Manu officially Signs!

[Shipupi]

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[baseline bum]

Nice. Spurs sign Ginobili for $2.8 million while Belinielli costs $6.3 million. :lol

[TXstbobcat]

Manu!!!!!!!:flag:

[Johnny RIngo]

Great to see the 3rd best Spur of all-time back for another season.

[spurraider21]

Awesome, final piece to the offseason puzzle that included signing:

Tim Duncan, LaMarcus Aldridge, Kawhi Leonard, Danny Green, David West, Boban Marjanovic, Jonathon Simmons + trading for McCallum.

oh and Coach B

[JakeCuenca]

Great to see the 3rd best Spur of all-time back for another season.

[Vic Petro]

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[Diego20]

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:wow

[Spur|n|Austin]

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Dayum :tu

[Yuixafun]

Go out on top Manu

[Kikoluna]

My favorite Spur ever

[el contusione]

:worthy: MANU is GOD

[silverblackfan]

:worthy: MANU is GOD

[Silver&Black]

NBA=F:lolcked

[SupremeGuy]

Let's do this shit!

:flag:

[Play Boban]

He should be inactive until February or March.

[mbass]

My favorite Spur ever

Second only to DRob. So happy that Manu is back.

[will_spurs]

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3 Spurs in top 4... (including a suprise at #7 in DefRtg)

[DPG21920]

3 Spurs in top 4... (including a suprise at #7 in DefRtg)

It's not a surprise to anyone who's really watched TP. Sure, last year was horrific and clouds everything, but he's always been a way better than advertised defender for his position.

[will_spurs]

It's not a surprise to anyone who's really watched TP. Sure, last year was horrific and clouds everything, but he's always been a way better than advertised defender for his position.

Not a surprise to me for sure, but to many on this board obviously.

[DPG21920]

But not surprising to look back at the NBA's last 10 years and which team had the most success when you see that list.

[ducks]

:worthy: MANU is GOD

manu believes there is no god

[timvp]

Great that it's done. I'm hoping two more seasons, honestly. Watching Manu play basketball is still one of the most entertaining things in the world.

[ducks]

I think he plays 2 if spurs win it all
one if not

[BillMc]

:worthy: MANU is GOD

[BillMc]

Great that it's done. I'm hoping two more seasons, honestly. Watching Manu play basketball is still one of the most entertaining things in the world.

+1

[timvp]

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Not to pour cold water on this thread but it'd be nearly impossible for Ginobili NOT to have the highest NetRtg of the Big 3 since of the three he by far has played the highest percentage of his minutes alongside the other members of the Big 3.

Simple math, tbh.

[spurraider21]

Not to pour cold water on this thread but it'd be nearly impossible for Ginobili NOT to have the highest NetRtg of the Big 3 since of the three he by far has played the highest percentage of his minutes alongside the other members of the Big 3.

Simple math, tbh.
but having more minutes with porker would drag him down, so it only makes his numbers more impressive

[Chinook]

3 Spurs in top 4... (including a suprise at #7 in DefRtg)

Not surprising that one of the minutes leaders on the team with the best defense over the last decade would have an elite DRtg, one of the reasons why that stat sucks. But..


It's not a surprise to anyone who's really watched TP. Sure, last year was horrific and clouds everything, but he's always been a way better than advertised defender for his position.

Very true. When he was engaged, Tony could guard his position (even though people don't realize it as with the 2014 WCF). I'm not confident he could check elite PGs now, though, even if he gets healthy.

[DPG21920]

Ya - there is no way, even if healthy, that TP could check Curry, Westbrook (who can tbh..), but he just has to find a way to not be a massive negative. He has to contribute by holding down the guys they hide him on. It can't be a "whomever TP is guarding, go at him" type scenario all year.

Hopefully.

[BillMc]

3 Spurs in top 4... (including a suprise at #7 in DefRtg)

Interesting that there is no sign of Kobe or Wade on this list.

[jhfenton]

Great to see the 3rd best Spur of all-time back for another season.

:bang

[SilverSpur]

OBI WAN GINOBILLI will bring the FORCE !!

[absoloot66]

3 Spurs in top 4... (including a suprise at #7 in DefRtg)

System players

[TheGreatYacht]

More Big 3 records about to be broken :tu

[daledondale]

God himself with a Spalding. :flag:

[loveforthegame]

:tu

[From Downtown]

Great to have him back for one more year

[Splits]

Great to see the 3rd best Spur of all-time back for another season.

Tony was already under contract, this thread is supposed to be about Evita

[BatManu20]

Welcome back, tbh :cry

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[TheGreatYacht]

Tony was already under contract, this thread is supposed to be about Evita
:lmao

[gambit1990]

he'd be my favorite player of all time by miles if not for kawhi.

[Dex]

Welcome back, tbh :cry

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Is he in San Antonio? It's like 100 degrees out, Manu, take off that sweater!

