Breaking Free Agent News: Anthony Parker a Cav
According to Brian Windhorst’s twitter account the Cavaliers have come to terms with free agent SG Anthony Parker. As we reported last night, Parker played the last three seasons in Toronto. He averaged just under 11 points per game last season and is generally considered a good outside shooter.
Parker (34) played in Europe before signing with the Raptors. He has been a target of Danny Ferry since his days overseas, but Ferry has never been able to pry him away from the Raptors. With the signing of Hedo Turkoglu, Parker became an unrestricted free agent and Ferry pounced.
Details of the contract are not yet finalized, nor is it known how many years or what kind of dollar figures are being considered. (7/9 Update: ESPN reports that the two sides have agreed on two years for less than $6 million) Last year Parker made $4.55 million. He started for the Raptors and played 33 minutes a game, but will not be asked to play as much for the Cavs. He will help the Cavaliers’ thin backcourt. He will more than likely get Sasha Pavlovic’s minutes from last year and some of Wally Szczerbiak’s depending on what the Cavs from here until camp.
Parker makes 11 players under contract for the upcoming season. The Cavaliers expect to resign Anderson Varejao, and rookie Danny Green will certainly be given the opportunity to make the squad. That leaves room for one more player, and the Cavs will have at least the bi-annual exception (if not the MLE) to offer. Of course there is still the possibility of a sign and trade with Wally Szczerbiak…
Guards- Mo Williams, Delonte West, Daniel Gibson, Tarrence Kinsey, *Anthony Parker
Forwards- LeBron James, JJ Hickson, Darnell Jackson, Jawad Williams, *Anderson Varejao, *Danny Green
Centers- Shaquille O’Neal, Zydrunas Ilgauskas
*= unsigned
July 8th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
“….He will help the Cavaliers’ thin backcourt. He will more than likely get Sasha Pavlovic’s minutes from last year….”
That’s what? 2, amybe 3 minutes a game? Wooopie!
July 8th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
Way to chop half the sentence off to make your point rob…
July 8th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
WE SIGNED TONY PARKER!?!?!
… wait you’re saying there’s another Parker?
He really needs to change his name to Mr. Longoria then to stop this possible confusion
July 8th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Ok.
Throw in Wally’s minutes and we’ll call it an even 6 or 7.
July 8th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
good signing…good start…still want more though.
July 8th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
Anecdotal Youtube Videos have convinced me this is a good signing…
July 8th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
It is not possible, but he did it again. too bad it was against the wizards, where “Anything is Possible”, even if you aren’t Kevin Garnett.
July 8th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
And more well edited anecdotal evidence to make you feel good about this…
July 8th, 2009 at 10:40 pm
Yikes my guy just said Andy got 6 years for 50. I hope he was kidding.
July 8th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Please tell me the terms of signing Andy was some kind of cruel joke…not saying I don’t like the guy, but there is no way he’s worth 50 mil over 6 years…that’s 8.3 mil a year.
July 8th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
It’s not possible but [Ferry] did it! Signed another vet on the wrong side of 30. Not a bad pick up but that 34 keeps sticking out to me. Hopefully his limited NBA miles will help with that situation but he still loged a lot of min the last three years. IMO Barnes is the better, and cheaper, solution. Numbers are pretty comparable with Parker a slightly better shooter, but Barnes more athletic and a better rebounder also a little bigger… But we shall see
Other options Von Wafer or Gerald Green. Both are 23 and Wafer shot the ball better than Parker actually last year and is explosive around the rim and can contibute now. We all know Gerald Green is explosive and has a good skill set but is still raw so I would sign him for a low price for the future is Ferry still wants to add some length and athleticism at the 2/3 spot
July 8th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4315370
I am six minutes faster than ESPN.
July 8th, 2009 at 10:51 pm
Gerald Green has had plenty of chances, he is bad. He doesn’t have a good skill set, he is athletic and thats it.
Parkers shooting numbers have gone down the past couple of years, I’m worried it will happen again. I’m not a big fan of this signing
July 8th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
so does signing andy for that much mean our mle is gone now?
what does this do to our odds of adding one more player?
July 8th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
wow.. We don’t like that Varajao signing at all.
signed,
the dolans
July 8th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
Boy, he is pretty good.
watch those highlights-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&v=tH7IbWT65QE
July 8th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
I found some of his highlights in the euroleague-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os-Dx0orSmo
I don`t know him very well, but he looks good there
July 9th, 2009 at 12:11 am
Dr. cleveland. Andy does not effect the mle or the bi-annual but parker will. I hope he goes for the bi-annual but he might want more something in the range of mle
Another good pickup I think is Channing Frye. Good midrange shooter and passer which will help shaq for the entry pass and LBJ when he drives for the jump shot. Plus shaq is gonna get double teamed down low. Bad side is his D is bad. But then you only play frye with shaq which shaq can clog the middle for D and frye and come with the help side D which he is good at.
July 9th, 2009 at 12:13 am
Chad Ford is reporting that Parker will not take the entire MLE, leaving the Cavs with a shot at Channing Frye yet.
July 9th, 2009 at 12:26 am
King James: Yea he was very good 6 years ago. He is 34 now so don’t expect any of those highlights. But he is still a solid vet with good range and decent off dribble game
July 9th, 2009 at 2:00 am
OK, let’s play the guessing game. 2008-2009 Stats per 36minutes
Player A:
FG: 46%, 3pFG: 40%, FT: 83%, Reb: 3.4, Ast: 3.8, Stl: 1.6, Pts; 12.6
PER: 14.1
Player B:
FG: 43%, 3pFG: 39%, FT: 83%, Reb: 4.7, Ast: 3.6, Stl: 1.4, Pts: 11.7
PER: 12.1
A is Delonte, B is Parker.
So he is an older, more polished scoring version of Delonte. He’ll give you less quickness, and a much bigger body for the bigger SGs.
July 9th, 2009 at 4:54 am
Parker is also a better defender which Cavs was lacking in the position. They also need some height. West gets pick on a lot because of the size mismatch.
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