Diaw officially opts in

[deibero]

Per Woj:

@WojYahooNBA: As @SpearsNBAYahoo reports, Boris Diaw's opting back into the Spurs for $4.7M in '13-14. His agent, Doug Neustadt, says letter sent to team.

Say what you want but Im happy he did and its a fair value deal. I think if he gets in better shape could play 25mins/gm next yr...

[ChumpDumper]

Spurs got lucky. Could have hunted for a long term deal had he wanted.

[ducks]

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=218686&p=6713493#post6713493

[Keepin' it real]

cool

[JR3]

He is great for this team. Glad he is back. He adds good depth and versatility. He helps that second unit keep the ball moving.

[Dex]

Awesome. Diaw is a vital piece to the rotation and would have been hard to replace, especially for the same cost. :tu

[timtonymanu]

Great news.

I'm not a big Diaw fan, but he really came through for the Spurs in the playoffs.

[elmanutres]

diaw coming back at the same price is a good sign the spurs believe they still have a chance. i look forward for next year and avenge 28 seconds.

[Vash StampedE]

Good job! Next priorities are to convince Manu to still be a part of the team but in a lesser role, some or at least one sensible FA signings and then, our team is good to go.

[Darkwaters]

Great that Diaw is coming back. I'm a big fan.

[dbreiden83080]

Good..

We need him back now Pop needs to

PLAY HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheGreatYacht]

Spurs got lucky. Could have hunted for a long term deal had he wanted.LOL. Like anybody else in the league would be willing to pay as much. Don't get me wrong I mean I rather pay him over Matt Bonner.

[ChumpDumper]

LOL. Like anybody else in the league would be willing to pay as much. Don't get me wrong I mean I rather pay him over Matt Bonner.Since I was talking about years and not yearly amounts, your post makes no sense.

[TheGreatYacht]

Since I was talking about years and not yearly amounts, your post makes no sense.My take doesn't change and is just as valid. LOL. Like anybody else in the league would be willing to pay as much or sign him for a long term. Players obviously opt in when they know that they won't get a better deal elsewhere. :wakeup Your wrong. I'm right.

[jestersmash]

Excellent news. He's always been one of our steadiest players throughout the regular season and playoffs. I don't think I've ever been angry or furious at Diaw for making an egregious mistake. On the other hand, he's blown me away a number of times with his passing and defensive prowess.

Yeah, sometimes he'll make you cringe by his passiveness, but in the end his pluses outweigh his minuses by far.

[spurraider21]

Since I was talking about years and not yearly amounts, your post makes no sense.

looks like you have another member in your fan club. SBM and SA210 must've been feeling lonely to recruit this guy

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

My take doesn't change and is just as valid. LOL. Like anybody else in the league would be willing to pay as much or sign him for a long term. Players obviously opt in when they know that they won't get a better deal elsewhere. :wakeup Your wrong. I'm right.

He could've opted out to re-negotiate a long term deal with the Spurs.

[ChumpDumper]

My take doesn't change and is just as valid. LOL. Like anybody else in the league would be willing to pay as much or sign him for a long term. Players obviously opt in when they know that they won't get a better deal elsewhere. :wakeup Your wrong. I'm right.Players often stay on the Spurs for less money than they could get elsewhere.

It's a distinct possibility this is the case with Diaw.

[spurraider21]

My take doesn't change and is just as valid. LOL. Like anybody else in the league would be willing to pay as much or sign him for a long term. Players obviously opt in when they know that they won't get a better deal elsewhere. :wakeup Your wrong. I'm right.

he could have easily opted out and waited for a 3 year deal worth 12 mil or something of that sort. even if its for less money per year, it would be a longer commitment than our brass wanted to make. 4.7 is a really fair price for a dude that comes off the bench and plays 2-3 positions. very versatile on both ends of the floor and in our ball-movement offense, having a passer like him is invaluable.

[ChumpDumper]

He could've opted out to re-negotiate a long term deal with the Spurs.Yeah, that could have been good or bad. Ultimately, I don't think Diaw's market value is much less than the MLE, if at all.

[TheGreatYacht]

He could've opted out to re-negotiate a long term deal with the Spurs.I suppose you're right but I still think the Spurs are the only ones interested in him. There are no other teams better than the Spurs that bring out the best out of players. Just remember Diaw with the Bobcats. Everyone pretty much thought that he was useless at that point but the Spurs got some production out of him.

