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Feel free to post whatever you want regarding the upcoming season.

Tim Duncan exercises $10.3 million contract option with San Antonio Spurs for 2014-15 season - ESPN

Tim Duncan has decided to continue his career for an 18th season with the San Antonio Spurs and has exercised his $10.3 million player option for next season, the team announced Monday.

Mr. Consistent

Tim Duncan doesn't log as many minutes anymore, but he's still as productive as ever. Here is a look at his numbers per 36 minutes:
Category 2013-14 Career Avg
Points 18.7 20.6
FG % 49.0 50.6
Rebounds 12.0 11.5
Blocks 2.3 2.3
-- ESPN Stats & Information

After winning his fifth NBA title this month, Duncan said he was undecided on his future. He had until Tuesday to pick up his option or opt to become a free agent on July 1. There was some discussion about working out a new contract for Duncan, but he elected to stay in his deal.

Duncan, 38, had a strong season, averaging 15.1 points and 9.7 rebounds in 74 regular-season games and then putting up 16.3 points and 9.2 rebounds over 23 playoff games.

The Spurs are now assured to have their three-player core of Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker back for their title defense. All three are entering the final season of their contracts.
 
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Carmelo Anthony opts out of deal with New York Knicks - ESPN New York

Carmelo Anthony officially opted out of the final year of his contract with the New York Knicks on Monday and will test free agency this summer, his agent Leon Rose says.

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"Carmelo loves being a Knick, he loves the city, and he loves the fans," Rose said. "At this stage of his career, he just wants to explore his options."

Anthony can sign a maximum contract worth $129 million over five years with the Knicks. He can sign a maximum deal worth $96 million over four years with another team.

He has discussed the possibility of accepting less than a max contract to help the team that he signs with attract additional free agents. Anthony would consider signing with the Chicago Bulls, Houston Rockets or Dallas Mavericks, sources say.

The Miami Heat have also explored their available options in trying to pursue Anthony, ESPN.com reported earlier this month.

Anthony earlier this month noted that the idea of uprooting his family to another city would be a factor in his decision in free agency.

"The average person just sees opportunity to say that, 'Oh, Melo should go here, Melo should go there. I think he should do this, I think he should do that.' But they don't take into consideration the family aspect of it. Your livelihood. Where you're going to be living at. Do you want your kids to grow up in that place? In that city? Do I want to spend the rest of my career in that situation in that city? So all of that stuff comes into play," Anthony said in an interview with Vice Sports that was taped on June 3.

"My son goes to school (in New York). He loves it here. To take him out and take him somewhere else, he has to learn that system all over again, he has to get new friends. And I know how hard it was for me when I moved from New York to Baltimore at a young age. Having to work your way to try to make friends. And go extra to try to make friends and try to fit in and try to figure out the culture in that area.

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Howard Smith/USA TODAY SportsCarmelo Anthony officially opted out of the final year of his contract with the Knicks on Monday and will test free agency this summer.

"As far as this goes, basketball goes, it's hard to just say, 'OK, I'm going to go here, I'm going to make this decision, I'm going to do that. Because everybody's affected by that."

Anthony, 30, also said in the interview that he'd consider the "big picture" when making a decision on where to play next season.

"The average person is looking at it as next year, like it's just one year. 'Next year you win the championship if you go here.' We're looking at the big picture here now," Anthony said. "You're looking at the next six to eight years of your career, of the end of your career at that. So do you want to spend that much time in that place?"

Knicks president Phil Jackson said recently that he hoped Anthony would consider opting into the final year of his contract and testing free agency in the summer of 2015, but Anthony stated publicly throughout the season that he intended to become a free agent this summer.

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Teams can meet with Anthony on July 1, the start of the NBA's free-agency period.

Anthony has already done some research on the city of Chicago, and the Bulls have reportedly done some homework on Anthony as well. According to league sources, Anthony has talked to at least one high-profile person who lives in Chicago about what it's like to be famous in the Windy City.

Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau has reached out to some of Anthony's former coaches to inquire about the seven-time All-Star, according to a report in the Chicago Sun Times.

ESPN.com reported in March that Anthony and Bulls center Joakim Noah talked about playing under Thibodeau during the All-Star break and that the conversation turned into a recruiting pitch from Noah to Anthony.

Jackson said late last month that he's "not losing sleep" over Anthony's free agency but is "definitely concerned" about the idea of Anthony signing elsewhere. Anthony has said publicly that he would like to stay in New York but also wants to be in position to win an NBA championship.

The Knicks don't appear to be on the verge of title contention. New York won just 37 games last season and is projected to be over the salary cap this summer, which will limit its ability to sign free agents.

Jackson and the Knicks are expected to try to sell Anthony on the idea that they can add a star to the roster in the summer of 2015, when they are expected to have significant cap space.
 
