Spurs: LOL Enrique getting paid... smh Spurs

[AchillesHeel]

Meh. Solid contract. He had a down year, expect him to come out balling, especially with Mills injured.

[Spurs 4 The Win]

Rekt

You must have some low ass expectations for your franchise if that is a shining moment for you, but I guess you do considering you have NO rings

lol pheonix getting on in 2007

[~O~]

I think the Spurs gave him that with promise that he won't play international games. His season was limited due to international play. Maybe the FO believes it will turn out well if he shuts down this off season.

With the way Popovich limits minutes, it should. Even this year, I doubt they were worn out.

[da_suns_fan]

Meh. Solid contract. He had a down year, expect him to come out balling, especially with Mills injured.

Hes 32. Its possible he had a "down year" and will come back stronger. Steve Nash had one of his best years at 33. But nash was an anomaly...he NEVER eats sugar. I doubt the rapping Tony Parker has the same diet or work ethic.

Im just surprised they couldnt swing a deal around 12 million a year. Parker will be 35 and making 15 million. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

[anakha]

Hes 32. Its possible he had a "down year" and will come back stronger. Steve Nash had one of his best years at 33. But nash was an anomaly...he NEVER eats sugar. I doubt the rapping Tony Parker has the same diet or work ethic.

Im just surprised they couldnt swing a deal around 12 million a year. Parker will be 35 and making 15 million. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

There's a pattern in how the Spurs pay their stars:

A comparison of the big 3's salary at the same age:
- age 30: Tim $17.5m Manu $9.0m Tony $12.5m
- age 31: Tim $19.0m Manu $9.9m Tony $12.5m
- age 32: Tim $20.6m Manu $10.7m Tony $12.5m
- age 33: Tim $22.2m Manu $11.9m Tony $13.4m
- age 34: Tim $18.7m Manu $13.0m Tony $14.4m
- age 35: Tim $21.2m Manu $14.1m Tony $15.4m
- age 36: Tim $9.7m Manu $7.5m Tony ???

There's nothing inconsistent in the way the Big 3 has been treated by the Spurs. They all maxxed out at age 33-35. And Tony is still on schedule to get a big paycut when he's 36, like Tim and Manu.

[spurraider21]

13-14 mil is great for the time being. There's a good chance he'll be overpaid in the last year of the deal

[HemisfairArena]

Could of been worse,,,,could have been 48.5

[ambchang]

Why must you tear down the legacy of Tony to prop up Mills or Manu?
I thought amb said that only ty Laker fans do this and not classy Spur fan?

A) tony Parker is not a spurs legend the way magic, shaq and west were.
B) obvious troll is obvious.

[ElNono]

I think the Spurs gave him that with promise that he won't play international games. His season was limited due to international play. Maybe the FO believes it will turn out well if he shuts down this off season.

With the way Popovich limits minutes, it should. Even this year, I doubt they were worn out.

Not only the Spurs cannot do that, Tony already said he'll play for France in 2015 or 2016...

[ElNono]

I think the Spurs gave him that with promise that he won't play international games. His season was limited due to international play. Maybe the FO believes it will turn out well if he shuts down this off season.

With the way Popovich limits minutes, it should. Even this year, I doubt they were worn out.

Not only the Spurs cannot do that, Tony already said he'll play for France in 2015 or 2016...

[elmanutres]

you can always count on tdmvpdpoy to be on whenever enrique is mentioned

[~O~]

Not only the Spurs cannot do that, Tony already said he'll play for France in 2015 or 2016...

FUCCCCCck.

Well.....Erm. This isn't going to play out well. lol

[benstanfield]

Led the team in scoring and assists for the playoffs, ran the show for some of the most beautiful offensive series I've ever seen... all in a down year.

I'd rather pay him 15 a year than Parsons

tbh

[benstanfield]

Parker vs Dargic:

http://www.boxscoregeeks.com/players...10&season=2013

Dragic is 28 and has played exactly 1 season of "elite" basketball in his 6 year NBA career. All in time for his contract to expire next year.

