Jefferson to Spurs gets Bucks back on long-term track
Brew Hoop —
... to send Bruce Bowen and Fabricio Oberto's non-guaranteed deals plus a rotation guy like Matt Bonner (or better yet, Kurt Thomas), but in general it doesn't seem like Jefferson will have much value given his inflated contract. Otherwise you're pretty much stuck taking on equivalent salary (maybe saving a couple mill) for players who will either be no good but expiring or decent but on longer deals. And even if the Bucks dump Jefferson for expiring deals, it won't really pay off until next summer. ...
The San Antonio Spurs, Their Roster, and The Draft
Pounding The Rock —
... here offseason is the draft and it could be interesting for us Spurs fans.
Where is the roster right now?
Thin. The roster is thin. We really only have 8 guys under contract (Marcus Williams is on a non-guaranteed deal and I think the Summer League will be the determining factor on him).
Tim Duncan - C
Tony Parker - PG
Manu Ginobili - SG
Richard Jefferson - SF
Matt Bonner - PF
Roger Mason -SG ...
San Antonio Spurs Guide To Free Agency and Free Agent Primer
Pounding The Rock —
Free agency kicked off Tuesday night at 11:01 SPURS time. At this point, all they can do is talk and make offers. No contracts can be signed. Here's my rundown of the situation. What we have? What we can spend? Who we want?
What do we have?
With Michael Finley exercising his player option, we have upped our current roster to 10.
Tim Duncan
Ian Mahinmi
Matt Bonner
Richard Jefferson
Marcus Williams (unguaranteed) ...
The Bar Has Been Raised
Pounding The Rock —
... Spurs -- Traded Bruce Bowen and Kurt Thomas to the Milwaukee Bucks, and Fabricio Oberto to the Detroit Pistons. The Spurs definitely got better with this move, but they tipped their hand by pulling the trigger on this so soon. Within 24 hours, news broke about the next big trade. Another consequence of this was a severe reduction in frontcourt depth and salary flexibility. The Spurs frontcourt now consists of Tim Duncan(GOAT), Matt Bonner(not an NBA starter), Ian Mahinmi(Mr. Glass Ankles), ...
Spurs Hire Dream GM
Pounding The Rock —
... be bought out. Marcus Williams has an un-guaranteed contract and can be cut, OR, crazy as it seems, is maybe a good value at $800K. We also have Ian and the rights to Tiago. Oh, and a first round picks in 2010 and in 2012 (I have 2011, but I can't trade it with 2010 or 2012).
Yes, the sign-and-trade.
I, if I can make the right deal, can go out and get a $8 million/year big man with a sign-and-trade. Consider the following contracts:
Matt Bonner - $3.26 million
Roger Mason - $3.78 million ...
Spurs Reach Agreement With Free Agent PF Marcus Haislip
Pounding The Rock —
... is reporting that the deal is assumed to be at the veteran's minimum, which is around $1.3M/yr, and does not impact the MLE or BAE. That means the Spurs are still free to pursue marquee free agents like Rasheed Wallace and Antonio McDyess, among others.
So, here's how the roster is shaping up so far:
Players Currently Signed or Pending contract offers
Center: Tim Duncan, Ian Mahinmi Power Forward: Matt Bonner, Marcus Haislip, DeJuan Blair Small Forward: ...
Identifying Potential Late Season Pickups
Bullets Forever —
... reason to hop ship for a team with a shot of winning it all. I'm only including Boston, Cleveland, Orlando, the Lakers, San Antonio, and Denver as true contenders at this point, though other teams could always insert their name into the discussion as the season goes along.
This eliminates: Brian Scalabrine, Shaquille O'Neal, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Steven Hunter, Brian Cook, Chuck Hayes, DJ Mbenga, Josh Powell, and Matt Bonner.
Step 2: Eliminate anyone who wouldn't be ...
The Spurs Aren't Done Making Moves This Summer - What Comes Next?
Pounding The Rock —
... make sense of this, below the fold.
Oh, Yawn, we hardly know ye. [photo from Ridiculous Upside]
The Frontcourt Logjam
Why do the Spurs have to make a trade? Because there are now 7 big men on the Spurs roster, and even though we don't yet have the details on what Ratliff is getting(likely the minimum), there's no way in hell the Spurs head into next season with all of these guys:
DeJuan Blair Matt Bonner Tim Duncan Marcus Haislip (not a ...
The Spurs Roster and Front Office - Method? Or Madness?
Pounding The Rock —
... contracts. Odds are, the Spur have the option on these until after training camp. However, that is just speculation on my part. I'm not sure when their contract guarantee dates are. The current roster is:
Tim Duncan
Tony Parker
Manu Ginobili
Richard Jefferson
Antonio McDyess
George Hill
Roger Mason
Michael Finley
Matt Bonner
Ian Mahinmi
DeJuan Blair ...
Why the Wizards need an in-season trade to upgrade the frontcourt
Bullets Forever —
... Pau Gasol
Andrew Bynum
Lamar Odom
Josh Powell
Spurs
Tim Duncan
Kurt Thomas
Antonio McDyess
Matt Bonner
DeJuan Blair ...
Long Live The Defensive Specialist: Bruce Bowen Retires As The Quintessential Spur
Pounding The Rock —
... Bruce hosted a golf tournament benefiting Kids Sports Network a couple of years ago. Incidentally, Matt Bonner is ...
