Matt Bonner contract extension...

[ElNono]

Pretty clear he isn't going anywhere in the foreseeable future...

Any guesses on how much are the Spurs going to pay him to retain him over the summer? I would suspect he would want a raise?

[spurraider21]

:lol i keel you

[HarlemHeat37]

At this point, all jokes aside, I honestly would not be surprised if the Spurs retire his number, tbh:lol..

[Spursfanfromafar]

Dude is back on a veteran's minimum next season..

[Mugen]

:lol Maybe he retires and goes out on top with Timmy and Pop tbh. Would only be fitting for a Spur legend.

[Bruno]

$14.5M/2 years ?

It seems to be the norm for scrubs.

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

He'll be in the FO, tbh. Not even joking.

[ElNono]

$14.5M/2 years ?

It seems to be the norm for scrubs.

I see what you did there :lol

[Mugen]

$14.5M/2 years ?

It seems to be the norm for scrubs.

:rollin shots fired tbh.

[Mugen]

If a scrub like Sean Marks can be an assistant coach, can somebody seriously tell me that Matt can't own the team tbh?

[Robz4000]

Bruno vs ElNono

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Place yo bets!

[spurraider21]

Bruno (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=2449) vs ElNono (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=8054)

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CoP vs CoM at its roots

[Robz4000]

If a scrub like Sean Marks can be an assistant coach, can somebody seriously tell me that Matt can't own the team tbh?

I actually do think he becomes a coach or at least part of the FO. He really loves living in San Antonio.

[ElNono]

Don't turn this into another CoP vs CoM thread, plz... this is a serious matter, tbh...

[ElNono]

If a scrub like Sean Marks can be an assistant coach, can somebody seriously tell me that Matt can't own the team tbh?

He's an union guy though... would be in a difficult position crossing the fence...

[Spursfanfromafar]

And btw.. lol at RCB trolling the entire Spurs fandom all season since last year. Everyone expected Bonner to go a) before salary guarantee, b) at trade deadline in offseason, c) all season and d) at trade deadline mid season.

Dude has more staying power than cats have nine lives :).

Red Rocket for the win.

[Baam]

Unless Pop can trade up for McDermott, Bonner is gonna get the max we can afford tbh...

[Chinook]

I think he'll stay if he wants. He's a huge part of the Spurs culture. Basketball-wise, he's a scrub. But marketing-wise, he is one of the Big Four.

[Mel_13]

Pretty clear he isn't going anywhere in the foreseeable future...

Any guesses on how much are the Spurs going to pay him to retain him over the summer? I would suspect he would want a raise?

Technically, anything signed in the summer would be a new contract, not an extension.

Seriously, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see him retained. 2yrs/4m with very little, if anything, guaranteed in the second year.

[slick'81]

2 years 5 mil

[ElNono]

Technically, anything signed in the summer would be a new contract, not an extension.

Seriously, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see him retained. 2yrs/4m with very little, if anything, guaranteed in the second year.

Taking a pay cut isn't out of the discussion... how old is he gonna be?

[Baam]

Pop traded a Spurs legend like Bowen or "his favorite player" GHill but he can't part with Bonner, provides him with stuff nobody can replicate...

[Chinook]

Taking a pay cut isn't out of the discussion... how old is he gonna be?

35?

[ElNono]

35?

thanks

[Chinook]

Pop traded a Spurs legend like Bowen but he can't part with Bonner, provides him with stuff nobody can replicate...
Bonner's an icon, a natural one and not a manufactured one like Bowen. He'll be commentating games when Sean retires. If he's not running the team.

[Mel_13]

Taking a pay cut isn't out of the discussion... how old is he gonna be?

He turns 34 in April.

He'll be able to knock down 3s until he's 50, so we still may be very early in the Bonner Era.

[ElNono]

He turns 34 in April.

He'll be able to knock down 3s until he's 50, so we still may be very early in the Bonner Era.

:lol

[Baam]

Taking a pay cut isn't out of the discussion... how old is he gonna be?


:pop: "With his style of play he can easily be efficient until he's 45"

[Chinook]

thanks

He actually turns 34 in April.

[Chinook]

He turns 34 in April.

He'll be able to knock down 3s until he's 50, so we still may be very early in the Bonner Era.

Mel beating me to the punch. Just like old times.

