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How cute.
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F*** that s***!
I don't care how many 3's he makes, THAT'S NOT SPURS BASKETBALL AND IT'S NOT GOING TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP
WE NOW HAVE MAHINMI, BLAIR, RATLIFF, MCDYESS AND MATT BONNER IS GOING TO START?
So much for doomsday defense military Pop. If he starts Bonner all year long and they dont win a ring he really does deserve to get fired. A position once dominated by David Robinson, something that stood for getting rebounds, blocking shots, and showing toughness in the paint has been replaced by some weak POS that doesn't do much but shoot kickout jumpers
at that spot we're going to have to D up on the likes of Bynum/Gasol, Rasheed/KG, Shaq, Dwight and Matt f***** Bonner is our starting center. great.
How cute.
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Ok we won't tell ya... However your gonna be in for quite the shock
Jesus Christ quit whining. It doesn't matter who starts, only who is closing out games. And we know it's not gonna be Bonner.
yeah, unfortunately it seems that Pop still has a big role in mind for M. Bonner; and it looks like he might even be our starting C once again come regular season. i'm not against starting M. Finley over R. Mason, since i'm one of the few on the forum that think M. Finley contributes more than R. Mason.
i really hope that Pop wakes up since i would rather start either A. McDyess or D. Blair rather than M. Bonner.
Personally I could care less if Bonner starts right now or even four weeks into the season. We all know it takes time for players to become knowledgeable over the Spurs' system. Finley and Bonner have been here the longest I guess so that's why they're starting. Three or four months into the season (or sooner) when the other players know what Pop wants out of them, they'll move both of the aforementioned players back to the bench where they belong.
Last edited by NASpurs; 10-21-2009 at 12:44 AM.
So true... Besides Bonner for the time he does play spreads the court for Timmy. Ur center has to mark him at the 3 point line, leaving Tim with a 1 on 1..
bonner and ian have no business being on the spurs roster
time to put the rabbit back in the hat pop
I disagree with your opinion.
I think it does matter who starts. You want your starting 5 to forge your team's iden y and set the tone that will permeate for the rest of the game.
If Popovich wants to forge a defensive tone for the rest of the game he will not start Matt Bonner. It's that simple.
No, it's not.
I don't have a problem with Bonner..
My issue is when bonner and finley are on the court at the same time
It doesn't matter who starts. What matters is how many minutes the guy gets and if those minutes are cutting into someone else's. Same deal with Finley.
The Spurs can get stops when it counts. Often times there offense is what lags in the beginning of games and it takes them awhile to get going. If you have your team's best 3 point shooter out there next to Duncan it's going to open up the floor and make things easier in the beginning to get the offense flowing. So, I disagree with you still. It's more important to get the offense going early and the defense will follow.
The dude blocked Shaq. Nuff said.
oh noes, preseason lineup!!!!
And how did this strategy work last year, when it counts? This strategy only works well if Bonner is shooting extremely well. With Bonner out there, the spurs are losing alot of defense & rebounding. Once Bonner goes cold as he did in the latter half of the season and into the playoffs this strategy backfires.
And with Richard Jefferson in the fold now, the spurs shouldn't have as much problem getting the offense goin. Furthurmore, McDyess is no slouch on offense. He can also space the floor his deadly 15-20 foot jumpers. It's a total waste of his talent to sign and pay the more versatile McDyess 6 million a year to play spotty minutes off the bench.
It certainly would be, except it won't happen. Barring injuries, McDyess will play more minutes than any big except Duncan.
Can't wait for the actual meltdowns, it'll be epic this year.
i really thought there were time last year where the backup bigs were playing better than M. Bonner and deserved to start but didn't... i thought D. Gooden did outplay M. Bonner the majority of the time he was here, but was still playing only around 15 mpg while M. Bonner was getting close to 30.
a very old slow Shaq, which is probably all he can block at Center sides Big Z on that same team. Bonner can't block anyone but himself on most days, he is a horrible C starting in this league and can't play D at all. If heads want to point out a block on Shaq to prove he improved then so be it, but he sucks.
I think Pop is going for a 2nd team that absolutely dominates this year, and that plan means Bonner should start. Spread the floor to let Tim go to work while getting a feel for what's needed--see who's hurting us on the other team.
It was effective for a long time.
We did pretty well last year during the regular season with Matt starting--it was the 2nd string that bit the big one without a confident & experienced PG or effective bigs bringing O & D.
No Manu, PG experiments, not deep at all...
With the new guys, there are SO many more options that can come onto the court after the 1st horn that this anti-Bonner hatred just makes no sense to me.
FabO's heart problem hurt us for a few games--KT would get in foul trouble and TD21 would have to go back in too early...remember?
The lack of bigs?
Bonner would've played a LOT less minutes last season if we had anyone else to take up the slack.
Now we do.
Starting means nothing.
Just ask Manu about that.
Matt Bonner can start every single regular season game for all I care.
The Win/Loss numbers are all that matter, and right now we stand at 0/0.
Last edited by Zzakk's Garage; 10-21-2009 at 02:52 AM.
He also started Finley, you should quit watching basketball before Pop brings back JV, don't want you to get too stressed and commit suicide.
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