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1. Boris/Manu
2. Green
3. Tim Duncan, I'm sure RC has a wink deal in place
4. Hopefully it ain't Patty, look at the $$$ CancerJo just got
5. Not on this team, but Patrick Beverley comes to mind
For purposes of passing time in the off season, which current spur has the brightest future after their playing days are done. It's hard to answer such a generic question so breaking it down into categories might make it easier to discuss.
Let's say who do you think would be/have:
(1) best career in the NBA as a coach or in the front office
(2) best career as an analyst, announcer, etc.
(3) who's gonna earn the best return on the NBA monies they earned and saved
(4) who's gonna be the brokest in 20 years?
(5). Will someone become a crack head, felon, or pull a Alvin Robertson
My answers are :
(1) manu ginobili if he chooses that route. He's not Jordan to where his on the court skills don't translate. He could excel as a coach or a GM imo.
(2)I think Patty mills would be a phenomenal announcer. Arguments could easily be made for others.
(3) Matt Bonner - probably saved 80 percent of his after tax money and will get all Warren buffet on folks. Don't doubt the red rocket. He parlayed being the punchline of jokes into a decade long NBA career.
(4) boban. Medical bills will break his ass before age 45. Book it.
(5) no one becomes Ray curuth infamous.
1. Boris/Manu
2. Green
3. Tim Duncan, I'm sure RC has a wink deal in place
4. Hopefully it ain't Patty, look at the $$$ CancerJo just got
5. Not on this team, but Patrick Beverley comes to mind
Green carries himself well. Probably a better answer. His head is more camera friendly than Patty. He has a weird racoon look to him
I can see Danny on ESPN like Bruce, tbh
(1) best career in the NBA as a coach or in the front office
Manu as coach, Tim as player development coach working with young big men, but I'd like to see him as a member of the Spurs front office.
(2) best career as an analyst, announcer, etc.
Manu/Patty/Tony on international broadcasting
(3) who's gonna earn the best return on the NBA monies they earned and saved
Who knows. Most NBA players lost their investments when the stock market plunged, they also lost money investing in real estate last years.
(4) who's gonna be the brokest in 20 years?
No one.
(5). Will someone become a crack head, felon, or pull a Alvin Robertson
Nah
I think green is the best coach. Way smarter than kawhi. Best analyst is Boris. Second coming of bill Walton there. But he'll be a French broadcaster only.
Money? You want me to say parker because in my fantasy world he'll get another max contact after this extension runs out, but it'll be Duncan. After his loss he'll have his in order. Lol. Bonner is a dark horse here too.
4 broke? Nobody hopefully.
5 Duncan but thanks to his divorce and lawsuit he's fully lawyered and beats the charges.
(1) TBH, Spurs are full of high intelligence guys. It's just a matter of who decides to go into coaching / management.
(2) Mills and Green would be good TV guys. The departed Baynes would be good too.
(3) Meh.....
(4) Obviously, the lower wage earners will have the best chance at being broke down the line; except Jimmer has a following, and he has options beyond BB.
(5) McCallum, maybe? Doubt it.
I guess I see Manu as one who will disappear and you won't hear much about him anymore. He already said he doesn't want to coach. I see Tony sticking around and Tim in some type of capacity. I could also see Green doing something with the Spurs in the future.
I'm suprised no one has mentioned Bonner for either the front office or analyst/commentator role. I think it's a very real possibility he serves in one or the other for the Spurs after he retires in a year or two. Tim, definitely a player development coach.
As for who will best handle their money, I'm gonna go with Tony. His playboy days are behind him now, and I think he'll surround himself with the right people to make the right investments. My second choice would be David West. He's already said that he's set for life and that was the reason he could take a $12M paycut voluntarily.
I don't see any felons or dumbasses on the current roster, but you never know.
(1) best career in the NBA as a coach or in the front office --> Marjanovic
(2) best career as an analyst, announcer, etc. --> Kawhi
(3) who's gonna earn the best return on the NBA monies they earned and saved --> Mills
(4) who's gonna be the brokest in 20 years? --> Ginobili
(5). Will someone become a crack head, felon, or pull a Alvin Robertson --> Duncan
Looks like Udoka. Saved the spurs fm another round 1 beating by getting Lamar.
He's going to be a very coveted front office guy tbh
Danny Green looks like Lionel Richie with short hair & tattoos.
An interesting exercise for off season. I'm limiting the players to those who've been here for a few years. Who knows what a rookie could do.
(1) best career in the NBA as a coach or in the front office: Duncan has said he loves basketball so much he might want to stay around in some capacity. I'm gonna take him at his word, but don't think he'll full time coach. I'd think Bonner and Diaw could coach if they want to, Diaw probably in France. Why Bonner? To build a long career with his physical talent, he had to be smart enough to learn the game. Diaw is just a smart s.o.b. about BB period.
(2) best career as an analyst, announcer, etc. Not many serious contenders here. Bonner has shown some deft verbal ability in videos and interviews and is probably the best of the lot. Tim could be great at it because he's so knowledgeable, but doubt he'd want to be away from his kids so much.
