Thank You Peter Holt

I'm not sure what has gotten into you and the rest of the ownership group but thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Spurs Nation

no1 can call the spurs cheap nemore they ante'up to try and get timmy one more ring

Yep, huge thanks.
Spurs will be at least $10M over the tax. :wow

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(signing big card)

There would have been criminal charges if Spurs owners, management blew the last few years of Duncans reign.

I was just thinking about making a thread like this. Holt has shown that he is just as invested as a fan as he is as an owner. Thank you...from the bottom of our hearts.

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Originally Posted by Bruno

Yep, huge thanks.
Spurs will be at least $10M over the tax. :wow

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That's just crazy.

Major thanks for stepping up to the plate and bringing us the team we'll need to get another banner up in the AT&T Center. :tu

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Originally Posted by timvp

I'm not sure what has gotten into you and the rest of the ownership group but thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Spurs Nation

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Damn straight. Mr. Holt, you are the man. When you say you're bringing it, you really mean it. The Best Pro Sports Owner of them all. And thanks to R.C. for signing McDyess instead of Sheed. Dice is EXACTLY the guy we need.

:toast

The timing of all this is what gets me. He stepped up to the plate during a broken economy when every other owner is trying to cut spending.

Holt, Pop and RC deserve major respect.

Thanks P.Holt :tu

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Originally Posted by Bruno

Yep, huge thanks.
Spurs will be at least $10M over the tax. :wow

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How? I'm seeing about a $78 million payroll with
1) Duncan
2) Parker
3) Ginobili
4) Jefferson
5) McDyess
6) Mason
7) Mahinmi
8) Finley
9) Bonner
10) Hill
11) Blair
12) McClinton
13) Marcus Williams

Plus, they might add Bowen, Oberto, or one other minimum player, plus whatever part of Haislip's deal may be guaranteed. Maybe that payroll could push low $79 million or so. With the cap at $58.68 million (48.8% BRI), the luxury tax threshold (61.1% BRI) should roughly be about $74.6 million, shouldn't it?

As mentioned before in the RC thread, it's up to us as fans to keep the purple and gold jersied or red jersey-wearing fans out of the AT&T Center. To bring back an old Spurs' slogan "Fill It Up!".

Peter Holt thank you.

If you ever think about passing around a collection basket via PayPal.

You got a Hundred dollar bill from me my man.

If I ever see you out at a Spurs game next year, your next Jack and Coke is on me.


Thank you Peter!

when does the season start!? thanks pete!

Thank you owners. You rock. :toast

And if you're going to go over the luxury tax line, might as well do it in style, eh?

Aside from the wait-and-see of all of the possible signings of Blair, Gist and McClinton, do we now call it an offseason?

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Originally Posted by baseline bum

How? I'm seeing about a $78 million payroll with
1) Duncan
2) Parker
3) Ginobili
4) Jefferson
5) McDyess
6) Mason
7) Mahinmi
8) Finley
9) Bonner
10) Hill
11) Blair
12) McClinton
13) Marcus Williams

Plus, they might add Bowen, Oberto, or one other minimum player, plus whatever part of Haislip's deal may be guaranteed. Maybe that payroll could push low $79 million or so. With the cap at $58.68 million (48.8% BRI), the luxury tax threshold (61.1% BRI) should roughly be about $74.6 million, shouldn't it?

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Lux tax is around $69M.

This is to you, Holt and FO!

You all did very little talking, BUT TOOK ALL THE NECESSARY ACTION to make the Spurs into true contenders again.

Much respect!

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Originally Posted by baseline bum

How? I'm seeing about a $78 million payroll with
1) Duncan
2) Parker
3) Ginobili
4) Jefferson
5) McDyess
6) Mason
7) Mahinmi
8) Finley
9) Bonner
10) Hill
11) Blair
12) McClinton
13) Marcus Williams

Plus, they might add Bowen, Oberto, or one other minimum player, plus whatever part of Haislip's deal may be guaranteed. Maybe that payroll could push low $79 million or so. With the cap at $58.68 million (48.8% BRI), the luxury tax threshold (61.1% BRI) should roughly be about $74.6 million, shouldn't it?

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Your forgetting Haislip and possibly Gist.

