Duncan cuts his salary from $21.16 million to $9.65 million

[rmt]

Title is misleading. It's not that TD is still worth $21 mil but that his $9.6 mil salary allowed the Spurs to retain Diaw, sign De Colo and maintain flexibility for Manu and Splitter next year. Besides, $9.6 mil is a bargain for what TD provides. If you need proof, just look around the league at the lack of quality centers and the outrageous amount that the teams have to pay for a good big man. TD, at age 36, is still better than a lot of them.

[Timmy D for MVP]

For those of you saying he couldn't make more than that elsewhere:

How much did Hibbert get?

Had it been thought that he would have actually left San Antonio he'd have been the 2nd option for bigs after Dwight.

He would not have made 20+ mill but he did take a cut. And he has restructured in the past to allow for a bit more room.

That said, this contract doesn't magically mean they can sign Lebron James and Dwight Howard. It certainly helps but it won't be a deal maker for them.

[Heavincent]

what? did you expect him to keep getting $20m+ ???

Considering Brook Lopez got a max deal...yes, he could have.

[ripthekik]

Respect.

[Qwyjibo]

For those of you saying he couldn't make more than that elsewhere:

How much did Hibbert get?

Had it been thought that he would have actually left San Antonio he'd have been the 2nd option for bigs after Dwight.

Hibbert is 25, Duncan is 36. If Duncan hit the open market, he still wouldn't have gotten what Hibbert did. And this is even though I think Duncan is still a very productive player and better than Hibbert on a per-minute basis.

[Nevaeh]

PaycutCan

Not this sh!t again.

Unselfishcan
TeamPlayercan

[bluechox2]

lets not act like spurs were offering 15 million but duncan was like, oh no thats too much ill take 9

dude took whatever he could get

[PickernRoller]

Who are the Spurs gonna grab the next off-season. This one doesn't have many good things left but great for Spurs - I guess a nice bench pick up always helps - the more flexibility the better. TMT must be happy about the news.

[wally_world]

meh, how much more can other teams offer him anw?

[Inactive]

Duncan took a pay cut, because he's an unselfish team first winner.

Lebron, Wade, Allen, and Bosh took pay cuts, but it's because they're coward ring chasers who want take shortcuts.

[Droid101]

Ray Allen cut his salary by 8 million to re sign with the Celtics couple years back...

Then took another 7 million paycut to sign with the Heat!

15 million dollar MARTYR!!!

[Timmy D for MVP]

Hibbert is 25, Duncan is 36. If Duncan hit the open market, he still wouldn't have gotten what Hibbert did. And this is even though I think Duncan is still a very productive player and better than Hibbert on a per-minute basis.

I wholly disagree. It would have been a shorter contract maybe, but if they wanted pure production they would have paid him. Someone like Morey would have payed him because of his value.

[Fiasco]

Not this sh!t again.

Unselfishcan
TeamPlayercan

RoleModelCan

[Draz]

I mean he already made enough money.

[BoutPractice]

He could've demanded more and got it.
Duncan was still a top big in the league last year, and worth far more to his team than your typical 7ft project/"contract year center" who shows some promise, gets a huge paycheck due to pure supply and demand then loses all motivation.