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Bc Holt sells tractors, not gold, and paladium.
He should get whatever he asks for.
Bc Holt sells tractors, not gold, and paladium.
Maybe he has had a look at Holt's wallet.
And it is possible he is really friends with the owner and all the guys who help run the show.
Or Blame Robinson for the loyalty thing. Or both. Or... Maybe he wants to dive into the massive amounts of money the Spurs pull in later as a partial owner.
He will. The FO might not be happy if Tim asks for max or near-max money, but they would have to pay it if he asked for it.
I'm guessing at a 2-year $16M contract with a player option on year 2. Just a guess.
Thats a good deal right there, probably what he ends up with or near it.
Yep, this sounds reasonable. He might even take a little less and have a "hand-shake" deal to recover all the money he's leaving on the table when he's retired and hired as a "Spurs consultant".
Last edited by Old School 44; 06-01-2015 at 03:27 PM.
Tim Duncan should retire...
Misery loves company. How's 48.5 treating you?
that TP contract set the precedent, PATFO obviously didn't care about TD getting 6 or 7. so them, TD should demand at least 3/36
Tim Duncan has obviously deserved more than he's been making for a long time now. I suspect he will have a cushy job with a nebulous purpose after he retires while getting paid millions to do pretty much nothing though. In other words, he's probably "getting paid" anyway, just not right now.
tim duncan, manu ginobili, kobe bryant and dirk are all worth the veteran minimum on the open market. It's not really about considering them done, but what kind of plan can a gm justify when he signs a player on his last legs for more than a minumum? we sign him so he can play alone with a non compe ive team? we build a half compe ive team so he can have a little more money? we leave young players with a lot of years left to make room for someone who will be gone one year from now.. makes 0 sense to me.
^you can fish for idiots without going full re , tbh.
I like that strategy.
Old School, where did you get those photos in your sig? Those are great.
He surely deserves it but I bet he takes a pay cut.
This. I think Duncan will sign if/after Splitter is dealt and only if LMA/Gasol signs. And part of the negotiations with the FA guys will include at least some conversation with Tim, implicitly stating that he would be a part of the team if the big name signed.
Btw the 2010 Heat set the precedent for this
Tim won't be involved with what the front office does.. In a few weeks if not already Tim will call Pop, RC or both and say.. "I'm in" or "I'm out" he's not the kind of player to string the team along depending on who they go after because there is no guarantee that they will sign such a player and he's not going to renege on the team if they don't sign said player. He's going to get paid 7m to 10m dollars, this is the figure the organization will offer and he's not going to say "pay me less"
Tim is still a max-level player. He'll be presented with the options, what they'll be able to do if he signs for X dollars, and they'll gameplan based off his decision.
He's a made man. He deserves whatever he asks for. But I'm pretty sure he'll take less if he believes it will bring him 6.
I don't see Tim hanging around for consultant chump change after he retires. He will be banging Vanessa Macias on a beach somewhere.
He deserves it if he does. Still the best player on the team.
I love Timmy but he's not a max player anymore. His ability on the court may be at max-level, but he can only do it for less than 30 minutes per game and needs games off to rest. For me a max player is a guy who is good enough to cover up the flaws left when you don't have money to fill out the rest of the roster, and that's not Timmy anymore IMO.
Of course remember 'max player' is relative. Timmy is worth the max that Kawhi will get (~$15m next year) but not the $24m that his max deal is worth.
Other teams would get in a bidding war to sign Tim for one year if they thought they could get him. He'd bring in well over the vet minimum for one year. Do you know the wear and tear he plays with? Do you know how hard it is for him to get and stay in game shape as he gets older? It's a big, physical and emotional sacrifice, so why not pay him what he's worth? I'm sure Tim will take somewhat of a discount because he wants to win, but asking him to play the season for $1 million is selfish for an organization that is worth a hundreds of millions of dollars because of him and has 5 les because of him.
As you said, he's a max player. If he wants it, he can have it. He's just as, if not more, deserving than plenty of "max players".
Yeah right...
I doubt he'll actually need to "be around" to collect though. I mean let's be real, the Spurs pretty much owe him somewhere around 50-80m dollars in savings Tim provided them. I doubt he will get that much but he will get something.
who said anything about timmy being around the team as said consultant?
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