Either last year was an anomaly or PHX will be begging him to take 15 a year in ~365 days.

[ElNono]

Patty got 3 millions... even if you include "seniority" and "spurs for life" in there, anything over $5m per is a ripoff, tbh...

[benstanfield]

http://www.ibtimes.com/nba-free-agen...others-1630192

"How much the NBA attains for its TV rights directly affects player salaries. Under the league’s collective bargaining agreement with the union, the players receive 50 percent of all league revenue. A TV-rights deal in the neighborhood of $15 billion would in turn greatly increase the league’s overall salary cap, the amount each team is allowed to spend on its players."

manu s playing checkers

[ElNono]

^ There should be no excuse after that for Tim and Manu to give the Spurs a discount in their next 4 year deal, tbh

[Malik Hairston]

Hes 32. Its possible he had a "down year" and will come back stronger. Steve Nash had one of his best years at 33. But nash was an anomaly...he NEVER eats sugar. I doubt the rapping Tony Parker has the same diet or work ethic. Im just surprised they couldnt swing a deal around 12 million a year. Parker will be 35 and making 15 million. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

It's strictly a "thank you" contract, tbh, showing Parker love for being a top 5 Spurs player of all-time and ensuring that he will remain a Spur for life..

Basketball-wise, if he plays like he did in 2013-2014 and continues to decline, it's obviously not worth it..this past year's version of Parker was just "good", maybe even above average during the regular season, but he was a mediocre player in the playoffs and actually hurt the Spurs when he was on the floor..

Hopefully it was due to fatigue from playing in the Summer, rather than the beginning of an ugly decline..

[unforeseen]

This is Parker's golden parachute. Better than 48.5/2.

[Malik Hairston]

Such an awful run for a high-usage player, tbh..

[TDMVPDPOY]

spurs didnt need to promised him

remember this is the pos who promised one thing and did the other when he was outplayed and throw in the white towel and finals

also remember last year he did jack in the finals..got carried all year after 3 epic choke job seasons and miserable endings

wants to be franchise player, wants to be paid like one, but unfortunately he isnt one...just another ballhog padding his stats to get that max contract...

i do not understand why the spurs had to overpay or given him a loyalty contract for past achievements, i can go back 4 seasons and explain his epic choke jobs
10/11 lol first round exit, gettin on by conley and mayo, 2 unknown wankers
11/12 lol fake ass mvp candidate tried to play mind games against westbrick and it backfired on him with the backdoor sweep, fck him for waking up the frog
12/13 lol chalmers took a on him
13/14 lol bailed out by mills, green, kawhi coming out party

they overpaid him cause of the new tv deal would make his services in high demand, the question is why did they lowballed the current guys who were FA this summer, but didnt lowballed the pathetic hero?

[CitizenDwayne]

2013 playoffs: Manu plays like and the Spur nation is in an uproar, with people questioning his HOF status and some even wanting him to retire

2014 playoffs: Tony plays like and is praised for "getting others involved"

[ElNono]

2013 playoffs: Manu plays like and the Spur nation is in an uproar, with people questioning his HOF status and some even wanting him to retire

2014 playoffs: Tony plays like and is praised for "getting others involved"

I dare you posting this upstairs... TDMVPDPOY got banned for dropping truthbombs like this...

[TDMVPDPOY]

wankers on here love to grill kobe as robin

but this wanker is another story

[scanry]

A) tony Parker is not a spurs legend the way magic, shaq and west were.
B) obvious troll is obvious.

Man, Parker is a top 5 player in franchise history. Trolling aside, dude has delivered just like Manu. Maybe not as consistently as Tim, but they've both helped Tim shoulder a smaller load.

It's also remarkable that both earned nearly the same in their careers. However Manu was seriously underpaid from 2004-2008. Tony on the other hand was underpaid in the last two years of his rookie contract. He's been healthily compensated ever since.