Matt Bonner's Bonus

[timvp]

Matt Bonner of the Spurs gets $100,000 if the sum of his field goal percentage, free throw percentage, and his 3-point percentage matches or exceeds 169 percent. What sabermetric whiz came up with that one?

http://www.nj.com/nets/index.ssf/2009/07/nj_nets_incentives.html


:lol Pop must have seen the bottom of a few wine bottles before coming up with that bonus.

For those of you scoring at home, Bonner did NOT earn that bonus this past season. 49.6% + 44% + 73.9% = 167.5%

That was a costly poor free throw shooting year for Bonner, who came into the season shooting better than 80% at the line. Seriously though, I'm not sure it's that smart of an idea to put even more pressure on Bonner to knock down shots . . .

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Do you reckon Pop got an actuary in to calculate the optimal solution for him? :lol

[Kamnik]

That sounds funny! :D Seems like some sarcasm from Pop or something! :)

[TDMVPDPOY]

i bet yah pop left the money outside the door and wait till bonner goes and pick it up, he will slam the door and lock it throw the keys out the window and tell bonner dont come back

[completely deck]

oh my god I love you, Gregg Popovich.

[z0sa]

The Spurs should double his bonus then.

[td_tp_manu]

Very accurate calculation by Pop.

[Das Texan]

Pop saved Holt Cat 100 grand.


sweet.

[hater]

it's not like Bonner spends any money anyway.

[raspsa]

I wonder if any of the other Spurs havew similar clauses? Maybe Blair should have one penalizing him if his weight exceeds 275lbs.

[fleggy2k2]

i wonder if bonner tries to be funny and beat the system by making 2 of 2 free throws and one of one field goal the first game and then just stop taking shots the rest of the season.

[jb4g]

damn, those were some expensive free throws he missed

[Libri]

It's interesting that Pop didn't set up Bonner for failure by asking him to get more rebounds. He concentrated on Matt's strengths, which is his shooting. I guess this was an attempt to cover up Bonner's weaknesses by maximizing his strengths.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

It's interesting that Pop didn't set up Bonner for failure by asking him to get more rebounds. He concentrated on Matt's strengths, which is his shooting. I guess this was an attempt to cover up Bonner's weaknesses by maximizing his strengths.

aka, good coaching. :tu

[Phillip]

lol, bonner

[Jose Ole]

Will someone please tell me where Matt Bonner lives? I would love to personally deliver ALL of my money to his door...

[Marcus Bryant]

lol @the over/under.

[mudyez]

lets have somehting similar for Ian:

if he averages fewer than 7 fouls per game, he gets a plate of french fries!

[buttsR4rebounding]

I wonder if any of the other Spurs havew similar clauses? Maybe Blair should have one penalizing him if his weight exceeds 275lbs.

I guarantee you Blair's contract will have a weight clause in it.

[ffadicted]

Best contract bonus idea ever

[timvp]

That was a costly poor free throw shooting year for Bonner

Bonner was 17-for-23 at the line last year. If he would have gone 18-for-23, he would have earned the $100K.

Ouch.

[elbamba]

Bonner was 17-for-23 at the line last year. If he would have gone 18-for-23, he would have earned the $100K.

Ouch.

I hope there is some kind of game limit or attempt limit. What if he gets injured after one game where he goes 3-3 from 3 point range and 1-1 from the line. That is an expensive game

[superbigtime]

Just goes to show, who knows what crazy crap is in these contracts.

[timvp]

That extra 100,000 would be nice with his baby being due any second now.

Bonner's baby was born more than three weeks ago. Her name is E.V.

E.V. Bonner.

Literally.

Congrats, Red Rocket.

[angelbelow]

Lol missed by 1.5%, now that is seriously some CIA pop shit.

[Solid D]

Bonner was 17-for-23 at the line last year. If he would have gone 18-for-23, he would have earned the $100K.

Ouch.

Don Harris ran this on his 10:22 PM sportscast last night, LJ. Same calculation percentages and everything.

