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Hope he stays
Hope he stays
No ing way he's leaving after emceeing the celebration. We gave him a huge ovation on the river and the Dome was chanting his name when he first stepped on stage.
I honestly thought most of the night was aimed at getting him to return, we let him ride with Duncan, then Duncan defelcted the question about his future to Patty, questioning his (seemed kinda scripted to me from Ellio t). Patty was holding the trophy on the boat... Then he emceed and told a personal story about everyone, and really made him the center of attention for a while, I thought it was well planned out tbh /CIA Pop
Btw, i think its clear Duncan is returning by the way Ellio t and crew were talking about being back here next year to celebrate another
I got that feeling, too. After hearing him talk about the players and how they're more than just teammates, he genuinely feels like he belongs here.
I reckon what he might lose from salary he may make up for in endorsements if he stays anyway.
ton of Patty Mills HEB ads next year
DONT GO PATTYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I thought the exact same thing. Sure he could make more money elsewhere, but could he find any better guys to hang around and a team who will contend again next year like this one? Doubt it. Come back Patty!
He had better damn stay.. I don't want some bum backup next year after Tony, he was our fire starter.
I thought the same thing
He will get a lot of endorsements from Australian companies seeing that the socceroos are already out of the World Cup.
Maybe they can get him to stay for one more year. Like give him a contract with player options after each year, so that he'd still get paid if he gets injured but can opt out next year and become a starter somewhere if he wants. Can't blame a guy for eventually wanting to be a starter in this league
I can actually see the Spurs overpaying for Patty on ,say, a 3 year deal. I think Tim will play for 2 more years and the Spurs have a commitment to Tim to do whatever it takes to put them back for number 6. This is why he took a pay cut, right?
I think a lot of the difference in what another team will offer him will be made up by having no state income tax in Texas, at least I hope so anyway.
People compare him to the Speedy Claxton situation. The difference here is, Parker is going to be 33 next year, not 22. Also, the Spurs were trying to sign Kidd and Claxton was signed before Kidd had made up his mind to go back to the Nets.
I said numerous times that the Spurs probably could make the Finals with out Parker playing was due to the fact the Spurs had Mills. Spurs won 8 straight without Parker and that was largely due in part from the play of Mills during that stretch. And tbh, I thought it was the best the Spurs played all season when Parker was out.
At this point, I don't see Patty leaving unless someone throws an 8-10 mil a year contract at him, which I highly doubt. Most teams interested only have 3-5mil to offer Mills. Spurs will match if that is his price range.
Give him Bonner's money
Lol, Jeff Ayres made more than Patty -- that's just sad
That helps a little, but NBA players have to pay income taxes in each state that they play games in. If it is in high tax states like NY or California it can make a 5% to 8%.
That's the first thing I said in the thread with the rumor of the Knicks interest in Mills: a ring = many endorsements, especially in his home country. Just think how many endorsements a Spanish player would get right now given the Spanish soccer team early exit!
Salary is in no way the only source of income for players who reach a certain level of fame. Parker is all over the place in France.
Pretty sure he'll stay unless some team overpays him. I'm sure the thought of repeating what they just accomplished might convince him to remain a Spur.
hosting a celebration is definitely worth more than several million dollars raise
Only heard the tail end of it this morning but Craig Miller from the Ticket seemed to think he was staying. I think he had several reasons including a contact close to the the origination. He mentioned $10,000,000 but I didn't hear the context.
Its a business folks and if some team offers him stupid money I would not blame him for taking it. The Spurs are working really hard to get him to stay (totally obvious) and I imagine if the money is close he will. He will just have to balance the money with the friendship of his teammates.
Patty is standing pat.
He was talking about how close the team is and how they are his best friends. It's hard to imagine him leaving after what he said, but who knows. I think the team (and more importantly the big 3) genuinely like him on the team.
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