Duncan opt out next season to win?

[FutureMan]

Basically. I'm just curious if it is possible for Duncan to opt out of his contract for next year and sign at the minimum so the front office can give the max (or close to the max) to another player. Lets say Monroe. He has taken a pay cut before for a ring and with a lineup of:
Parker
Green
Leonard
Monroe
Splitter
with the bench being:
Mills/Joseph
Manu
Belinlli
Diaw
Duncan

The Spurs would be unstoppable. Maybe not plausible but is it possible.

[N0 LyF3 ScRuB]

Wha?

[MultiTroll]

Good question.
I think ironically its not the owners but rather the Players Association does not allow it.

[Baam]

Nope... He would be the laughingstock of the league if he did that... You have to have some pride...

[Aremid]

Nope... He would be the laughingstock of the league if he did that... You have to have some pride...

Championships> pride especially for a proven winner like timmy

[capek]

:sleep

[Andthentherewas21]

No, just no.

[Obstructed_View]

Timmy has given up way too much money in his career already.

[FutureMan]

How could you say someone isn't full of pride if they took a pay cut to win championships. That's literally team pride. And he literally did that before. How is that a laughing stock? Players saying they want to win and really they are full of it(Kobe).

[FutureMan]

And championships=Pride

[DPG21920]

Timmy has given up way too much money in his career already.

Huh? He's been generous compared to most stars maybe but he's one of the highest paid players ever in the league.

[spurraider21]

Don't hold your breath on det one

[Kidd K]

Highly doubtful. His legacy is already cemented as a top 10 great with his 4 titles and nearly 5th to go along with all of his MVPs, all star selections and All NBA team placements.

[Obstructed_View]

Huh? He's been generous compared to most stars maybe but he's one of the highest paid players ever in the league.

Just staying at Wake his senior year cost him a fortune.

[Bruno]

Fucking great idea :tu

You should email RC to share it with him.

[spurspokesman]

Replace Duncan with Manu and we can talk

[FutureMan]

It was just a thought. But I guess I'll say it again. Possible but not plausible. And since its not possible then the thought is gone. Sorry I thought he would take another pay cut to win a ring again.

[FutureMan]

Replace Duncan with Manu and we can talk
Sounds fair, could follow in Timmy's footsteps of taking a pay cut.

[HarlemHeat37]

:lol if Duncan took the minimum, I'd hope they could acquire somebody a lot better than Greg fucking Monroe..

[spurraider21]

we have to resign Bonner first

[Texas_Ranger]

lol Duncan on the bench...Tim @ 50 would probably still be better than Splitter and Monroe.

[Old School 44]

No....just no. No one will ask him, and he shouldn't even consider it, even if someone did.

[SilverSpur]

Just win the championship and he would retire and you can have all his salary.

[TheGoldStandard]

we have to resign Bonner first

Dont forget about extending Ayres or else Portland might take him back.

[Sean Cagney]

Championships> pride especially for a proven winner like timmy

Yeah that is true, but no HOF player is going to take the vet minimum no matter how much they want to win! Tim has already taken paycuts most would not take, he is not going to opt out to get this or that amount a year when it is guaranteed! I can't name one superstar ever to take the mininum and especially on their last contract. The player to do that doesn't exist (D ROB didn't even take the minimum on his last and some bitched about him not taking far less).

[Birn]

Stupid post! He won't take a pay cut and nor should he take a pay cut. No way the Spurs pay him less. He'll get another 3 years at around the same level of $10 mil per year.

[Juggity]

Monroe?? You want to make Duncan opt out of his contract and resign for peanuts so you can throw a max contract at Monroe?

This is lunacy, OP.

[Ice009]

Uhhh, if you were Tim Duncan and opted out so the Spurs could give you the minimum to max out a player who you're better than, how many of you would do that? I'd be pissed off, especially if that new guy doesn't perform. It'd be too much of a gamble, unless you're getting someone like Lebron.

If Tim opts out, the Spurs should play him more, not less. Geez wiz, that's crazy to ask him to take less.

[TheGoldStandard]

The only way Tim would take less would be if Pop came to him and said, "Last year when we lost when I whispered into Lebron's ear I told him we were gunning for him in 2014 and you were willing to take a paycut."

[Richie]

What's all this about Tim taking huge paycuts his whole career? Hasn't he been paid the max almost his entire career? He took a small paycut in 2010 and a big one in 2012.

Tony and Manu on the other hand have given up a lot of money to stay on the Spurs. Parker at $12.5m/yr is a bargain, and the same goes for Timmy at $10m this year.

To ask Timmy to take less would be ridiculous, and we wouldn't be able to get a real quality player anyway.

[TheGoldStandard]

Tim's earned over 200M in his career and he's lived in SA so it's not like he's been dropping Millions living it up here.

[james evans]

duncan's too nice. he should have at least a little bit of kobe in him. after game 6 was the perfect time to throw his coach and a certain teammate i will not name, under a bus, but he never did and didn't do it in the off season. sometimes u just got to say something.

[z0sa]

duncan's too nice. he should have at least a little bit of kobe in him. after game 6 was the perfect time to throw his coach and a certain teammate i will not name, under a bus, but he never did and didn't do it in the off season. sometimes u just got to say something.

I don't agree about throwing them under the bus, but it truly was the one single time Tim Duncan's personality was a negative. He absolutely should have DEMANDED he be in the game at the end of 6.

[Sean Cagney]

I don't agree about throwing them under the bus, but it truly was the one single time Tim Duncan's personality was a negative. He absolutely should have DEMANDED he be in the game at the end of 6.

I agree fully here, that I always think of from time to time.

[jimbo]

Just staying at Wake his senior year cost him a fortune.


What's all this about Tim taking huge paycuts his whole career? Hasn't he been paid the max almost his entire career? He took a small paycut in 2010 and a big one in 2012.

Tony and Manu on the other hand have given up a lot of money to stay on the Spurs. Parker at $12.5m/yr is a bargain, and the same goes for Timmy at $10m this year.

To ask Timmy to take less would be ridiculous, and we wouldn't be able to get a real quality player anyway.

Had he come out earlier he would have commanded a deal like Kevin Garnett got (which killed the Timberwolves & helped cause the lockout which led to Tim's ring anyways...). 6 years 126 million.

His option at the time


He could sign a seven-year deal worth $86.5 million with San Antonio, although he is considered more likely to sign a shorter deal.

He ended up signing these contracts instead



Jul 16 2003
Signed a 7 year $105 million contract with San Antonio (SA)


Aug 1 2000
Signed a 3 year $31.9 million contract with San Antonio (SAS)

[jag]

Fucking great idea :tu

You should email RC to share it with him.

:lol Bruno has been so salty lately

[Expert]

so the real question is, does Tim Duncan want to spend X amount of millions at a shot at another title when the ownership over the history of this team hasn't shown the same willingness to spend that money?

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

:lol Bruno has been so salty lately

Dealing with idiots becomes exhausting after a while.

[Leetonidas]

:lol taking the minimum so we can get Greg Monroe

[lefty]

If he wants to win another title he should leave TBH, because Pop, Enrique and Manu have been in cockblocking mode

[Arcadian]

...He wouldn't actually have a better chance to win with any other team, though. :lol Remember, the Spurs are still in fact title contenders.