What they should do is offer him 2/$8M or 3/$12M. He might accept either (the value to the former is that, if he can duplicate or exceed what he did last season, then he's locked in for less term under market value), because, as you alluded to, if he waits too long, money/positions begin to dry up and he could risk being left having to accept something like 2/$6M or 3/$9M from the Spurs, or -- if he finds that unacceptable -- accepting his qualifying offer and hoping to cash in next season, when he'll be unrestricted.