(3) who's gonna earn the best return on the NBA monies they earned and saved. Well, we know it won't be Duncan since some business manager already made off with over 20 million. Manu impresses me as the mature, level-headed guy who's got a good business manager and is set for life. Somebody said David West is set for life and good for him but he's too new to the team for my pick. If Bonner eats nothing but sandwiches, he's probably putting away the bulk of his meager salary.
(4) who's gonna be the brokest in 20 years? Hard to say but the Spurs don't cater to dummies. Since all of them have a pretty good IQ, I'm confident that none of them will be out on the streets.
(5). Will someone become a crack head, felon, or pull a Alvin Robertson. I think anyone who'd go down that path would already have exhibited some of the tell-tale signs, especially of drug use, and I dont see any of that. The Spurs are pretty uptight about the moral character of players and bad boys don't last long in the Silver and Black. Parker looks like the closest to become a playboy who might develop some bad habits.
Great question. I think Manu can do whatever he wants and probably has the most unlimited potential given his NBA and international experience. I like Duncan, but the NBA head offices mostly discriminate against big men. Not many of them make it in coaching because I think they are seen as less knowledgable about the whole game, though I wouldn't put Duncan in that category. I think he'll always have a place with the Spurs, but I think Manu could literally get a job anywhere. Parker, not so sure. I'd also say that Bonner has potential (he's not a big guy like the category of big men that I would use to classify Bonner) to work anywhere. I do think Danny Green is also on the Bonner level.
Agree. Duncan is a great passer with the superior court vision of a veteran point guard.
Also, it's true the prejudice about big men as coaches, at least seeing these numbers...
Throughout league history, some 44% of head coaches with NBA playing experience were point guards, while just 6% were centers, according to Stats LLC.
The disparity has grown over the past 25 years, with ex-point guards accounting for 52% of coaches with playing backgrounds, in contrast to centers making up just 4.7%. (This past season, 11 of the 17 ex-players who served as coaches were onetime point guards.)For the first few decades of the league's existence, the chasm made some sense, given how short the average player was.
In the 1970s, 26% of NBA players stood 6-foot-3 or shorter, more than double the number of players 6-foot-10 and taller.
But it makes much less sense now, since there have been more tall players than short ones for each of the past 37 years.
This decade, players 6-foot-10 and taller have made up 28% of the league, the highest number for that group in history, and players 6-foot-3 and shorter have made up 19% the lowest in history.
Basketball, like other sports, tends to discriminate among the positions on the court, with players perceived to be more or less cerebral depending on which one they play.
It's the reason why former quarterbacks, catchers and defensemen are most the prevalent coaches in football, baseball and hockey, respectively.
In basketball, point guards are often assumed to have a better understanding of the game's intricacies and strategies—to be able to think as quickly as they move.
Big men, by contrast, are perceived by many to have less responsibility and less awareness of the entire court.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-big-...all-1402007079
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From a purely basketball perspective, Matt Bonner has the brightest future. The field is open; and he'll be high in demand, tbh. We'll see if he stays in the Spurs organization for the long haul or not.
Brightest future? They are multimillionaires. Unless they do a Philip Seymour Hoffman move and die in a flat with a needle sticking out of their chest, they are all going to have fantastic futures.
Obscure reference of the day.
Matty Ice Bonner is the heir apparent to Pop tbh.
(1) best career in the NBA as a coach or in the front office
Manu Ginobili
Tim Duncan will be like Hakeen and give some training camps.
(2) best career as an analyst, announcer, etc.
If Barkley, Shaq and that one who hates the Spurs can do it, anyone can do.
(3) who's gonna earn the best return on the NBA monies they earned and saved
Red Rocket - as a music event promoter.
Splitter - his Family of lawyers of jewish descent. need to say more?
(4) who's gonna be the brokest in 20 years?
Austin Daye -
Kyle Anderson - just signed his first contract and bought a Mercedes S-Class
(5). Will someone become a crack head, felon, or pull a Alvin Robertson
Stephen Jackson - maybe he doesn't became a crackhead, but can end jailed by some stupid reason.
Kawhi Leonard - alcohol issues.
Both of Tim Duncan's parents died of cancer. Doubt he'll live very long after retirement.
Making more than a million guaranteed over your first two years after tax probably is ample to buy an S-Class. Factor in the cost of living difference between SA and a big city and that already makes up the difference over two years. Not like he's not getting his 3/4 option picked up either.
Very different for a first round pick in the NBA to spend money than ANY NFL player picked outside of the first round. If NFL money dries up, there's no option of getting checks in Europe or China. Outside the first round, you don't see more than $3mm guaranteed and it falls off quickly after round 2.
If indicative of general spending though and he gets rides for all his buddies, that's a great way to go broke fast.
The S-Class was ONE of his acquisitions. Probably he spent Money with other things too... for someone who has some issues as a NBA player like lack of athleticism, it's a reckless move.
Good thread. I'll go with Bonner for 1, 2 and 3. I can't see him doing both 1 and 2 but I think he'd be better at either than any other current Spur.
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