Tony Parker has signed a multi-year contract extension.

[Brazil]

Bottom line, Mike Conley contract is almost as goods as TP one which is totally crazy !

[mountainballer]

Scenario 2: Parker hasn't asked for a trade kicker. If Spurs fail to reload on the fly and go through a whole rebuilding process, Parker knows that the best for both side would be a trade. He didn't want a trade kicker in his contract that made a trade harder to do.
I think the right scenario is the second one.

agree.
another indicator might be, that the contract isn't ascending. (could as well have been 10.8/11.9/13.1/14.2)
if Tim retires 2012 and Tony would like to get one more chance with another team, it should be pretty intriguing for some teams to trade for him at that point. he will be 30 then, with 28 M guaranteed money, or 3 years on 37 M. some contenders will inquire at that point.
(watch out for the Lakers. they will have the only 30% guaranteed contract of Odom to offer. and Fisher will be 38 and likely retire. Tony to LA in 2012 makes a lot of sense and could easily be elaborated.)

[admiralsnackbar]

agree.
another indicator might be, that the contract isn't ascending. (could as well have been 10.8/11.9/13.1/14.2)
if Tim retires 2012 and Tony would like to get one more chance with another team, it should be pretty intriguing for some teams to trade for him at that point. he will be 30 then, with 28 M guaranteed money, or 3 years on 37 M. some contenders will inquire at that point.
(watch out for the Lakers. they will have the only 30% guaranteed contract of Odom to offer. and Fisher will be 38 and likely retire. Tony to LA in 2012 makes a lot of sense and could easily be elaborated.)

Let's please not elaborate on that scenario, logical though it may be

[lefty]

Bottom line, Mike Conley contract is almost as goods as TP one which is totally crazy !

I agree

They really insulted Conley on that one

[duncan228]

Sweet Deal For Parker
Ken Rodriguez

Tony Parker did not go through adolescence as a Spur. It just seemed that way. As a rookie, Parker looked young enough to pass for an 11th grader. Now he might stick around San Antonio long enough to get his first (premature) gray hair.

The Spurs recently extended Parker’s contract, and when it expires, he’ll have worn Silver and Black as long as David Robinson -- 14 seasons.

“I always said I wanted to stay in San Antonio,” Parker told reporters last week. “It’s my home.”

Home is a good word. Parker works here, lives here, shoots H-E-B commercials here. It’s hard to imagine him anywhere else. And the extension locks in the team’s core. With Parker, Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili healthy and playing well, the possibility of another le run looms.

“Hopefully, we can have a great season,” Parker said, “and win a lot of games and go far in the playoffs.”

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[Pauleta14]

Bottom line, Mike Conley contract is almost as goods as TP one which is totally crazy !

If you add the Gay contratct, this FO is really out of its mind...

[Pauleta14]

agree.
another indicator might be, that the contract isn't ascending. (could as well have been 10.8/11.9/13.1/14.2)
if Tim retires 2012 and Tony would like to get one more chance with another team, it should be pretty intriguing for some teams to trade for him at that point. he will be 30 then, with 28 M guaranteed money, or 3 years on 37 M. some contenders will inquire at that point.
(watch out for the Lakers. they will have the only 30% guaranteed contract of Odom to offer. and Fisher will be 38 and likely retire. Tony to LA in 2012 makes a lot of sense and could easily be elaborated.)

That's great!

It gives us a future thread opportunity...

[Spurs Brazil]

agree.
another indicator might be, that the contract isn't ascending. (could as well have been 10.8/11.9/13.1/14.2)

For one thing, the deal calls for a non-escalating salary. Parker is to get $12.5 million for the 2011-12 season, and in each of the three succeeding seasons.
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...-details-here/

[vander]

'Til the Wheels fall off....

they should have let the wheels fall off, and put on new ones, that work, instead they just keep duct taping the old ones some more.

this team is now officially ALL BAD CONTRACTS except for guys still on their rookie deals

the minuscule shred of hope I had to see this team rebuild and contend some time in the next 5-7 years is now gone.

[Brazil]

they should have let the wheels fall off, and put on new ones, that work, instead they just keep duct taping the old ones some more.

this team is now officially ALL BAD CONTRACTS except for guys still on their rookie deals

the minuscule shred of hope I had to see this team rebuild and contend some time in the next 5-7 years is now gone.

TP is a bad contract ?

[DrSteffo]

they should have let the wheels fall off, and put on new ones, that work, instead they just keep duct taping the old ones some more.

this team is now officially ALL BAD CONTRACTS except for guys still on their rookie deals

the minuscule shred of hope I had to see this team rebuild and contend some time in the next 5-7 years is now gone.

LOL so stupid

[spursfan09]

They are great contracts considering to who those contracts belong to...

[Blackjack]

Scenario 2: Parker hasn't asked for a trade kicker. If Spurs fail to reload on the fly and go through a whole rebuilding process, Parker knows that the best for both side would be a trade. He didn't want a trade kicker in his contract that made a trade harder to do.
I think the right scenario is the second one.

Exactly what came to mind when seeing no trade kicker.

agree.
another indicator might be, that the contract isn't ascending. (could as well have been 10.8/11.9/13.1/14.2)
if Tim retires 2012 and Tony would like to get one more chance with another team, it should be pretty intriguing for some teams to trade for him at that point. he will be 30 then, with 28 M guaranteed money, or 3 years on 37 M. some contenders will inquire at that point.
(watch out for the Lakers. they will have the only 30% guaranteed contract of Odom to offer. and Fisher will be 38 and likely retire. Tony to LA in 2012 makes a lot of sense and could easily be elaborated.)

Laker speculation aside (mountainballer the ), I agree. Very reasonable contract with consideration to both the individual player and team -- Spurs locked up a premier player while leaving enough wiggle room that said player doesn't have to wind up being trapped on a bad team or immovable with regards to improving their team.