Wow. Hopefully these re-vamped Spurs can make it up by a long playoff run!

thanks pete i will defintley go to all the games i can go to next year even maybe some road ones

I think this proves that Holt is a badass competitor. He won 4 championships staying mostly under the cap. The first time a team led by Timmy got eliminated in the first round he and the FO fixed it.

Dude likes to win and is smart enough to buy when others are selling. That's how you get rich in any league. I don't think the offseason deals are over yet either.

:worthy::worthy:

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Thank you Peter, you're the MAN...

Thank you Peter Holt and the rest of the ownership group

Thank you Mr. Holt. This means a lot especially coming during an economic downturn. I'll try to see as many games as I can out of gratitude (and because I'm excited of course).

From a Duncan fan: Thanks. It's much appreciated. Duncan deserves the best possible chance to bring home another one. :toast

hopefully the SPAM posts will be relevant once more .. :flag:

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Originally Posted by Ed Helicopter Jones

I think this proves that Holt is a badass competitor. He won 4 championships staying mostly under the cap. The first time a team led by Timmy got eliminated in the first round he and the FO fixed it.

Dude likes to win and is smart enough to buy when others are selling. That's how you get rich in any league. I don't think the offseason deals are over yet either.

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A quick update of Spurs team salary

Players with a guaranteed salary :
Spurs have 11 players with a fully guaranteed contract
Salaries for these 11 players are :
Tim Duncan: $22,183,220
Richard Jefferson: $14,200,000
Tony Parker: $12,600,000
Manu Ginobili: $10,728,130
Antonio McDyess: $5,854,000
Roger Mason: $3,780,000
Matt Bonner: $3,256,000
Micheal Finley: $2,500,000
Marcus Haislip: $1,990,000
George Hill: $1,081,680
Ian Mahinmi: $899,700
The total salary for these 11 players is $79,072,730

The tax level is $69,920,000.

Spurs will fill the roster with min salary and should end up between $10M and $12M above the tax.

Everyone at Spurstalk shoud thank Peter Holt, RC Buford, and Coach Pop in this thread and we should send it to him via email.

We need to do our part now by supporting the Spurs with all our heart. Go to as many games as possible and everyone should use extra change on a new spurs jersey instead of the beer we were are all thinking about buying in celebration. The FO has been wise now we should follow. Be confident because the Spurs are going all the way.

SAY IT LOUD AND PROUD,

GO SPURS GO

Mr Holt, thank u. Sir. We'll win 4 u.

let's hope they can make up some of that money from championship memorabilia sales.

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:lmao
shaun of the dead. nice.

I don't think I've ever been as excited going into a season since Tim Duncan's rookie year.

This still doesn't excuse the release of Scola....








:wgaf::lol

ST mentioned on 1250

Timvp mention also :toast

Thank you Peter and RC! Now Pop can return from his overseas trip hungry, motivated and ready to kick some ass again.......

I fully endorse this thread and the sentiments contained herein. :)

The ownership group is in a very nice financial position compared to a lot of other teams (and not just Peter Holt).

I think they collectively realize that we have 2 more years to try to get #5 before Duncan is done.

Props to them for making it happen.

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Originally Posted by timvp

I'm not sure what has gotten into you and the rest of the ownership group but thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Spurs Nation

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A fifth of Vodka probably. Id temper my enthusiasm until after we see how the organization does financially.

I am going to buy a pair of season tickets for sure now.

I just need help finding the right type of medication that I can give my wife so she will sleep through the whole season and never know that I bought them.

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Originally Posted by timvp

I'm not sure what has gotten into you and the rest of the ownership group but thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Spurs Nation

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Nothing sparks a competitor more than losing. First round lost= priceless+change

Props to the whole spurs FO:toast

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Originally Posted by rayray2k8

This still doesn't excuse the release of Scola....
Maybe not for everybody but let the good times roll ray







:wgaf::lol

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Peter Holt, I love you.

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Originally Posted by timvp

I'm not sure what has gotten into you and the rest of the ownership group but thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Spurs Nation

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+ 1

Thank you very much !!!

Business is boominghttp://www.constructionweekonline.co...aterpillar.jpg

Holt sending Duncan and Pop out in style.:toast

Thank you and all the group. I think we will be going all the way just like 2 years ago. It will be worth it

I agree with this post. Spurs ownership is trying to do whatever possible to be truly in the championship hunt.

Now, it's all up to this man :pop: to lead the spurs..

