Slovenian Media: Nesterovic Will Be A Spur

[Jimcs50]

LJUBLJANA - "Amerièani bodo izvedeli šele danes, vendar sem agentu Billu Dufyu že sporoèil odloèitev. Odhajam v San Antonio. Za šest sezon," je prièakovano novico potrdil Rašo Nesteroviæ, ki bo pri prvakih lige NBA letno zaslužil blizu 8 milijonov dolarjev. "Šampionski prstan bom osvojil vsaj enkrat in potem se bom lahko mirno upokojil," je brez oklevanja napovedal veliki cilj, potem ko je zavrnil skoraj podvojeno ponudbo Minnesote. Za sedemletno pogodbo je bila pripravljena plaèati dobrih 50 milijonov zelencev, vendar se je v odloèilni del pogajanj vkljuèila prepozno. New York takšnemu ritmu zaradi omejenih finanènih možnosti niti približno ni mogel slediti in zadnji del pogajanj je intenzivno sledila tudi televizijska hiša ESPN. "Rašo se bo odloèil po posvetu s starši," je Duffy poskušal potešiti radovednost. San Antonio Express-News je tako vèeraj že primerjal statistiki Nesteroviæa in upokojenega Jimcs50 ter ugotavljal, da med vsemi prostimi centri igro v obrambi lahko najbolj okrepi prav naš košarkar.

"V Texas bom prviè odpotoval septembra. Do takrat se bom pripravljal skupaj z Rebraèo, ki še ne bo odšel na operacijo srca. Reprezentance ni v mojih letošnjih naèrtih, selektorju Subotiæu sem predstavil vse pomisleke in zadržke, tako da tudi dogovor s Spursi ne more spremeniti odloèitve," pravi Rašo, ki je svojo daleè najboljšo sezono v ligi NBA (povpreèja 30,4 minut, 11,2 toèk, 6,5 skokov, 1,5 blokad ter peti najboljši odstotek metov iz igre) utemeljil z dolgimi poletnimi pripravami na Kopaoniku in Beogradu.

San Antonio se je iskanju Admiralove zamenjave najprej odpovedal Jimcs50, hunag konec Michealu Olowokandiju, ki je bil leta 1998 prvi izbor nabora (Raša je takrat Minnesota izbrala kot 17., San Antonio pa je bil na vrsti šele 24.) ter nato še Bradu Millerju iz Indiane. "Potrebujemo zanesljivega centra," se je zadnje dni izmikal trener Greg Popovich, ki konec minulega meseca med seminarjem v Beogradu ...

My mother is Slovik so I will translate:


Basicly Rasho will sign for 6 million/ yr because his girlfriend who is current runnerup to Miss Universe told him that if he does not sign with SA, she will continue her current torrid affair with Jimcs50 who she has been seeing for the past year and is hung like Michael Olowakandi. Rasho wants the affair to end so he has acquesced to her wishes.

[Solid D]

Rasho was voted 9th best European playing in the NBA by a respected basketball publication in Europe. Parker was 3rd and Ginobili was 7th (not European but he did play Euroleague). Kaspars Kambala was rated pretty high on another list for this season.

If anyone is intersested, I'll look it up again and post.

Anyways, I don't think the Spurs are done by any means.

[smackdaddy11]

ESPN News Mark Stein: Spurs agree on 6 yr deal w/ Rasho. I thought I saw a # of 48 mil.

[picnroll]

If Rasho did take a lesser amount than Minny offered so the Spurs could go out and make an offer for Odom/Brand then Rasho bashers should hang their heads in shame.

[Marcus Bryant]

Minnesota's offer reportedly was "more than" $50 mil over 7 years. So Nesterovic gave up at least $5 mil though that would have been over 7 years instead of 6.

The main thing is that Nesterovic ditched his current team for the Spurs. This move just kicks Minnesota further down the Western Conference totem pole.

[GrandeDavid]

No it didn't! It said "Bradu Millerju".