So Much For Fiscal Responsibility: Spurs Sign Ginobili To 3-Year, $38.8 Million Extension

In case you’re wondering, yes, that means Ginobili will be making $14.1 million as a 35-year old. Clearly, the Spurs are giving Ginobili that much money for reasons that go beyond basketball. He’s a beloved player for Spurs fans and has great standing with San Antonio’s Hispanic population. It’s also possible the Spurs are throwing Ginobili a bit of a bone, since he was probably underpaid for his previous contract.

Manu is still great, don’t get me wrong. He’s been underrated for years and still is even at his advanced age. But at age 32, he, along with the rest of the Spurs, has clearly reached his peak. It might have been time for the Spurs to move on and get younger.

It sounds like you can cross Manu Ginobili’s name of the list of superstars potentially shopping for a new team this summer.

Ginobili, who turns 33 this summer, had reportedly been working on an extension with San Antonio for the past two seasons, but untimely injuries hindered the negotiations.