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Some GMs might say It will be worth it for other teams just to pry him from the Spurs even if they don't get the production the Spurs get from him.
Boris+Patty>=12m
Some GMs might say It will be worth it for other teams just to pry him from the Spurs even if they don't get the production the Spurs get from him.
Last edited by 4down; 06-16-2014 at 09:35 AM.
I'd move Danny before letting Mills go. He's more consistent. It would be a shame to see him go and I don't want to even think about it.
Anyone have a link to a post-game interview with Patty? Can't find anything on nba.com
Patty is going to get paid, but I"m not so sure why some of you think it won't be with the Spurs. We do have CoJo in the wings who is more than capable himself, but I think the Spurs will bring back this exact team for next year.
No. His defense will be needed more than offense, but i understand your reasoning.
Patty will be back.
One point the big three have driven home to me, "how much money do you NEED?"
Looking at my pitiful life, Just $1m would set me up for the rest of my life with investments and no changes to my spending.
If you're playing a _game_ (which you love to play) with a great team and organization with which you'll be competing for most of your career, how much do you need to be happy?
This is what makes the Spurs so fantastic IMO, you get the right people and they buy into the culture. Who wouldn't love to work at a place where everyone respects you, treats you as an adult and actually pulls for YOU to get better, and get paid decent money for it? I'd definitely take that over a place where I can make twice as much but have to deal with back-stabbing coworkers and a workplace.
Exactly. People are too American on this board (I'm American myself) in believing in the Almighty Dollar. In other countries, they rather be in an environment where they are appreciated and love than go somewhere where they are making more but miserable.
That is why its mostly Int'l players buying to the Spurs system and a few high quality characters like Bonner, Green (who said he took less to come back and I believe him) and Kawhi. Even Beli said he was offer 2 mil more from other teams last year but took less to play for the Spurs b/c of the organization they have.
Money isn't everything. Being happy and appreciated are more important.
Patty made $1,133,000.00 this year... I would bet someone offers him $3-4 mill......
My guess is Mills gets paid 4.5 per year. I don't think Mills will move to the Bucks after what happened to Neal. Neal is already with the Hornets, so I don't think they're looking for another 3 point specialist. Spurs just needs to give Mills a comparable salary. Barea is probably the closest to it. He got that salary after he went wild in the finals against Miami.
I think we should worry about the Sixers with Brett Brown the Australian national coach. Let see if former Spurs coaches are going to poach on the Spurs. I haven't seen any history of that happening yet though.
Diaw is likely going to get around 6-7m per. You have age going into the consideration, lack of conditioning and a history of taking it easy. Nobody is going to break the bank for Diaw.
There probably wasn't a bigger doubter of Mills than me. But I was wrong, and he deserves to get his Claxton on. You never know when injuries can end a career. Hopefully it goes better for Patty than it went for Speedy.
The real problem is Diaw... Patty wont get more than 5m....
I think a duration contract would be appealing for Mills, he thinks of San Antonio as home, somewhere between 12-15 million over 4 would get it done.
Unfair to Neal. While I definitely think Patty was the better fit, Neal was a solid Spur. And if I remember correctly, Neal tore it up in the finals last year himself.
As much good was Neal offensively, he fail defensively especially on Miller and Allen. But Neal deserved a ring.
Again, I will always blame Pop for taking out Duncan at the end of Game 6. Parker chucking, Manu's slippery fingers, Neals defensive lapses can all be thrown out the window.
Pop trust Duncan this entire playoffs and the result was different this time around.
Yeah no matter how everyone screwed that up, that was on Pop.
Gary might be a nice guy but he has feet problems that kept him on the Spurs bench for parts of 2 years that he still has . He was never
very fast and he took the money the Bucks offered and left then bounced around to the Hornets ....The Spurs accurately
judged his value.......
Again, unfair. Spurs wanted Neal back.
The guy played for us for 3 years and made a total right around 1.5M. Nobody can fault him for taking the money. Theres a reason he got as much as he did - b/c that guy can shoot. Wish he would have gotten a ring, but hes not really young and he hasn't made that much much until last season. Hard to find fault with that.
Honestly I'm not worried about Diaw/Mills, I think they want to win badly, and this is their best chance, to make history again.
Plus Diaw's past probably doesn't sit well with other teams, in any other system I think he reverts back to his old self and teams know that. Parker was heavily responsible for his breakout season too, he ALWAYS gets Diaw the ball, especially this season.
Spurs will match that for sure.
Agreed. Consistency is his primary asset. I'd be heartbroken to see him in another NBA uniform.
Agree. Diaw will stay with the team. Diaw is one of those high intellect lazy guys. If he's mentally bored, he just won't make the effort. The previous 2 years with the Spurs, he wasn't aggressive enough in offense. I he were just a little bit more aggressive from the beginning, this win would have been a 3-peat!
Dang, Stephen A Smith just made the exact same argument I have been making about Patty.
I hate that guy, and I hate him even more now that he's stealing my argument.
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