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They root for the team's underdogs...
Just some details :
- Spurs will give cash too (I don't know how much but the max allowed is $3M)
- The pick we get is the Hornets 2009 second round pick (Toronto get him by trading Aaron Williams)
They root for the team's underdogs...
Not just them, apparently.
Not me. He looks like an oversized Mr Tumnus the fawn from Chronicles of Narnia.
And he isn't Sho.
That 2nd rounder ain't bad, as throw-ins go. It'll likely be at least in the top half of that round. Not much, but the Spurs haven't had a 2nd that high in years (barring the Sanikidze acquisition).
Wheeew.... you're still alive. Anyone heard from Rashofan yet???
Basically. Now he's not going to turn into a triple double machine, but one day Spurs fans will look at this trade as one of the best in team history.
As long as Pop gives him a shot, he's going to be a vital piece to the puzzle. The Spurs needed a player like him.
If he were available in free agency, I would have wanted him over Reggie Evans.
If he averages 10 and 5 here in 20-something minutes per game, that's enough. I don't expect much more out of him.
Well, this is a little crazy. But he'll do some good things for the Spurs, at least.Basically. Now he's not going to turn into a triple double machine, but one day Spurs fans will look at this trade as one of the best in team history.
As long as Pop gives him a shot, he's going to be a vital piece to the puzzle. The Spurs needed a player like him.
If he were available in free agency, I would have wanted him over Reggie Evans.
Let's face it. Rasho was soft and never quite fit with the offense. It's an even trade.
MATT BONNER
Position: Forward Birthdate: April 5, 1980 (Concord, New Hampshire)
Height: 6-10 High School: Concord (Concord, New Hampshire)
Weight: 240 College: Florida 03
NBA Experience: 2 Years
How Acquired: Acquired draft rights from Chicago in exchange for a future second-round draft pick on June 26, 2003.
Career Transactions: Second-round draft choice (45th overall) by Chicago in 2003; June 26, 2003: Acquired draft rights from
Chicago in exchange for a future second-round draft pick.
Contract Status: Signed through 2006-07 season.
2005-06 SEASON: Averaged 7.5 points, 3.6 rebounds and 21.9 minutes in 78 games, six as a starter Scored in double figures
in 30 contests Tied for 12th in the NBA with a .420 (102-243) three-point field goal percentage Missed first game of career
(160 games) with a sprained left ankle April 12 at Orlando The injury forced him out of the lineup for the final four games of
the season (Apr. 12-19) Scored in double figures in five of his six outings in April, averaging 12.2 points and 6.5 rebounds in
30.2 minutes Had a season-high 16 points and a career-best 13 boards for his second career double-double Apr. 4 vs. Boston
Averaged 9.2 points and shot .491 (27-for-55) from beyond the arc and .933 (14-for-15) from the line in March Registered
first career double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds, including career-best six offensive boards Mar. 24 vs. Minnesota
Tied a career high Mar. 5 vs. Boston with five three-pointers to lead the bench in scoring with 15 points Totaled double
figures in points in six of seven games from Jan. 11-27, averaging 12.5 points on .483 (29-60) percent shooting from the field and
.441 (15-34) from three-point range Recorded career highs in free throws (six) and free throw attempts (six) en route to
registering 10 points to go with eight rebounds Jan. 8 vs. New Jersey Tied career high with four steals Nov. 18 at Boston
Made first career start Nov. 16 vs. Philadelphia, recording 10 points and two steals Posted 15 points, (6-10 FG), eight
rebounds and a career-best four steals Nov. 11 vs. Utah.
PROFESSIONAL CAREER: Has averaged 7.3 points, 3.6 rebounds and 20.4 minutes in 160 games Has shot .490 (456-
930) from the field and .421 (141-335) from three-point range Spent the 2003-04 season playing for Sicilia in the Italian A1
League, where he averaged 19.2 points (seventh in the 18-team league) and 9.3 rebounds (seventh in the league) ... 2004-05:
Averaged 7.2 points, 3.5 rebounds and 18.9 minutes One of two Raptors (Peterson) to play in all 82 games Joined Omar
Cook as the only two players to not start a game Ranked first among rookies with a .424 (39-92) three-point field goal
percentage and second with a .533 (247-463) field goal percentage Netted 10 or more points on 25 occasions Led the bench
in scoring 18 times, including a career-best 21 points on eight-for-nine shooting from the field and a career-high five triples Mar.
