Spurs may agree to ‘wink-wink’ deal with Tim Duncan

There are several NBA player personnel executives who believe the Spurs will offer Tim Duncan a two-year contract that begins between $6 million and $7 million, with a partial guarantee and a player option in the second season.

If Duncan doesn’t exercise the option, he gets, say, 50 percent of that season’s salary. In effect, his salary for next season would remain over $10 million, the partially guaranteed portion of the second season’s salary remaining on the Spurs team salary after the cap explodes with the NBA’s new TV money kicking in for 2016-17.

The Spurs could make a similar deal with Manu Ginobili if the 37-year-old decides to continue his career.