HONEST ANSWERS ONLY, why does Bonner get so many minutes

[Basketball Power]

He's the laughing stock of the league, hell even the announcers joke when he does something useful or athletic. He's averaging 4pts 3.5fouls with 20+mins a game.


I seriously feel Pop has been exposed as the fraud that he is. Don't ever put him in the same class Phil Jackson, Larry Brown, Pat Riley, hell I'd take Doc Rivers in a heart beat over this piece of shit. He tanked a season with a HOFer C David Robinson and lucked into the greatest PF to ever play the game, 4 titles later and he's the genius, give me a fucking break.

[LakerHater]

You havta ask coach Pop, we here can only give our opinion.

[blkroadrunners]

"He spreads the floor for our big 3, and he has great corporate knowledge." :pop:

[scottspurs]

"He spreads the floor for our big 3, and he has great corporate knowledge." :pop:

What he said

[WildcardManu]

We all know only as much as we see. Ask Pop.

[DMC]

What's the alternative?

[Basketball Power]

What's the alternative?

Splitter

[2Cleva]

The reason is he fits SA's current style of ball and what they need to do to win.

The problem is, SA's current style of ball isn't what works in the playoffs.

[thOOdee]

its the behind the scenes relationship w pop and bonner. where did u think the nickname red rocket came from.......haha...seriously though u dont pay a guy around 12 mil and then bench him. Whoever decided to pay this chump after all his choking and suckage in the past is at fault. the decision to not play splitter in the playoffs w decided last summer long ago.

[EIC]

The problem is that Pop doesn't think of players in terms of season role players. Bonner can help take minutes away from your stars during the regular season and help you get a high seed so that you have an easier road in the playoffs.

But once the playoffs start, it's time to thank Bonner for his service during the regular season and put his ass in the dry dock, so the true bigs can take it from there. A starting lineup with Splitter and Duncan at the 5 and 4, respectively, would be devastating right now.

[DJ Mbenga]

the spurs got here jacking up 3s. he isnt gonna go down changing that.

[Hooks]

IDK why the fuck Pop decided to put Blair at C, he was doing just fine at PF. Meanwhile he's got Splitter sitting on the bench who has shown that not only can he guard legit big men (Shut down Aldridge TWICE!) but can actually get his shot off against un-athletic small guys such as Randolph! That really pisses me off, not only can he defend Randolph but Randolph can't get to his low release point either, even Sean Elliott said it himself. Fuck.

[Sisk]

I don't understand where the Bonner hate is stemming from last night. Dude played just as hard as any other big.

Blair is the one who has ruined us this series so far. He's been completely worthless.

[DMC]

Splitter
There are obviously no Splitter threads.

[DMC]

I don't understand where the Bonner hate is stemming from last night. Dude played just as hard as any other big.

Blair is the one who has ruined us this series so far. He's been completely worthless.
That's flawed Pop logic. Anyone could play hard, big deal. He wasn't effective. He was a liability. Effort does not equal results. This isn't JV.

Bonner always plays hard (or at least he's struggling so it looks like he's playing hard). Struggle doesn't mean intensity. Bonner is as good as he's ever going to be.

[itzsoweezee]

This team is stacked with three point shooters. It doesn't need Bonner.

[Basketball Power]

This team is stacked with three point shooters. It doesn't need Bonner.

but he plays hard

[Sisk]

That's flawed Pop logic. Anyone could play hard, big deal. He wasn't effective. He was a liability. Effort does not equal results. This isn't JV.

Bonner always plays hard (or at least he's struggling so it looks like he's playing hard). Struggle doesn't mean intensity. Bonner is as good as he's ever going to be.

He grabbed more boards and scored more points and played better defense than Blair.

If it were me, I'd play it like this:

Duncan
Dice
Splitter
Bonner

[mingus]

I don't understand where the Bonner hate is stemming from last night. Dude played just as hard as any other big.

