Diaw reaches deal with spurs - 3 years/$22mil

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Spurs haven't managed to repeat yet, so no, it doesn't go both ways.

That is one reason their motivation will still be high.

The second is that it's like TD/Manu/Pop's farewell tour, and everyone wants to go out on a high.

[superbigtime]

This is awesome news. Very fair contract compared with other Spurs salaries. He's not being overpaid and for the last years as he's been resurrecting his career, he has been underpaid, so Boris got what was coming to him. What a relief! So glad Boris re-signed!!

[Splits]

That is one reason their motivation will still be high.

The second is that it's like TD/Manu/Pop's farewell tour, and everyone wants to go out on a high.

Pop won't walk when Duncan walks. If that were the plan, Bud would've never left. I predict Tim, barring injury, plays another 3 years and Pop outlasts him by 2 or more.

[mudyez]

Love it!

Love this fat french bas !

Now declaring myself a dual-fav-player-fan! Manu+Diaw it is!

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

Meeks 3/19
Diaw 3/22 with non-guaranteed 3rd

NBA

[Mark in Austin]

Meeks 3/19
Diaw 3/22 with non-guaranteed 3rd

NBA

[100%duncan]

Meeks 3/19
Diaw 3/22 with non-guaranteed 3rd

NBA

[Fireball]

Great stuff ... another great season of awesome passing and Spurs offense coming up ...

[Holden_Caulfield]

[spurraider21]

i'm interested in the contract specifics tbh, anybody have a clue when that stuff gets released?

[MannyIsGod]

I'm not going to get into the Neal/Beli thing, especially since I agree with you. If we're talking about last summer, however, the vast majority of folks would have characterized Beli/Ayres for Neal/Blair as a lateral move at best.

If you thought Manu was going to play as well as he did or that Patty would have such a breakout year then props. I didn't.

[Mel_13]

If you thought Manu was going to play as well as he did or that Patty would have such a breakout year then props. I didn't.

See post #185

[dg7md]

This is the best offseason news yet. That deal practically ensures Diaw will finish his career as a Spur, which he should, be became an instrumental player in our system and is one of the best roleplayers in the NBA. No way we steamroll through the Finals like we did without Diaw. , I don't know if we would have beaten OKC without Diaw.

[letmk]

Pop won't walk when Duncan walks. If that were the plan, Bud would've never left. I predict Tim, barring injury, plays another 3 years and Pop outlasts him by 2 or more.

If, big if, Tim can play another 3 more years, I doubt Pop could coach more after that. He is 65 years old, and will be 68 by then. And with the assumption of Tim continuing playing, comes that he is in good body condition. Thus the Spurs should be in contention every year, and that would make huge tolling on Pop. We all see his finally-relaxed expression after game 5.

If Tim retires after next year, the Spurs will be in rebuild mode, or at least no high expectation, and the coaching would be much "easier."

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

If you thought Manu was going to play as well as he did or that Patty would have such a breakout year then props. I didn't.

Before this season I predicted that Patty would come out and earn the backup slot, but then I did the same before the 2013 season and he wasn't ready. And yeah, I didn't think he'd be as good as he turned out to be, no-one saw that coming.

As for Manu, I honestly thought he was done as he looked to have lost a step last year, and he was atrocious (except game 5) in last year's Finals. As it turned out, his demise was due to leg-weariness, and no-one is gladder than I to be wrong about that!

I hope Manu has one more strong season left in him, and that's a 2015 march to the Championship!

[Perry Mason]

Did anyone see the TV segment where Diaw's agent was going to elaborate on the interest of other teams and what they were offering?

[Ice009]

Did anyone see the TV segment where Diaw's agent was going to elaborate on the interest of other teams and what they were offering?

I was waiting for info from that segment myself, but no one posted anything about it. I thought the TV segment was supposed to be the other day, unless it hasn't aired yet?

[Kindergarten Cop]

Did anyone see the TV segment where Diaw's agent was going to elaborate on the interest of other teams and what they were offering?

I was waiting for info from that segment myself, but no one posted anything about it. I thought the TV segment was supposed to be the other day, unless it hasn't aired yet?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEP4dPpvOG0

[xmas1997]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEP4dPpvOG0

I saw it and he never said which three teams, just that there were three teams.

[Kineto]

Good interview of diaw in french media : http://sport24.lefigaro.fr/basket/nb...coacher-703466

Sport24.com : Vous prolongez chez les Spurs (pour trois ans et 22,5M$ selon les médias américains, Ndlr). Ce choix était-il une évidence pour vous ?
Boris Diaw : Oui et non. Forcément, c'était mon option numéro 1. Mais je ne serais pas revenu à n'importe quelle condition. Je pense qu'ils avaient aussi envie de me garder (sourire). Il fallait trouver un terrain d'entente.
[...]
Avez-vous tout de même été approché par d'autres franchises ? On a notamment parlé de l'intérêt de Portland ou de Miami dans la presse américaine...
Oui, j'ai eu des contacts. Miami ? Non. Portland ? Oui, ils étaient intéressés. Comme ils l'étaient par d'autres joueurs. J'ai parlé à d'autres équipes, mais je n'ai eu aucune négociations très avancées. Comme je le disais, un certain nombre d'équipes attendent de savoir ce que va faire LeBron James, déjà. D'ailleurs, ce n'est pas le seul free-agent important. Chris Bosh est libre. Pau Gasol aussi... Bref, je n'ai pas eu de contact poussé.

[Kindergarten Cop]

I saw it and he never said which three teams, just that there were three teams.

I was just posting the segment they were asking for. It's likely that we'll never know of the other 3 or 4 teams that were targeting Diaw (or honestly if there really were that many teams). I think Diaw could have drawn more interest, as his agent suggested, if he would have waited until more dominoes fell - but the mutual desire for Diaw to remain a Spur was evident and made a need to wait unnecessary.

[xmas1997]

I was just posting the segment they were asking for. It's likely that we'll never know of the other 3 or 4 teams that were targeting Diaw (or honestly if there really were that many teams). I think Diaw could have drawn more interest, as his agent suggested, if he would have waited until more dominoes fell - but the mutual desire for Diaw to remain a Spur was evident and made a need to wait unnecessary.

We do know that one of the teams was Portland.

[Kindergarten Cop]

We do know that one of the teams was Portland.

It was rumored considering that they were seeking a "stretch 4", but point taken.

[Jordanobili2320]

Love Diaw.

[will_spurs]

He didn't "get paid", he just made the Spurs a huge favor with his previous contract...

Glad to see him back.