i don't know what the problem is here Boner wasn't the only one with a game. Coming into the season Bonner performances like today would have surprised nobody
It's good to know that I could go miss wide open threes being paid 2 mil a year while Duncan gets his ass kicked...and fine folk like timvp and tpark and every other asshat choker apologist in this thread would have my back.
Where do I sign up?
I can grip while Duncan has two guys on him, as good or better than Bonner can, and I'm more of an underdog...pay me 2 mil a year to do it. I'll even dye my hair red
How about you invent a time machine so 2005 Robert Horry can return and help the team? Or at least 2007 Robert Horry.Brilliant take...because the odds of Duncan being doubled are definitely going to go down in the playoffs. Coaches don't ever look for who to double off of...it completely skips their mind...it's not something they pay any attention to whatsoever...
Robert Horry? Matt Bonner? What's the difference, Byron Scott thinks to himself...
Props for that insight
I know, I know...but Bonner won't feel the pressure as much as he did tonight...when it's the playoffs.
And you can use that time machine to make it so Barry doesn't have a chronically torn calf and isn't shooting 25%.
And you can give ploto her posting style back.
You say that like it's a good thing...it's a horrible thing.
What really sucks is watching James Posey play for the Hornets...
Correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't he available this past summer? While we were resigning Findog and Kurt Thomas?
And guess what....regular season game or not, he's going to play a whole lot like that in the playoffs...for 5 mil a year while we pay KT and FinDOG nearly 7 mil a year to miss open shots...
It was a benchmark game. And what we learned is that the Spurs can beat the Hornets in NO if they just make their shots; which Bonner has been doing great for the past 3 weeks.
Get over yourself.
Dude...you've gripped more about losing Barry than I have...what I'm pissed about is resigning KT and Michael Finley...two personas non gratas as far as the O'brien Trophy is concerned.
It's easy to find guys that can miss open shots and be left open against our top rivals...we didn't have to pay 7 mil for it.
Without a doubt...the second Phil Jackson saw KT and Finley resigned...he ED IN HIS PANTS.
It may have something to do with his contract lasting through to 2012
And by all accounts...he's more worth it than the guys we're going to be paying 7 mil for.
You've been complaining about not having Barry or Horry all thread. You don't like Finley or Mason because they replaced Barry. You don't like Bonner or Thomas because they replaced Horry.
Now you are in full plottto mode and will probably remain in this mode for the foreseeable future. Even though Horry no longer plays basketball and Barry is shooting 25% with another torn calf.
Um...I disliked Finley long before he replaced Barry.
I don't dislike Mason...I just haven't see anything to indicate he's clutch.
Um...I've been one of the biggest Bonner jockers on the forum this year and I'm one of the guys that said he was probably as good or better than Scola(a choker himself)...You don't like Bonner
What I don't like timvp...is the he missed a buttload of open shots tonight against a team that took us to 7 last year, that plays in our division, that matches up with us well and that we are likely to meet in the playoffs..and I wasn't surprised...and neither were you....yet you and your ILK...defend it.
I definitely wanted Horry over Thomas...I also don't like that we gave up a #1 pick for him and are now paying him like 4 mil a year..or Thomas because they replaced Horry.
Barry can be out there in a wheel chair and not be the guy getting doubled off of unless there was a defensive breakdown...it's not so much that I like Barry...I just don't hate timduncan as much as you do.Now you are in full plottto mode and will probably remain in this mode for the foreseeable future. Even though Horry no longer plays basketball and Barry is shooting 25% with another torn calf.
What I don't like timvp...is people apologizing for blatant choking.
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lol bonner enthusiasts
So let me get this straight. Bonner wasn't left open all night long? Bonner didn't clank all but 1 of his open threes? Bonner didnt miss a completely open dunk after a fabulous Duncan pass?
Bonner had a bad game. It's just that simple. Everybody has bad games. He was in there competing. It just didn't work out tonight.
Fortunately for the Spurs Duncan has too much class and dignity and understanding of the game to throw his teammates under a bus the first time they fail to perform. I guess you must never have screwed up not even once. Amazing..
And I guess this must have been the first Spurs Game you have ever seen if you think this is the first time Matt Bonner has failed to hit shots under pressure. It's what he has done most of the time. Don't get all righteous when you don't have your facts straight...Fortunately for the Spurs Duncan has too much class and dignity and understanding of the game to throw his teammates under a bus the first time they fail to perform. I guess you must never have screwed up not even once. Amazing..
This is his third season with the team and he hasn't come close to showing any sort of knack for hitting big shots...tonight was the rule, not the exception.
Very convenient of you to ignore all the good games he's had this season for stepping up.. or that he has made great strides because Pop has started showing confidence in him. This is a tribute to Pop that he's modified his handling of Bonner and it has made him a more producxtive player. Who can sauy if he had tried this approach years back the Bonner woul have bloddomed earlier. He did show good promise of what he was capable of season's back but then he got injured. I'm just glad the Spurs players, coaches and FO are sober-minded professionals who can calmly analyze what needs to be done instead of acting in some knee-jerk fashion. You think Bonner isn't up to par, wait til after the playoffs before you pass judgement because I don't think the Spurs are ready to give up on him just yet. Maybe you should respect them because they probabkly know lots of things you don't.
ok raspa...Matt Bonner is the clutchest player in NBA history and has done nothing but knock down bigshots throughout his career...
Every shot he took down the stretch tonight he belived was going to go in...you could see it in his body language.
There my head is now in the sand and I am completely in a state of denial, like yourself...
Happy now raspa?
Early prediction is he will choke against Dwight Howard. Matt isnt gonna do well against teams with great bigs. Matt only plays well against teams like the Thunder and Kings. Wheres this kid Ian? If he doesnt play well soon. Then we're just playing for nothing. The FO cannot believe that Matt is the answer to Fab and Kurt. And the FO has got to know Timmy isnt gonna carry this team on his back. He couldnt last season, and he wont this.
I dont see the rationale behind taking 15 shots. Its understandable the crazy .600 shooting streak wasnt going to last forever, but taking so many shots on a completely off night, just doesnt make any sense. When ur hot you take 5-8, when your not you chuck up 10 more?
sons some people just want to support the white guy. Hence why Bonner AKA Rick Astley has fans
lol @ a game in december being "real important"
How some of you idiots could know so little about the Spurs continues to surprise me.
I'm almost amazed that after the last couple weeks Bonner has had...it took ONE bad game for the haters to come out in full force.
Forget about new big men this year. We are all lucky Pop loosened the grip on this team enough to acquire Mason and Hill. Sucks for Mason that Finley gets minutes he does not deserve.
yes it was an important game. That game could have made the difference between getting home court against the Hornets if the spurs meet up with them later in the playoffs.
As a person who is not a Bonner "enthusiast", but a rational human being, I find your premise to be quite amusing. The premise that not making your shots, on a given night, is somehow an indictment on a players ability or character.
Bonner has not been given the opportunities, or consistent enough minutes over a season, to prove himself one way or the other. When/if he does, he'll deserve whatever recognition or condemnation he's earned, and I'll have no problem acknowledging it.
As to your questions:
Was he left open all night long?
Literally, no.
Did he have plenty of open looks that he's been knocking down recently? Yes.
Did he clank all but one of his threes?
Yes.
Didn't Bonner miss a completely open dunk, after a fabulous Duncan pass?
No. He actually dunked on Chandler with that pass. (And would have been an and 1, if his name wasn't Bonner)
The beautiful pass you must be referring to, would be the one authored by Hill in transition, that Bonner rendered null and void.
By the way, you really come off as a real hardass on these here internets.
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