Blair is the one who has ruined us this series so far. He's been completely worthless.

this is bullshit. Blair sucked, sure, but, re-watch the first quarter and look at when the Grizz started their run & why it happened.

11 straight points or something like that the moment Bonner checked into the game. down by 9 after the first quarter. they were getting into the paist at will and either scoring or making plays. Spurs tried to dig their way out of that hole, which went as far as 15, the entire game.

if they had kept their foot on the pedal from a defensive standpoint that first quarter the Spurs win teh gameby 8-10 points. they kicked the Grizz ass after that 1st quarter.

[gospursgojas]

Finally someone makes a Bonner thread. THANK YOU

[Sisk]

this is bullshit. Blair sucked, sure, but, re-watch the first quarter and look at when the Grizz started their run & why it happened.

11 straight points or something like that the moment Bonner checked into the game. down by 9 after the first quarter. they were getting into the paist at will and either scoring or making plays. Spurs tried to dig their way out of that hole, which went as far as 15, the entire game.

if they had kept their foot on the pedal from a defensive standpoint that first quarter the Spurs win teh gameby 8-10 points. they kicked the Grizz ass after that 1st quarter.

Their bigs are abusing all of our bigs. It's a matter of who gets destroyed the least.. and Blair is getting destroyed the absolute most in the paint. Might as well have George Hill on Randolph if we're putting Blair on him.

[mingus]

Their bigs are abusing all of our bigs. It's a matter of who gets destroyed the least.. and Blair is getting destroyed the absolute most in the paint. Might as well have George Hill on Randolph if we're putting Blair on him.

you can't defend either of them. Gasol & Randolph look like Wilt Chamberlain out there. they're bad enough when they're in there by themselves, and Pop puts them in their together? :bang. Spurs should be up 3-0 right now. that's what is so frustrating.

[spurtech09]

idk you need to ask pop that question.....idk why pop hasn't played splitter in this series...its clear that he would help the spurs against memphis bigs......bonner ain't helping cause hes too small and blair ain't helping cause hes too slow......something needs to be done if the spurs want to get past memphis....just a tweak cause its not like the grizz are blowing out the spurs

[spurtech09]

you can't defend either of them. Gasol & Randolph look like Wilt Chamberlain out there. they're bad enough when they're in there by themselves, and Pop puts them in their together? :bang. Spurs should be up 3-0 right now. that's what is so frustrating.
yeah spurs should be up by 3 but idk whats the deal...parker not himself...he doesn't seem like hes in the game just look at his body language...he looks depressed or something.....than pop putting bonner against memphis bigs like he can defend them...blair is just slow that everybody goes by him....pop needs to play splitter...atleast he can defend

[Basketball Power]

Even is Splitter scores zero points he will be better then Bonner, he'll alter shots, get rebounds, clog the lanes, make Gasol work.....

[cherylsteele]

Even is Splitter scores zero points he will be better then Bonner, he'll alter shots, get rebounds, clog the lanes, make Gasol work.....I think there is a thread about this already somewhere on Spurstalk.

[GrandeDavid]

Even is Splitter scores zero points he will be better then Bonner, he'll alter shots, get rebounds, clog the lanes, make Gasol work.....

Exactly. Just the sight of Bonner on the court causes opposing players to get in the zone.

[thOOdee]

Even is Splitter scores zero points he will be better then Bonner, he'll alter shots, get rebounds, clog the lanes, make Gasol work.....

agreed

[TampaDude]

but he plays hard

and he spreads (shitty defense all over) the floor.

[Cessation]

It's 4 on 5, with bonner in the game.

[Basketball Power]

Bonner's presence on the floor is a moral boost to the other team, that white guy on the 08 Celtics team who was a Bonner clone (big, shoots 3s, no D, shit all around), didnt't TOUCH the floor for one meaningful minute during the title run

[Sean Cagney]

This is one of the 9th wonders of the world here... Why does he? Pops drunk ass mind only knows.

[Isitjustme?]

Because everyone in the world but Greg Popovich knows that Splitter is better than him.