11 vs. Atlanta Recorded 18 points, including four-for-four from beyond the arc, to go along with seven rebounds in a careerbest
38 minutes Mar. 6 at New Orleans Shot .500 or better from the field in 12 consecutive games (Nov. 9-28) Netted his
first career-triple Nov. 7 vs. Portland.
COLLEGE CAREER: Named Honorable Mention All-America by the Associated Press as a junior and senior As a senior,
earned All-Southeastern Conference First Team honors from the Associated Press and coaches and was runner-up for SEC Player
of the Year Earned second-team All-SEC honors as a junior and third team as a sop re Left Florida ranked eighth alltime
in scoring and sixth in three-pointers made Is the only Gator to record 1,500 points, 750 rebounds and 150 triples
Was a three-time All-SEC Academic pick and earned Verizon Academic All-American of the Year honors for basketball in final
two seasons, the first Gator hoopster to win the award As a senior, led the conference in three-point shooting percentage
(.474) Averaged a team-best 15.2 points, with 6.1 rebounds (second on team) in 33 games Topped team in scoring 16 times
and rebounding on 12 occasions As a junior, ranked second on the team in several categories including scoring (15.6),
rebounding (7.2), three-point percentage (.371) and free throw percentage (.796) Ranked 10th in the conference in scoring,
seventh in rebounding and fifth in field goal percentage Scored a career-high 31 points against South Florida Started 17 of
his teams final 20 games as a sop re Averaged 13.3 points and a team-high 7.6 rebounds, fifth in the league, in 31 games
Topped team in rebounds 16 times Recorded team-best 10 double-doubles, third-best in SEC Averaged team-best 16.5
points in SEC Tournament on .632 shooting from the field Averaged 4.8 points and 3.2 rebounds in 36 games in his freshman
campaign Shot .591 from the field in NCAA Tournament, second-best mark on the team, helping the Gators run to NCAA
le game.
OMFG OMFG
is this a joke???? This week just keeps getting better and better!!!!
What's crazy to say it will be the best trade in team history? For cap purposes, it very may well be.
No more sign Reggie Evans message ?If he were available in free agency, I would have wanted him over Reggie Evans.
The good news too is that he will be a restricted free agent at the end of the year. If he play well, we will be able to match offers.
Angel, I'm sorry.
This is a good move for Rasho. I'm sure he'll miss fans like you, but he really needs to be part of a club where his talents can be utilized. He's excited right now, which I haven't seen in a long time.
Take care.
I'm with LJ on this one, lots of upside to Bonner.
I also wouldn't be so quick to trade Williams, that 5 million dollar expiring contract could be an attractive piece of trade bait at a later date.
I'll have to think about it but as of right now, I just know that Bonner >> Evans for what the Spurs needed. Yeah Bonner isn't the world's best rebounder, but I want to see what he can do at power forward instead of small forward.
When it was suggested to Buford that Bonner could guard guys like Dirk, Odom, Diaw Buford laughed and said he hadn't seen those tapes, that Bonner wasn't nearly as athletic as Horry. Bonner is not the ideal pairing for small ball with Duncan. That player isn't on the Spurs roster.
By the way, the Spurs have 24 hours to ship one of these guys back out in a trade, or they're stuck with him until December.
Bonner isn't nearly athletic enough to guard those guys. But he's better than putting a small player on them.
surely what he means is he will sign nazr then trade him for ben wallace or something
I'd take Bonner on Dirk way before I take Michael Finley on Dirk again.
reallyWhen it was suggested to Buford that Bonner could guard guys like Dirk, Odom, Diaw Buford laughed and said he hadn't seen those tapes,
on 760 he said he was an athletic forward that you could play with guys like Diaw or Nowtizki.
Nope. That was what the host said and keeps insisting. Buford said no way.
Bonner is pretty athletic for his size, but those guys would take him off the dribble pretty easily, IMO.
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