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Man, this summer is so much easier that past offseasons.
Horry to stay 3 years: Spurs reach agreement with shot-making veteran
Web Posted: 07/06/2005 12:00 AM CDT
Mike Monroe
Express-News Staff Writer
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/b....3e045b83.html
The next big shot Robert Horry makes in an NBA game will be for the Spurs.
Horry, one of the heroes of the Spurs' 2005 NBA championship run, has agreed to the terms in a three-year contract offer from the Spurs.
Free agents can't sign contracts until terms of the new collective bargaining agreement between the NBA and its players' union are finalized. The league has estimated July 22 as the likeliest date.
"As soon as he is allowed to sign the contract, he is going to sign it," Robert Barr, who represented the 13-year veteran in negotiations, said Tuesday.
The Spurs declined comment, citing an NBA rule preventing them from announcing such agreements before players can sign them.
Horry, 34, whose 3-point shot with 5.8 seconds remaining in overtime gave the Spurs a 96-95 Game 5 victory over the Detroit Pistons in the NBA Finals, played last season for the veterans' minimum salary of $1.1million. Financial terms of the new deal aren't known, but it is expected to pay him considerably more.
There is a clause in the third year of the deal that would allow the Spurs to buy out the final year.
The Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks this past week courted Horry, whose shooting has earned him the nickname "Big Shot Bob." He had played in Los Angeles with Shaquille O'Neal, who made it clear he wanted Miami to make Horry an offer.
"The biggest factor in (Robert's) decision is just that the Spurs are a first-class organization," Barr said. "Robert loves the team. He loves Tim Duncan and all the rest of his teammates, and he loves the way Pop (coach Gregg Popovich) is, and the way Pop coaches and the way Pop has learned to use him."
The 2005-06 season would be Horry's third with the Spurs. He averaged 6.1 points in 75 games this past season and has a career scoring average of 7.5 points per game.
But Horry's real value was most evident in the playoffs. He made big shots in every series, including a 3-pointer in Game 2 of the Spurs' Western Conference Finals victory over the Phoenix Suns that gave the Spurs a one-point lead with 2:31 remaining.
Horry averaged 28.6 minutes in the seven games of the NBA Finals and was on the floor for the crucial minutes of the fourth quarters.
Horry, the all-time leader in NBA Finals 3-pointers made, never has been with a team that failed to make the playoffs. In fact, he never has experienced a loss in the first round of the playoffs.
"Robert believes this (Spurs) team can win more championships," Barr said. "For him, that's what this game is all about."
Man, this summer is so much easier that past offseasons.
Well, great news.
Looks like the Spurs have accomplished their number one task for the offseason.
Now, it's time to make sure that Scola comes over here.
Lovely news...
Sad news for all those heat fans...
Any word if the signing is with Bird's rights or with MLE money?
great great great news. i thought it would be a 3 year deal too.
Holy crap!!!! Thanks Horry!
I love you Horry!!!!!
This has to guarantee that the Spurs had his Early Bird rights. I doubt the Spurs would use a major portion of their MLE this soon in the summer if that's where the money had to come from.
Now sign Scola to the LLE and bring in someone with the MLE.
Great news.
This is very great that they got it done so early. Now whatever they do for the summer (be it look for trades for Rasho or whatever) at least Horry is already here.
Spurs have a team option for the third year. So it's basically a two-year deal.
Much like they had with Danny Ferry. Sounds like they'll use his expiring contract in a trade at around that time.
I feel retarted...What's a LLE?
i dont think they would have signed him this early if they didnt already know what they were going to do with scola... so the fact that this was done so fast is a pretty good sign.
Is it "Lower Level Exception" ? About 1.5 mill?
All you need to know is it's an exception worth about $1.8M.
Awesome, step one accomplished.
Who would you go after with the MLE?
i thought it would be a 3 year deal to be able to give him more money. it'll be interesting to see how much too.
Depends how their roster looks. If they are keeping all the bigs and adding Scola, then I'd look for a small forward. If they are trading one of the bigs or not bringing in Scola, then I would go big.
Yeaaaaaaaaah! Big Shot Rob!
3 years = 3 more rings?!
Glad he showed some loyalty too.
I can pretty much guarantee you that the countract is worth the MLE X 2 ... meaning probably a two-year contract worth around $9.5M, with the third year a ~$5.5M team option.
Spurs need to resign Devin. Sign a real backup point guard and open camp.
That's all they need. I am no longer convinced that Beno can get it to half court in 8 seconds.
Point Guard is priority number one.
How much do you all think the SPurs have him?
Great news!!
Man.. I feel so good now. Great to know this thing didn't take long. It was a matter of time, but still I wasn't sure Horry will be happy with the Spurs' offer.
Go Spurs Go!!!
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