Noooo, Spurs re-sign Bonner

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

A good move by Spurs.
The Spurs would not be able to find a player who can shoot 40% from three for the vet minimum. Bonner would be able to do that. He also plays hard and tries on defense. Although he is atrocious at defense, the Spurs should still bring him back. Despite his choke job in the past 2 playoffs, he is still very helpful to the Spurs.

Please, Spurs, give Matt Bonner another chance.

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=158112

Good lord. 40% in the regular season. We all know he's been 0-for-choke in the playoffs. That's the only metric that matters. Stupid noobs.

[Muser]

If the Spurs don't sign Tiago now then ST is gonna have the biggest meltdown ever

[Blackjack]

Spacing in the front court has become a 4-letter term.

[Dro210]

Please tell me this is a bad joke..... Please

[ace3g]

Bonner re-ups with Spurs
http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblog...-re-ups-w.html

[Dro210]

If the Spurs don't sign Tiago now then ST is gonna have the biggest meltdown ever

rightfully so this time

[Texas_Ranger]

Bonner stretches the other team's defense with his 3 pt shooting. That's why he's important. We're not likely to find a better 3 pt shooting big man who is available. He's also highly coachable, and hence has gotten BETTER on defense since being in SA, but that's not really why he's there. The deficits people highlight (Interior defense and rebounding) are not what Bonner was signed for. The hope is that Splitter will solve these deficits, but obviously that's an unknown - even if he is signed, and I think he will be, we won't know how good he will/can be until he plays.

I think Ian is probably gone. He's proven himself to be injury prone and not a fast enough learner.

McDyess is a good rebounder and defender, but he's older and slower than a lot of guys he's asked to defend. So I expect a third C to be the Spurs top priority - probably Splitter.

Who gives a about his 3 point shooting. The guy's a pussy in the playoffs, so you don't give him 15 mil/4 year deal. Do the Lakers need Pau to shoot trees. NO. Do other great teams need a PF/C who can shoot trees. NO.
So Matt Bonner!!!

[vander]

the role players for the Lakers

Artest shot under 40% in the playoffs, under 30% from 3
S Brown too
Walton was terrible
Odom and Bynum played far below their salaries

But the Lakers overcame, why? because you go as far as your star players take you.

yet stupid ST posters think it's all because of Bonner and Jefferson and not having Bowen anymore

we can't win because of the Big 3, resigning Bonner, not resigning Bonner, Splitter, no Splitter, it doesn't ing matter!

at least Regular Season Hero Bonner will add a couple games to the win column.

[ace3g]

this move better be part of a trade, Bonner isn't useful for 1 year let alone 4 years

[picnroll]

Look Bonner souks ass and I'm tired of the turkey coming in and in less than a minute single handily blowing a lead or putting the Spurs in the hole. If Spurs sign Bonner to a long term contract plus screw up the Tiago signing I'm taking a vacation from the Spurs until there's a new coach and new FO.

[peacemaker885]

So much Bonner hatred. I'm pretty sure its not only Pop, RC or Holt that decides who gets signed or re-signed. Tony, Manu and of course Tim have to be OK with this also. If its all good for them, who interact on a daily basis, then its good for me.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

I'm late to the party. For now I'm just going to take some deep breaths and wait until the end of the summer before final judgment. We'll see if this is just a bad contract in a summer full of horrible ones or just flat out ing terrible for the team.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Bonner stretches the other team's defense with his 3 pt shooting. That's why he's important. We're not likely to find a better 3 pt shooting big man who is available. He's also highly coachable, and hence has gotten BETTER on defense since being in SA, but that's not really why he's there. The deficits people highlight (Interior defense and rebounding) are not what Bonner was signed for. The hope is that Splitter will solve these deficits, but obviously that's an unknown - even if he is signed, and I think he will be, we won't know how good he will/can be until he plays.

I think Ian is probably gone. He's proven himself to be injury prone and not a fast enough learner.

