Manu's contract got me thinking about some of the other less than desirable contracts this Spurs FO has handed out over the years.
1. Richard Jefferson 4/$39
2. Malik Rose 7/$42mm
3. Manu 2/$14 ?
4. Jaren Jackson 3/$9 (?)
5. Jackie Butler 3/$7
I thought the RJ contract was a great move by the spurs organistaion at the time. They new they had made a mistake in trading for him, they were to convince RJ to opt out of 15 mill, they then restructure his deal in a way that allowed the team to stay below the luxury tax line while adding splitter...and I believe it was always their intent to trade him to some sucker...que warriors FO
Also add Luis Scola
0 years 0 dollars. Terrible
IMO, Bonner
IMO, we should wait until Manu plays out his contract before we put it in the Top 5 worst contracts.
Bonner
Ginobili's still worth his money even though he ed up. Look at what players who can't hold Ginobili's jockstrap make.
1. Lewie Scola
We were the class of the NBA, ready to go on a dynasty run.
Instead we got Popped for 7 of 8 years. And will continue to do so.
2. Jefferson.
3. Mike Finleyovich extension
4. Matty Bonbonervich
Spurs fan is spoiled rotten. Unreal.
1. Popovich $6 million a year until he dies
-vitriolic Pop hater
If those are the worst contracts over nearly two decades, then you have to conclude that the FO has been really good for a really long time.
Thanks for proving how damn good Spurs FO has been over the years.
Call it the new age. Everything has a price. Even being a fan. A fan spends his time on a team. Time is money. Investors of Google and Apple still expect returns of the highest value on their investment, and so should a sports fan.
the FO is insanely good.
Manu's contract isn't as bad by itself, what makes it bad though is the timing of it, 13-14 season is the most realistic and probably last chance for Tim to win his 5th 'ship and because of that contract we might miss out on signing a solid player for that last run.
oh and, Splitters contract is even worse, Manu atleast did something for the franchise tbh
This. The RJ contract was kind of a disaster, but we got out from under it after 2 years. Malik's contract was a mess, but we shipped him off for Nazr. This FO has done epic work over its tenure.
The insanely good thing is that they are usually able to get out from under any bad contracts. They dumped Malik, Rasho, and RJ.
Even the "bad" contract have a story behind them.
-RJ was actually more of a renegotiation that freed up room under the luxury tax to sign Splitter. Without that maneuver, maybe Splitter never comes over.
-The Spurs were forced to give Rose that deal. The Lakers were offering him the same money and at the time he was Duncan's best friend on the team. If the Spurs let Rose walk to the Lakers, Duncan probably walks the next time he's a FA.
-Jaren Jackson's deal was right after he was a huge part of the 1999 run. He got fat after he got paid but it was more of a case of him regressing back to his normal level after a spectacular playoff run.
-IIRC, Jackie Butler only had $5M guaranteed. That contract is so small that I can't even classify it as bad.
-I don't think Ginobili's contract will look bad in retrospect.
-Rasho was probably the biggest miss but even he wasn't that bad.
Agree. FO has been very smart and cautious. But Tiago's contract ( 4 years 9 m per ) is a bit of gamble.
WTF were they thinking with that Malik contract? 7 years? I remember he got it then he added a jumper or thought he did, then he stopped doing what he did well which was scrap inside and turned into a jump shooter then got traded.Letting SCOLA go for Bonner a mistake but I seriously doubt we go on a dynasty run with him lol, he is or was not that damn good. He is or was better than bonner no doubt, but he is not some guy you go on a huge run with come on now. What did he ever do with the Rockets? They were first round exits every year.
This. A million times, this. Only logical explanation is someone roofied Pop/Spurs FO, tbh.
I don't even think you can call Rasho a miss. Back when the Spurs signed him the Spurs still had the Shaq-Kobe lakers to worry about. The Spurs needed a legit center in the worst way.
I am bout sick and tired of him being on the team, and he will be back next year for 4 MILLION! WHIPTY F IN DOO! I agree this is the worst IMO. Sad thing is he is still around when they had several shots to just get rid of him.
Most CURRENT rosters have more bad contracts than this list over the last 15 years...
Maybe so.
But watch the mad scramble for post types, especially afterHoward signs.
Get ready for some severely bloated contracts for bigs.
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