[ChumpDumper]

I suppose you're right but I still think the Spurs are the only ones interested in him. There are no other teams better than the Spurs that bring out the best out of players. Just remember Diaw with the Bobcats. Everyone pretty much thought that he was useless at that point but the Spurs got some production out of him.Everyone?

I really don't remember everyone's saying that. do you have some links for that?

[Knoxxx]

I think the point is Diaw is worth $5 million to the Spurs in their system but not another team. He probably did earn some leverage if he wanted a longer deal, but I don't know that the Spurs wanted to offer one at similar money. Win-win everyone's happy and he's likely to stick around in S.A. for more than another year too.

[TheGreatYacht]

Everyone?

I really don't remember everyone's saying that. do you have some links for that?Ok, I meant most or a lot. Can you actually defend yourself through basketball arguments rather than grammar errors? I don't think so.

[ChumpDumper]

Ok, I meant most or a lot.OK, I really don't remember most or a lot of people's saying that. Do you have some links for that?

[spurraider21]

I suppose you're right but I still think the Spurs are the only ones interested in him. There are no other teams better than the Spurs that bring out the best out of players. Just remember Diaw with the Bobcats. Everyone pretty much thought that he was useless at that point but the Spurs got some production out of him.

Boris Diaw's top assets are is bbIQ and his passing ability, which would obviously shine on a team that thrives on offense with ball movement. the bobcats were the worst offensive team in the league and they were looking to have Diaw be one of their primary scorers, which hasn't been his shtick throughout his career. he thrived on phoenix when they were a great offensive team with shooters, and he has done really well in San Antonio, a great offensive team with shooters. it was obvious he was a terrible fit with the bobcats, asking a facilitator to be a primary scoring threat

[Dingle Barry]

Glad to have Excite-Us Diaw back in the fold.

[Sean Cagney]

I am glad he is in for another year. He is a key piece.

[ffadicted]

Good news tbqh

[Vash StampedE]

I think you extremely underestimate Diaw. Some teams would love to have a big man that could pass and shoot. Diaw is that kind of player. An excellent passer and he could definitely hit the open shots, even stretch it at the 3 point line. He just prefers to pass the ball even though he is wide open, which in someways hurts our team's offense. But I really think that had he gone to test the market, he could have gotten a higher offer from other teams. It is just that he is a very unselfish player and that's why I think he is a great fit, if not perfect for the Spurs.

[Juggity]

Diaw is extremely valuable. Love that he opted in.

[DPG21920]

I'm not exactly happy or mad. I would have been fine with him opting our for cap space reasons. But he is a good value and played very well so I am fine with him staying too.

[Vash StampedE]

I bet that Lakers would love to have Diaw. Diaw there would make the Lakers be like the mid-2000s Suns. A Diaw-Nash-D Antoni reunion with Howard, if ever he resigns with the Lakers, playing the role of Amare.

[Mugen]

Good news. Hope Pop doesn't inexplicably bench him when it counts tbh.

[DPG21920]

Spurs have a lot of tradeable expiring contracts (Bonner/Boris and even smaller ones like Mills). When you factor that in with cap space, Spurs can take on some pretty massive salary in a trade potentially.

The cap space will depend heavily on Manu's contract, waiving/amnesty of Bonner (if the don't trade him) and guys like Neal and Blair not being back.

Let's say Manu takes a 6M contract and the Spurs amnesty Bonner and Neal/Blair are gone. Spurs should have about 6M in cap space. You factor in Boris expiring/Mills expiring, and in a trade, the Spurs could take back about 12M in a trade while still signing Tiago to whatever they want essentially (ignoring the LT for the moment).

[Tim_5rings]

Boris Diaw's top assets are is bbIQ and his passing ability, which would obviously shine on a team that thrives on offense with ball movement. the bobcats were the worst offensive team in the league and they were looking to have Diaw be one of their primary scorers, which hasn't been his shtick throughout his career. he thrived on phoenix when they were a great offensive team with shooters, and he has done really well in San Antonio, a great offensive team with shooters. it was obvious he was a terrible fit with the bobcats, asking a facilitator to be a primary scoring threat

His best offensive stats was when Amar'e Stoudemire was injured, He was forced to (because nobody else) and had the full trust of D'Antoni
otherwise he just makes his teammates better ,because he never have a reliable shoot
with the desire to find a better pass for an open shot for a better shooter (more reliable)and some coach hates that
Silas one of them
So he just do the dirty work, defense, rebounds...

