Manu will not retire in a Spurs uniform if Spurs lose. Shame on you fans

[ElNono]

Disagree. He won't be hated nor should he be. But he won't be the beloved figure he once was if they lose. It severely tarnishes him in fans eyes IMO.

Disagree. I was actually shocked he's by far the most beloved Spur in that poll from the Express News, considering people tend to vote with the 'what have you done for me lately' mentality. As other people have already said, this will be chalked up to his decline. And there's obviously some of that there.

[Typical London Boy]

Was thinking earlier that Manu won us the 2005 championships and cost us the 2013 championships. Sad, but maybe true.

[Twisted_Dawg]

Who else would he retire with?? Tau Cerámica of the Spanish League?? If we don't offer a contract, I doubt anyother NBA teams would offer him a contract as badly as he has played and as tight as salary cap has gotten.

Now maybe the Lakers, Clips, Suns or Rockets offer him a 2-year contract at $2 million per year to help sell tickets to the Hispanic market. And that would be a gift.

The guy is done. He needs to be a man and retire on his own, and not try to extract a contract from us or any other team and embarrass himself any more than he has already.

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

While I usually respect Manu, this has been a nightmare season. His age has not progressed well with his game

[AntiChrist]

Huge Manu homer here, but he was hurting more than helping in game 6.

It's strange that I now have more confidence in Tim's freethrows than I do Manu's.

[SenorSpur]

Everybody is remembering the free throws that the Spurs missed in the last minute, that "lost the game". Nobody seems to remember a FT that the Heat missed in OT, that at least left the Spurs an opportunity to win or tie it on their last two possessions. What's noteworthy isn't the fact that Bosh missed the FT, but the fact that Manu fouled him on a layup, and allowed him to get an and-1 opportunity. The rule there is, if you're going to foul there, foul the out of him and make him earn them from the line. And if ANYONE should know that, it's Manu. That play was absolutely the stupidest thing I have seen since... the last time Manu gave someone an and-1 in the last minutes of a critical playoff game. Remember that, anyone?

I can accept Manu getting older. But what I can't accept is him being absolutely ing stupid, and the most critical point(s) in championship runs. He got lucky, with Bosh missing the FT. But that was the play of someone in self-destruct mode. It made me look at a lot of his other screw-ups last night in a totally different light.

Boy, how can I forget that one. We'll never know, but I've always been convinced that stupid-ass "and-1" foul, with the Spurs up by three, that Manu committed on Dirk during the late seconds of that 2006 WCSF series versus Dallas, not only cost the Spurs that game (which they went on to lose in OT), but it also cost them another NBA le. The fact of the matter is Manu could've let Dirk waltz into the lane and score the layup and the Spurs probably went the game anyway. To your point though, if he was going to foul the guy, foul the out of him to make sure he HAS to earn it from the line. It's amazing that 7 years later, we're talking about the same overzealous, bone-headed type of player from Manu.

[Soul_Patch]

I dont necessarily blame Manu. He is playing with pure heart trying everything he can to spark the team...it is just that every time he tries harder, it makes it worse for the team. I blame Popovich completely...he should have seen that Manu was struggling and was costing us this game and taken him out to save him the embarrassment and potentially save game for the Spurs...he chose to ride him into the ground and take the entire Spurs team with him.

[SpursSerb]

If Miami wins,i will never forgive him for taking the fifth out of Tim's hand.And i honestly i don't care if he retires as a Spur or not.So we are suppose to pay him some mid level contract on some loyalty?No thanks.If he is willing to take a vet minimum,he can stay.

[Oh, Gee!!]

It's not our decision whether he stays or goes. It's his and/or the spurs, and I doubt what we type on a messageboard will influence either party one iota.