ESPN Stein: Tiago and Spurs ramped up talks

[Spurs Brazil]

too much money and a lot of years.

I don't like this deal

[Ditty]

Don't mind the $9 million a year but damn five years...

Maybe they're banking on Oden into turning into the next franchise player

[BatManu20]

[TheGoldStandard]

5 years 45 million is the word....

That would be a kick in the gut but about what I expect the Spurs to do.. It's pretty embarrassing to pay a 10/6 guy that amount.

[Captivus]

I dont want the Spurs to give more than $7M!!!


Just for fun...

Per 36 Minutes

Rk	Player	Season	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	BLK	PTS
1	Tyler Hansbrough	2012-13	27	81	8	1366	4.6	10.7	.432	5.7	7.9	.720	4.2	5.6	9.8	0.5	15.0
2	Tiago Splitter	2012-13	28	81	58	1997	5.7	10.1	.560	3.7	5.1	.730	2.6	6.7	9.3	1.2	15.1

5 Years / $45M!

[loveforthegame]

Hmm. More than I hoped for but might as well wait for terms.

[tesseractive]

This could be a VERY good deal for the Spurs, depending on how it is structured and what the options are on the final 2 years of the deal.

Yeah, depending on how it escalates, 5/$45 isn't necessarily much more than 3/$25 if there are option years.

[Spurs9]

Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA
San Antonio is finalizing a five year, $45 million contract extension for center Tiago Splitter, league sources tell Y! Sports.

WTF

[spurraider21]

(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

[TheGoldStandard]

Disgusting

[Drom John]

Please be backloaded to open up cap during the Duncan years.

[Nathan89]

everything about this deal. Richard Jefferson deal 2.0.

[yavozerb]

too much money and too much years

No way..go around the league and look at contracts for starting big men in the NBA. Good not Great deal for spurs..

[DesignatedT]

Not a fan of this at all tbh.

[SpursRock20]

Tiago about to get a slam dunk of a deal!

[Captivus]

[ElNono]

Tiago was dropped from the Brazilian NT yesterday. Because of his uncertain contract situation, Brazil could not get the required insurance. One possibility is that Tiago is trying to get this thing done soon so he can still make it to the NT.

The news come from here (portuguese):
http://esportes.terra.com.br/basquet...6eb0aRCRD.html

[benefactor]

Bring the meltdown.

[raybies]

Whoa....!!! 5 years at 9. Must be a sign and trade.... Can't see the spurs giving him 9.

Pop must of been like" ok we'll give you the money you want but you gotta be open to go wherever we send you."

[RD2191]

WHAT THE

[Nathan89]

"Blue-collar player"= 5 years/45 mil

[Ron Swanson]

Whoa. Seems a bit much, but I'll wait to see the terms.

[timtonymanu]

Ehh... that's a lot, but I honestly expected him to get at least 10 million a year.

The Spurs must still really be high on him to give him a 5 year contract.

[slick'81]

So what is that like 9 per

[ducks]

west got 3 years for 36 and he is old