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I don't see his getting any more than the King's offer.
Bonzi Wells: Nuggets Interested
RotoWire.com Staff - RotoWire.com
Sunday, July 9, 2006
Update: Wells' agent met Saturday with Nuggets director of player personnel Mark Warkentien at the Vegas Summer League, the Rocky Mountain News reports.
Recommendation: The Nuggets are interested in Wells, but can't offer more than a five-year, $30 million deal. The Kings have offered him a five-year deal worth about $36 million, but Wells is said to be seeking more.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slu...wire&type=lgns
I don't see his getting any more than the King's offer.
Are the Kings stupid? 5/36 for wells is a joke, the guy made 8 millon last year and played his ass off for that team, reward the guy that became one of your leaders. You can't expect a guy to take that deal when Brad Miller is making 10 mil and Bibby is making 12.5 and neither showed up in the playoffs.
I wonder if pistons are ticked they spent the mle on nazr now
they would have a shot at wells....
Two words, Bonzi: Latrell Sprewell. He turned down an offer very much like this one (shorter duration) the year before his FA. He was eventually reduced to vet min offers.
Bonzi played 52 games for the Kings and only showed up for the final 6.
I guess hawks could offer wells a big one year deal....
and prove it was not a fluke
Don't think so. They needed more a bigman than swingman.
They will maybe regret to have sign Nazr instead of Pryz.
Who is going to pay him more?
A post-up swingman without a consistent jumpshot - didn't they just give Anthony a max contract to fill that role?
DerMarr Johnson would be a better choice than Bonzi for that team.
What they are offering is enought for a fat, moody SF.
He was playing well before he got hurt last year, even then 13.6/7.7 for a SG is pretty damn good. Either way he showed up big time when it counted the most.
a 6-5 guy that weighs 210 is fat? ok.
Fixed it for ya.
There is no way in he weighs 210.
I dont know about Wells but NBA.com just posted an article saying that Iverson may be the Nuggets Answer..check it out
He's 240-245 if he's a pound.
I agree that he didn't just show up for the playoffs, but I am VERY su ious when a player's numbers e like that in a contract year. He had never rebounded more than 6 a game before and his career number is a pedestrian 4.7. I would expect that to be his number next year, regardless of pay amount.
you act like he's Jackie Butler, maybe not 210 but he's not fat. Being fat doesn't get you rebounds, being big and strong does.
Anyway I'd say Bonzi is worth around 5/45 when softies like Nene get 6/60, i know he's not a big and bigs get overpaid but kings should just give him what he's worth. They have the jack, do the right thing and pay up.
I act like he weighs more than 210. RIF.you act like he's Jackie ButlerAgain, who else is going to pay even that much?Anyway I'd say Bonzi is worth around 5/45 when softies like Nene get 6/60, i know he's not a big and bigs get overpaid but kings should just give him what he's worth. They have the jack, do the right thing and pay up.
Because he's fooled a team before with this act. After year 4 when he got 6.0 boards per contest, he got paid, and his rebounding numbers were as follows:
02-03 5.3
03-04 3.6 (2 teams)
04-05 3.3
05-06 7.7
Are any alarm bells ringing for you? They are for me if I'm the Sacto GM. He only plays hard in contract years.
he also went from a starter to bench player at memphis, less minutes = less rebounds.
I took the liberty of adding his last contract year, and his minutes in red. Only in 04-05 did the minutes see an appreciable dip. From 03-04 to 05-06 his minutes went up from 26 to 32, six whole minutes, and his ing rebounding more than doubled!!! That's playing for a contract.
they wont get Bonzi and hopefully dont even want him, unless its cheap.
I hope they are setting all sights on AI
I don't doubt he played harder in a contract year, every player does or at least they should it only makes sense. If you take out those 2 season with memphis his numbers are pretty consistant, i think memphis failed to use Bonzi to the best of his ability and i don't think he was that motivated there either. He should have started over Mike Miller but West has a hard on for Miller. Wouldn't you be pissed if Mike Miller was starting over you?
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