McDyess is a good rebounder and defender, but he's older and slower than a lot of guys he's asked to defend. So I expect a third C to be the Spurs top priority - probably Splitter.

No no no no no! He doesn't do jack for spreading the floor. You may as well have had Ian Mahinmi chucking 3's out there with the amount of respect Bonner draws from opposing defenses on the floor. He is an absolute choker and a horrible horrible basketball player. His shot ALWAYS disappears come playoff time. It's not even like he shoots from 40% to 35% come playoff time, he effing shoots 8% in the playoffs!!

This is an even crappier decision than extending RJ. If the Spurs fail to land Tiago this summer I promise you the Spurs will not make the playoffs next year, Parker will leave, and SA will rot in obscurity.

this

[vander]

You think at 4 million a year Bonner won't be asked to guard them? Wake up.

Spurs being thrifty is a separate matter, Bonner's as good as anyone else they could have gotten for 4 mil per

[The Truth #6]

Damn it's getting cold in here. Someone shut the window.

[Dro210]

Spurs being thrifty is a separate matter, Bonner's as good as anyone else they could have gotten for 4 mil per

Yea right, Bonner may be a good guy and all, but Bonners not worth a in cent on a winning basketball team.

[Agloco]

The good thing now is that Spurs fans won't have to burn their Bonner jerseys a la Cleveland Cavaliers fans when LeBron James decided to join the Miami Heat.

They sell those?

[baseline bum]

the role players for the Lakers

Artest shot under 40% in the playoffs, under 30% from 3
S Brown too
Walton was terrible
Odom and Bynum played far below their salaries

But the Lakers overcame, why? because you go as far as your star players take you.

yet stupid ST posters think it's all because of Bonner and Jefferson and not having Bowen anymore

we can't win because of the Big 3, resigning Bonner, not resigning Bonner, Splitter, no Splitter, it doesn't ing matter!

at least Regular Season Hero Bonner will add a couple games to the win column.

Artest's defense on Pierce was the main reason LA won that series. Did you even watch it?

[Agloco]

Spurs being thrifty is a separate matter, Bonner's as good as anyone else they could have gotten for 4 mil per

Yeah yeah.....and RJ is as good as they can get at SF. Shows how screwed the Spurs really are.

[vander]

No silly, I want him to be able to guard any of those, since he's going to be getting the minutes on the floor against them.

why does Bonner have to guard them well but not TD? TD makes 20 mill and gets schooled by Gasol, yet you cry about Bonner? you think Blair's going to be able to guard any of them? Splitter?


no, Lakers go out and get better and more expensive players, don't turn the Spurs' thriftyness into a Bonner personal failure

what player out there is going to be able to guard Gasol well for 4 mill a year?

[Agloco]

Damn it's getting cold in here. Someone shut the window.

<Hands Matt Bonner a pen to sign his new "Contract">

Done.

[objective]

This is a disgrace.

I'm not spending money on the Spurs for the duration of his time with the team. Which will be four years because nobody will want to trade for a choking minutes-stealer.

[Agloco]

why does Bonner have to guard them well but not TD? TD makes 20 mill and gets schooled by Gasol, yet you cry about Bonner? you think Blair's going to be able to guard any of them? Splitter?


no, Lakers go out and get better and more expensive players, don't turn the Spurs' thriftyness into a Bonner personal failure

what player out there is going to be able to guard Gasol well for 4 mill a year?

Bonner is a choker and he sucks. No amount of nuthugging or knobslobbing on your part will change that.

[vander]

Artest's defense on Pierce was the main reason LA won that series. Did you even watch it?

sure it was, and Pierce is all the Celts have too, stop him and you stop the Celts.

and defending one guy well in one series makes him a success? where's that leniency on Bonner? maybe if we had gotten that far Bonner would have finally started hitting 3's.


"main reason"

[vander]

Bonner is a choker and he sucks. No amount of nuthugging or knobslobbing on your part will change that.

the Big three are washed up and overpaid and we won't win another championship with them, no amount of crying, Bonner bashing, or whatever you and nono and baseline are doing will change that