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Panda_Bear

Mar 17th, 2005, 12:49 PM

Matt Bonner is a class act. Glad to see a person like him, who gives 150% each and every game play for an organization like Toronto.

Met him at Best Buy on Saturday, where he was doing a signing appearance. He signed my jersey, personally signed a photo, and took a picture with me. When i asked him for a signed photo's, not personalized, so I can give it to the MVP of my kids soccer game later that afternoon, he said, here, let me give you a couple. And signed a couple for me.

What a class act.

He's humble, walks to games, doesn't have a car, and signs autographs for people who ask him on the street. He even walks to practices and refuses rides from teammates like Rafer who lives in his building.

Him and Bosh's performance are the highlights of Toronto right now. As well as Rose's performance.

kornstar369

Mar 17th, 2005, 12:51 PM

who is he?

Degenerate

Mar 17th, 2005, 12:55 PM

who is he?
He's the best player on the Raptors. Well he's the best white guy on the Raptors. The organization is building the team around him so hopefully we'll make the playoffs in about 5 years.

He is a class act. I like the guy.

NDman

Mar 17th, 2005, 12:55 PM

who is he?

The Red Rocket. Most hard-working player the Raptors ever had. But that definitely does NOT translate to "best" player. :cheesygri

Ok, EDIT (after seeing Dege's post): Best BWS Raps ever had. And a genuine, simple guy who loves basketball

Degenerate

Mar 17th, 2005, 12:57 PM

They call him the Red Rocket because he's a red head and in one game he lept from the three point line and put down a vicious two hander. :cheesygri

Rehan

Mar 17th, 2005, 12:59 PM

It's refreshing to see players like that. It's funny that he "walks to work". :cheesygri

The Raptors may have to battle Boston to sign him after this season, though...

Degenerate

Mar 17th, 2005, 01:01 PM

It's refreshing to see players like that. It's funny that he "walks to work". :cheesygri

The Raptors may have to battle Boston to sign him after this season, though...
I remember I used to bump into Ken Baumgartner all the time on the subway.

NDman

Mar 17th, 2005, 01:03 PM

A good article (albeit ABSOLUTELY terrible picture. Looks like he was constipating) about Bonner from TSN last week

http://www.tsn.ca/nba/news_story.asp?id=117907

UrbanPoet

Mar 17th, 2005, 01:05 PM

He's the best player on the Raptors. Well he's the best white guy on the Raptors. The organization is building the team around him so hopefully we'll make the playoffs in about 5 years.

He is a class act. I like the guy.

building the team around him? woah.. i think your giving him a lil too much credit. Your making him sound like an allan iverson! lol

NDman

Mar 17th, 2005, 01:08 PM

building the team around him? woah.. i think your giving him a lil too much credit. Your making him sound like an allan iverson! lol

How does joke, or sarcasm sound to you? ;) The best whie player Raps ever had is no one other than Zan Tabak!!!! :cheesygri :cheesygri :cheesygri

UrbanPoet

Mar 17th, 2005, 01:10 PM

How does joke, or sarcasm sound to you? ;) The best whie player Raps ever had is no one other than Zan Tabak!!!! :cheesygri :cheesygri :cheesygri

owned :cry:

iamthehub

Mar 17th, 2005, 01:10 PM

...He even walks to practices and refuses rides from teammates like Rafer who lives in his building...
.

Maybe he doesn't like them? Or he doesn't trust their driving?

Degenerate

Mar 17th, 2005, 01:10 PM

Maybe he doesn't like them? Or he doesn't trust their driving?
He thinks they're going to rob him. True story. ;)

Degenerate

Mar 17th, 2005, 01:11 PM

How does joke, or sarcasm sound to you? ;) The best whie player Raps ever had is no one other than Zan Tabak!!!! :cheesygri :cheesygri :cheesygri
Hey Zan Tabak was cool!!!!! He looked like Dolf Lundgren.

LOL gosh I totally forgot about Tabak.

krispy

Mar 17th, 2005, 01:12 PM

I find it interesting that he lives in the same building as Rafer when Rafer makes more than 10x the amount Bonner makes.

NDman

Mar 17th, 2005, 01:17 PM

Maybe he doesn't like them? Or he doesn't trust their driving?

Here I was thinking, Rafer probably drives 2-seater or something small. Bonner just can't fit in there. :razz:

SwiZz

Mar 17th, 2005, 01:18 PM

well i'm glad the raptors have a good, smart white guy on the team.

haha my friend was joking about this a few weeks ago, so dont flame me, its JUST A JOKE

he was saying how like, for a sports team, u need a white smart guy with some brains to control the really athletic black players lol.....IE. Tom Brady, and Steve Nash :lol:

my friends specific words were (and its just a joke): "you really need a white guy to control them crazy n*ggas" hehehh

White guy with the brains + black guys with the skills = Championship :twisted:

UrbanPoet

Mar 17th, 2005, 01:20 PM

I find it interesting that he lives in the same building as Rafer when Rafer makes more than 10x the amount Bonner makes.

