Apart from say, LeBron or Durant obviously, I would only trade Parsons for Paul George, but I just can't see that happening.
Such as? I know parsons is popular here but guys saying only trade him for a perennial all star is just nuts.
Such as the fact that the ONLY reason you have given for Andersen being a better player/better investment is the fact that parsons gets a new contract in 2.5 years time. I mean seriously wtf Andersen averages 17/6/2 while playing horrible defense with a salary of about $8,000,000 Parsons averages 15/6/4 while playing acceptable defense with a salary of about $800,000 Similar if not superior production at literally 1/10th of the cost. You tell me which player is "better"
Lin and Parsons are UNTOUCHABLES. Their value is greater than their production because of what they mean to the organization.
Parsons is a good but not great player. He's probably about an average SF in the league. If we could trade him for a top 10 PF I'd do it in a heartbeat. He seems like the kind of player you "sell high" on, and Morey has a history of making such moves.
I would argue with you about Parsons being just an average SF in the league but SF is such a deep position that being called average is a compliment and I agree. LeBron KD Melo Deng Gay Paul Pierce Paul George Gerald Wallace Thaddeus Young MKG Harrison Barnes Danilo Galliari Nicolas Batum Small Forward is a really stacked position so average is still be pretty damn good.
Most of the players you listed if not all would be upgrades over Parsons. Just proves it would be easier to upgrade at the small forward position than the power forward position. And don't forget Iggy. He's natural a small forward as well.
Really? Your funny. Chandler is much better than Barnes or MKG and he is on the same level as Batum, Deng etc... Obviously KD, Melo, James and Pierce are on their own levels with Paul George moving into that group and even Gallo is turning me into a believer but as for the rest..... None of the rest are upgrades or if they are it is a minute upgrade.
I haven't seen much of Paul George. Is he really that much of an upgrade over Parsons? Parsons has a higher FG%.
Most of the players listed are way more expensive and unattainable. Lebron, KD, Melo, Gay, Pierce are all max players - only Pierce could potentially be available. Deng and Wallace are pretty expensive and have been in the league for a long time. For this team I´d easily prefer Parsons. George, MKG, Barnes, Batum are all unattainable since they are young and have tons of talent. That leaves us with Gallinari and Young - though I view Young more as a PF. Gallinari is a worse defender worse at driving to the basket, but a better shooter. Really, Parsons is much more versatile. Young is a nice player - but not much more. And Iggy, since you brought him up, would be a real upgrade but is also rather old and expensive. So, if you leave out the unattainable players, there is not one here, that I would prefer over Parsons. Now, shall we look at PF? Let`s see, who`s better than our PFs? Bosh Stoudemire Josh Smith Garnett Anthony Davis Varejao Nene Duncan Ibaka Griffin Faried Z. Randoloph P. Millsap D. Lee L. Aldridge P. Gasol D. Favors D. Nowitzki K. Love L. Scola Not only is that list longer - it also has more attainable players. So, let`s try to keep our promising young player with the best contract of the NBA who fits our team perfectly if we can`t get a star for him, and try to upgrade the PF spot, where we are lacking talent right now and several players could be available...
Good point...... Who out of your PF that are attainable list would also be worth giving parsons up for( if he was in a packaged deal for that PF) or would you say parsons is an untouchable?
I´d say nobody is untouchable (I´d trade Harden for LeBron...)... From that list I´d say Bosh, Ibaka, Griffin, Aldridge and Love, though a couple of others are debateable (Davis, Faried, Randolph, Lee). But I do believe we could get players like Josh Smith ore Paul Millsap without giving up Parsons -so if we can`t get a star for him, let`s just hold onto him.
Man I hear you, but with most of these responses, Chandler Parsons sounds as untouchable as Harden( unless a lebron or KD type would oddly be there in hardens case to trade) It sounds like if parsons is traded, it had better be for an all star/ superstar (which makes him untouchable sorta or until then, if possible) I'm just really interested to see how much Chandler is valued. (To us anyways. I wonder if the rest of the league would agree)
It would be absurd to move him with how efficient of a player he has shown to be, and well outplaying his contract & other players around the L.
