Anthony Parker isn’t a star. He won’t put be putting fans in the seats.

Not only is he not the best Tony Parker in the NBA, he’s not even the best Parker in his family.

He’s overshadowed by his sister’s success (Candace Parker) in her collegiate and WNBA careers.

But GM Danny Ferry should be applauded for the two-year $6 million deal he pulled off for the 34-year-old guard-forward.

He didn’t overpay and he didn’t give too many years for a player who probably doesn’t have all that many more years left in him.

Eric Snow, Anthony Parker is not.

For the Cavaliers, they don’t need Parker to be a star and they already have enough big name names on their roster to put fans in the seats.

Parker will be a solid role player for this upcoming season who just like Delonte West, Mo Williams and Daniel Gibson, will feed off double teams that are placed on Shaq and Lebron.

More importantly, Parker is a taller wing defender that the Cavaliers so desperately needed in last year’s playoffs.

Last year for Toronto, Parker started 71 games. Barring any injuries, Parker most likely won’t be starting any games for the Cavs and he seems to be fine with that.

He will essentially fill the role of Wally Szczerbiak, only at this point of their careers, Parker is quicker, more athletic, a better defender and can shoot just as well.

In his three-year career with Toronto, since returning from playing professional ball overseas, Parker has averaged 10.1 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 2.2 apg while shooting 45.8 from the field, 41.5 from threes and 81.9 from the free throw line.

All solid numbers for a guy who was essentially Toronto’s fourth of fifth scoring option. In Cleveland, he won’t be expected to do much offensively except knock down the open shot. Nothing more, nothing less.

Defensively, he’ll be called onto guard some of the bigger guards in the league that sometimes caused fits for Delonte West who stands just 6-feet-3-inches (if that).

With the addition of Parker, barring any major trade, the roster looks pretty much set with maybe another stretch forward added to the roster in the coming weeks.

-Nick Carrabine
NCarrabine@News-Herald.com