Bonner 26% 3PT shooting...

[Agloco]

This should come as no surprise to anyone.

The biggest surprise is that Pop, his coaching staff, and the FO continue to invest faith, dollars and playing time in this guy. He's almost treated as though he's a critical role player or something. Nothing could be furthe from the truth. On another club, he's be a 10th man.

Pop needs to recognize the shortcomings of his some of his own players.

What am I saying? It's three years since Horry has left the building and Bonner cannot even produce half of what Horry provided - at his advanced age even.

Been saying this exact same thing since Bruce and Bob exited stage left. We've replaced those two with Bonner and y J.

Fail.

[Ginobilly]

It's because Bonner's white and the Spurs organization have to please the high-class white fans who pay for Spurs season tickets and suites.( There's racism within Sports you Know?) They have to give them somebody to cheer for and relate to. Manu Ginobili = For the Latino/Hispanic population, Tim Duncan = The intellectual black community of San Antonio, Tony Parker= European d-bag community, and Richard Jefferson = I'm just going to leave it alone here. What happened to the Spurs of the past when they got white players with balls( Steve Kerr anyone?)

[angelbelow]

Well this shouldn't be surprising. Not only does have a history of struggling in the playoffs he struggled massively down the stretch of the season.

Even if Matt Bonner shot a great % this post season I wouldn't necessarily be surprised either, after all that's his job.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

It's because Bonner's white and the Spurs organization have to please the high-class white fans who pay for Spurs season tickets and suites.( There's racism within Sports you Know?) They have to give them somebody to cheer for and relate to. Manu Ginobili = For the Latino/Hispanic population, Tim Duncan = The intellectual black community of San Antonio, Tony Parker= European d-bag community, and Richard Jefferson = I'm just going to leave it alone here. What happened to the Spurs of the past when they got white players with balls( Steve Kerr anyone?)

That's such a re ed take. Pop's said it before. Bonner is here to play the Horry role of the stretch four and hit shots from outside.

The problem is he is nothing but a giant vagina in the postseason.

[GoodOdor]

Ends up shooting 33%(6 out of 18).....not as bad as could have been, tbh. Most of the damage was the memphis bigs abusing him pretty much every trip down the other end.

[TDMVPDPOY]

he got his while allowing the his opposition have a career year

[Hoops Czar]

That's such a re ed take. Pop's said it before. Bonner is here to play the Horry role of the stretch four and hit shots from outside.

The problem is he is nothing but a giant vagina in the postseason.

Well, thats a re ed take by Pop. Horry was more than a three point specialist. He could defend the paint, rebound and block shots.

Bonner can shoot three's and shove sandwiches in his mouse like a damn pig. If I were Horry, and I heard those comments, I'd be upset.

[spurtech09]

time for the spurs to trade bonner and rj.....bonner is a great guy and yes he can make 3pt shots....but I think its time the spurs get stronger and tough....bonner and rj are just to weak.....you never know maybe james anderson can take rjs spot....also spurs need a big thats going to take over tim duncans roll...I like splitter but hes not the guy that has a strong offensive game....I like splitters d though and I don't mind him starting with tim duncan....spurs also need a decent pg cause hill just doesn't cut it....hes more of a shooting guard...but the main thing spurs need a better choice than bonner and rj....get some tuff guys

[200 miles]

time for the spurs to trade bonner and rj.....bonner is a great guy and yes he can make 3pt shots....but I think its time the spurs get stronger and tough....bonner and rj are just to weak.....you never know maybe james anderson can take rjs spot....also spurs need a big thats going to take over tim duncans roll...I like splitter but hes not the guy that has a strong offensive game....I like splitters d though and I don't mind him starting with tim duncan....spurs also need a decent pg cause hill just doesn't cut it....hes more of a shooting guard...but the main thing spurs need a better choice than bonner and rj....get some tuff guys

Easier said than done. I didn't think I'd say this, but as long as this team has BOTH Pop AND Bonner on its payroll, the San Antonio Spurs are doomed and will not go far in the playoffs for a long, long, long time.

[Chomag]

Bonner does need to be separated from Pop but as long as Pop's in charge I don't think he will let that happen.

After saying that Although his contract is a bit pricey for what he is, his contract isn't unmovable. I think he would thrive on a non-playoff aspirated team. I'm sure there are of few of these teams that would consider him. Best bet would him being used in a package deal though
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[rascal]

Bonner cannot hit shots if he is guarded. During the regular season no one cares and gives him wide open looks. He doesn't get those in the playoffs.

[jeebus]

Bonner cannot hit shots if he is not guarded. Bnner = btch

[rmt]

I wonder if Bonner doesn't think that Pop's crazy for having him guard Zach. I actually felt sorry for him when he got crunched by those 2 MEM players - like "I should be at the 3 pt line being guarded by a PG - not being abused by Randolph and Gasol."

I won't rag on Bonner because he did play well in the last game. The blame, for this series, lies primarily with Pop for thinking that he could go into the playoffs with TD/Dice/Bonner/Blair. Zach and Gasol made him pay.

[Splits]

Bonner and Splitter kept the Spurs in the game in the 1st half last night. To put the failure of the season on Bonner is idiotic. There are 29 teams which would love to have the most accurate 3pt shooter in the league for $3mil a year. He is not the problem. The "big" 3 failed to show up or show any heart. To blame Bonner is like blaming Neal or Splitter, it makes no sense. If he made $7mil a year, maybe. But he makes chump change.

[Sean Cagney]

Well, thats a re ed take by Pop. Horry was more than a three point specialist. He could defend the paint, rebound and block shots.