There only Spurs to Boris nothing else (it's Spurs or Euroligue)

[ace3g]

Had some success against LeBron, defends Dirk, Pau, and other mobile bigs well, great passer and ball handler.....glad he is back

[Spurs Brazil]

good news

[spurtech09]

glad diaw is back....key part of the spurs

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Great news! Also, it's good we didn't sign him to a lengthy contract.

[DPG21920]

The real question to me is, how do the Spurs feel? I wonder if his contract was a team option, whether or not they would have picked it up?

[ace3g]

Hector Ledesma @HectorLedesmaJr
(http://twitter.com/HectorLedesmaJr)More from Diaw's agent:says when he met with Diaw yesterday,Boris was leaning toward opting in but wanted to get his agent's thoughts #Spurs (http://twitter.com/search?q=%23Spurs)


Hector Ledesma @HectorLedesmaJr
(http://twitter.com/HectorLedesmaJr)Just got off the phone with Diaw's agent. Says while Diaw opting in wasn't a formality, San Antonio is a place Diaw wanted to be. #Spurs (http://twitter.com/search?q=%23Spurs)

[Tim_5rings]

nice to read that

[DPG21920]

Ya, his agent said, you may get a 3 year, 9M dollar deal if you opt out, but if you opt in you get 4.7 guaranteed and would only need a 2 year/4.3M deal to break even which should be very likely.

[lefty]

Yes


Tits !

[LongtimeSpursFan]

Spurs have a lot of tradeable expiring contracts (Bonner/Boris and even smaller ones like Mills). When you factor that in with cap space, Spurs can take on some pretty massive salary in a trade potentially.

The cap space will depend heavily on Manu's contract, waiving/amnesty of Bonner (if the don't trade him) and guys like Neal and Blair not being back.

Let's say Manu takes a 6M contract and the Spurs amnesty Bonner and Neal/Blair are gone. Spurs should have about 6M in cap space. You factor in Boris expiring/Mills expiring, and in a trade, the Spurs could `take back about 12M in a trade while still signing Tiago to whatever they want essentially (ignoring the LT for the moment).

True but we wouldn't have a bench to play anymore except for Manu, Cojo, Baynes and TMac. And only one of those guys is worth keeping.

[Texas_Ranger]

Good. Now release Bonner and save 3 millions.

[timvp]

Good news. He exhibited a surprising amount of clutchness in the playoffs. As a third big, he's pretty damn valuable.

[elemento]

Good. Now release Bonner and save 3 millions.

This 100x

Diaw was decent in the playoffs but it's not like he is doing SA a favor. I doubt he would get more than 4.7m in the open market. Anyway, I am happy he will be back.

[slick'81]

Huuge piece off the bench

[sananspursfan21]

Good..

We need him back now Pop needs to

PLAY HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And he needs to quit PASSING UP GREAT SHOTS!!!! i'm all for looking for the open man and i'm glad he's back, but shoot!!!! (literally)

[ElNono]

Good news. Thought he have the team a different dimension at times. Useful player to have.

[HemisfairArena]

Diaw is more valuable to this team than Manu and Diaw is only making 4 mil. If Manu gets a contract for more money than Diaw it would be an epic fail.

[Tim_5rings]

And he needs to quit PASSING UP GREAT SHOTS!!!! i'm all for looking for the open man and i'm glad he's back, but shoot!!!! (literally)

I know, I always yell at him on TV, but he never listens to me :pctoss

[Mark in Austin]

Nice. Also, since he essentially now has a one year deal, there is incentive for him to stay in shape next year as well...

[ace3g]

Official press release:

http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/130628_boris_diaw_exercises_player_option

[The Reckoning]

dat french connection

[Leetonidas]

Diaw pisses me off because of his passiveness but he is a really vital part of our team and I'm glad he's returning, he adds a dimension to the post that we didn't have and his passing from that position especially on this team is deadly. He really needs to add a consistent three point shot to his game, he shoots at a decent clip, just needs to practice more. And he played good defense on LeBron at times and has shown the ability to guard bulkier players. Glad Diaw is coming back. :tu I'm sure Bill Walton's happy too

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[DMX7]

Good news. I wanted him back.

[elemento]

Diaw is more valuable to this team than Manu and Diaw is only making 4 mil. If Manu gets a contract for more money than Diaw it would be an epic fail.

I know you're mad with Manu after the Finals (I am too), but NO and NO

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Great to have him back. He was great in key moments during the playoffs like game 1 goldenstate, game 4 vs Memphis and game 6 vs Miami till he was inexplicably pulled.

