Spurs Sign Manu Ginobili to 2 year/$14 Million Deal

[romain.star]

Manu sucked ALL YEAR not just in the Finals.

Manu is not 25 anymore, so don't expect him to dominate the way he used to. But he's still damn valuable to this team

[AFBlue]

Glorious meltdown is glorious.

Nah, just healthy debate.

[ElNono]

Disagree because the couldn't let him go. It wouldn't have only been a PR nightmare, it would have been bad for basketball too because they couldn't have replaced him while also upgrading with the money they saved.

This is how the negotiations went down:

Pop: "Alright, Manu, here's a two-year contract. We need you to fill in the dollar amount per season. Keep in mind your fair market value is $7 million. But please, please, please consider signing for less so that we can squeeze in another strong piece and make another push for a championship. Even if you take $5 million, that will make a huge different."

Manu: "Okay."

Pop: "So how much do you want?"

Manu: "$7 million"

Pop: ":|"

Manu: ""

It was actually more like this:

Pop: "Alright, Manu, here's a two-year contract. We need you to fill in the dollar amount per season. Keep in mind your fair market value is $7 million. But please, please, please consider signing for less so that we can squeeze in another strong piece and make another push for a championship. Even if you take $5 million, that will make a huge different."

Manu: "Si Señor."

Pop: "So how much do you want?"

Manu: "cinco millones"

Pop: "english Manu"

Rudoy: "7 millions"

Pop: " "

Manu: "gracias"

[manufan10]

I don't see why Manu can't retool his game.

[Big Empty]

Im good with that. We have our team back and im ready to make another run next year! Hopefully we can pick up one more peice that can help us be 20 seconds better.

[DesignatedT]

I don't have a problem with the contract. It's whatever.

The Spurs have a serious problem at the G position though if they expect Manu to lead the second unit all the way through the season and playoffs. It wont work and I can promise you that. He's just not that good anymore.

[TheGreatYacht]

Disagree because the couldn't let him go. It wouldn't have only been a PR nightmare, it would have been bad for basketball too because they couldn't have replaced him while also upgrading with the money they saved.

This is how the negotiations went down:

Pop: "Alright, Manu, here's a two-year contract. We need you to fill in the dollar amount per season. Keep in mind your fair market value is $7 million. But please, please, please consider signing for less so that we can squeeze in another strong piece and make another push for a championship. Even if you take $5 million, that will make a huge different."

Manu: "Okay."

Pop: "So how much do you want?"

Manu: "$7 million"

Pop: ":|"

Manu: ""

I was right all along. Manu is not the same compe or and winner as Tim Duncan and Tony Parker are. Selfish greedy bas SOB.

[Mugen]

Glorious meltdown is glorious.

and even BNSFs are getting in on it tbh.

[N0 LyF3 ScRuB]

It was actually more like this:

Pop: "Alright, Manu, here's a two-year contract. We need you to fill in the dollar amount per season. Keep in mind your fair market value is $7 million. But please, please, please consider signing for less so that we can squeeze in another strong piece and make another push for a championship. Even if you take $5 million, that will make a huge different."

Manu: "Si Señor."

Pop: "So how much do you want?"

Manu: "cinco millones"

Pop: "english Manu"

Rudoy: "7 millions"

Pop: " "

Manu: "gracias"

He speaks Portugese not Spanish LOL

[ElNono]

He speaks Portugese not Spanish LOL

what? lol

[TheGreatYacht]

When Tim signed his last deal, way before he looked renewed as he did, some people thought $10m was too much for him... he obviously turned the clock back and everything is forgotten now.

Yeah but Tim Duncan was a few years younger. Stop getting your hopes up. Manu is running on reserve fuel.

[RD2191]

Ginobili is one fall away from breaking his hip but were going down with that tosb

[ducks]

hopefully the deal is more like 10 million

[timvp]

I was right all along. Manu is not the same compe or and winner as Tim Duncan and Tony Parker are. Selfish greedy bas SOB.

$8M was my greedy line. $7M is at the top end of my fair line.

I think it's wrong to say Ginobili was greedy but we also can't pretend that he did the Spurs any favors.

[ElNono]

Yeah but Tim Duncan was a few years younger. Stop getting your hopes up. Manu is running on reserve fuel.

I don't get a dime off those $14m, tbh... makes no difference to me how much he's getting paid.

Now go cry yourself in a corner...

[TheGreatYacht]

We were a free throw away from a le. at thinking bringing back the crew is a mistake. We can still land a piece via sign and trade or just with mle

A Piece = Some bum or scrub that couldn't find a team.

[timvp]

hopefully the deal is more like 10 million

Well, let's remember that Woj tends to be high when reporting Spurs salaries. He was $6M high on Duncan and like $4M high on McDyess, IIRC.

This very well could be a two-year, $12M.

[AFBlue]

Manu is not 25 anymore, so don't expect him to dominate the way he used to. But he's still damn valuable to this team

1. He was a net-negative in the games that mattered last year. You don't expect domination, but you should expect positive contribution.

2. His "value" is in terms of the role that he plays as the leader of the bench unit. If he's unable to play it effectively, then he's actually a negative value for the team.

[Mel_13]

Some perspective.

The combined salaries of Tim, Tony and Manu next season will be slightly less than the salary the Lakers will pay to Kobe. And that's without accounting for tens of millions in luxury tax.

[AFBlue]

It was actually more like this:

Pop: "Alright, Manu, here's a two-year contract. We need you to fill in the dollar amount per season. Keep in mind your fair market value is $7 million. But please, please, please consider signing for less so that we can squeeze in another strong piece and make another push for a championship. Even if you take $5 million, that will make a huge different."

Manu: "Si Señor."

Pop: "So how much do you want?"

Manu: "cinco millones"

Pop: "english Manu"

Rudoy: "7 millions"

Pop: " "

Manu: "gracias"

[Nathan89]

We were a free throw away from a le. at thinking bringing back the crew is a mistake. We can still land a piece via sign and trade or just with mle

Manu didn't put us in that position to be a free-throw away. But he was part of the reason why we have to say we were a free-throw away.

[dallasmaverickslose]

$8M was my greedy line. $7M is at the top end of my fair line.

I think it's wrong to say Ginobili was greedy but we also can't pretend that he did the Spurs any favors.

I agree. I would've liked for him to take less, but it's not something worth whining about.

[romain.star]

When Tim signed his last deal, way before he looked renewed as he did, some people thought $10m was too much for him... he obviously turned the clock back and everything is forgotten now.

No disrespect to Manu's body but he won't turn the clock the way TD has. Bottom line is: Manu has chosen not to help the Spurs regarding their salary cap.

[ernest787]

I wish he would have taken less but I'm ok with it

ultimately I think the spurs are banking on Leonard taking another large step next year. Wouldn't be surprised if they expect tony to be option 1 and Leonard option 2 next year. If he can do that and they can possibly use the MLE to grab another asset then I like the spurs chances next season

[ElNono]

No disrespect to Manu's body but he won't turn the clock the way TD has.

Looking at this deal, I hope he does...