[Buddy Mignon]

Awesome, final piece to the offseason puzzle that included signing:

Tim Duncan, LaMarcus Aldridge, Kawhi Leonard, Danny Green, David West, Boban Marjanovic, Jonathon Simmons + trading for McCallum.

oh and Coach B


You guys said that last year. Jim, Parker, and Long Nose are old farts.

[Splits]

Is he in San Antonio? It's like 100 degrees out, Manu, take off that sweater!

It's winter in Arg

[silverblackfan]

Not to pour cold water on this thread but it'd be nearly impossible for Ginobili NOT to have the highest NetRtg of the Big 3 since of the three he by far has played the highest percentage of his minutes alongside the other members of the Big 3.

Simple math, tbh.

Stinking Manu with the good math again. Angles, velocity, math, he is like a mad bb professor.

[TD 21]

Not to pour cold water on this thread but it'd be nearly impossible for Ginobili NOT to have the highest NetRtg of the Big 3 since of the three he by far has played the highest percentage of his minutes alongside the other members of the Big 3.

Simple math, tbh.

And against opposing benches.

Stats like plus minus, on/off, five man lineups, etc., don't mean much without context.

[ElNono]

GOAT doing GOAT things... welcome back...

[silverblackfan]

Damn glad to see that picture of him signing. The team is just in better hands with him on the team. Break some more records before you go, btw.

[timvp]

Welcome back, tbh :cry

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I thought that was a full-body cast at first glance...

[Dex]

I thought that was a full-body cast at first glance...

:lol That would be some serious rehab to get ready for the season.

You might be onto something, tbh...we can crack him out of it come next March.

[spurraider21]

You guys said that last year. Jim, Parker, and Long Nose are old farts.
I thought you "weren't allowed to access upstairs" you stinky Paki

[ElNono]

the white simmons, tbh

[LiSpurs516]

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Steve Nash's Def doe :lol

[cd98]

Is he in San Antonio? It's like 100 degrees out, Manu, take off that sweater!

Thought the samething. It's winter time in Argentina, though.

[AFBlue]

I thought that was a full-body cast at first glance...

:lmao

[AFBlue]

the white simmons, tbh

:lmao

[timtonymanu]

Great to see the 3rd best Spur of all-time back for another season.

Indeed.

[Diego20]

And against opposing benches.

Stats like plus minus, on/off, five man lineups, etc., don't mean much without context.

He plays against opposing benches but he also plays WITH the bench (second unit).

[timtonymanu]

the white simmons, tbh

:lmao

[spurraider21]

the white simmons, tbh
:lol

[Canyonero]

GOAT

[100%duncan]

My Hero :worthy:

[T Park]

Great to see the 3rd best Spur of all-time back for another season.


Drugs are bad kids.

[spursfan09]

He looks good rested

[alfahdlan]

Thanks, Manu for coming back!!!:bobo

[tatteredprince]

Manu the living legend

arguably among the most intelligent basketball players ever

[tatteredprince]

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[tatteredprince]

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[tatteredprince]

:lobt2::lobt2::lobt2:

[tatteredprince]

:lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2:

[tatteredprince]

:lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2:

[tatteredprince]

and soon to be:

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[SpursFan86]

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Not surprisingly, it looks like Manu took the room exception.

[silverblackfan]

So is Manu paid more than Tim this year?

[From Downtown]

So is Manu paid more than Tim this year?
Nah,5.75 for two years,so 2.8something a year

[tholdren]

Good visual, but no real shocker - spurs are winningest franchise in that time period, why wouldn't they have top net ratings?

[spurspokesman]

War manu

[TD 21]

He plays against opposing benches but he also plays WITH the bench (second unit).

Right, but for the majority of his career, he's been a legit star mostly going against true bench players and doing so with managed minutes. That's a big advantage.

[ElNono]

Right, but for the majority of his career, he's been a legit star mostly going against true bench players and doing so with managed minutes. That's a big advantage.

Out of his 28627 total career minutes (playoffs and regular season), he played:
- 18415 mins with Duncan (64% of the time)
- 16647 mins with Parker (58% of the time)

The perception that he played the majority of his minutes against bench talent is not really true.

[TD 21]

Out of his 28627 total career minutes (playoffs and regular season), he played:
- 18415 mins with Duncan (64% of the time)
- 16647 mins with Parker (58% of the time)

The perception that he played the majority of his minutes against bench talent is not really true.

He played a lot more than the typical player of or above his caliber.

He also had his minutes managed, which obviously helped him play at or near capacity and not have to concern himself with pacing.

[ElNono]

He also had his minutes managed, which obviously helped him play at or near capacity and not have to concern himself with pacing.

This is certainly true.

[Hemotivo]

manu believes there is no god

he's not a believer

[DAF86]

Folks doing all that math. :lol

Let's say Manu would have started instead of coming off the bench, do you really think his numbers would have changed so dramatically to prevent him from still toping that list? Manu's netRtg in '05 when he started the whole season is 16.6 :lmao