[CGD]

Awesome! Great bargain, fit, and person :toast

[siraulo23]

Should have played more against he heat

Glad hes officially back

[-21-]

Great news.

[spursnatic]

Great news!!..Hopefully he will work out with Duncan over the summer and shed that extra weight.. And become the Diaw he was in Phoenix

[milkyway21]

this is GOOD news ! :tu

the more number of players who KNOW the Spurs system is a plus for me...

[milkyway21]

Duncan + Tony + Diaw + Kawhi + Green locked in

[dallasmaverickslose]

GREAT news IMO.

[AFBlue]

Boudini!

[Kidd K]

I don't know if the Spurs are "lucky" to be getting him for 4.7m, but I'm glad to have him back and think that's a reasonable price for what he brings.

If only he could take and make open shots consistently. Dude would be one of my favorite all time role players if he actually did that. Imagine if he shot like Bonner or Green, only still did everything else he does.

But don't let all that talk fool ya. . .I'm glad he's back. Definitely happy to see him stay.

[Marcus Bryant]

Good news. 1 yr, $4mil is a good price for his skill and fit in the rotation.

[NRHector]

Diaw spreads the floor better than Bonner

[PlayNando]

Per Woj:

@WojYahooNBA: As @SpearsNBAYahoo reports, Boris Diaw's opting back into the Spurs for $4.7M in '13-14. His agent, Doug Neustadt, says letter sent to team.

Say what you want but Im happy he did and its a fair value deal. I think if he gets in better shape could play 25mins/gm next yr...
More French intelligence on this team, which is good. The less gringo meatheads we have on this team, the better, tbh.

[justinandimcool]

Don't look now, but Diaw's last 5 tweets have been of him eating at 5 different restaurants, within the hour. Dude knows how to celebrate.

[hater]

he also opts in on a triple bacon cheese burger at 5 guys

[milkyway21]

His best friend Tony may have something to do with this. Thanks TP

[to21]

:tu

[exstatic]

Boris does a few things very well that help this team, and he makes less than the average NBA salary.
#winning

[milkyway21]

I don't think the Spurs needs to change the roster that much, they were in the finals last year so I can consider that a successful team already, just a little tweak

[exstatic]

Diaw is such a underrated finisher really do you see him get blocked or not finish under the basket.

It's weird, too, because he flips a lot of shots up underhand from about shoulder height. He must surprise defensive players who expect him to extend upwards on his shot.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

He does all the Horry type things that Pop keeps hoping Bonner will figure out how to do.

[TheGreatYacht]

I don't think the Spurs needs to change the roster that much, they were in the finals last year so I can consider that a successful team already, just a little tweakAt the very least, they need to acquire a backup PG or ball handler to relieve some pressure off of Tony and Manu. Sorry but I don't want to take a risk hoping that CoJo will improve while Tim Duncan gets a year older. Pop and Manu cost Timmy #5 so they ought to do everything possible to sign some free agent(s).

[dunkman]

While he doesn't shot as well as Bonner, he does a lot of things when he's not scoring. His passing is damn good, his defense is elite.

[milkyway21]

At the very least, they need to acquire a backup PG or ball handler to relieve some pressure off of Tony and Manu. Sorry but I don't want to take a risk hoping that CoJo will improve while Tim Duncan gets a year older. Pop and Manu cost Timmy #5 so they ought to do everything possible to sign some free agent(s).

Yeah we saw that in the finals, when TP was on the bench Pop has to put Manu in to run the play sometimes. Besides Pop needs to reduce TP's playing time by 5 min to fully heal his calf. But there's Patty.

I am thinking more of a big man who can really help Duncan, we don't want him to get tired in the regular season than the rest of the Spurs. If TD is DNP we are screwed
Is Splitter up to the task?

[BackHome]

We are going to need a experienced backup for Tony and we are going to need a player that can score and make shots/defend/dribble..:)

[booonkers]

i'm glad diaw is back! i hope next year pop actually plays diaw when it counts the most.

[quentin_compson]

Great news. I admit I'm a sucker for players with high BBIQ, but Diaw really blows me away often times with his court vision and his passing. And he also is a fundamentally sound player defensively.
And I don't think 4.7 millions is too much. I could easily imagine teams where he fits in offering him a multi-year MLE-type of deal.

[dg7md]

Great news, but we need some FA action.