Tim Duncan Extended for Two-more Years

[TDMVPDPOY]

duncan didnt just loss 11m, isnt the new CBA agreement around the corner?

he shouldve wait after it like how the lebron class took 3yr deals instead of max deals...and see what the new cba had to offer....

[Russ]

The real story here is not that Duncan will keep playing for the Spurs (which we all knew) but rather that he will play through 2112 (which we could only wonder about).

That could be a lot more rings.

I think Duncan has a sense of history and wants to write some -- as much to tweak the hypocrites who pay lip service to all the right things and then rush in for the glitz as for anything else.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I wonder how many stars would actually leave 11 million on the table for the betterment of the team... This kind of stuff makes me proud to be a Spurs fan.

Exactly! Very few NBA stars would ever consider not taking the maximum offered them (and the FO did offer the $51mil!).

David set the standard, and Tim follows in his footsteps.

Our guys ROCK.

[misterx91578]

Duncan

[TDMVPDPOY]

seems like a fair deal to me, once you take into consideration income tax free compared to other states....

im rich biatches

[Barbarian]

Props to Duncan. Classy move...Classy guy. He just wants to win and this just shows it.

[baseline bum]

Man, that is awesome to have Tim on the Spurs for at least two more years after 2010. What a great day to be a Spurs fan: two more years from our franchise's best player, AND he leaves ~ $5 million extra in cap room to help the team re-sign Manu and maybe pick up another impact player in 10-11.

[hsxvvd]

Are there any precedents for this? Has any other marquee player agreed to less money from the same team?

Duncan should get something named after him for this. maybe Duncantown, Texas? any takers?

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magnusdrakenkrauss

Didn't Shaq do this a few years back? Or did he extend his deal for longer but less per year? Somebody with more knowledge than me should know, but I'm sure I heard something like this a few years ago?

[whottt]

Didn't Shaq do this a few years back? Or did he extend his deal for longer but less per year? Somebody with more knowledge than me should know, but I'm sure I heard something like this a few years ago?

Taking pay cuts isn't something Shaq is known for.


I think KG did something like that, but I don't think Shaq's done anything of the sort. If he did? He did it kicking and screaming all the ay.

[Mister Sinister]

Wow. Just, wow. x a gabajillion to Timmy for this.

[milkyway21]

AND he leaves ~ $5 million extra in cap room to help the team re-sign Manu and maybe pick up another impact player in 10-11.

I'm 100% excited over this. A player w/ all-star caliber can join us . Duncan is staying a Spur. TP is getting better. Manu is healthy. Duncan who made those 4 les possible is locked up, we won't be chasing him for more yrs.

San Antonio you are so lucky .

I can't wait for the NBA season to begin.

[Bruno]

Great news.
A team first move made by a team first player.

In fact Duncan didn't really turn $11M but $9M. Duncan could have sign a $51M/2 years extension but it would have almost for sure been adjusted to a $49M/2 years extension at the start of the 2010/2011 season. It's because of a rule on players above the maximum salary.

We can too start to think at the 2010 master plan.

[mattyc]

Tim Duncan is panels better than any sports star anywhere.

[timvp]

We can too start to think at the 2010 master plan.

I thought you didn't believe in master plans?

[porscha]

Saint Duncan
D-rob, Duncan, Manu..they all do whatever for the team and put themself in the second!
I would like to see Tony do the same in the future .... will he?

Duncan Duncan I love you

[Bruno]

I thought you didn't believe in master plans?

I don't believe in the 2008 one.

[ChumpDumper]

This is all good. Duncan doesn't need to have the Spurs by the balls because the Spurs have proven they will spend up to and above the luxury tax threshold. There are only two teams that are slated to stay appreciably above the threshold over the next few years, and Dallas isn't one of them.

So unless Tim wants to be a Knick, we shouldn't worry.

[porscha]

why no news at spurs.com?

[mystargtr34]

So as of next season...

Rashard Lewis > Tim Duncan

On to the Shaq point. In the 2004/2005 season Shaq was due to make something like $26million but he resigned on at a $20million clip??? I think im right...

[polandprzem]

Hmm why Duncan did not took minimum?

All he wants is money!

[Johnny RIngo]

Anybody know a website with the updated roster/salaries?

[AFBlue]

Ludden just pwned Ronald McDonald there. Although it really isn't fair, since Ludden still probably has better team contacts than McDonald.

I actually think Ludden asked the Spurs FO for exclusive coverage of this story in order to launch his yahoo career. It was the first big story that he had some control over.

Probably a favor for all the "mouthpiecing" he did while with the Spurs.

[TDMVPDPOY]

Taking pay cuts isn't something Shaq is known for.


I think KG did something like that, but I don't think Shaq's done anything of the sort. If he did? He did it kicking and screaming all the ay.

shaq was askn for 100m/4 yrs i think

but he took 80m/4yrs only

better than nothing

and plz dont bring up KG his done nothing, by the time he realise to restructure his contract, the damage has been done to the wolves cap to sign any players...

[VaSpursFan]

timmy and the spurs braintrust are the gold standard for the nba...and the shipped fatty out of town...great way to start the season!!!

[Spurs Brazil]

TD is great

For me the best Spur all time