Manu Ginobili faces a Wednesday deadline to decide whether to exercise a $2.94 million option for next season. Tim Duncan has until June 29 to opt into $6.39 million for next season.
On the surface, it seems return or retirement decisions are nigh for the pair of Spurs’ future Hall of Famers. But maybe not.
Those contract deadlines are largely procedural. What either player decides this month does not necessarily signal their plans for next season.
For instance: Ginobili could opt in on Wednesday, then decide after the Olympics to retire from the NBA. He could opt out on Wednesday, then decide to re-sign another deal later in the summer.