[Baam]

Bonner's an icon, a natural one and not a manufactured one like Bowen. He'll be commentating games when Sean retires. If he's not running the team.

:sleep we know it has nothing to do with marketing, how many jerseys does he even sell?? It has to do with true love :toast...

[HI-FI]

:lol on the Bonner hate. ST, so predictable.

[Baam]

:lol on the Bonner hate. ST, so predictable.

We're talking about love and gay sex here, there's no hate :toast.

[Chinook]

:sleep we know it has nothing to do with marketing, how many jerseys does he even sell?? It has to do with true love :toast...

I imagine a lot. You dramatically underrate his popularity.

[objective]

Manu and Parker would get traded before Bonner.

[ElNono]

:lol on the Bonner hate. ST, so predictable.

:lol so *this* is the guy that knows where Pop buried the bodies

[timtonymanu]

If the alternates are Jeff Ayres and Aron Baynes, I'm not sure trading Bonner would have been smart. :lol

It's unfortunate the Spurs still have 3 useless bigs, but Bonner is the best out of them, also unfortunate.

[TheGoldStandard]

3/18 mil... Ayres 4/28

[HI-FI]

I imagine a lot. You dramatically underrate his popularity.
can't tell if you're being facetious but I like Bonner, probably one of the few on here. He is a good team guy, plus Pop and DUncan seem to appreciate him. I wish he had better athleticism that's for sure, but he helps out in the RS. He'll probably make a really good FO type, but as a player, I don't mind an extension if the price is right.

[Chinook]

can't tell if you're being facetious but I like Bonner, probably one of the few on here. He is a good team guy, plus Pop and DUncan seem to appreciate him. I wish he had better athleticism that's for sure, but he helps out in the RS. He'll probably make a really good FO type, but as a player, I don't mind an extension if the price is right.

I'm not. Bonner is extremely marketable, especially for a non-star. He has a lot of value to the organization from that standpoint alone.

[ElNono]

can't tell if you're being facetious but I like Bonner, probably one of the few on here. He is a good team guy, plus Pop and DUncan seem to appreciate him. I wish he had better athleticism that's for sure, but he helps out in the RS. He'll probably make a really good FO type, but as a player, I don't mind an extension if the price is right.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0a3fg-fUWdw/T3On8vGgmVI/AAAAAAAAA4A/PJg-1gRMH5Y/s1600/bunk-the-wire.gif

[Mel_13]

I imagine a lot. You dramatically underrate his popularity.

People don't want to believe it, but it's true. At least among that portion of the fan base that spends money to attend home games.

[HI-FI]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0a3fg-fUWdw/T3On8vGgmVI/AAAAAAAAA4A/PJg-1gRMH5Y/s1600/bunk-the-wire.gif
:lol
that's how you reacted when Spurs wanted to give Manu less than $7 million a year. "I only making 10% off this shit, Greyhound don't run on water."

[spurs10]

I actually do think he becomes a coach or at least part of the FO. He really loves living in San Antonio. Matt Bonner will stay in SA two minutes if he is not playing with the Spurs.

[Robz4000]

Matt Bonner will stay in SA two minutes if he is not playing with the Spurs.

A friend of mine literally sees Bonner and his family every other day at Whole Foods. She's talked to him about what he plans to do after he retires and he's mentioned opening a business in SA.

[HI-FI]

I'm not. Bonner is extremely marketable, especially for a non-star. He has a lot of value to the organization from that standpoint alone.
that's interesting. I know he's involved with the union and involved with a lot of stuff, so perhaps he is valuable to the organization. I guess that's like how Manutards were ready to slit their wrists if he was let go right after blowing the Finals. similar situation imo.

[ElNono]

:lol
that's how you reacted when Spurs wanted to give Manu less than $7 million a year. "I only making 10% off this shit, Greyhound don't run on water."

I got paidPERIOD. :lol

[KL2]

I remember the Spurs chose to sign Bonner before actually signing Splitter, people were worried Splitter wouldn't have taken the contract as it was around the same amount he was already getting paid. Luckily Splitter signed, but he could've easily turned it down. Pop's man crush on Bonner is ridiculous.

[SpurPadre]

Pop is grooming him to be his heir apparent when he's done. He'll also have a statue made of him outside the stadium.

[Chomag]

$14.5M/2 years ?

It seems to be the norm for scrubs.

I want to laugh but then I think how true this really is....

