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Ask him to take a paycut.
Extend Him at $10Mil+ A Year Till 2012 (Tim's Deal)
Ask him to take a Pay Cut to 2012 $5Mil Yr
Allow him to become a Free Agent and See him Leave?
We touched on this topic this morning on the show, and wanted Spurstalk feedback.
Spurs are going to find themselves with a tough decision next year. What do they do with Manu.
As you know, they broke off contract extension talks when Manu had ankle surgery in the offseason after the Olympics.
Now with the other ankle possibly giving him issues, they are going to have take a long look at the future of him with the Spurs.
With Manu being a Free Agent in 2010. Do the Spurs extend him at $10mil plus? Do they ask him to take a pay cut? Or do they thank him for his time with the Spurs and wish him well?
Loyalty Vs Business
Ask him to take a paycut.
Trade him while he still has some value...
cut him sign someone young to compliment tony
Depends on his health. As long as he's healthy, I extend him for basically whatever it takes to keep him.
If you're Manu's Agent and Spurs offer $5M, and someone else offers $8M+. How would he turn it down?
If there is a chance for more rings Manu will take a cut. If not, he'll retire or go play in europe.
I don't see how you sign a 30 something year old guy with 1 bad/reconstructed wheel and 1 possibly-bad-wheel-but-we-don't-know-yet who plays that style to a $10MM/yr. contract. Hopefully the Spurs learned their "let's reward you for what you've done" lesson and don't pull a Malik Rose they have to get out from under in a year or two.
Definitely offer a contract, but not at "Big 3" dollars. You just can't do that.
+1
Yes, it's really bad timing to put a poll like this right now...
I'm not convinced we would sign anyone that would qualify as an improvement over Manu, regardless of his condition.
Trade Tony and Manu for someone who can help Tim to win until he retires
5 Mill... PeterBurns... couldn't you start this thread in a month or two?
It will be a touchy situation. The Spurs are like a deer. They scramble at the littlest scary thing. Trust me, they wouldn't have pulled the trigger on a trade unless it was a no-brainer, and once this issue with Manu popped up, they scampered back into the woods. And that's another reason why I like the Spurs FO
cop out answer
If he continues to have injury problems, let him walk. Otherwise, I think he can be convinced by Tim Duncan's example and sign for less so the team will have flexibility.
not tough, just wait and see how well he plays this season and next and how well his body holds up, either way he will have to take a pay cut given his age and the surrounding players on the team. If he requires more money then it maybe time to part ways from a business standpoint and seek other options in 2010. I love Manu but this is business not personal but I do think the Spurs payng Parker more was crazy at the time it was done. Manu should be making more or the same as Tony.
Offer Mid-level money on an extension. That is the type money Manu will be offered as a free agent. I doubt another team is going to pay a 32-year-old player with an increasing injury history big time money of $10 million. In this recession/depression with a bunch of teams losing big time money?
I honestly think that he would go back to Argentina if the Spurs don't re-sign him. IIRC, he has hinted at this already.
plays maybe great 20 minutes a game
great players get paid 10 million for 35 minutes
worth no more then mle
yep, should of done this after he didn't show up in the lakers series last year.
bye bye manu!
you should have made it a public poll so we could see who voted what
yeah because manu and tp did nothing in le runs spurs had
I'm not going to worry about it intill that day comes...For now I just want to wish manu the best and hope everything is fine with him.......
I know, but all of the talk about contracts and the future of the market in 2010 had a lot to do with the trade talks that happened this year.5 Mill... PeterBurns... couldn't you start this thread in a month or two?
Lots of teams trying to move salaries. And It sucks because as a Spurs fan, I really want Manu to retire a Spur, but at the same time also believes that he should get the most amount of money that he can command. The guy gives it his all.
I hope for everything that they keep this trio intact until 2012. Then let the rebuilding process begin. I just hope casual Spurs fan smarts up and start appreciating this team more, and how the FO has done a great job of building this cast.
Give him the extension, but protect yourself with partial guarantees and/or incentives for number of games played.
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