Red Rocket in the Dog House

[SequSpur]

Paying Bonner instead of Scola should've costed someone their got damn job. How stupid can you be?

[Tek_XX]

Pop is waiting for that last second shot situation, that is Bonner's specialty

But seriously, if he was doing anything special he'd still be on the court.

[TDMVPDPOY]

fok off,

i dont want pop to set up last plays for bonner

he cost us 2 games damn it

[slayermin]

I don't think we should give up on Bonner. He's proven he can shoot. We should keep him for his 93.8 free throw pct. alone.

Here are Bonner's career three point stats.

             M     A   Pct.
04-05  Tor   39   92  .424
05-06  Tor  102  243  .420
06-07  SA    36   94  .383
07-08  SA    39  104  .375
CAR         216  533  .405

He's sort of at the point where he needs to prove he's a killer from the outside.

[Twisted_Dawg]

Here is a thread I started last summer about why we signed Bonner instead of going after a younger more athletic player. I was routinely blasted for questioning the Bonner signing. Now I don't look so wrong.

http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthre...0&page=1&pp=26

[Bruno]

I find that you are a little too harsh with Bonner.

He is a limited player but he has done some good thing for Spurs. He was playing well in December and he could help Spurs with his ability to stretch the defense.

He is quite bad lately but he hasn't been put in an easy situation. Pop has decided to bench him to play Horry, who, until last week, was arguably the worst player in the NBA.

When Horry will retire or if the last three games are a fluke and Horry has nothing left in the tank, Spurs will need to have big able to stretch the defense. Right now, their only player able to do that is Bonner. Bonner will never be a great player but he could be damn useful.

[boutons_]

If the tactic is not playing Matt to bring along others, then there comes a point at which Matt's reduced PT and DNP begins to hurt/regress Matt.

[ploto]

I don't think we should give up on Bonner. He's proven he can shoot. We should keep him for his 93.8 free throw pct. alone.

Here are Bonner's career three point stats.

             M     A   Pct.
04-05  Tor   39   92  .424
05-06  Tor  102  243  .420
06-07  SA    36   94  .383
07-08  SA    39  104  .375
CAR         216  533  .405

He's sort of at the point where he needs to prove he's a killer from the outside.

So he was a better three-point shooter in Toronto...

I never quite got why the Spurs were all so gung ho over Bonner last season. He is a nice guy and all, but they seemed to really fall in love with him. They quickly worked out his three-year contract instead of spending the same money on Scola- whch never quite made sense, but seemed to me to signal just how bad the relationship had deteriorated between the Spurs and Scola.

I suppose that all NBA teams believe they need a big man who can shoot 3's and spread the defense.

[The Truth #6]

Paying Bonner instead of Scola should've costed someone their got damn job. How stupid can you be?

Perhaps it's one of the reasons someone got their job. I wonder if giving the Rockets Scola was a way for us to get their GM.

Though honestly, I can't even remember his name. The Express never mentions him. Does anyone know what the former Rocket FO/Sam Presti replacement guy does?