[timvp]

Don Harris ran this on his 10:22 PM sportscast last night, LJ. Same calculation percentages and everything.

:wakeup Gotta love D-Ha.

[Das Texan]

Don Harris ran this on his 10:22 PM sportscast last night, LJ. Same calculation percentages and everything.




where do you think he got it.



:smokin

[duncan228]

Ouch! Missed free throw costs San Antonio Spur $100,000 (http://www.woai.com/content/sports/spurs/story/Ouch-Missed-free-throw-costs-San-Antonio-Spur-100/gTXtAckIcUqueOLQuBmdUw.cspx)
Don Harris

SAN ANTONIO -- Basketball players and fans know a missed free throw can cost you the game. But what if missing one ended up costing you $100,000?

The Spurs' Matt Bonner was recently the focus of an article on unique contracts. A NBA writer did a story on some of the more oddball incentive clauses in the league, and Bonner reportedly has one of them.

According to Dave D'Alessandro of the N.J. Star-Ledger, "Matt Bonner of the Spurs gets $100,000 if the sum of his field goal percentage, free throw percentage, and his 3-point percentage matches or exceeds 169 percent."

But the story gets better. News 4 WOAI did the math. Bonner shot 49.6% from the field, 44% from 3-point land and 73.9% from the free-throw line. The magic number 169. He fell short at 167.5%.

But had Bonner made just one more free throw, 18 of 23 instead of 17 of 23, the total would have been 171.8. And if his contract has that clause, he would have made an extra $100,000.

And you think you want the Spurs to shoot better from the line - WOW!

[Solid D]

:lol Pop must have seen the bottom of a few wine bottles before coming up with that bonus.

For those of you scoring at home, Bonner did NOT earn that bonus this past season. 49.6% + 44% + 73.9% = 167.5%

That was a costly poor free throw shooting year for Bonner, who came into the season shooting better than 80% at the line. Seriously though, I'm not sure it's that smart of an idea to put even more pressure on Bonner to knock down shots . . .


Ouch! Missed free throw costs San Antonio Spur $100,000 (http://www.woai.com/content/sports/spurs/story/Ouch-Missed-free-throw-costs-San-Antonio-Spur-100/gTXtAckIcUqueOLQuBmdUw.cspx)
Don Harris

SAN ANTONIO -- Basketball players and fans know a missed free throw can cost you the game. But what if missing one ended up costing you $100,000?

The Spurs' Matt Bonner was recently the focus of an article on unique contracts. A NBA writer did a story on some of the more oddball incentive clauses in the league, and Bonner reportedly has one of them.

According to Dave D'Alessandro of the N.J. Star-Ledger, "Matt Bonner of the Spurs gets $100,000 if the sum of his field goal percentage, free throw percentage, and his 3-point percentage matches or exceeds 169 percent."

But the story gets better. News 4 WOAI did the math. Bonner shot 49.6% from the field, 44% from 3-point land and 73.9% from the free-throw line. The magic number 169. He fell short at 167.5%.

But had Bonner made just one more free throw, 18 of 23 instead of 17 of 23, the total would have been 171.8. And if his contract has that clause, he would have made an extra $100,000.

And you think you want the Spurs to shoot better from the line - WOW!

This is basically word-for-word what Don read or said last night in his sportscast. WOAI even showed a text-only graphic when Don said "WOAI did the math" that looked something like this:

FG% - 49.6%
3PT% + 44.0%
FT% + 73.9%
---------------
.......= 167.5%

It's all good, Don.

[DMX7]

OMG, 1 freethrow cost him $100,000.

Someone said it before, but that "IS some serious CIA Pop Shit".

[Marcus Bryant]

Here's to the News 4 WOAI mathematics department and the Express-News editorial research team.

:toast

[MannyIsGod]

Wow what shit heads.

[tp2021]

Don: Shit, these assholes think they know everything!

McD: Don't get me started. I gave up trying to please them a while ago.

Don: They couldn't do our job! It's hard to come up with creative shit to talk about!

Mike: Shut up you two, timvp just posted a new thread! Get to work!