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If the $$ is guaranteed and Tim's knee is better, I hope he comes back. The Spurs will need another piece or hope to someone on the roster develops.
Yes I agree, greedy fan in me wants Tim back but if he knees are that bad then hang em up, he deserves it and did all he could and needs to retire. Fans get greedy and want more, the guys health is more important now though as he has to have those knees for the rest of his life so good for him if he hangs em up.
I don't think the Durant news had anything to do with this because he couldn't really play against them anyway. I think Duncan badly wanted to play another season (maybe more, had his knee held up), but realized he couldn't physically do it anymore and didn't want to play at such a diminished level.
As much as I'd like to see him continue playing, if he couldn't do so at something close to his level before his right knee went, I'd rather see him retire than hobble through a full season.
If the $$ is guaranteed and Tim's knee is better, I hope he comes back. The Spurs will need another piece or hope to someone on the roster develops.
How can a Spurs fan say that about Tim...... Seriously?
Nah JK I know you are a Lakers fan Lefty, no Spurs fan would say that.
Lol that sums up today
Tim is the only athlete I'd be okay with he pulled a "Favre" and retired and unretired like 5 times...
If timmy needs some type of knee scope yeah hes probably done seeing he hates gong under he knife
Tim was told to GTFO
agree, he's probably our best option at backup C even at age 40.
Otherwise, it's Bye Felicia, time to move on...
This is so depressing. This free agency period has just reaffirmed my belief that PATFO don't really care about winning anymore. If Gasol is the best we can get then that is a sad state of affairs. It just seems a waste to do this to one of the top 5 players to play the game. yeah that is right, I am saying TOP 5 bc no other player has done more for their team in recent history then TD. I think that more could have been done, we could have at least tried to build a quality bench and find a serviceable big man to play the C position but nope we chose to draft a point guard who doesn't have a chance in of starting in the next two years bc we are stuck with Parker. I don't know if we will be winning any more les at least for awhile bc we really don't have a team that Tim would be willing to come back to and put his body through another grinding season.
What precludes the Spurs from giving TD the ultimate pampered deal for the upcoming season.
Specifically allow him to play a fraction of the season - no road games. Coupled with some other night offs during home stands and it'd be 35 games to play.
And then when we really need him in May, he'll have a full tank.
Sounds good to me.
Tim wouldnt want that unfortunately, he is the only one preventing a scenario like that
The only other option is we "tank' next season and wait till next summers free agency period and hope that the rest and time off will give Tim another shot at wanting to make a run for one more championship. I think whatever it takes to convince him to stay, the FO should do. He could play in one game next season and rest for 81. I think he has earned that right.
Correct, not official.
Do you just think of the most illogical scenarios possible and then post them? lol wtf are you talking about dude
One more yr Timmy....
I was just being facetious. Tanking is not illogical especially if it is directed towards a specific outcome but that has never been the Spurs style and the reality is that even with Tim we are not going to top the Warriors next year. It is just bothersome to see a guy in his 40s playing his ass off in the last game of his career for a losing cause. I think he deserves more than that and if their is a way to say to Tim that you decide how any games you play this next season, then it should be given to him. I think he hates losing which is why I am hopeful he will come back but without Tim, we are screwed this next year.
How i wish he would have done this two years ago, and not going that crap last two seasons...
With Tim I feel it's all in or not, he won't go for it IMO. Would be nice.Yep, because they base their lives and careers around what you want.. SMH.
Last edited by Sean Cagney; 07-04-2016 at 06:00 PM.
I feel what you are saying here. I wish he would do that but thats not his MO. He is an all in or not at all kinda guy. Also, I think we can beat the Warriors, if you are arguably the 2nd best team in the league and a lock to be the 2nd team in the West, you dont tank. You go for it because this is the NBA and anything can happen. I vividly remember when several of these superteams formed and didnt pan out (2004 Lakers, 2009 Celtics due to injury, 2011 Heat, 2012 Lakers, and the 2015 Cavs due to injury). Things can and do happen to these teams and you need to be ready to step up if they falter. We cant be the prohibitive favorites every year but I am satisfied with where our team stands in a league of 32. Tanking talk is pussy .
^^^This.
Has nothing to do with anybody but how he himself feels physically. He would play until he couldn't anymore and he reached that point. The aspect we don't know about is the real physical state of the knees. Much as he wanted to, he has to consider that he wasn't going to be as good as he'd been and that the new normal was maybe what we saw due to knee soreness. It wasn't ever reported as an injury just "soreness". So he felt it was time. Much respect to him for knowing his body and his health and when it was time.
I hope to see him in some coaching capacity but maybe that's selfish desire.
So you wouldn't prefer to save him from the last two season and all that crap? Why it's hard for you to stay real for yourself and telling the true?? SMH...
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