[SpursSerb]

$14.5M/2 years ?

It seems to be the norm for scrubs.


http://youtu.be/8DYje57V_BY

[freetiago]

In that one video posted a few days ago where Pop was cliffdiving he alluded to giving Bonner a max contract in the end tbh...

[EVAY]

Bonner is one of Duncan's best buddies. As long as Duncan is around, Bonner gets to stay.

[UZER]

He turns 34 in April.

He'll be able to knock down 3s until he's 50, so we still may be very early in the Bonner Era.

:lol Dear God no!!!!

He'll be an assistant in a year or two. He's proved his basketball IQ, you know like Marks and Udoka.

[313]

Pop traded a Spurs legend like Bowen or "his favorite player" GHill but he can't part with Bonner, provides him with stuff nobody can replicate...:lol

[Russ]

He'll be in the FO, tbh. Not even joking.

The Ginger Kupchak? :)

[SpurPadre]

:lol so *this* is the guy that knows where Pop buried the bodies

No, he's the guy with the Bonner face haircut.

[r0drig0lac]

I believe that 20/3 make the agreement






seriously, it will not be the Spurs after the current contract

[SpurPadre]

Let's face it, Bonner can murder someone, be found guilty and he'll somehow still be on this team.

[Budkin]

Max contract for 6 years tbh. TBH

[TheGoldStandard]

Let's face it, Bonner can murder someone, be found guilty and he'll somehow still be on this team.

Damnit he stretches the floor!!!

[wildchild]

Bonner? C'mon guys, even Green is more marketable for young people -young guys are the key consumers in the new markets-. Take Drake's show here, he only remembered Danny.

A shy-nonverbal-quasi autistic Leonard guy is more marketable than Bonner -if Spurs want to make himself more attractive to massive public, to increase his marketability-.

[wildchild]

Bonner's an icon, a natural one and not a manufactured one like Bowen.

Bonner is extremely marketable, especially for a non-star.

No, only New Hampshire people -and some Spurs fans- know and love him.

[Mel_13]

No, only New Hampshire people -and some Spurs fans- know and love him.

Believe it or not, Bonner is a very popular player with the ticket-buying portion of the Spurs fan base.

[wildchild]

Believe it or not, Bonner is a very popular player with the ticket-buying portion of the Spurs fan base.

Sorry, but I just don't believe the tale that he's on NBA/Top Spurs popularity list.

[Mel_13]

Sorry, but I just don't believe the tale that he's on NBA or Top Spurs popularity list.

Believe what you like. I've been to over 400 games over the last ten years. The reactions to the players are obvious. Bonner is a popular player with the home crowd.

[ChumpDumper]

Sorry, but I just don't believe the tale that he's on NBA/Top Spurs popularity list.SpursTalk is not a representative population of spurfans.

[Mugen]

Spurstalk is the only place I've ever seen Bonner hate tbh :lol

[Chinook]

Believe what you like. I've been to over 400 games over the last ten years. The reactions to the players are obvious. Bonner is a popular player with the home crowd.

Hell, he's just well liked in general. Even Kobe went to bat for him. He gets a ton of commercials for someone in his role. Plus, he's probably the best interview on the team. And who can forget Coach B?

[wildchild]

Believe what you like. I've been to over 400 games over the last ten years. The reactions to the players are obvious. Bonner is a popular player with the home crowd.

OK. That's realistic and it makes sense to develop alternatives, they also yell his name when they stubb their toe, or having sex, they want to put his face on new dollar bill ...

[Mel_13]

You can't fix stupid..

[Chinook]

Nope. Thinking everyone shares his opinion

[elemento]

Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised at all if he takes a minor 2-year deal or something similar to it. Unless we severely overpay, I wouldn't mind quite honestly.

I just got used to BonBon in a Spurs uniform. :lol

[ElNono]

tbh, I haven't had a problem with him since Tiago took his spot in the starting lineup and Pop decided he's not a player for the tough playoff series... but I used to hate the guy when he was closing out games with Timmy.

[Mugen]

It also doesn't hurt that Jeff has been 1000x worse than Bonner ever has tbh

[SpurPadre]

My jokes aside, though I truly hate the guy, I just don't understand why some fans give him so much leeway. He's been a detriment to the team in the playoffs for years and just because he was competent in two playoff series that we would've easily won anyways last year, we should forget how terrible he's been when it matters all the other series he's been involved in? The guy gets rationalized so much for his many limitations, it's unbelievable.

