Duncan and Manu need guys that can help us win now. Granted, Rondo is very good and he can help any team, but Tony is simply better.
I could probably list a hundred things wrong with this article, but let’s just mention a few more:
-He said it is “laughable” to say Tony Parker is better than Devin Harris. Actually, if GMs, coaches, players, analysts, fans or whoever, were polled about those two players, I’m guessing TP gets 2/3 of the vote.
-He ranked Rajon Rondo and RJ as being better than Duncan and Ginobili (with Parker ranked above all four of them). I am not kidding (the only defense I give this writer is that he mentioned he was factoring in age and injury).
-He referred to Kobe as the “greatest player of all-time”
-He proceeded to list players he would rather have than Manu, or players he thought were better. As the list went on and on, I could not believe my eyes. Reading names like “LeBron James” or “Chris Paul,” I figured, “sure, of course.” Brandon Roy? OK. Carmelo? Maybe. When it came to Joe Johnson and Rashard Lewis, I disagreed, but at least had some respect for his opinions. But later, as I read “David Lee, Jeff Green, Al Thornton, Al Harrington, Thaddeus Young, Aaron Brooks,” et al, I really couldn’t believe my eyes. I wanted to hurl. I didn’t know if I should be angry with this writer of neophyte basketball knowledge, or if I should pity him and simply GOL at the unintended comedy.
-He makes a couple of xenophobic comments, including a reference to Manu as a “foreign prick who comes off the bench.” Actually, since he always called this player “Ginobli” it is possible he is talking about a player I have never heard of.