Rasho for Bonner: Who won this trade?

[slick'81]

Does anyone know the real story?

My assumption/understanding was that Bonner was just a throw-in by the two teams to make the salaries work.

Is that wrong or did the Spurs want Bonner at the time?

I was floored when the Spurs re-signed Bonner.

So did Bonner unexpectedly impress the Spurs or did they want him from the beginning?

e.williams never had a shot as a spur bonner was the piece the spurs were after
i think pop wanted more out of bonner then he can give lol

[Obstructed_View]

Rasho was injured in 2005, and was gone by 2007.

[Mr. Body]

The problem was resigning Bonner, but that wasn't part of the trade.

[timvp]

Does anyone know the real story?

My assumption/understanding was that Bonner was just a throw-in by the two teams to make the salaries work.

Is that wrong or did the Spurs want Bonner at the time?

I was floored when the Spurs re-signed Bonner.

So did Bonner unexpectedly impress the Spurs or did they want him from the beginning?

Williams and Bonner were just salary filler. Shortly after the trade, RC was interviewed and he basically admitted the Spurs did the trade for financial reasons. He was asked about Bonner and said he didn't know much about him.

[Darkwaters]

Rasho was still due huge amounts of cash. Erik Williams and Bonner both had their contracts expire after that season. The Spurs won that trade hands down.

[Obstructed_View]

Rasho was still due huge amounts of cash. Erik Williams and Bonner both had their contracts expire after that season. The Spurs won that trade hands down.

True. And then they re-signed Bonner.

[Sean Cagney]

I said that Rasho in 2007 would be still better than those guys. At least just as good as them.

Horry hit some shots in 07 as well, Rasho never impressed me much and like someone said in here fans hated him! I called him a damn tree out there, stiff as ! I was never high on this guy and he did not do that well here outside of 04 (He had an okay year), but I agree he is better than Bonner no doubt in 07 by default. Oberto played great position D and could pass the ball very well, played the game smart so he was a good fit for 07.

[TJastal]

True. And then they re-signed Bonner.

Talk about turning a positive into a negative!

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

It'd be something like trading Rj for Barbosa, Bayless and a 2nd round pick.If you like that trade, then you must like the Rasho for Bonner one.

Some desperate attempts for a dig at the FO in this thread, tbh.

[Obstructed_View]

Talk about turning a positive into a negative!

Well it would have been a curbstomping of a trade if it hadn't set the Spurs up to be ty on the front line for the next several years.

[ploto]

Who won this trade? Rasho did.

He got to live in Toronto and play for a fanbase that loved him. Now, he gets to play with his kids and be a basketball ambassador for Slovenia.

[Spursfan092120]

Spurs. Rasho was overpaid.

This

[TDMVPDPOY]

The Spurs destroyed the Raptors in that trade. Rasho had three years and $23.5 million left on his contract and the Spurs not only salary dumped him, they go back a second round draft pick. Rasho was making at least double what he was worth yet somehow the Spurs got the Raptors to absorb his contract even though it ate away at free salary cap space. I still have no idea what Bryan Colangelo was thinking. How do you willfully throw away $8M of salary cap room on Rasho after seeing him regress so much in San Antonio?



The Spurs overpaying Bonner doesn't really factor into the trade. And the second round draft pick became McClinton, not Blair.

Rasho was a pretty good player but compare this trade to the Malik Rose trade. Malik was owed a similar amount of money yet it cost the Spurs two first round draft picks to salary dump him ... one of which turned into David Lee. And that's not even discussing how it cost the Spurs Luis Scola to salary dump Jackie Butler, who was on the books for 1/10th of Rasho's amount. As far as salary dumps go, the Rasho trade is the gold standard.

compare rashos contract at the time to what bigs are gettin paid now...heck his better then the scrub bigs in t he game today earning his wages