Ludden: Tim Duncan re-signs (3 years, $30M), Patty Mills re-signs, De Colo signs

[baseline bum]

Nice. Glad to see Tim back especially, but I'm also pretty stoked to have Diaw, Green, and Mills re-signed and to see what DeColo can bring. Wish they could have found a way to bring in Lorbek too, but honestly, I'm not sure where the money would have been to get him also unless they could have salary-dumped ginger.

[Libri]

Let the Nando de Colo nickname contest begin

If he sucks, I'm pretty sure that the first "o" of his last name will be replaced by another vowel.

[Libri]

spurs have done nothing to improve on last years team yet, and due to age, they are worse going into next year.

need to do something significant

Isn't having Mills or De Colo running the backup pg position an improvement?

[ace3g]

Marc J. Spears ‏@SpearsNBAYahoo

Spurs forward Tim Duncan's three-year deal is fully guaranteed and the third-year is a player's option, sources tell Yahoo! Sports.

[baseline bum]

It's really unlikely that the Spurs can stay under the tax line. In fact, it's probably impossible without amnestying Bonner.

That really gives me hope then.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Cut bonner and sign any stiff with height

There's no way this team will be worse off

[Spurs da champs]

Isn't having Mills or De Colo running the backup pg position an improvement?

How so? De Colo is unproven & Mills is just a smaller Neal. Still looks terrible defensively!

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

How so? De Colo is unproven & Mills is just a smaller Neal. Still looks terrible defensively!

Mills has played point guard before and De Colo is a great mix of point/shooting guard. That's better than forcing Neal to be a point guard when he should really just be shooting.

[Spurs21Fan4Ever]

How so? De Colo is unproven & Mills is just a smaller Neal. Still looks terrible defensively!

At least both can handle the ball. Sometimes it got really ugly watching Neal try to bring up the ball as a PG. Chris Paul embarrassed him.

[benefactor]

I would think they would try to salary dump Bonner on a team with cap space before amnestying him. His contract is pretty easy to absorb and could become a nice trade chip for some team with it being unguaranteed next season.

[timvp]

Marc J. Spears ‏@SpearsNBAYahoo

Spurs forward Tim Duncan's three-year deal is fully guaranteed and the third-year is a player's option, sources tell Yahoo! Sports.

[Seventyniner]

Let the Nando de Colo nickname contest begin

If he whips crazy passes around like a young Manu, it'll be Nando de Loco.

[024]

Isn't having Mills or De Colo running the backup pg position an improvement?

spurs might finally have a steady back up PG but these two players still don't offset the fact that manu/parker/jackson/duncan just got another year older and another year slower. having the almost exact same team with minor changes only works for young teams that get better with age like the thunder. not declining teams like the spurs.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

My girlfriend calls him Nando de Chulo already

[Vic Petro]

@SpearsNBAYahoo
Tim Duncan also has a no-trade clause in his new contract with the Spurs.

[ElNono]

spurs have done nothing to improve on last years team yet, and due to age, they are worse going into next year.

need to do something significant

I thought you were done with the NBA?

[ElNono]

I would think they would try to salary dump Bonner on a team with cap space before amnestying him. His contract is pretty easy to absorb and could become a nice trade chip for some team with it being unguaranteed next season.

That'd be nice. Saves about $3.5 millions if they do it for a pick + cash...

[bklynspursfan]

@SpearsNBAYahoo: Tim Duncan also has a no-trade clause in his new contract with the Spurs.

EDIT: Someone beat me to it

[timvp]

Ludden has edited the article and taken out the part about $34 million. I wonder if we're going to hear an actual figure soon. I'd guess $34-36M.

[crc21209]

Nice. Glad to see Tim back especially, but I'm also pretty stoked to have Diaw, Green, and Mills re-signed and to see what DeColo can bring. Wish they could have found a way to bring in Lorbek too, but honestly, I'm not sure where the money would have been to get him also unless they could have salary-dumped ginger.

I'm really stoked to have them back as well. I wanna see what The Big 3 along with Kawhi, Jack, Diaw, Green, Splitter, Mills, De Colo, Neal (if he's still here) and maybe another big or 2 can do with a full training camp together...

[crc21209]

Ludden has edited the article and taken out the part about $34 million. I wonder if we're going to hear an actual figure soon. I'd guess $34-36M.

FWIW, SportsCenter just reported it as 3 years, 36 million. But it IS ESPN...

[baseline bum]

Yeah, I hope Neal is back too. He's not a point guard, but he's a big game shooter.

[jon123spurs]

Ok so now on to the real off season decision. AMNESTY BONNER!!!!

[crc21209]

Yeah, I hope Neal is back too. He's not a point guard, but he's a big game shooter.

+1. I want him back as well, mainly because big game/big time shooters are hard to find. We should all know this by now (cough cough) Bonner. We need guys with balls on this team like Jack and Neal....

[timtonymanu]

Yeah, I hope Neal is back too. He's not a point guard, but he's a big game shooter.

Yeah I understand we have a log jam at guard and Neal is an atrocious defender, but if we lose him we lose a guy who can hit big shots. I know they practically have no trade value but I would rather the Spurs trade away Joseph and Anderson.