Thank You Peter Holt

[RodNIc91]

Thank you and all the group. I think we will be going all the way just like 2 years ago. It will be worth it

[barbacoataco]

I agree with this post. Spurs ownership is trying to do whatever possible to be truly in the championship hunt.

[rayray2k8]

Now, it's all up to this man to lead the spurs..

[Mavs<Spurs]

The timing of all this is what gets me. He stepped up to the plate during a broken economy when every other owner is trying to cut spending.

Holt, Pop and RC deserve major respect.

Great Point !

[45 bank shot]

Thank you owner, thank you FO, thank you Pop

[SenorSpur]

Thanks Mr. HoltCat for challenging and allowing the FO to "pull out all the stops" to upgrade the roster in the "drive for five".

I'm seriously looking for my old Cat Diesel Power hat.

[J.T.]

I'm just glad this team didn't win another championship with the old as dirt roster it had, because this offseason would've never happened.

[Blackjack]

Mr. Holt, you're a real life american hero, with a story like few others, and have done nothing but represent this town and team in a first-class manor...

I, and the rest of my Spurs brethren, can never thank you enough.

[Kent_in_Atlanta]

Business is booming

Beautiful!!!!!! :LMAO

[StoneBuddha]

+1 on all the praise to Holt.

[urunobili]

You couldn't have said it better. From Montevideo, Uruguay and probably all over the rest of the world filled with Spurs fans, THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!

I'm promising this now as well, If McClinton makes the team I'll buy his Jersey and go to San Antonio (or Austin) to have it signed by him.

[CubanMustGo]

Thanks to Peter Holt and the ownership group. Never thought I'd see the day when the Spurs would go hard into luxtaxland like they have this summer, but man, what a job by the FO. Hopefully there's a little left for kibble for Holt's Cat.

Now, Pop, get your head out of your ass and play rotations that make sense now that you have the players to do so. Last year was not your best.

[robot89]

now ship out bonner and fin & get us splitter and gist

[SonOfAGun]

I'm a Kabota man myself, but I will send some love to CAT somewhere down the line.

[DMX7]

There would have been criminal charges if Spurs owners, management blew the last few years of Duncans reign.

True, but its still a business.

[50 cent]

We are finally out of the Holting Pattern.

[baseline bum]

Lux tax is around $69M.

$69M? Did they change the definition from 61.1% of the average BRI? Or did they change the salary cap from 48.8%?

[baseline bum]

$69M? Did they change the definition from 61.1% of the average BRI? Or did they change the salary cap from 48.8%?

Never mind. The cap is $57.7M and is 51% of projected average BRI now. Man, that just makes it even more unbelievable that they'd spend at $8+ million in taxes in this economy to put a winner on the floor. No wonder we're hearing about a lockout after next season with the cap climbing to 51%.

[crc21209]

I'm not sure what has gotten into you and the rest of the ownership group but thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Spurs Nation

Co-sign. +100000000.

[angelbelow]

THANK YOU MR. HOLT!!!!!!

ps. how can i contribute? buy merch off spurs.com would help right? (i live in LA so i cant goto games etc.)

[crc21209]

As mentioned before in the RC thread, it's up to us as fans to keep the purple and gold jersied or red jersey-wearing fans out of the AT&T Center. To bring back an old Spurs' slogan "Fill It Up!".

Damn right. Every Spurs fan better come out in a flurry this year to the games. I experienced one of the worst experiences this past season....Game 1 Spurs-Mavs...after the game I was right by and heard a bunch of stupid Mavs fans chanting "Let's Go Mavs" and "Sorry San Antonio if was fun watching you kick our asses for years but its finally over. You're done." I never wanna hear this EVER again in OUR house.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Yeah, many thanks Peter Holt. It is a total surprise that you would open the purse strings just as money becomes tight, but you've obviously realised that it would be a tragedy to waste the end of the Greatest PF ever's career. Well done.

[Das Texan]

I wish I owned some land or needed to move some earth so I could go out and buy a Holt tractor or two.

[Danny.Zhu]

Thank you Peter. Thank you so much.

[Samr]

The timing of all this is what gets me. He stepped up to the plate during a broken economy when every other owner is trying to cut spending.

Holt, Pop and RC deserve major respect.

I am not sure if anyone here reads Seth Godin's blog but there was a really good post a few months ago about why now, in this economy, is the perfect time to start a company. He basically said that the best time to start something new is when others are hedging their bets, cutting back, and being conservative. Spent at the time when other's save. Take risks when others are standing sill.

He said (paraphrased) that success you may have is magnified in relation to your compe ors when they hold back or slow down. Now is a great time to go on way, because everyone else is going the other, and the space between you and them will be greater than if you wait for everything to get "better."

Seth Godin is a business and marketing professional, and Peter Holt is a business man.

I'm just glad Holt's knowledge of business strategy translates to basketball. As a Spurs fan, I'm REALLY glad of that.