Spurs poked Manu

[SequSpur]

Dude shoulda been maxed and he is making less than Tony Parker.........


:lol :lol :lol

[exstatic]

Manu <> Manure any more, shrimp? ;)

[dbreiden83080]

Manu got unlucky and the Spurs got lucky that he signed one year to soon. Based on his production through last year, the 52 mil he got was about what he was worth. Obviously if he had signed after this year it would have been probably 80 or 90 mil.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Manu is already the highest paid Argentinean athlete in history, so I don't think it really bothers him that he's not making 90 million. 52 million is good enough! lol

[mookie2001]

he's got to feed his family.
put food on the table

[MaNuMaNiAc]

he's got to feed his family.
put food on the table :lmao Manu Sprewell?

[Solid D]

Dude shoulda been maxed and he is making less than Tony Parker.........


:lol :lol :lol

This time last year when he signed, you were leading the pack saying he "sucks". Too much cash for a bench player. You scoffed at the notion of him averaging 18-20 points or making the All-Star team.

I'd say Manu did fine, while once again, you underachieved in your expectations.

[Solid D]

Oh, yeah...

:lol :lol :lol

[Vashner]

Manu will get payday. They didn't do anything wrong. They have treaded him great
all along. I am sure he got some nice bonus checks from the playoffs and other perks.

[GINNNNNNNNNNNNOBILI]

It woulda been cool if we coulda signed Tony and Manu to a 50-55 mil contract each, with a million dollar bonus for all-star/finals victory, and a 3 million dollar bonus for a finals MVP award. Thats probably not even legal, but it would be cool.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Speaking of "last summer", any chance I can take back that article I wrote calling out Holt to give Tony what he was looking for :lol

[TheTruth]

Manu got about what he would have gotten from any other team that would have tried to sign him. Bummer for him he wasn't a free agent after this season.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

its not like the spurs KNEW he was going to have an incredibly bad ass season and an incredibly bad ass postseason (not counting the games he got fouled really hard)

[2centsworth]

If michael Redd is worth Max, and he's not, Manu is worth 2 times Max.

[Das Texan]

can you say

"contract renegotiation"?

[constantstate]

i saw an article posted on here about how manu's jersey was selling thru the roof... all i know is that time warner isnt going to be the only commercial with manu in it. (how much were those worth into the playoffs) they got manu on the cheap...

[T Park]

Speaking of "last summer", any chance I can take back that article I wrote calling out Holt to give Tony what he was looking for

23 years old, gonna average about 18 a game next year, and be an all star.

Yeah, should cut him loose.

[timvp]

Welcome back, T Park.

What up?

:smokin

[T Park]

not much.

But life is good.

Lets just say me and the ex fiance have gotten back together, profits are way up here in San Diego compared to last year.

Life is good mah man.


BTW, people are freakin out over nothin on Horry.

[Kori Ellis]

This shouldn't turn into ANOTHER Tony vs Manu thread. If you guys want to say Manu is overpaid, then that's cool. But you can't really compare his salary to Tony's. Tony got market value for a point guard and the Spurs did what they needed to do to keep the core entact by getting Tony and Manu signed last summer (with an big assist from Bowen).

Spurs fans bitched for years that the Spurs had too much turnover every season (i.e. 9 new faces in training camp). Now the brass did whatever they needed to do to keep the group entact and everyone is bitching that people are overpaid, underpaid, etc. It's a bunch of crap.

Did you guys know the Spurs just won a title?! The players are enjoying it. Some of you should too.

[Kori Ellis]

Lets just say me and the ex fiance have gotten back together, profits are way up here in San Diego compared to last year.

Life is good mah man.

That's awesome. Sounds like a good summer so far.

[Seru Giran]

its not like the spurs KNEW he was going to have an incredibly bad ass season and an incredibly bad ass postseason (not counting the games he got fouled really hard)

I'm sure they didn't know he was going to be THAT productive, but I'd bet they knew he would bust his ass off to be the player he is right now.

Newsflash. (this could be old news though) Manu said he'll be in Argentina for a couple of weeks and he would travel to San Antonio to work on his body weight. His goal is to gain a couple of pounds of muscle. He said he was dog tired in a couple of games this year (in the 4th quarter) and in the playoffs.

[T Park]

Sounds like a good summer so far.

You know it Kori.

Spurs winning, plus me and her ,

Only downer is not getting to see the Spurs summer league team in Long Beach.

That was an absolute blast last year.

