Who would have thought in a million bajillion years that when a real important game came up, Bonner would shrivel up into a little fetal position ball and disappear?
I mean
noone
including me of course
would have predicted that once an important division game came up, that Bonner would fade.
Not me. Not you. Not anybody. Not even lil sequ of the corn.
calm down dude, its one game
He will be fine, its a learning experience, he will be ready to go come the next big game.
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Couldn't agree with you more, CBF.
And can someone tell me why the two worst shooters on the team are taking all the shots in the fourth? Finley?!? Are you ing kidding me?
Yeah, the dallas game wasn't important.
Look at all you s who have been chewing at the mother ing bit for Bonner to finally have one bad game so you could go back to bashing him.
Too ing predictable.
Shrivel up? He is missing shots and doing great on defense. Watch the game ffs.
I never praised bonner, you .
Meh, he played pretty well against the Rockets, Mavs and Nuggets recently. This may have felt bigger because it's nationally televised, but it's not the first "big" game we've had in the last month.
Up until the fourth I'd have said he still had a decent game because of his work on the boards and his decent effort on defense at times but it was pretty bad in the 4th quarter. Oh well, hope he bounces back.
I honestly thought his D was pretty good overall...actually, I felt he earned his place on the court tonight with everything but his shooting.
He's not going to ever be be clutch guys, you can just forget about that ...what we can hope for his maybe he'll have a Sean Elliott moment at some point. If he hits over 40% from 3 for the season he'll pull a defender against everyone but Phil Jackson...and that almost counts as being clutch.
Spurs do not have any clutch players...and that was my biggest fear with losing both Barry and Horry...old and injury prone or not.
Kurt Thomas, Matt Bonner and Michael Finley have got to be the most unclutch trio in NBA history...
about Bonner all you want...but would you rather have had Thomas out there instead? I wouldn't.
Question!
what a big game LOL it's December..
he just had solid games against Dallas and Denver..it's a coincidence..
Move on. Horry and Barry aren't coming back. Bonner didn't shine tonight, but it could have been much worse. Bonner showed me some athleticism I was previously unaware of. He has the ability to be ferocious on the boards. The shooting has been due for an offgame; that's just a fact. Why bash him after lots of near perfect shooting?
Besides, NO was sagging off him a lot, and early. He'll nail some shots next time.
I'm gonna give Matt Bonner a second chance. One off game happens. Lets see how he comes back. Tomorrow will not count as the Orlando Magic ain't nothing to be scared about. But I want to see how he handles himself with a real team like the Hornets next time.
ah, all the pent-up bonner-hate has come rushing through the floodgate. does it feel good to finally be able to release it, CBF?
No it's not...this was the biggest game of our season for first place in the division against a young hungry team....
It was not a meaningless game and the fact that he sucked ass when left wide open for most of the game was telling...
Here's the deal though...this team doesn't have anyone that is clutch on the bench really....
Oberto and Bowen might be the only ones that even come close....
Bowen probably should have gotten minutes down the stretch tonight as his 3 is probably the most reliable and he's been in so many big games.
But I don't know who you sub for Bonner...it's not like ing Kurt Thomas is clutch...he is decidedly unclutch.
Orlando has one of the best records in the NBA..if they don't count, then not many teams do..
The regular season has a looooong way to go. They'll be many more important games. Bonner choked this game and chances are he's probably a choker ........ but it's too early to bury him just yet.
It's awesome that the Spurs play tomorrow night and that Bonner is starting so we can see right away if he'll let this choke job linger or shake it off.
Meh last year they weren't even worth mentioning and now you think they're hot because they have a good record? If the Spurs hit their shots tomorrow we can win that game by double digits.
Spurs need a legit big next to Duncan. Relying on guys like Bonner, Thomas, and Oberto is not gonna win SA a championship this year.
I'm shocked you didn't start this one..
Bonner did not "choke" any more than the rest of the damn team. It is one game bad game and he has played more good games than bad so far. He also had 4 offensive rebounds and played his ass of on defense. Not his fault if the strategy did not work.
I think you are greatly underselling how good the Magic are. We will be lucky to get out of there with a win...
@ putting Barry and Horry in the same sentence when talking about clutch.
Barry's clutch shots in his four years with the Spurs can be recounted pretty easily, yet now even postmortem whottt is acting like the Spurs let Larry Bird walk.
the game's loss definitely wasn't entirely bonner's fault. popovich's questionable decision to leave west open to double paul, finley's missed open jumpers, manu turnovers, and NO good defense on duncan all contributed. but it was bonner's choking away his jumpers that lead the charge. can't spread the floor for duncan if you don't make the shots.
ing hilarious...Bonner's been here 3 years and you're like...give him a chance. Barry was here 6 weeks and you were throwing around words like gutless and heartless...
Truly classic take
Admit it...if Pop is left to his own devices he'd surround Duncan with 36 guys that can't hit a shot to save their lives under pressure...as long as they hustle.
I have to recant my opinion that David Robinson's career would have been different if he'd had Pop all along...
Pop would have surrounded him with the same damn chokers he was surrounded with anyway...the only reason he hasn't done it to Duncan is that his attempts have been thwarted...until now..
And now he's built one of the most unclutch benches possibly ever assembled in NBA history. It's hard for me to think of a greater one...except for maybe some of Drob's teams.
No one gets a hard on for hustling chokers like Gregg Popovich.
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