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$4M was able to get us Bruce. If those are the mathematical details, that's SIGNIFICANT.
''That's how special Duncan, Ginobili and Parker are together, with on-court styles that mesh so nicely and a chemistry that ranks as the envy of the league, extending to the point that the first two took significant discounts in their most recent contract negotiations to make it easier for Spurs management to keep the supporting cast around them stocked.
Where else on the NBA map does stuff like that happen?''
I found this in an article written by Marc Stein from ESPN. He was talking about the most dominant trios in today's NBA. I don't understand the part where he says Manu took a significant discount. Was he talking about his present contract or did Manu get an extension recently?
Duncan just signed a two-year 40M dollar extension, how does that qualify as a SIGNIFICANT pay-cut, I though the league max was 22M ?
$4M was able to get us Bruce. If those are the mathematical details, that's SIGNIFICANT.
he could have gotten 11m more
I think Duncan left 11 million on the table.
Manu is signed until 2010, so the article must be referring to his last contract.
That's 2 3/4 Bruces. Man, we're gonna be LOADED.
This thread is about Duncan and Manu.
Duncan or Manu? And when?
Duncan, about 2 weeks ago I think
I realize that, but the point I was making was that you never know what you get when you sign a player whether or not it's for big money. So $4M is significant, although the contract terms show that it is $11M.
Duncan
Wow. That's huge. I thought league max was 22 so he had only given away 4. Thx guys.
Manu took discount when he signed contract last time (two or three years back). Denver was offering more to Manu and he took Spur's offer. I think it was in 2004 when he and Kenyon Martin were free agents/restricted free agents.
I do not think max is 22M. In 2004-2005 season, Shaq got 27.5 Million
http://www.insidehoops.com/nbasalaries.shtml
I don't think Denver offered more to Manu. But Manu's contract is a bargain nonetheless.
Duncan's first year of the extension pays $18.7 million, when he was eligible for $24.4 million... i.e., he took a $5.7 million paycut for his first season of the extension (and $5.5 million less than he could have for the second season).
Manu ended up with less than his street worth back in '04 due to the fact that he was a restricted free agent. Thank God.
Last edited by Kori Ellis; 11-18-2007 at 12:38 AM.
The first one says there was a rumor they might offer him $60 million. The second one says there was a rumor they would make him a big offer. But they never made him an official offer because they thought the Spurs would match. If Manu was unrestricted, no doubt he would have gotten a lot of big offers but since he was restricted, he didn't.
Sorry for editing your above post - I was trying to quote it.
I'm not sure what the Nuggets' final offer to Manu was, but it was clearly influenced by the fact that he was a restricted free agent. If he had hit the open market he would have gotten something like 50% more than he eventually did.
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