[Kori Ellis]

Only downer is not getting to see the Spurs summer league team in Long Beach.

That was an absolute blast last year.

Yeah I'm guess since the Spurs don't have many roster spots to fill, it wasn't worth it to have two summer league teams this season.

[T Park]

Yeah.

I understand why they wouldn't.

Its cool, more time for the gf and malibu.

[Mr Dio]

T Park
Make sure & get yourself an Alberto's Carne Asada burrito & then try the Rubio's fish tacos. Other than that I miss having a Cinnabon in every mall.

[SequSpur]

If I was Manu I would hold out.

[T Park]

Make sure & get yourself an Alberto's Carne Asada burrito & then try the Rubio's fish tacos.

Ive been to rubios many a times, good mexican food, but not touching the fish tacos.

My gf loves the fish tacos, of course shes a native californian.



If I was Manu I would hold out.


for what, he cant get a new contract. This isn't the NFL where you can tear up a contract.

[cherylsteele]

This time last year when he signed, you were leading the pack saying he "sucks". .

Sequ was also saying that going into the playoffs if I remember.

[bigzak25]

SequSpur
I Start Sheyittt



true.


of course he's underpaid relative to other players. but when Manu starts worryiing about it, that's when spursfan should. til then, ain't it great to be Champions! oh yeah.... :smokin

[ObiwanGinobili]

I wouldn't piss on $52 mill if it landed at my door. especially if it was payment for doing somethign I love and want to do.

omg, i can't even think of what iwould do with 52 mil.... thats like an endless pit.. there is noway i could ever run out.

now, if he was latrell sprewell I'm sure it'd be all gone in 3 weeks.....

[T Park]

Where in San Diego are you living? I go to school there. Alotta people like rubios down here. What beach are u near?

Im in Del Mar, yeah they do, I think its OK, just not all like enamored (spelling sorry)
with it. Im right on the beach here in Del Mar :)

Ill be leaving tuesday for Newport Beach/Costa Mesa

after that Sacramento (puke)

[ZStomp]

How do we know that Manu will excel next year? As far as we know, he could become less then average.

We don't know.

[ZStomp]

This shouldn't turn into ANOTHER Tony vs Manu thread. If you guys want to say Manu is overpaid, then that's cool. But you can't really compare his salary to Tony's. Tony got market value for a point guard and the Spurs did what they needed to do to keep the core entact by getting Tony and Manu signed last summer (with an big assist from Bowen).

Spurs fans bitched for years that the Spurs had too much turnover every season (i.e. 9 new faces in training camp). Now the brass did whatever they needed to do to keep the group entact and everyone is bitching that people are overpaid, underpaid, etc. It's a bunch of crap.

Did you guys know the Spurs just won a title?! The players are enjoying it. Some of you should too.


Damn, Kori just rocks!

Setting everybody straight!

[T Park]

How do we know that Manu will excel next year? As far as we know, he could become less then average.



I highly doubt that.

I think hell become even better.

The summer of no basketball will be unbelieveable for him.

He'll come out of the chute in November and December a man possessed.

[ZStomp]

Ok...

[1Parker1]

I wouldn't piss on $52 mill if it landed at my door. especially if it was payment for doing somethign I love and want to do.

omg, i can't even think of what iwould do with 52 mil.... thats like an endless pit.. there is noway i could ever run out.

now, if he was latrell sprewell I'm sure it'd be all gone in 3 weeks.....


:lol Well, in Sprewell's defense, his family does eat a lot, you know...

Sequ, you flip-flop more than T-Park. One minute you love Tony Parker and say that Manu=Manure, the next minute you say Parker will lose his starting position if he doesn't get his shot back and that Manu=underpaid Manure.

:wtf

[Opinionater]

IMHO, Manu is happy with his contract.
He'll make millions from endorsements and I don't think he spends money like Patrick Ewing.
Manu is a rare breed who is more about the winning and we can thank his being from Argentina for that.

[T Park]

State fair possibly

your exactly right.

Not my favorite business spot we do all year,

hot as fuck, people are assholes and total trash, and its the weirdest laid out city Ive ever seen.

BTW, Bobby Jackson comes out to the fair aout 8 times bringing kids to play the games and ride the rides.

Met him a couple times, small talk and such, really nice guy.

Wish the Spurs could pull off my dream trade of Beno and whatever for Bobby.

A healthy Bobby Jackson ( I know thats an oxymoron) would be absolutely unbelieveable on the Spurs.

[Sec24Row7]

52 million in Argentina is like 300 million in the states.