[Russo21]

Still convinced Matty Bon-Bon has some incriminating evidence on either Pop, RC, or Peter and is holding the club to ransom. Bonner will retire a Spur and have his number hanging in the rafters alongside #50

[Sean Cagney]

Spurstalk is the only place I've ever seen Bonner hate tbh :lol

Ehhhhhh thats not true. I have seen or heard it on other boards too. I am not a fan personally and hated him before I joined here :lol
Still convinced Matty Bon-Bon has some incriminating evidence on either Pop, RC, or Peter and is holding the club to ransom. Bonner will retire a Spur and have his number hanging in the rafters alongside #50

That can ONLY explain it! PERIOD.

[Libri]

Red Mambas don't come around often

[SpurPadre]

Ehhhhhh thats not true. I have seen or heard it on other boards too. I am not a fan personally and hated him before I joined here :lol

That can ONLY explain it! PERIOD.
Yeah people on the former espn spurs board wanted him dead and hated him more than I did if that's possible!

[Sean Cagney]

Yeah people on the former espn spurs board wanted him dead and hated him more than I did if that's possible!

I can't stand that guy, seriously when some say he is good on D or he stretches the floor it makes me cringe! Go FIGURE he plays limited minutes last year in the playoffs spot on here or there and they go further! He is very limited IMO! He can play in certain series but honestly like last year if he does not fit that series then keep him the HELL OUT OF THE GAME! Pop seemed to have learned that last year, lets hope he doesn't try to overplay him like he has in the past when he does not fit. Bonner is a spot player at best, period.

[Raven]

$14.5M/2 years ?

It seems to be the norm for scrubs.

AWWWWWWWW :lol

[Sean88888]

Is there a stretch 5 who shoots a higher % from 3 and is on a cheaper contract than Bonner?

I rest my case.

[Capt Bringdown]

Matt Bonner is a millionaire many times over. Strange world we live in, eh? He's not even remotely good at his job.
Longest scrub tenure in Spurs history?

[Chewbacca]

:lol

[poop]

My jokes aside, though I truly hate the guy, I just don't understand why some fans give him so much leeway. He's been a detriment to the team in the playoffs for years and just because he was competent in two playoff series that we would've easily won anyways last year, we should forget how terrible he's been when it matters all the other series he's been involved in? The guy gets rationalized so much for his many limitations, it's unbelievable.This is what ive been saying for years.Why pop refuses to part with him, we will probably never know.

[playbonner15]

+/- numbers don't lie tbh :wakeup

[SpurPadre]

+/- numbers don't lie tbh :wakeup

Yes, they do, tbh.

[Chinook]

Yes, they do, tbh.

No, they don't. People just draw the wrong conclusions from them.

[Mel_13]

No, they don't. People just draw the wrong conclusions from them.

:lol

There's a long time STer who doesn't post much anymore who loved Bonner. He once used +/- and salaries to make a case that Bonner was a more valuable player, dollar for dollar, than Duncan, Parker, and Ginobili.

[Chinook]

:lol

There's a long time STer who doesn't post much anymore who loved Bonner. He once used +/- and salaries to make a case that Bonner was a more valuable player, dollar for dollar, than Duncan, Parker, and Ginobili.

:lol

And yet wildchild doesn't believe Bonner has fans.

[SpurPadre]

No, they don't. People just draw the wrong conclusions from them.

Yeah, I guess that's what I meant.

[ElNono]

didn't do himself any favors tonight... but he still spaces the floor though

[hater]

what's more ackward than Matt Bonner on the floor?

Matt Bonner with a face mask on the floor. Nigga tries to adjust it before taking a shot :lmao

[SpurPadre]

what's more ackward than Matt Bonner on the floor?

Matt Bonner with a face mask on the floor. Nigga tries to adjust it before taking a shot :lmao
Bonner on the dance floor would be more awkward, tbh.

[ElNono]

Reminds me of those spoof scary movies... Ginger Jason Voorhees, trying to kill you with a toy panda.

[Mel_13]

He turns 34 in April.

He'll be able to knock down 3s until he's 50, so we still may be very early in the Bonner Era.

Sorry, SpurPadre

[playbonner15]

:lolSpurPadre

[timtonymanu]

:lolSpurPadre