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Originally Posted by __JaG__

The timing of all this is what gets me. He stepped up to the plate during a broken economy when every other owner is trying to cut spending.

Holt, Pop and RC deserve major respect.

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Great Point !

Thank you owner, thank you FO, thank you Pop

Thanks Mr. HoltCat for challenging and allowing the FO to "pull out all the stops" to upgrade the roster in the "drive for five".

I'm seriously looking for my old Cat Diesel Power hat.

I'm just glad this team didn't win another championship with the old as dirt roster it had, because this offseason would've never happened.

Mr. Holt, you're a real life american hero, with a story like few others, and have done nothing but represent this town and team in a first-class manor...

I, and the rest of my Spurs brethren, can never thank you enough.:toast

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Originally Posted by jay014

Business is boominghttp://www.constructionweekonline.co...aterpillar.jpg

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Beautiful!!!!!! :LMAO

:worthy:

+1 on all the praise to Holt.

You couldn't have said it better. From Montevideo, Uruguay and probably all over the rest of the world filled with Spurs fans, THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!

I'm promising this now as well, If McClinton makes the team I'll buy his Jersey and go to San Antonio (or Austin) to have it signed by him.

Thanks to Peter Holt and the ownership group. Never thought I'd see the day when the Spurs would go hard into luxtaxland like they have this summer, but man, what a job by the FO. Hopefully there's a little left for kibble for Holt's Cat.

Now, Pop, get your head out of your ass and play rotations that make sense now that you have the players to do so. Last year was not your best.

now ship out bonner and fin & get us splitter and gist

I'm a Kabota man myself, but I will send some love to CAT somewhere down the line. :toast

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Originally Posted by Spurs#1

There would have been criminal charges if Spurs owners, management blew the last few years of Duncans reign.

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True, but its still a business.

We are finally out of the Holting Pattern.

:toast:toast:toast

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Originally Posted by timvp

Lux tax is around $69M.

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$69M? Did they change the definition from 61.1% of the average BRI? Or did they change the salary cap from 48.8%?

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Originally Posted by baseline bum

$69M? Did they change the definition from 61.1% of the average BRI? Or did they change the salary cap from 48.8%?

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Never mind. The cap is $57.7M and is 51% of projected average BRI now. Man, that just makes it even more unbelievable that they'd spend at $8+ million in taxes in this economy to put a winner on the floor. No wonder we're hearing about a lockout after next season with the cap climbing to 51%.

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Originally Posted by timvp

I'm not sure what has gotten into you and the rest of the ownership group but thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Spurs Nation

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Co-sign. +100000000. :flag:

THANK YOU MR. HOLT!!!!!!

ps. how can i contribute? buy merch off spurs.com would help right? (i live in LA so i cant goto games etc.)

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Originally Posted by Solid D

As mentioned before in the RC thread, it's up to us as fans to keep the purple and gold jersied or red jersey-wearing fans out of the AT&T Center. To bring back an old Spurs' slogan "Fill It Up!".

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Damn right. Every Spurs fan better come out in a flurry this year to the games. I experienced one of the worst experiences this past season....Game 1 Spurs-Mavs...after the game I was right by and heard a bunch of stupid Mavs fans chanting "Let's Go Mavs" and "Sorry San Antonio if was fun watching you kick our asses for years but its finally over. You're done." I never wanna hear this shit EVER again in OUR house.

Yeah, many thanks Peter Holt. It is a total surprise that you would open the purse strings just as money becomes tight, but you've obviously realised that it would be a tragedy to waste the end of the Greatest PF ever's career. Well done. :toast

I wish I owned some land or needed to move some earth so I could go out and buy a Holt tractor or two.

Thank you Peter. Thank you so much.

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Originally Posted by __JaG__

The timing of all this is what gets me. He stepped up to the plate during a broken economy when every other owner is trying to cut spending.

Holt, Pop and RC deserve major respect.

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I am not sure if anyone here reads Seth Godin's blog but there was a really good post a few months ago about why now, in this economy, is the perfect time to start a company. He basically said that the best time to start something new is when others are hedging their bets, cutting back, and being conservative. Spent at the time when other's save. Take risks when others are standing sill.

He said (paraphrased) that success you may have is magnified in relation to your competitors when they hold back or slow down. Now is a great time to go on way, because everyone else is going the other, and the space between you and them will be greater than if you wait for everything to get "better."