Bonner can shoot three's and shove sandwiches in his mouse like a damn pig. If I were Horry, and I heard those comments, I'd be upset.

Basically!

[Sean Cagney]

Bonner and Splitter kept the Spurs in the game in the 1st half last night. To put the failure of the season on Bonner is idiotic. There are 29 teams which would love to have the most accurate 3pt shooter in the league for $3mil a year. He is not the problem. The "big" 3 failed to show up or show any heart. To blame Bonner is like blaming Neal or Splitter, it makes no sense. If he made $7mil a year, maybe. But he makes chump change.

Big three did not show up? Tony did well, Manu even had a few shots and tried his butt off! Tim just is Tim now, he is not going to get 19 and 11 but he will get you 12 and 10! They did what they could and were just overmatched out there. Bonner would be good yes if he played the role he deserves, he is overplayed though and used wrong! When he was on Randolph forget it, no chance and he had to foul everytime down there and it was the penalty from then out.

George HILL did not show at all, RJ? Pshhhhhhhhh where was he? Big three did well enough to win, role players sucked later. Neal kept us in it early along with Bonner agreed there! The bench did kick butt there! Sides that though?

[ElNono]

Bonner and Splitter kept the Spurs in the game in the 1st half last night. To put the failure of the season on Bonner is idiotic.

I didn't put the series on him...

There are 29 teams which would love to have the most accurate 3pt shooter in the league for $3mil a year.

They can have him. He's nowhere near the 'most accurate 3pt shooter in the league' when it matters.

He is not the problem.

But he's part of the problem, and what we really need to start getting away from... soft, mentally weak players that fold when it matters playing an extended role in the team...

The "big" 3 failed to show up or show any heart. To blame Bonner is like blaming Neal or Splitter, it makes no sense. If he made $7mil a year, maybe. But he makes chump change.

Money has nothing to do with it. A guy like Neal doesn't make anywhere near $3 million, and it's really an insult to put him in the same sentence as Bonner.

Ultimately, it's the coach's fault for not being able to get rid of the addiction. As MB pointed out, he should be a 5th big in this team, at best.

[Avitus1]

Bonner sucks in Playoffs. What good is having him on the team when he doesn't show up when needed? his ass... he's another part of the package deal Spurs need to make.

[yavozerb]

4-15 from downtown in 5 games...
New career high in minutes played in the playoffs (20.4)...

Any questions, chazley?

Another great thread, thanks...Lets talk about team turnovers, fg% for the team, team ft shooting, I could go on with team stats but we will talk about a bench player...awesome

[lefty]

This should come as no surprise to anyone.

The biggest surprise is that Pop, his coaching staff, and the FO continue to invest faith, dollars and playing time in this guy. He's almost treated as though he's a critical role player or something. Nothing could be furthe from the truth. On another club, he's be a 10th man.

Pop needs to recognize the shortcomings of his some of his own players.

What am I saying? It's three years since Horry has left the building and Bonner cannot even produce half of what Horry provided - at his advanced age even.

Horry good stuff



And Jax....



So Spurs refused to pay Jax, but it's OK to pay Bonner

[ElNono]

Another great thread, thanks...Lets talk about team turnovers, fg% for the team, team ft shooting, I could go on with team stats but we will talk about a bench player...awesome

Feel free to start a thread talking about whatever else you want... if you don't want to talk about Bonner, don't...

[chazley]

To be honest, I was HUGELY disappointed with Bonner in this series. I thought he would go off against two slow bigs like ZBo and Marc, but if he isn't capable of hitting threes against those two in the playoffs, there's no hope for Matt Bonner on any playoff team. He is still a GREAT weapon to have for the regular season though... which no longer interests me.

I still don't think my main point was way off though... Bonner is such a good regular season player that I wanted to get a larger playoff sample size to have a better judgement of if he was good or not in the playoffs. We now have the sample size that says Bonner is no more than a situational playoff player.

All along I've said Tiago should be our third big, Matt fourth, Dejuan 5th. Only thing I'd change is Dejuan 4th, Bonner 5th.

[chazley]

Bonner and Splitter kept the Spurs in the game in the 1st half last night. To put the failure of the season on Bonner is idiotic. There are 29 teams which would love to have the most accurate 3pt shooter in the league for $3mil a year. He is not the problem. The "big" 3 failed to show up or show any heart. To blame Bonner is like blaming Neal or Splitter, it makes no sense. If he made $7mil a year, maybe. But he makes chump change.

The problem with Bonner isn't the amount of money he makes, it's the fact he gets the 3rd most minutes of any big on this team. He had two good halves against the Grizzles, but the fact is as a whole this series he played terrible. Tiago showed way too much this series for Bonner to ever enter a game before him.

You're my favorite poster by the way.

[rwb]

It's because Bonner's white and the Spurs organization have to please the high-class white fans who pay for Spurs season tickets and suites.( There's racism within Sports you Know?) They have to give them somebody to cheer for and relate to. Manu Ginobili = For the Latino/Hispanic population, Tim Duncan = The intellectual black community of San Antonio, Tony Parker= European d-bag community, and Richard Jefferson = I'm just going to leave it alone here. What happened to the Spurs of the past when they got white players with balls( Steve Kerr anyone?)

As a white person, I can definitely relate to Bonner not being able to play basketball either. We gringos love porking down big bucks to watch pasty faced, bunny-hopping nerds like us blow our team's opportunitie's to win games. Makes us feel good about contributing.

It's just basketball.

[slick'81]

bbbut he hit 2 threes in a row in the the playoffs