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he will get it soon enough.
How I see it Ginobili is back to his allstar caliber. Now that Tony is out for a while, and will have only a few games before the playoffs, i think this maybe the last year we see the big three together. If we dont sign Manu now, some team will offer him a lot more than the Spurs will, and that will be the end of the Big Three and any hope for another championship. Granted we have two good players in Hill and Blair, and a bust in RJ, we need the big three to actually contend in the playoffs. What do you guy think?
he will get it soon enough.
Unless he commits to not playing anymore NT Basketball I don't want the Spurs to resign him.
Are you watching these games? Do you see what happens when he goes out? You want that full time?
If he makes it all the way through the season without health issues, and I think that is still an open question, he gets a nice two year extension.
Lol, he's already gone. What possible incentive exits for him to stay at this point? He's either going to get more money elsewhere, or he's going to end up on a contender (which the Spurs clearly are not).
The front office is a ing joke. Their long-term plan is to hope they luck out in the lottery next year.
This. He's no good to the Spurs injured and he will get injured again playing for his NT.
You're quickly turning into one of the worst posters around.
You're pimping Bogans in the game thread today trying to tell me e's not that bad and now are wanting Manu gone? I don't think you know anything about Basketball.
I am not saying your point sucks, but if you want to take that stance please show me who the Spurs should sign if Manu won't do what you're asking him to.
Giving him an extension without a promise to quit the NT is pointless, you'll only get a tired Manu to start the next season. Or he can take a pay cut and play in the summer.
Who do you replace him with if you let him go?
You're going to get a Roger Mason Jr. level player or worse probably.
don't know just yet, haven't studied the off season free agents
It doesn't matter if you know the free agents the point I am trying to make is the Spurs can't afford anyone anywhere near Manu's level.
The Spurs have until July but as long as he stays healthy and limits/eliminates playing for his NT; then its a no-brainer to resign him. Hopefully thats what happens - the Spurs have had too many unfortunate injuries to the Big 3 these past couple of seasons.
Ginobili's back to his vintage self and there's no other player that can replace his impact on the Spurs. On top of filling the stat-sheet, he also develops quick chemistry with new players. He's also the guy that this town loves; he's the one that gets the crowd into the game as seen again tonight.
That I know but will the Spurs just throw half of next season away should Manu play this summer? I'd love for them to resign him but if he plays for the NT he should have to take a penalty with it. Considering his age and health history.
Sometimes you have to gamble if you want to win. The Spurs took a gamble with Jefferson and it didn't pan out. Do we throw away Duncan's last season and start rebuilding or we take another gamble and see if it pays off?
It's a very high risk gamble with Manu (if he plays for the NT) but I guess you take it considering that he knows everything from top to bottom on the O/D and the years left with Duncan. Obviously something that you can't get from any FA.
Exactly. If we had 3 more years of a window with TD, then you don't need to gamble. You have plenty of time to trade, or even groom somebody. But if we're really in win now mode, I don't see how you let him walk.
Then again, there's plenty of time until July 1st.
This. No reason not to resign him, and no penalty either, I think Manu will make the right choice and retire from NT, hope Tony can do it the same summer.
LOL at this idiot
Retire from NT to do what ? , get less and less salary, less and less respect on a non contender team ?
Besides exstatic's answer to the above it needs to be pointed out that the Spurs CAN'T ask any player not play for their repsective NTs. It's against NBA rules/bylaws. Stern would come down on any franchise that was caught doing that. Just even commenting about it gets you in hot water.
If Manu wants to play for his NT there is nothing that the Spurs or if he signs with another team can do about it. At this time the Spurs and all the other teams have to just go with it and hope that their respective players don't get hurt.
Now with the upcoming new CBA and a possible lockout in the near future then maybe the owner's give in on one point and then demand that they can control their players involvement reagrding that. Wishful thinking but anything is possible. I know that Cuban doesn't like this situation (he said so IIRC about 2 years ago - give or take) and I would be willing to bet neither does Pop.
Manu is finally back to being Manu and I believe that Manu is in the driver's seat at this point if he continues to be healthy. He could either re-sign if the FO gives him an extension or wait and see what's other teams offer this summer.
But if he gets injuried.......
Sports can be a crapshoot at times. You never know what is going to happen.
Just ask TP.
There is no gamble. You take one last run at it next season, then the seemingly inevitable lockout will commence and then Duncan will likely retire, so the Spurs will be forced into a re-build then anyway. I hear people saying re-build now and I don't get it. What's the point of the re-build? To one day win another championship, but let's be honest, no big time star is coming to small market San Antonio to lead a re-building team, so unless the Spurs can find an authentic superstar in the draft sometime soon, they'll have no chance at competing for a championship.
However bleak it may look, the big three, when healthy, are still a championship caliber core. The Spurs have two (and will hopefully have a third) good, young players to augment them, so there is a base in place. Obviously, it will still be an uphill battle, but the opportunity is still there and it's an opportunity the Spurs owe to Duncan. Not only for what he's given to the franchise on the court, but off the court, giving up $11 million over 2 years so that they'd get him more help and compete for a championship for the duration of his contract.
DON'T JUMP...Come down from there and we can talk about this...
S&T for a youngster !
As much as I'd love watching Manu play for my NT, I think his days defending the Argie colors are over. He has done enough in that department. Time for others (Delfino?) to pick up that responsability.
Manu needs to finish his NBA carrier on a high note.
I think the same.Ginobili won all with his NT.He has enough medals.He has the gold medal of the Olympic games....
If he was young he will play again but actually i don't see the reason to play more with Argentina.
It's not the same with Tony who never won with France.
Manu played well this year.The problem to resign or not must be only in money terms.
I dont see a lot of better players than him to sign next summer.Only Lebron,Wade or Bosh. If we can sign one of them then Manu will be not a priority although we could sign him anyway.
But that's not going to happen so resign Manu is the first move to do if we still want to be in the fight or.. we can forget to win in the next 3 or 4 years and begin the rebuilt.It's something that it's going to happen anyway.
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