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Yeah, but then Timmeh will ask, "Is Bonner still on the team?" When the Spurs, after a long pause, say yes, Timmeh will reply, "Championship? Yeah right. Pay me."
They'll tell Tim Duncan u can have whatever you want but keep in mind if u want to compete for a championship we need some money to bring people in and resign players
Yeah, but then Timmeh will ask, "Is Bonner still on the team?" When the Spurs, after a long pause, say yes, Timmeh will reply, "Championship? Yeah right. Pay me."
It has to happen at sometime, we shouldn't overpay either. I say get Roy Ribbert and some others in off season
Restricted free agent.
sign him back as an assistant coach
That wont happen. Duncan will be done with basketball and not want to coach....just like Robinson. Just like another player I think would have made a great coach but has no desire to do it....Robert Horry. These guys I mentioned are to passive and content in their lives. They are ready to move on and dont want to coach.
true...we're on the hook for him for the next two years at around 7.5 million...and we wouldn't expect the spurs to do the only smart thing and amnesty him since there's no one else on this roster they would use it on
in the real world , when you start not producing like you used to, you get canned. In the nba you get a raise. Duncan was paid 204,709,155, for his services, he was paid what he earned. im all for loyalty from both sides, look at his production this year, compare to what similar players get paid, give him that.
I dunno, the results speak for themselves.Which is why nobody cares for your opinion.
Kobe det bed in almost every game of the series.
TOSB, imo.
I'm hoping Tim will take his talents to the west coast or the big apple. Enjoy life a little bit in a city while still playing ball. God bless
yo facts clown.
2 years at 8-9 million p/year
Tim already said he will retire a Spur.
I would pay him something commensurate with his production. I'm all for the loyalty aspect, but if its for longer than a year, your just hamstringing the team. Tim is and will forever be my favorite player and the main reason I started to follow the Spurs, and basketball in general (I appreciate the history of Robinson and the few years I saw at the end of his career, but everything else I was still in elementary school so kind of hard to appreciate it at the time). Still from an organizational standpoint and a professional standpoint, Tim has been paid, quite well. If money was the object of him playing, he would have taken any number of lucrative national endorsement deals he declined over his many years.
I think he asks for something to compensate for the time away from his family, something similar to players close to what he produces, and maybe a little beyond given the familiarity with the Spurs. Anything beyond 10-11 million (which may be a little high), and then I think he would be doing a disservice to the fans and the organization. Tim is a winner and I think he would do what he could to assist the team in acquiring the players to do that as long as he gets paid fairly for what he brings to the court on a nightly basis.
(On a side-note, I wonder if Pop and the Spurs could get him to lower his asking price by reminding him he won't be playing most back-to-backs, and will be getting nights off periodically)
If Duncan destroys OKC tomorrow $12-15 million. If he sucks tomorrow. $5 mil or trade him.
In all seriousness Tim is playing for about an extra 4-5 million tonight. the difference between 8-9mill to 13-15million.
Last edited by PublicOption; 06-06-2012 at 08:55 AM.
How many minutes did Kobe play in YOUR WCFs game 5?
You don't know the first damn thing about Duncan.
Did ya miss the "spur for life" comment?
Yeah he blew his leverage.
this. I can't believe what I'm seeing here with a lot of people wanting him to retire o lowballing him. It's just sad. He'll do whatever he wants, and I'm perfectly fine with it
I wouldn't mind him going to lakers if it meant he'd win another lte
There is a precedent already that involved TD...The senior superstar (David Robinson) took less so that Timmy could get paid and they could keep their championship level team together. I think TD will follow that pattern...I'm not saying vet minimum, but not max either...
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