Green: "if the money is close, I'm coming back."

[T Park]

Key guy to bring back. Not just the outside shooting touch but underrated defender, rebounds solid for a guard, not to mention blocks a shot a game.

Only NBA guard to average a block and a steal a game last season.

[Kawhitstorm]

Danny was a role player on a national championship team thus he probably feels most comfortable in that role & is most likely one of those players who absolutely can't stand losing considering his college/professional pedigree.

[Spurtacular]

[San Antonio Slayer]

Could someone please transform what Pop said here? I am from Ukraine, can't read his lips properly.

[MI21]

Only NBA guard to average a block and a steal a game last season.

Best shotblocking guard since prime D-Wade, tbh.

I'm nearly certain there wouldn't be any other SG making 100 3's at 40%+ whilst playing 30MPG,

[BillMc]

Could someone please transform what Pop said here? I am from Ukraine, can't read his lips properly.

He said (and excuse the profanity) "I don't want to hear it. Shut the up!" to Danny.

By the way where are you from in Ukraine? I lived 7 years in Kharkov.

[therealtruth]

His monster performance in Game 7 has gone unobserved in our elimination..It was too late, but I have never seen Green laying it out court like that..That rejection on Griffin was just wowwww..

The one thing I can't get over is how TP failed to secure the ball after Green came up with a big defensive rebound in the 4th. That turnover lead to TP fouling Griffin. (That was one of several chances the Spurs blew to take over the game including TP's blown layup on Red .) Really that whole game DG was making defensive play after defensive play. Maybe Pop should have gone to DG on Griffin since no one else had success. Really him and TD were the guys that had the most success against him, highlighted by their huge rejections on him.

[San Antonio Slayer]

He said (and excuse the profanity) "I don't want to hear it. Shut the up!" to Danny.

By the way where are you from in Ukraine? I lived 7 years in Kharkov.

Thanx man for the help! I am from Chernivtsy. Kharkov is a very nice city in terms of basketball culture.

[buttsR4rebounding]

Spurs' off-season MVP, IMO..He really let it all happen with that deal..

we should have a fan appreciation night for Danny where we all wear Green to a game.

[San Antonio Slayer]

Danny was a noname in Cavs. I am glad he remembers everything and shows his appreciation by staying.

[jag]

Pop yells at Diaw pretty intensely, too, IIRC..that failed inbounds play earlier this season is stuck in my mind..

Boris doesn't seem like the type that cares about anybody yelling at him, though..

Boris doesn't give a . He plays at his own pace and if he screws up, oh well...he didn't sub himself in

[CGD]

I still can't believe the Spurs were able to keep Danny and Patty this offseason while adding LMA.

[Johnny RIngo]

I still can't believe the Spurs were able to keep Danny and Patty this offseason while adding LMA.

Gotta thank Timmy for that one. Best bargain contract in NBA history.

[spurspokesman]

Tim's personality is infectious. DG has been duncanized lol

[Cowboys_Wear_Spurs]

It was surprising how many of the Project Spurs, EN guys and others on Twitter were so pessimistic about Danny returning.

Probably wasted 10 hrs of my life trying to convince them that Danny wasn't going anywhere if SA's offer is close by 1-2 mil per.

It wasn't that close. Some teams offered Green much more. Word is he left about 20+mil on the table. Much bigger discount than his last contract which he left around 6 - 8mil. At 11mil, that was a good deal when considering the contract that were given out similar players. GM's lost their minds this offseason. Rockets were lucky to get Ariza for a 7mil a year contract.

[Cowboys_Wear_Spurs]

Texas has one of the highest property tax rates in the country. We also have to pay state sales tax. So that state income tax everyone dreads is not that significant.

Georgia property tax, well at least in Atlanta, is worse than Texas and they have a state tax and a sales tax. And their vehicle registration tax is just ridiculous. Where Texas makes it money is on the Corporate tax from oil and refineries and numerous Corporation incorporated in Texas. This allows them not to have a State Tax. Georgia just recently started getting Corporate HQ's moving here, but its still nowhere near the income Texas pulls.

[tatteredprince]

three words:

loyalty

family and

love for the Spurs

[tatteredprince]

I still can't believe the Spurs were able to keep Danny and Patty this offseason while adding LMA.

plus adding West

plus Duncan and Manu returning

plus adding Marjanovic and the other young talents

almost too good to be true

[tatteredprince]

may be there is a god after all

and this GOD loves the Spurs

lol

[Mark Celibate]

Dude made the right decision staying with Spurs imho. He's a role player and a system player, it's highly questionable if he can be nearly as good elsewhere. So it was smart of him to stay in San Antonio, earning 11m/yr with the hope of getting himself another big contract a few years later, rather than expose himself in an awkward system, get bought out in a few years and play for vet minimum on random teams until retiring.

[Spur|n|Austin]

plus adding West

plus Duncan and Manu returning

plus adding Marjanovic and the other young talents

almost too good to be true

Can't forget locking in Kawhi for years to come.

[Mugen]

Part of me feels like Green didn't know how much money he was giving up. He was the first of the big-money wings to sign. Aminu got $30M/4, but the Spurs moved so fast, that Green apparently didn't even get to meet with other teams. Detroit seemed to be the most serious, and SVG said that Carroll's deal was well out of their price range. So they probably didn't really offer Green as much as other teams would have. I think the Spurs got closer to what Detroit offered rather than what Sacramento would have.

I mean, I could sleep well at night knowing I made $45 Million rather than $70 Million. And I hope Green has no regrets about deciding so quickly. But the Spurs deserve major props in locking Danny up so early. That's almost as impressive as them getting LMA, all things considered. Perhaps the Splitter trade was worth even more than most of us thought.

I would think that Danny's agent is more competent than that tbh.

I do agree that Detroit probably wasn't offering as much as the Raptors, Kings, Mavs ended up giving but Danny's agent had to know that his client had plenty of suitors and could have gotten a much bigger deal....

[SpursBig3s]

some great posts in this thread. This goes along with what some other poster said (can't direct quote for some reason, computer acting up), but I really hope that whenever our opening night at home, DG gets just as loud and crazy of a standing ovation that Timmy, LMA, and Kawhi will get. He deserves it. True Spur through and through

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Not how it works, at all. You get taxed on every game at the local rate. It's been that way for years. It still helps to have 41 home games in TX, but if the schedule breaks wrong, he could pay up to 8 games of Cali taxes.

You don't have to file 30+ tax returns, do you?!? That'd be impossible! If so how do these athletes, many of them with <100 IQs, not get indicted for multiple counts of accidental tax fraud every year?

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Not in Detroit though.

State income tax is a totally overblown talking point for NBA salaries.

I actually debated spending $10k to get a mansion in Detroit a couple years back. Unfortunately I'd also have to hire a bodyguard and bring quite a few guns.