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LeBron James will opt out of contract with Miami Heat - ESPN

Hope he leaves so all the fake Miami Heat fans can go back to being fans of something else
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LeBron James' agent, Rich Paul, has informed the Miami Heat that James will exercise his early termination option and become an unrestricted free agent on July 1.

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Grantland's Zach Lowe breaks down everywhere LeBron James could possibly land, as well as the Heat's remaining options. Story

Opting out does not mean that James has decided to leave the Heat, sources said.

James, a four-time NBA MVP, had until June 30 to decide whether to opt out of the final two years of his contract with the Heat. He was scheduled to make $20 million next season and had two years and about $42.7 million remaining on his deal.

After Miami's season-ending loss to the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5 of the NBA Finals, James told reporters he would take a vacation with his family before considering his contract options.

James did indicate that he welcomed the opportunity to become a free agent and have the same level of flexibility he was afforded in 2010, when he signed with Miami after spending his first seven years in Cleveland.

In his four seasons in Miami, the Heat have gone to the NBA Finals four times, winning two championships.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
 
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i understand the MIA hate (fans = terrible) but i never understood the lebreezy hate.

loyalty to a team? naw, it's only a paycheck. team is just a business organization at the end of the day. loyalty to your loved ones, that's it.

dude took control of his processional career, a lot of people would love to have that luxury. instead of being a pawn, traded around like a broad by some billionaires, dude is paving his own way.

he going back to the heat IMO
 
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i understand the MIA hate (fans = terrible) but i never understood the lebreezy hate.

loyalty to a team? naw, it's only a paycheck. team is just a business organization at the end of the day. loyalty to your loved ones, that's it.

dude took control of his processional career, a lot of people would love to have that luxury. instead of being a pawn, traded around like a broad by some billionaires, dude is paving his own way.

he going back to the heat IMO
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u serio?!

Jordan didn't need to bounce around from team to team to take control of his career, make money and to avoid being used as a "pawn".
 
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Feel free to post whatever you want regarding the upcoming season.

Tim Duncan exercises $10.3 million contract option with San Antonio Spurs for 2014-15 season - ESPN

Tim Duncan has decided to continue his career for an 18th season with the San Antonio Spurs and has exercised his $10.3 million player option for next season, the team announced Monday.

Mr. Consistent

Tim Duncan doesn't log as many minutes anymore, but he's still as productive as ever. Here is a look at his numbers per 36 minutes:
Category 2013-14 Career Avg
Points 18.7 20.6
FG % 49.0 50.6
Rebounds 12.0 11.5
Blocks 2.3 2.3
-- ESPN Stats & Information

After winning his fifth NBA title this month, Duncan said he was undecided on his future. He had until Tuesday to pick up his option or opt to become a free agent on July 1. There was some discussion about working out a new contract for Duncan, but he elected to stay in his deal.

Duncan, 38, had a strong season, averaging 15.1 points and 9.7 rebounds in 74 regular-season games and then putting up 16.3 points and 9.2 rebounds over 23 playoff games.

The Spurs are now assured to have their three-player core of Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker back for their title defense. All three are entering the final season of their contracts.
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hell yeah
spurs world champs 2015
 
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Chicago also put hall of famers around Jordan. Cleveland gave Lebron antawn jamison and mo williams
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And in Maimi he's had all stars around him.

Regarding Jordan the one constant was Pippen. Everyone else came and went and were interchangeable. Jordan also DEMANDED excellence from his players. I mean he beat up Steve Kerr in practice for crying out loud (who could ever get mad at Kerr lol). You don't see that from LeBron. Of course, it's unfair to compare him to the GOAT but he and his fans asked for it.
 
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u serio?!

Jordan didn't need to bounce around from team to team to take control of his career, make money and to avoid being used as a "pawn".
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there aint gonna be another jordan. the comparisons are unfair; jordan was arguably GOAT. the type of isolation play, one guy dominates the ball type game aint gonna do it no more. lebroad is the best of this generation, hands down.

jordan had h.grant and pippen during the first three peat. jon paxson hit the game winning shot vs the suns; jordan wasn't alone.

the second three peat was jordan, pippen and dennis fucking rodman (rodman is a HOF player). the team also had toni kukoc, who was fucking HOOPING and was the top euro player at that time. ron harper too? role player like steve kerr, who has the best 3 pt career shooting % ever (for players w over 2000 shot attempts over their career)? a team that won 70 games in the regular season?

to say jordan wasn't surrounded by anyone just aint true at all and is more of an emotional response than a logical one.
i grew up watching ball since the 80's - those bulls dominated the league so much it was boring to watch (almost)

lebreezy got people feelin some typa way but he is legit. if he jumps to another team, more power to him, he has taken control of his future instead of letting rich folks trade him like a baseball card.
 
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I have a feeling Lebron going to the same team as Carmello. This just happens to take place a day after Carmello opted out. Just please dont be the bitch ass Lakers
 
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