Should the Cs waive Parker before his deal gets guaranteed

[tonydelk]

3 days until Parkers deal gets fully guaranteed.  Friday is the deadline.  With the team getting healthy do they waive him and start signing guys to 10 day deals?

[Jiri Welsch]

Probably won't matter much to ownership (money-wise) if they plan on trading Schroeder.

With the lack of minutes for Nesmith, PP, and Hauser when everyone's healthy, I don't think they need to have another 10-day prospect in the mix. I'd be fine with him staying as a deep bench guy.

[Who]

Yes. They should've waived him in the summer and used his roster spot on someone useful. He is a dud. Waste of a roster spot. Not an NBA caliber player.

[Goldstar88]

Not really getting all the hate on Parker. I don’t expect him to get minutes over Tatum, Horford, or Grant, but when Jabari has played, He has not looked bad at all.

In 12 games he’s shooting 47% from the field, 50% from 3pt and 100% from the line. What more do you want from a 3rd stringer.

[todd_days_41]

Not really getting all the hate on Parker. I don’t expect him to get minutes over Tatum, Horford, or Grant, but when Jabari has played, He has not looked bad at all.

In 12 games he’s shooting 47% from the field, 50% from 3pt and 100% from the line. What more do you want from a 3rd stringer.

Garrison Matthews.

[nickagneta]

Not really getting all the hate on Parker. I don’t expect him to get minutes over Tatum, Horford, or Grant, but when Jabari has played, He has not looked bad at all.

In 12 games he’s shooting 47% from the field, 50% from 3pt and 100% from the line. What more do you want from a 3rd stringer.

Someone that can run back on defense faster than a snail?

Someone that doesn't have to be subbed out due to horrid cardiovascular after 4 times up the court?

Someone who's 3pt shooting numbers are historically good and not based on 8 made threes?

[liam]

I'd really like to add a bench 7 footer to the roster in place of Parker.

[nickagneta]

I'd really like to add a bench 7 footer to the roster in place of Parker.

Isn't Enes already that guy? Is two more inches going to mean that much given Enes is an elite rebounder and garbage man offensively?

[Goldstar88]

Not really getting all the hate on Parker. I don’t expect him to get minutes over Tatum, Horford, or Grant, but when Jabari has played, He has not looked bad at all.

In 12 games he’s shooting 47% from the field, 50% from 3pt and 100% from the line. What more do you want from a 3rd stringer.

Someone that can run back on defense faster than a snail?

Someone that doesn't have to be subbed out due to horrid cardiovascular after 4 times up the court?

Someone who's 3pt shooting numbers are historically good and not based on 8 made threes?

If he was as bad as you’re trying to make him seem, he wouldn’t be on the team for a second year.

[todd_days_41]

Not really getting all the hate on Parker. I don’t expect him to get minutes over Tatum, Horford, or Grant, but when Jabari has played, He has not looked bad at all.

In 12 games he’s shooting 47% from the field, 50% from 3pt and 100% from the line. What more do you want from a 3rd stringer.

Someone that can run back on defense faster than a snail?

Someone that doesn't have to be subbed out due to horrid cardiovascular after 4 times up the court?

Someone who's 3pt shooting numbers are historically good and not based on 8 made threes?

If he was as bad as you’re trying to make him seem, he wouldn’t be on the team for a second year.

These are the reasons he went from being the 2nd pick in the 2014 draft to out of the league. They are not news, nor all that debatable. He sucks. That the Cs kept him over better players doesn’t make them vanish.

[todd_days_41]

I'd really like to add a bench 7 footer to the roster in place of Parker.

Isn't Enes already that guy? Is two more inches going to mean that much given Enes is an elite rebounder and garbage man offensively?

Wouldn’t you rather have two Freedoms than one Freedom and one Parker? At least the extra Freedom might have a shred of trade value.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

Not really getting all the hate on Parker. I don’t expect him to get minutes over Tatum, Horford, or Grant, but when Jabari has played, He has not looked bad at all.

In 12 games he’s shooting 47% from the field, 50% from 3pt and 100% from the line. What more do you want from a 3rd stringer.

I agree. He's a better scorer than most of the guys on the team (including some of the starters), certainly the most potent scorer on the bench.

[colincb]

Parker has the 3rd best total shooting % after the Williams brothers.

Juancho or Fernando seems to be a more likely casualty to open up the 15th slot for whoever shakes free elsewhere. I cannot see any reason for their existence on an NBA roster other than a 4th string big.

[Jvalin]

I'm not a fan of his game. That said, I don't expect us to sign a game changer via the buyout market. I'd waive Jabari only if I were considering a 2-for-1 trade at the deadline. Not sure what Brad plans to do at the deadline. I don't even know whether we'll be buyers or sellers.

[todd_days_41]

Not really getting all the hate on Parker. I don’t expect him to get minutes over Tatum, Horford, or Grant, but when Jabari has played, He has not looked bad at all.

In 12 games he’s shooting 47% from the field, 50% from 3pt and 100% from the line. What more do you want from a 3rd stringer.

I agree. He's a better scorer than most of the guys on the team (including some of the starters), certainly the most potent scorer on the bench.

Scoring is the only thing Parker can do. And yet, he's 12th on the team in scoring, averaging 4.4ppg for a team that has had major COVID issues (and therefore plenty of opportunity for playing time).

That he's a better scorer than guys who can't score doesn't make him worth keeping, considering he's awful in other areas. He literally has no future on a team with no immediate need for marginal veterans.

There are G-leaguers more deserving of a roster spot.

Hard to imagine Wyc and Brad won't prefer to save the tax $$$ over paying their 15th payer. I suspect they'd rather have Joe Johnson, if nothing else.