Rasho for Bonner: Who won this trade?

[Amuseddaysleeper]

[baseline bum]

I have been saying Toronto won that trade for years.

[jimo2305]

Still won a chip after the trade..

#jussayin'

[Texas_Ranger]

Hey man we also got Eric Williams and the pick that got us Dejuan.... So it was Raho for Matt and Dejuan and I say that trade was a piece of . Not only did we get a man who can spread the floor, but we also got one of the dumbest players in the NBA.

[Texas_Ranger]

Still won a chip after the trade..

#jussayin'

yea, with Francisco Elson starting.

Rasho was then still better than Elson, Oberto and even Horry.

[baseline bum]

Rasho was then still better than Elson, Oberto and even Horry.

[jjktkk]

Bonner.

[jjktkk]

yea, with Francisco Elson starting.

Rasho was then still better than Elson, Oberto and even Horry.

[Bruno]

Spurs. Rasho was overpaid.

[TJastal]

Hey man we also got Eric Williams and the pick that got us Dejuan.... So it was Raho for Matt and Dejuan and I say that trade was a piece of . Not only did we get a man who can spread the floor, but we also got one of the dumbest players in the NBA.

Wow didn't realize we got both of the turd towers out of that deal. That's almost Scola territory, tbh.

[slick'81]

spurs won with presti being able to dump rashos horrible contract and get a end of the bench big to help the spurs.




then the spurs resigned bonner lol

[Texas_Ranger]

spurs won with presti being able to dump rashos horrible contract and get a end of the bench big to help the spurs.




then the spurs resigned bonner lol

yea, with a horrible contract. I know Rasho was overpaid but Matt Bonner's way way way overpaid. His 3 year12 mil. contract is like a kick in the balls. I know the last year is unguaranteed but I'm sure Pop (if still here) will make it guaranteed.

Oh and btw, ROFLMAO Jefferson.

[timvp]

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.

[Donut]

Push. Its not like Toronto went into this trade thinking 'Gee, them dumb Spurs wanna trade away the franchise for pennies on the dollar.' They needed a big and got one. Its not like they were really going anywhere anyways. As for the Spurs, we got some nifty regular season 3 point shooting plus a le with each dude.

[jesterbobman]

Agree with this, Rasho was a salary dump. Resigning Bonner doesn't factor into who won this trade. Players we got back don't matter, we save a ton of money.

When the Suns salary dumped Kurt Thomas(An Expiring contract, and a better player than Rasho was) they gave up 2 1st round picks. Giving nothing away with him makes it a great move.

[Obstructed_View]

Bonner contributed to more les than Rasho did.

[angelbelow]

Spurs did, we got rid of Rasho for 2 expiring contracts in Matty and Eric Williams. I was actually kind of excited about Williams providing some offense but he sucked .

If you don't factor in resigning Bonner, the Spurs absolutely made a nice deal.

[Texas_Ranger]

Bonner contributed to more les than Rasho did.

Really?? How?? It's 1-1

[Sean Cagney]

yea, with Francisco Elson starting.

Rasho was then still better than Elson, Oberto and even Horry.

Blasphemy, especially the last part there. I remember 05 we got Mohammed and that helped us win a le that year (Without him we don't win it all), Horry also had a role there! Rasho? What did he do that year? Stop it.

Bonner contributed to more les than Rasho did.

Bonner hardly left the bench in 07 playoffs, which to me is a huge the Spurs won the le

[Texas_Ranger]

Blasphemy, especially the last part there. I remember 05 we got Mohammed and that helped us win a le that year (Without him we don't win it all), Horry also had a role there! Rasho? What did he do that year? Stop it.

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

[angelbelow]

Really?? How?? It's 1-1

He, sarcastic.

[Texas_Ranger]

He, sarcastic.

yea I thought he was, cause in playoffs/finals they both sucked.

[SA210]

Bonner contributed to more les than Rasho did.

[slick'81]

some might forget but sa fans almost hated sho as much as bonner lol

better question might be who was worse with the contract they were given raslow or boner

[Russ]

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?