Manu to sign extension

[bigbendbruisebrother]

Over paying a tad bit... but oh well

With Manu we beat the Celtics, Lakers and Magic. Without Manu, we lose to the Nets.

No Manu, no

[AFBlue]

Manu is likely worth this deal for the next two years (alongside Duncan and probably Parker), but I'm worried about the last year of this deal. $14M is a lot of cheese.

[Pauleta14]

I'm also surprised by the 13M/year value, but concidering he was WAY underpaid for his actual contract...

Good for him, good for the Spurs and...... good for us!

[Andy25]

I am so glad the spurs finally got their act together. I am not in gloom like I was at the middle of the season.

[bigbendbruisebrother]

What will this do concerning the Splitter situation? Is there enough money to sign him? If not then he is pretty much either in Euroland to stay for several more years or a trade asset.

One way to look at this is that maybe the front office thinks we're going to lose Splitter to another ginormous Spanish contract. Hopefully, Tiago doesn't pull a Scola on us, but if he does, at least Holt didn't hold onto the cash only to lose Splitter and Manu. Insert "bird in the hand" metaphor here.

[AFBlue]

Don't mean to put a damper on the news...I'm as excited as anyone that Manu will be with this team the next few years. Without him it became a HUGE question mark as to whether the Spurs would continue to contend.

If healthy, he's worth every bit of that contract. I just worry about Manu playing that last year for $14M at age 35 and potentially without all-time NBA great Tim Duncan.

Enough of that worry....awesome news!

Go Spurs!

[DesignatedT]

now we can get ready to do this all over again with tony...

[benefactor]

So glad they got this done. It's hard for fans to stand on the outside looking in and wonder if the FO is still as committed to go all in as they were when they acquired RJ...considering all that has transpired this season. With this move, they have said an emphatic "yes". Couple that with the fact there is no other place that any of us want to see Manu play and you have a situation that is great for the Spurs, the fans and the one an only Manu Ginobili.

[Pauleta14]

Don't mean to put a damper on the news...I'm as excited as anyone that Manu will be with this team the next few years. Without him it became a HUGE question mark as to whether the Spurs would continue to contend.

If healthy, he's worth every bit of that contract. I just worry about Manu playing that last year for $14M at age 35 and potentially without all-time NBA great Tim Duncan.

Enough of that worry....awesome news!

Go Spurs!

Do you really see Timmy retiering at the end of his contract?!

I see him play at least 5 more years... (he is one of the few superstars who doesn't need to be the center piece for ever!)

[DazedAndConfused]

I'm sure Spur fans are elated universally at this news, but your FO is making a huge gamble here assuming Ginobili is going to stay healthy for the next two seasons.

That's a massive chunk of change they just dropped on him.

[Mel_13]

No. At the beginning of the season, Manu was going to let his contract expire so he could get that fourth year. I don't know all the details, but I do know that Manu wanted 4 years, the Spurs were willing to give him 3. Perhaps the Spurs bumped up the offer and threw in more money so Manu's contract expired the same year as Tim's and he didn't test the FA market.

Manu's deal is now one year longer than Tim's.

[DesignatedT]

wouldn't be surprised if duncan extended his contract 1 more year. He'd still be a very effective big man.

[vander]

I guess the Spurs have no desire to remain compe ive after this year

Manu will be getting paid about a million dollars for every good game he'll have

[Mel_13]

I'm sure Spur fans are elated universally at this news, but your FO is making a huge gamble here assuming Ginobili is going to stay healthy for the next two seasons.

That's a massive chunk of change they just dropped on him.

It is a risk, although is Manu for 14M in 2012-13 any riskier than Kobe for 30M in 2013-14?

[baseline bum]

I guess the Spurs have no desire to remain compe ive after this year

Manu will be getting paid about a million dollars for every good game he'll have

So your plan to get better was to have him walk for nothing?

[boutons_deux]

I hope the Suns' dumbass fans boo Manu tonight.

Manu should wear his "Argentinian macho man wig" down to his shoulders and gayly flick it back all night. Scola and Roberto type hair.

[vander]

So your plan to get better was to have him walk for nothing?

you think any other team would have offered even close to that, Spurs should have let him test the open market, where he'd be lucky to get half that

and why now of all times, right after he's been hot for 3 weeks, why now when his value is temporarily extremely over-inflated?

poor Spurs Fans...

[Mel_13]

you think any other team would have offered even close to that, Spurs should have let him test the open market, where he'd be lucky to get half that

and why now of all times, right after he's been hot for 3 weeks, why now when his value is temporarily extremely over-inflated?

poor Spurs Fans...

You didn't answer the question.

How does this extension make the Spurs less compe ive next season?

Because that's what you said.

[baseline bum]

I guess the Spurs have no desire to remain compe ive after this year .

So your plan to improve the team was to have him walk for nothing then?

[Spurs Brazil]

Manu's agent: Spurs fans 'can have some hope' -

http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblog...agent-san.html

"Everybody is reporting it's done," Rudoy said. "It is not done, but we are talking really seriously."

[wildbill2u]

Excellent news.

Yahoo Sports with breaking Spurs news again.

Johnny Ludden is still so wired in to the Spurs that you can take this article to the bank. Might still hit a bump in the road, but at least both sides seem to be working toward an accord.

Hallalujah! Here's to you Mr. Holt.

[baseline bum]

Come on vander, answer the question.

[vander]

You didn't answer the question.

How does this extension make the Spurs less compe ive next season?

Because that's what you said.

Come on vander, answer the question.

the same way signing Bonner for 9 million a year would

or mason for 6 million a year, it isn't that complicated

[baseline bum]

the same way signing Bonner for 9 million a year would

or mason for 6 million a year, it isn't that complicated

Yes, it isn't that complicated. Signing one of the teams best players to an extension makes the team much more compe ive next year than letting him walk for nothing does.

[8FOR!3]

All is well in the mother ing world, thank God!