France's Tony Parker and Spain's Pau Gasol will lead their respective teams' bids in the semis of the 2015 EuroBasket. (Photo : Reuters)
Despite winning the NBA championship, the Cleveland Cavaliers fall victim to numerous NBA trade rumors.
It's time to start weeding out the real rumors from those concocted scenarios that do not even make sense. One of them involves Tony Parker of the San Antonio Spurs allegedly transferring to the Cavaliers.
In this report from Game N Guide, it states that "there are claims that Tony Parker of the San Antonio Spurs is tired of the way the championship has eluded them. There are even notions that he might jump ship into LeBron James' team."
The report did not link or specify where the "claims" came from. They simply proceeded to admit that the "rumor" was already debunked.
They stated that Tony Parker wants to join an "elite team." Everyone following the NBA (or even basketball in general) would know that the San Antonio Spurs have been the definition of "elite" even before 1997 when Tim Duncan was drafted and possibly beyond this season when Duncan has already retired.
But the center of the article's claim is that Tony Parker wants to leave. Let's see if that's accurate. Here are direct quotes from Tony Parker quote from My San Antonio blog.
"I'm just going to try to be a good leader and welcome all the new guys and try to help them as much as I can and just show them the Spurs culture and what we do here."
Parker admits that Tim Duncan's loss is a tough and that "the greatest power forward in the game" cannot be replaced, he is excited with the new additions, specifically Pau Gasol who Parker thought was a "great basketball player with a lot of knowledge."
"I think he's a perfect fit for our team," Parker said of Gasol. He doesn't sound disgruntled at all, and the Spurs just won a bidding war for the Spaniard (vs the Portland Trail Blazers).
On the flipside, LeBron James and the city of Cleveland is actually very pleased with Kyrie Irving and there's no reason for them to even consider replacing him, not after they won a much-awaited title for the city.
As for Kyrie wanting out, that has also been debunked way before the Finals. Even when the team was in dire straits before the playoffs last March, Kyrie has been dismissive, as he told ESPN that "there's nothing to address."
From all sides-Tony Parker's side, the Cleveland Cavaliers' and Kyrie Irving, none of them wants to leave their current situations, and rightfully so. The so-called "claims" are totally baseless.
