PeterBurns
11-03-2004, 11:08 AM
First of all," Parker said, "I love San Antonio. I love the city, I love the fans and I wanted to stay here. I know here we have a great team and every year we are going to play in the playoffs and every year we have a shot to win the championship. That's most important for me. It's not making $85 million and playing for the Hawks or the Clippers and be sad every day.
"I was ready to take less money and stay in San Antonio and play with a winning team, because every day I can come home and be happy because we are winning games and got playoff excitement."
Holt related that Duncan even offered to pay out of his own pocket the $2 million that separated the two sides, knowing, full well, the NBA would not allow it.
Then
Sprewell, who is in the last year of his contract, added fuel to the fire Sunday when he said the contract the Wolves have offered him is "insulting."
I pretty much told them I don't want what they're talking about," he said. "So if we can't work it out, work something out with somebody else
I don't know, whatever I can," he said. "If they don't want to pay me, why would I want to stay here and risk injury and sit there and be with nothing, no contract? If something happens to me, who is going to look out for Spree then? Nobody
Suck it T-Wolves
"I was ready to take less money and stay in San Antonio and play with a winning team, because every day I can come home and be happy because we are winning games and got playoff excitement."
Holt related that Duncan even offered to pay out of his own pocket the $2 million that separated the two sides, knowing, full well, the NBA would not allow it.
Then
Sprewell, who is in the last year of his contract, added fuel to the fire Sunday when he said the contract the Wolves have offered him is "insulting."
I pretty much told them I don't want what they're talking about," he said. "So if we can't work it out, work something out with somebody else
I don't know, whatever I can," he said. "If they don't want to pay me, why would I want to stay here and risk injury and sit there and be with nothing, no contract? If something happens to me, who is going to look out for Spree then? Nobody
Suck it T-Wolves