Tim Duncan decision coming [UPDATE: Opts in]

[spurraider21]

duncan obviously trying to make room for Melo

[Mel_13]

2. People like to on Kobe for taking a large salary (I used to too) but his reasoning is actually pretty logical. The NBA owners have profited billions of dollars from the backs of NBA talent. Fans spend a lot of money on the NBA and I would rather that money go to NBA players rather than fill the pockets of already billionaires. Kobe says the Buss family has always paid the luxury tax to go after good players and build a championship contender and that he's lucky the family acknowledges his contribution in raking in record profits. Look at the Miami Heat. Lebron brought back to back championships and the money that came along with it. Lebron and co also took a decent pay cut to play on the Heat together. How did Mickey Arison repay Lebron? He responded by cutting salary and trying to save MORE money so he can collect MORE profit, which led to the bench disparity against the Spurs, leaving Lebron to carry the entire scoring load.

Excellent post.

You're absolutely right that Kobe, or any professional athlete, has every right to do everything he can to maximize his earnings for as long as he is able to play.

Just don't say say that you're all about winning when you actually mean that you'd like to win as much as possible as long as there's no impact on your salary. For the 2014-15 Lakers, Kobe's salary has a very definite impact on their ability to construct a winning team.

By all means, take the money. Just don't tell us that winning is your highest priority.

[spurs10]

Great news.

1. Most importantly, we get to see Tim Duncan play basketball for at least one more season.

2. If a new deal lowers his 2014-15 salary, the probability of retaining both Boris and Patty increases significantly, IMO.

3. lol kobe. Duncan clearly values winning more than he does.

What is the news? Was there a tweet suggesting Tim is renogiating for two years?

[Mel_13]

What is the news? Was there a tweet suggesting Tim is renogiating for two years?

Yes. See the first post of the thread.

[Blizzardwizard]

Tim can do what he wants, tbh.

[letmk]

But you can't blame Kobe for taking the money he rightfully deserves. The owners are the ones forcing players to choose between winning or taking a well earned salary because they imposed the cap in the first place.

In fact, the owners probably look at Duncan, Leborn, Bosh, Wade and secretly smile because everyone bought their bull . The owners have convinced fans and players to associate taking less money with winning. And guess who profits from that?

You've made a valid point, however, it's only useful before the signing of CBA. Once CBA is already there, which as you said the players have already "lost" as a whole. And players can do nothing against the owners until the next CBA negotiation.

Then what players like TD and LeBron have done to give the team a better chance to win only shows where their real desire and ambition are at.

[cjw]

if im not mistaken you can't sign FA's with cap space AND use the MLE in the same offseason. if we resign all our guys, we can use the full MLE on pau, if that was the plan. but if thats the case duncan taking a paycut would literally only benefit holt, and not our roster

You get half the midlevel if below the cap. Still something more than under the old CBA, albeit not enough for a true midlevel guy.

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA 46s
San Antonio's Tim Duncan has decided to opt into the final year of his contract at $10.3M, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.

[benefactor]

And there it is.

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

lol anticlimax

[DesignatedT]

Welp. Sweet.

[spurraider21]

lol anticlimax

[benefactor]

Wonder what the deal is going to look like. I expect we will hear something pretty quick.

[Mel_13]

You get half the midlevel if below the cap. Still something more than under the old CBA, albeit not enough for a true midlevel guy.

Roughly half the salary and half the years. So, 2yrs/5.5M as opposed to 4yrs/21M.

[spurraider21]

can't believe Duncan is being this selfish. thought he wasn't like Kobe

[spurraider21]

Wonder what the deal is going to look like. I expect we will hear something pretty quick.

there's not much to divulge ... its 1 year 10.3

[gameFACE]

And there it is.

Yup. That's more like Tim - a tweet announcement. Coming on Letterman is already rare for him much less making an announcement on national tv.

[Spurs 4 The Win]

lol Buck Harvey, what a loser

[Mel_13]

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA 46s
San Antonio's Tim Duncan has decided to opt into the final year of his contract at $10.3M, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.

Five pages of speculation shot down by the Woj.

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

[spurraider21]

the Woj.

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

Interesting that it leaves the idea of him playing even more after next season.

[RD2191]

lol Buck Harvey, what a loser

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[Spurs 4 The Win]

Only way he comes back again is to try for the threepeat

[Mugen]