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LOL at the word hustle used again for worthless stiff red heads who can sometimes shoot the three but do NOTHING ELSE! FUKK THEM BOTH, that tell you who I would rather have? NEITHER.
Who would you rather have? All in all they look like the same player, but scalabrine seems he has more hustle than matt bonner...
LOL at the word hustle used again for worthless stiff red heads who can sometimes shoot the three but do NOTHING ELSE! FUKK THEM BOTH, that tell you who I would rather have? NEITHER.
both are red-headed stepchildren who belong in the european game, not the NBA - I cringe any time I think about Bonner starting games for the Spurs
Scalabrine's a . Bonner sucks as a player. So neither.
People are ridiculously harsh on Bonner - he is not a playoff-calibre starter, but he was very solid for much of the regular season and is definitely a solid 8-10th guy.
I'll take Bonner over Scalabrine, although I'd rather have neither on the Spurs going forward.
Bonner.
You guys are really hard on Matt. He's probably not starter-quality, but who else did the Spurs have that would have been any better? Maybe Drew Gooden, but I don't think Pop wanted to mess with his starting lineup so late in the season. At least Bonner hit some big threes at times and was one of the best three-point shooters statistically in the NBA. He also helped spread the floor more, pulling bigs out of the paint and giving Tony and Manu more room to work to drive to the basket.
I think you guys just don't like red heads.
Bonner
Scalabrine. He's already got more 3s in the playoffs than Bonner ever will.
Scalabrine
He shoots well, and takes some rebounds
Watching them play basketball makes me wish I was 6'8".
Scalabrine actually gave Doc Rivers quality minutes in game 7 against Chicago.
If asked to do the same, Bonner would have solied himself.
SCALABRINI. he showed more toughness than bonner and also hit some big playoff 3's, unlike bonner, who hit none.
bonner>>>> scalabrine
pop expected bonner to be our 3rd or 4th best player ... that's why he was getting faceguarded
...Soiled himself and then pump faked multiple times...and then refused to shoot the open 3.
Matt Bonner, and it's not even close. Anyone who says differently is looking at a sample size that's far too small (this season's playoffs), where admittedly Bonner didn't do very well, but neither did any of the Spurs role players. It was pretty contagious.
Matt Bonner just finished a season where he shot a higher percentage FROM THREE POINT RANGE than Scalabrine has ever shot in a season FROM THE FIELD. Here are their career stats:
Matt Bonner:
13.1 points per 36 minutes, 7 rebounds per 36 minutes, 40.9 3PT%, 47.6 FG%
Brian Scalabrine:
8.7 points per 36 minutes, 5.7 rebounds per 36 minutes, 35.3 3PT%, 39.0 FG%
I'm not saying that Bonner is an All-Star or even that he should be a starter, but he's a solid role player, and Spurs fans need to start appreciating what they have, not just with Matt Bonner but with the team in general.
playoffs are what matters.
matt bonner as the 3rd option on the team is why he couldn't score, this er didn't get a truly wide open look since game 2. Carlisle adjusted very well against Bonner, Mason, and Finley.
Scalabrine is by far a better player than Bonner. It's not even up for debate.
Bonner and Mason both had a case of shrunken nuts due to playoffs. Scalabrine at least shows some balls. Don't give me that Bonner never had an open look. He either bricked or passed up his open looks.
they were driving them off the three point line. They were conceding 2-3 feet behind it, and a clear lane to the basket.
carlisle wasn't stupid, he knows our roleplayers are nothing more than one dimensional shooters with subpar games otherwise. He forced them to shoot long 3s or get to the rim. Mason, Finley, and Bonner cannot get to the rim with a man on them, it just doesn't happen (which is why putting Mason at PG was among the worst mistakes of Pop's coaching career)>
Bonner may have better numbers during the regular season, but Scalabrine doesn't disappear in the playoffs like........ Bonner
- Game 5 vs the Pistons in 2004, on the road; Scala was huge.
- Or more recently vs Bulls and Magic.
In a nuts , Playoff Scalabrine is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy better than Playoff Bonner
Look it doesn't matter. A true NBA star finds a way to contribute in the playoffs. Scalabrine did. Bonner didn't. end of story.
One thing to keep in mind about Bonner, too, is that a lot of what he does doesn't show up on the stat sheet. What I mean by this is that whenever he was out on the floor, he had to be covered all the way to the three-point line. This forces bigs out of the paint and out to the perimeter, opening up the inside for guys like Tony Parker and even Tim Duncan. I wonder how much of an effect this had on Tony Parker's career-year.
Also, Bonner was helpful on pick-and-rolls. Whenever Tony or Manu would run off a pick by Bonner, Matt would pop out for a three-pointer. If the defensive big man didn't jump back to quickly cover Bonner, it meant a wide open three-pointer, which Bonner will hit a good deal of the time. This made it hard for opposing big men to cheat out on Parker during pick-and-rolls and made the pick-and-roll a more effective play for driving the ball to the basket.
I don't believe anyone called Bonner a star.
Bingo. Thus, Bonner = NBA scrubI don't believe anyone called Bonner a star.
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