Bonner To Sign With Spurs

[Fast Dunk]

I like your offseason moves...Keep doing them!!!

LOL

[timvp]

The Spurs reached agreement Tuesday with forward Matt Bonner, the last of the three free agents they hoped to re-sign, on a three-year contract worth about $9 million.

Nice deal on a 27-year-old 6-foot-10 bigman who showed signs of life. Between $7M and $10M was his worth over three years.

The Spurs also have reached agreements with center Fabricio Oberto (three years, $10.5 million)

Very nice for a starting center coming off of a championship.

Add in Vaughn at the veteran's minimum and the Spurs did a nice job of re-signing all three guys to reasonable contracts.

[whottt]

Nice deal on a 27-year-old 6-foot-10 bigman who showed signs of life. Between $7M and $10M was his worth over three years.

Very nice for a starting center coming off of a championship.

Add in Vaughn at the veteran's minimum and the Spurs did a nice job of re-signing all three guys to reasonable contracts.

Congrats on 25K posts

[T Park]

Now to get down to business an Call Nocioni immediately.

[Dex]

So after putting Vaughn, Oberto, Finley, and Bonner's salary on the books, where do the Spurs stand on cap/MLE space?

[whottt]

So after putting Vaughn, Oberto, Finley, and Bonner's salary on the books, where do the Spurs stand on cap/MLE space?

Just scraping up against the Lux Tax Threshold...if not slightly over it....that's including White's deal but not Williams'. 67-68 million I think. And they still have their MLE.

But it's pretty obvious that if anybody of note joins this team...it's going to be by trade.

[T Park]

Yeah the next deal would be, if they did one, would be a sign and trade, that would get rid of barry and beno.

So that they dont hit the luxury tax.

[timvp]

Congrats on 25K posts

[BeerIsGood!]

Yeah the next deal would be, if they did one, would be a sign and trade, that would get rid of barry and beno.

So that they dont hit the luxury tax.

Don't hold your breath on Nocioni

[Fast Dunk]

LOL @ these delusionists!

[BeerIsGood!]

Hey dustpan, you still want Beno? We'll give him and Barry to you for Lebron...

[koopa]

i like this signing a lot, he's slower then , but he makes up for that with his passion for the game, it's fun watching him play cause he's always hustling..... and the deal he got isn't all that bad........... and he'll get plenty of playing time, he was getting that playing time till he broke himself..... and horry will be the basketball version of roger clemens next year, so there will be plenty of playing time

[Bruno]

Vaughn and Oberto contracts are steals.
Vaughn is an average and reliable backup PG. Most of them are paid $3M/year and he will only cost $770k.
Players who plays well in playoffs get huge contracts like Jerome James 2 years ago . After his very good playoff srun, $10.5M for Oberto is really good.

The Bonner contract is nice.
$3M/year isn't overpaid or underpaid for a player like Bonner. IMO, it's the good contract for him. He gets less than players like Brian Cook or Scalabrine and I rather have Bonner than them.

[MannyIsGod]

Sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!

If Bonner doesn't get hurt he's a much bigger part of this team this year goinginto the playoffs. Sadly he never regained form and te team geled around other players while he was out, but god damn this makes me happy. Its only a matter of time before Matt breaks into the rotation.

BTW, so much for the much vaunted 08 plan. Thats 3 3 year contracts in 3 days.

[Kori Ellis]

You guys should have just listened to me about Oberto's contract.

http://spurstalk.com/forums/showpost...4&postcount=73



Anyway, those are great deals for the Spurs for Matt and Fab.

[usckk]

Sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!

If Bonner doesn't get hurt he's a much bigger part of this team this year goinginto the playoffs. Sadly he never regained form and te team geled around other players while he was out, but god damn this makes me happy. Its only a matter of time before Matt breaks into the rotation.

BTW, so much for the much vaunted 08 plan. Thats 3 3 year contracts in 3 days.

The Spurs will still have more than the MLE. We can still get a SF/SG or PF/SF through free-agency. Not only that, we will still have the MLE to sign someone. But you are right though, we probably wont' have enough for say...Brand anymore.

[Hook Dem]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! God these past 48 hours have made a Mavs fan like myself feel GREAT! The Spurs literally have their same exact roster returning which now confirms the Mavs are now the team to beat again in the West! I can't be any happier than I am right now. I bet the Mavs organization is celebrating about this as well.

PREMATURE EJACULATION!!!!!! Tell me again how your 67 win season worked out.

[Sam]

http://www.unionleader.com/article.a...e-5093a5e7287a

[wildbill2u]

Ilike Bonner OK but if he's worth this contract, then Oberto got jobbed.

[spurtime]

Ilike Bonner OK but if he's worth this contract, then Oberto got jobbed.

Eh...You also have to take into account that Bonner's 27 and Oberto's 32, so Bonner still has a little more upside in terms of age.

[ArgSpursFan]

You guys should have just listened to me about Oberto's contract.

http://spurstalk.com/forums/showpost...4&postcount=73



Anyway, those are great deals for the Spurs for Matt and Fab.

I said 3 yrs 10 to 12 M, no team but player option.
BTW,Is there a team or player Opt out clause in that contract?

[dbestpro]

This really opens the door to send Beno to Cleveland for their trade exception. Next, a trade of Barry and Scola for a younger player maybe to Golden State or Chicago. Look for the Gasol to Chicago deal to fall through as Memphis signed Navarro to keep Gasol happy. Expect Nocioni to get a contract offer from Memphis for around 6 mil. Chicago will match and try to trade. The possiblity of Nocioni, Duhon or both ending up in SA is logical.

[AFBlue]

I like the move of bringing back known quan ies, and I have no doubt that each will play an equally significant role in the run to repeat next year. But I do have a few questions...

With likely only one roster spot remaining, will the Spurs bring back White AND sign their second round pick, Williams, to a standard second round-type contract?

Will the Spurs keep the same players active as were active for most of last year? Specifically, will Jackie Butler get an opportunity to prove that he can be a significant contributor to this team as their second-best low post option?

I personally hope that Butler supplants Elson, and given that the 15th roster spot is not likely to crack the rotation, the Spurs should see what they have in Marcus Williams and James White.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

For the first time in the history of spurstalk I've used ignore. That Loomis dude is just too much, plus his stupid ugly picture makes me actually imagine an adult talking the way he posts

too much.

[lefty]

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