DMX7
06-15-2009, 09:26 PM
When it comes to health, I think many Spurs fans are trying to make this argument and I think it's a legit one.
At this point in his career, Ginobili is not going to make it full seasons and he is about a 50/50 coin toss to be ready come playoff time. I think a guy like that who is making $11 million dollars is too much of a gamble to keep. The Spurs are very much about loyalty and when they ended contract extention talks with Ginobili I think even he knew that his career was in trouble (and that was before the injury that eventually ended his season).
If he gets injured again (which I suspect he will) then another season will be wasted and his trade value will be nothing. Then, the Spurs will not have even made progress towards a youth movement and where will they go from there?
At this point in his career, Ginobili is not going to make it full seasons and he is about a 50/50 coin toss to be ready come playoff time. I think a guy like that who is making $11 million dollars is too much of a gamble to keep. The Spurs are very much about loyalty and when they ended contract extention talks with Ginobili I think even he knew that his career was in trouble (and that was before the injury that eventually ended his season).
If he gets injured again (which I suspect he will) then another season will be wasted and his trade value will be nothing. Then, the Spurs will not have even made progress towards a youth movement and where will they go from there?