Rafer makes... 2 million a year i believe.
Boner makes 385,000 which i belive is the minimum salary.

with a salary of 385,000 a year im sure you could afford to live in a house condo downtown.....

and if they are in teh same building its probably a condo.

rafer could be living in a milllion dollar penthouse sweet with a terrance the size of most peoples 1 bedroom apt
and Bonner could be living in a 1bedroom+den suite on a middle/lower floor

NDman

Mar 17th, 2005, 01:23 PM

Rafer makes... 2 million a year i believe
Rafer makes just over 4M a year on average. He signed a 6yr/26M deal. So yeah, it's 10 times. :P

Mystix

Mar 17th, 2005, 01:33 PM

and he turns down team cater meals for..........Mr. Sub

spike-spiegel

Mar 17th, 2005, 01:35 PM

I find it interesting that he lives in the same building as Rafer when Rafer makes more than 10x the amount Bonner makes.

Bonner probably lives in Rafer's closet. :cheesygri j/k

Degenerate

Mar 17th, 2005, 01:40 PM

and he turns down team cater meals for..........Mr. Sub
Soul food just isn't his thing I guess.

crazyboie

Mar 17th, 2005, 01:55 PM

Though it's been posted before:

http://www.mattbonner.org/

Panda_Bear

Mar 17th, 2005, 02:38 PM

That would be jokes if Bonner rented a room from Rafer's big posh suite.
=p

kornstar369

Mar 17th, 2005, 04:06 PM

A good article (albeit ABSOLUTELY terrible picture. Looks like he was constipating) about Bonner from TSN last week

http://www.tsn.ca/nba/news_story.asp?id=117907

lol
constipating...

well, at least i know who he is now....im not much of a bball fan...

bluetroll

Mar 17th, 2005, 04:17 PM

it'll be hard for the raps to sign bonner... i don't think they can fit him in with their cap space....

he's a great player... it was awesome when he took out KG.

gamovafan

Mar 17th, 2005, 04:19 PM

good to hear that there are some athletes who aren't all about the bling bling and don't have that 'don't come up to me unless you're a hot chick' thing going on.

coldWater

Mar 17th, 2005, 05:43 PM

He's humble, walks to games, doesn't have a car...........

i was thinking...........maybe he doesn't have a driver license ? :cheesygri

Headhunter

Mar 17th, 2005, 05:47 PM

Bonner seems like a version of Kyle Korver to me; definitely worth keeping.

The Raptors may have to battle Boston to sign him after this season, though...
Really? Boston is loaded with young draft picks not getting enough time, hope they don't go after him.

Rehan

Mar 17th, 2005, 05:49 PM

Really? Boston is loaded with young draft picks not getting enough time, hope they don't go after him.
From http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/TorontoSun/Sports/2005/03/09/954912-sun.html :

But there could be dark clouds on the horizon for the Raptors. Because Bonner has had such a good season, other NBA teams may go after him this summer, with the Celtics being the most obvious. Bonner's hometown is not far from Boston and when the Raptors travelled there for a game on Dec.3, more than four busloads of fans journeyed to the FleetCenter from Concord to watch him play.

wanted

Mar 17th, 2005, 06:58 PM

Bonner's a great player, I hope i get to meet someday. He's not snobby and arrogant like most players, he's great.

UrbanPoet

Mar 17th, 2005, 07:04 PM

From http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/TorontoSun/Sports/2005/03/09/954912-sun.html :

But there could be dark clouds on the horizon for the Raptors. Because Bonner has had such a good season, other NBA teams may go after him this summer, with the Celtics being the most obvious. Bonner's hometown is not far from Boston and when the Raptors travelled there for a game on Dec.3, more than four busloads of fans journeyed to the FleetCenter from Concord to watch him play.
oh god.. I can picture babcock fvcker signing him to a 3 year 25 milllion dollar contract for some odd reason.

B40

Mar 17th, 2005, 07:06 PM

oh god.. I can picture babcock fvcker signing him to a 3 year 25 milllion dollar contract for some odd reason.

No way he'll get that much.

"One NBA insider suggested that Bonner should make between $2-3 million next season. As a second-round draft choice, he makes $385,000 this season."

$2-3M next year sounds about right.

NDman

Mar 18th, 2005, 12:39 AM

Don't get too carried away guys. Bonner is a good guy, but not that great of a player. He'll make a solid role player doing something very simple, and snipe some occasional long-range J's when he gets open. He'll fit into the Detroit kind of mold perfectly -- Blue collar, hard-working, no-superstar

UrbanPoet

Mar 18th, 2005, 12:42 AM

No way he'll get that much.

"One NBA insider suggested that Bonner should make between $2-3 million next season. As a second-round draft choice, he makes $385,000 this season."

$2-3M next year sounds about right.

yeh.. but knowing how toronto has a history of making shitting signings.. theyll probably give him 500 million a year -_-

kornstar369

Mar 18th, 2005, 01:44 AM

No way he'll get that much.