Seth Godin is a business and marketing professional, and Peter Holt is a business man.

I'm just glad Holt's knowledge of business strategy translates to basketball. As a Spurs fan, I'm REALLY glad of that.

Thank you to everybody that made the signings possible, the people who drafted Blair, McClinton and the the other guy. What's his name? IDK And... everything else! :toast

For the first time in her life, Peter Holt's wife may have reason to be wary of groupies.

Thanks Holt! :D

wouldn't it be funny/devastating if all of this was just a huge unified dream that thousands of people had and when we wake up the roster would be the same as when the 09 season just ended.

Thank's guys you guys slam dunked the shit out of this offseason.

I think Timmy spoke up...

:toast

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

I will be buying season tix.

Thanks Mr Holt and all the parties involved with this offseason! You injected life back into the championship spirits of every Spurs fan across the globe!

I think someday the true story will come out: that the night before the RJ trade Holt was visited by the ghosts of Angelo Drossos, Charles Comiskey, and Harry Frazee.

I love the signings, and if I lived in SA, would be all over a ticket package. For now, I will have to follow what I can from Sun land and hopefully make a couple trips out to SA to see the craziness live.

Time to buy a bunch of Spurs' gear! :D

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Originally Posted by Budkin

I think Timmy spoke up...

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I don't think he needed to. After everything Timmy did for this team, Peter, RC, and Pop want to give him at least one more ring before he leaves...Tim has a big smile on his face right now as he's playing Madden.

Spurs are Holt,
Holding
Onto
LARRY O'BRIEN TROPHY
Team

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Originally Posted by timvp

I'm not sure what has gotten into you and the rest of the ownership group but thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Spurs Nation

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:toast
:flag:
:lobt::lobt::lobt::lobt::lobt2:

Let the FO love fest continue, but people will see we won't have anyone to slow down Kobe and Artest when it matters if we don't get Bruce back.

Props to Peter to make the effort to try to give an another ring to Tim: he deserved that

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Originally Posted by SA210

Let the FO love fest continue, but people will see we won't have anyone to slow down Kobe and Artest when it matters if we don't get Bruce back.

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Bowen couldn't even guard Kobe in '08. Kobe shot 50% from the field in that series.

To think 2 years later that he would be any better is ludicrous.

Truly an arms race offseason. Thank you Mr. Holt for giving up the $

Losing in the first round, to the Mavs, in five games, will do things to you.

This will be a good season.

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I think Timmy spoke up...

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I don't think Timmy had to say anything.. at least not recently. When he negotiated his contract extension a couple of years back, TD accepted a significantly lower paycheck with the intention of giving the FO the flexibility to hire better talent later on. Well, the time has come for the owners to put up and they have shown themselves to be true to their commitment to foot the bill and upgrade the team. I fear to think how Timmy would have reacted if the Holt & Co. had not done so.

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Originally Posted by SA210

Let the FO love fest continue, but people will see we won't have anyone to slow down Kobe and Artest when it matters if we don't get Bruce back.

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Forget Kobe! How are the Lakers going to slow down Dejuan "The Beast" Blair???!!!

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Originally Posted by DrHouse

Bowen couldn't even guard Kobe in '08. Kobe shot 50% from the field in that series.

To think 2 years later that he would be any better is ludicrous.

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He'd guard him just about as well as anyone out there nowadays, but admittedly, not as well as in past years. Citing Kobe's shooting percentage in '08 against Bowen would be a misguided premise, though.

The Spurs and Bowen did exactly what they wanted to do against the Lakers defensively. Their offense failed them.

Pop decided to let Kobe get his points off of jumpers, Bowen obliged, and Kobe didn't live at the free-throw line. The script basically played out the way the coaching staff envisioned.

Now, you can say it was a bad strategy, which I don't believe it was, but you can't say that it was an indictment on Bowen's ability when the coaching staff basically took away his aggressiveness.

But, I'm sure a knowledgeable Laker fan like yourself knew that and was just doing a little needling...

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Originally Posted by DrHouse

Bowen couldn't even guard Kobe in '08. Kobe shot 50% from the field in that series.

To think 2 years later that he would be any better is ludicrous.

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Totally agree with the post of BlackJack. Plus if seem to recall there was even one game in regular seaosn when bowen held kobe to 18 points and actualyy outscored him. He does a significant better job than many out there and I doubt that he has run out of gas.