Duncan: I have 2 more good years left.

[milkyway21]

If you look at the date of the thread and the quote, it was during the playoffs. This is year one, so at this point, ONE more season.

Yap, I missed that. Thanks

[cd021]

2 more years??

Watch out those all-time records

If he does decide to come back for another season
he'd be looking at 27,000 points, 15,000 rebounds and 3,000 blocks assuming he stays healthy and produces about the same as he has the past couple of seasons (14ppg, 9 rpg, 2 bpg)

[Chinook]

Not as familiar with the room exception. So if the cap is $70 million and roster in my Gasol/Adridge scenario comes to 10 players, $69.3 million, the Spurs could use the room exception to sign a player for $2 million? Then they could use bird rights on Green and Leonard. That would give the Spurs 11 players at around $80.3 million. They could fit a vet min or two and a min deal. Though Greens first year of his deal could be more than his $ 7.6 million cap hold. I'd still be worried about depth with that squad though.

rMLE is for $3 Million. But anyway, yeah. Under your scenario, the team would have enough money to go after 2-3 more min/rookie players while staying under the tax. However, I think the Spurs would pay the tax anyway if it meant landing LA or Gasol. It would only be a small amount and for only one year. Even if they weren't inclined to, someone would be willing to give up a million somewhere to make things fit, especially if a good vet was willing to take that min salary. As far as depth goes, remember that the Spurs would actually be a youngish team in this scenario, so they would presumably play their top guys more minutes. Also, the Spurs should have decent depth anyway, with Mills, Diaw, Anderson and a room-exception player as main bench guys with Bertans, LJC, a pick and a couple of min guys to compete for the last spot.

I went in the $12 million range because of the increasing cap and Milsap almost certainly getting a significant raise because there are going to be a probably more than dozen teams with enough cap space to sign him. Then again he could sign a short term deal, but I would assume it would be for more than the 2 years, $18 million deal he signed with Atlanta.

I think he could be a very nice fit and with Diaw backing him up and LJC learning behind them.

Maybe, but there's little reason to pay Millsap $12 Million instead of paying a max or near-max deal for an elite four-man. I could see paying Amir Johnson $8-9 Million or so to leave room to make a splash at the back-up two while saving the room exception for a big, but if the Spurs only have $3-4 Million to offer, they aren't going to get a good enough player to justify passing on Aldridge/Gasol, especially not two such players.

[illusioNtEk]

Yap, I missed that. Thanks

it's true Duncan said that during the playoffs... but why say 2 years left during the end of the season and semi finals? I honestly think he can play till 2016-2017 season. He has never been athletic and maybe saved his knees from high mileage wear and tear.

Duncan probably the smartest nba player in history.

[exstatic]

it's true Duncan said that during the playoffs... but why say 2 years left during the end of the season and semi finals? I honestly think he can play till 2016-2017 season. He has never been athletic and maybe saved his knees from high mileage wear and tear.

Duncan probably the smartest nba player in history.

Because maybe he wants to play two more years and not three?

What I never want to see is Tim as old Hakeem or old Ewing. They stayed past their sell by dates. I never want to think "Wow, he should have retired last year..." I'd rather he left a gallon in the tank than ran out of gas.

[spurs1990]

Great thread gents

Refreshing to read post after post of Spurs-talk instead of one-sentenced pointless threads that clog up page one.

K&R

[hitmantb]

Because maybe he wants to play two more years and not three?

What I never want to see is Tim as old Hakeem or old Ewing. They stayed past their sell by dates. I never want to think "Wow, he should have retired last year..." I'd rather he left a gallon in the tank than ran out of gas.

This.

I would love to remember him as a high impact player, leader of the Spurs, deep playoff run in his final season.

No MJ in Wizard please.

[Ishta]

Tim just commented on my Facebook profile pic and confirmed that not only does he have 2 more good years left, but he also just saved a bunch of money on his car insurance by switching to Geico.

Love this!!

[illusioNtEk]

Looks like my friend was right

[wingster]

If he does decide to come back for another season
he'd be looking at 27,000 points, 15,000 rebounds and 3,000 blocks assuming he stays healthy and produces about the same as he has the past couple of seasons (14ppg, 9 rpg, 2 bpg)

Not far off from what happened..only the points prediction was lower.

[kobyz]

Looks like my friend was right

pop shamelessly waste them!

[TDMVPDPOY]

08-12 WASTED tims years by handing the keys to enrique....fkn didnt even lead to ....

then u draft kawhi, lead the resurgence of the spurs back into contenders...
wasted that championship against heat
beat heat following year
loss in first round next year was also a waste...