Get to Know Your New Spurs #6: DeJuan Blair
Pounding The Rock —
... ) If Blair, Mahinmi, and Haislip all work out the way we hope, not only will the Spurs have the deepest frontcourt in the league, but Matt Bonner could be rendered useless, except as the new human victory cigar. Well, either Matt or Ratliff, anyway. ...
Get To Know Your New San Antonio Spurs #7: Keith Bogans
Pounding The Rock —
... The "D" Word, And Filling Some Big Shoes
After the disastrous first-round playoff series that saw the Spurs begin their offseason far too early, many of us here were hoping that the front office would make changes to shore up the team's defense. Richard Jefferson, despite being a better option on that end than Michael Finley, didn't exactly make me feel much better about the Spurs' team defense. Antonio McDyess was a massive improvement over Matt Bonner, but perimeter defense was still a problem. Marcus ...
San Antonio Spurs Season Preview
Pounding The Rock —
... to be part of the back court. This may sound strange to non-Spurs people, but the Spurs use their 2's and 3's interchangeably. Roger Mason, Manu Ginobili, and Michael Finley are just as likely to be on the court as a shooting guard as they are as a small forward.
The Spurs have seven players on the roster for the two front court positions. Of those seven players, two played in a game for the Spurs last season: Tim Duncan and Matt Bonner. The Spurs added Antonio McDyess, Theo ...
Preseason Game Thread #3: San Antonio Spurs @ Miami Heat
Pounding The Rock —
... GoatPuff
Decent PF.
Matt Bonner
C
Joel Anthony
Matty and RJ are the only two players to start ...
Preseason Game Preview #5: Cleveland Cavaliers @ San Antonio Spurs
Pounding The Rock —
... , Matt Bonner, and more helping to fill our depth chart. Still, this matchup is closer than you might think. The Cavs did a lot to strengthen their depth chart this year. ...
Pre-Season Game #5 - Cleveland Cavaliers at San Antonio Spurs
Fear The Sword —
... Jawad Williams
Tim Duncan
PF
Anderson Varejao
Matt Bonner
C
Shaquille O'Neal ...
New article by Manu Ginobili - La Nación newspaper
Pounding The Rock —
... huge surprise. He barely surpasses 6 feet 7 inches, but he has a lot of attitude, a special grit to pull down the rebounds and he scores easily. He is very intense and fights fiercely for every ball. If you are going after a ball with him, he pulls your arm down… It has been a while since we last had such an athletic and intense bigman in the team. Though he is the 4th of them off the bench, there is a lot of hope on what he could contribute. Anyway, I think the starter will be Matt Bonner, because with his long range shots, he opens up the floor ...
NBA Live 10 Regular Season Simulation #1: New Orleans Hornets at San Antonio Spurs
Pounding The Rock —
... Too much of the Spurs defense and bench play helped balloon the lead. Matt Bonner would come off to hit for 12. Ginobili would finish with 10, and everyone's Man Child DeJuan Blair would finish up with 13 points. ...
San Antonio Spurs 2010 Season Preview
Pounding The Rock —
... , and Matt Bonner shot 42.1%, 41.1%, and 44.0% respectively from long range last year. These are fantastic numbers that we want to see replicated. What we don't want to see replicated are 30.4, 28.8, and 23.8. Those were their minutes per game. Due to injuries and a lack of depth in the front court, all three played more minutes than I think is good for the team. I think we had to lean too hard on them. But, they are all back and they should all still be able to shoot. ...
Game Preview: Kings At Spurs
Sactown Royalty —
... 2:35 before Manu Ginobli enters the game), Tony Parker.
Likely Halloween Jerrysims: The DeJuan Blair Witch Project, Mummy Ginobli, Brockenstein.
Unlikely Halloween Jerrysim: Omri Casspi is BeetleJews.
Best non-intentional Halloween Costumes: Greg Popovich as SpongeBob Squarepants, Grant Napear as a human being, Kenny Thomas as The Invisible Man.
Best impersonation of a former King: Matt Bonner as Brad Lohaus.
Those are some damn big ...
Game Preview #4 - San Antonio Spurs @ Utah Jazz - Back from Vacation
Pounding The Rock —
... Carlos Boozer Bad Chemistry Experiment
Matt Bonner Shooter
Center
Bonner has been starting, so he goes in the ...
PtR QuickCap: Manu is back, Spurs Slash Raptors 131-124, Pop Suffers Brain Aneurysm
Pounding The Rock —
... and Matt Bonner. Yes, Matt Bonner - in case you didn't know, he's wicked awesome. He even embarrassed the Raps by getting to the rim. Repeatedly. One such time, he even ate Toronto's Hoagie: ...
Mavericks Vs Spurs:Game 8 Preview
Mavs Moneyball —
... Matt Bonner: This guy is just not good, never has been and never will be. How is it possible for a center in the NBA over a six year career to average only 3 rebounds a game? ...
In Praise of Complementary Players
Pounding The Rock —
... Who are today's complementary Spurs? Having traded a few away does the team now suffer from a shortage? Matt Bonner complements Duncan and Parker on offense and just might be figuring out how to "not subtract" at the defensive end. Among the new additions ...
Stat of the Game: -20.5: Also, Matt Bonner Makes My Head Hurt
Pounding The Rock —
... were on the verge of making a run, they gave up a three point play or an offensive rebound. This game could really be summed up by the phrase, "momentum killing." It felt like I was punched in the stomach 36 times last night. Well, when I gave more thought to what exactly was momentum killing, Matt Bonner immediately came to mind. I re-watched the game and wrote a running diary that focuses on Matt Bonner. I also kept track of his negative and positive contributions to the game. That is where -20.5 comes from. ...
