Realistically speaking, how much should the Spurs offer Manu next season?

[mr poop]

400 million just to piss off his weak ass haters

[KuntryDude]

whatever a flight back to Argentina would cost.

[3 Legged Dog]

whatever a flight back to Argentina would cost.

Flight? No. Bus fare.

[superbigtime]

Please retire Manu.

[Baam]

The amount doesn't really matter unless they think they have a shot at a top FA.

[ducks]

spurs need another playermaker besides tp that can pass the ball but his turnovers kill

[Kidd K]

So all of you still think that Manu deserves to get paid anything more than the veteran's minimum? I mean he didn't do much these playoffs. He just cost Timmy his 5th ring. Pop is equally responsible.

Equal? I don't think so. He is a top 3 most blameworthy guy, but Manu is #1 by far. Pop's only ed up from the 4th quarter of game 6 on (micromanaged us into a loss in game 6, relied on a struggling Manu way more than an intelligent coach like him ever should have). Manu shat the bed throughout the series except for one game. So 5 1/2 ty games for him, 1 1/3rd ty games for Pop imo. I blame Manu at least 4x as much as I do Pop, and I blame Pop more than I do anyone else.

I don't blame: Duncan, Diaw, Green, or Leonard very much at all. They did everything you could've realistically expected of them and more.

Partial blame goes to Parker for not scoring enough (but he handled the ball nicely), Tiago for disappearing most of the time, and Neal for not doing quite enough.

It's interesting, Manus performances in games 5,6,7 may mean the difference of a few million dollars. In that sense it is relevant to bring up this topic right now. Same can be said of Tiago.

No not really. If Manu had been playing well up until that point, then happened to have two not so good games to close out (okay one horrendously ty game), it would've been one thing. . .but the reality is that he was unreliable throughout the season, and really did not play well for the final 3 months of the season and the entirety of the postseason. He only had a handful of good games sprinkled over that 5 month span.

His SEASON is why he shouldn't be paid anywhere near what he's getting now. The end to it is just the icing on the cake. Imo not only should Manu be paid significantly less, but I think the Spurs should go out and look to sign another ball handling, scoring SG like Jarret Jack (or Ellis, which yes I know is unrealistic) to take over the majority of Ginobili's responsibilities. Manu can be our 3rd ballhandler. That way we can always have 2 on the court at a time instead of 1 most of the time and 2 just sometimes.

I'd also like to see Green and Leonard improve in that area too.

[Spur-Addict]

mid level not more

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