"One NBA insider suggested that Bonner should make between $2-3 million next season. As a second-round draft choice, he makes $385,000 this season."

$2-3M next year sounds about right.

can i make 385ooo this year for bouncin a ball around....that wud be about 355,000 more than im making now!

P__S__2

Mar 18th, 2005, 01:54 AM

wut a cool guy.

Markyhour

Mar 18th, 2005, 01:55 AM

He's humble, walks to games, doesn't have a car...........

i was thinking...........maybe he doesn't have a driver license ? :cheesygri

He says he walks because it reminds him of his college days when he would walk to each game.

Rehan

Mar 18th, 2005, 01:55 AM

I wonder if he scours RFD for deals. :-0

UrbanPoet

Mar 18th, 2005, 01:57 AM

He says he walks because it reminds him of his college days when he would walk to each game.

yeh.. he's a really down to earth guy.... toooo down to earth.
on his biography from NBA... it says his favourite vacation was to Prince Edward island :|

kornstar369

Mar 18th, 2005, 02:00 AM

yeh.. he's a really down to earth guy.... toooo down to earth.
on his biography from NBA... it says his favourite vacation was to Prince Edward island :|

PEI??
haha

...sounds like he wants to be liked by the public.."i walk to work" i go to pei"....NEVER..."i go clubing", "i pick up chix", "i get leyd all the time", "i snort crack"
haha

Rehan

Mar 18th, 2005, 02:17 AM

...doesn't have a car...Hmmm... Here (http://theunionleader.com/yesterday.html?date=12-03-2004), it says he does have a car.
(I bet Rafer wouldn't be caught dead in one of those! :D )

kornstar369

Mar 18th, 2005, 02:22 AM

Hmmm... Here (http://theunionleader.com/yesterday.html?date=12-03-2004), it says he does have a car.
(I bet Rafer wouldn't be caught dead in one of those! :D )

u call a ha-un-die a car...lol

Markyhour

Mar 18th, 2005, 02:43 AM

yeh.. he's a really down to earth guy.... toooo down to earth.
on his biography from NBA... it says his favourite vacation was to Prince Edward island :|

PEI is actually one of the most beautiful places i've ever visited.

kornstar369

Mar 18th, 2005, 02:47 AM

PEI is actually one of the most beautiful places i've ever visited.

ya, they say that about PEI.....isnt that where ma beer is made...kieths!

Markyhour

Mar 18th, 2005, 02:49 AM

ya, they say that about PEI.....isnt that where ma beer is made...kieths!

No its "DA PRIDE OF NOOOOVA SCOOOOOTIA" (that accent kicks ass in the commercials)

kornstar369

Mar 18th, 2005, 03:00 AM

lol
tru
thnks
lol

Panda_Bear

Mar 18th, 2005, 09:11 AM

Wow, his gf seems young. hope she's not like 16-18.
=p

http://theunionleader.com/yesterday.html?date=12-03-2004

Maybe he met her in Italy, she seems european.

confused

Mar 18th, 2005, 12:57 PM

it'll be hard for the raps to sign bonner... i don't think they can fit him in with their cap space....

he's a great player... it was awesome when he took out KG.

sure they can, Marshall's contract of ~ 5 mil. comes off and he most likely won't be returning ..

confused

Mar 18th, 2005, 12:59 PM

yeh.. but knowing how toronto has a history of making shitting signings.. theyll probably give him 500 million a year -_-

Babcock is a stingy GM, doubt that will be happening

UrbanPoet

Mar 18th, 2005, 01:04 PM

Babcock is a stingy GM, doubt that will be happening

you never know... all of a sudden 10 million a year...

dvdvideo

Mar 18th, 2005, 01:30 PM

Bonner is a restriced free agent, is he not? (which means we can match his best offer) Plus he likes it here.....and we have some cap space, I see a resigning.....

confused

Mar 18th, 2005, 02:13 PM

Bonner is a restriced free agent, is he not? (which means we can match his best offer) Plus he likes it here.....and we have some cap space, I see a resigning.....

ditto, he actually likes Toronto too

confused

Mar 18th, 2005, 02:14 PM

you never know... all of a sudden 10 million a year...

I think only 1 present raptor makes 10 mil/season.. and the Raptors were the ones that gave that contract..

NDman

Mar 18th, 2005, 02:21 PM

I think only 1 present raptor makes 10 mil/season.. and the Raptors were the ones that gave that contract..

No. That's Jerry Krause (Bulls) who gave Rose's contract. VC's contract has been traded. :P

confused

Mar 18th, 2005, 02:34 PM

No. That's Jerry Krause (Bulls) who gave Rose's contract. VC's contract has been traded. :P

whoops forgot the n't after were :cheesygri

SwiZz

Mar 18th, 2005, 04:16 PM

chuck swirsky was talking to bonner, and apparently bonner had said that during the free agency time....he said if everything is fair and equal, then he'd love to stay in toronto

"fair and equal" basically means if toronto matches the highest offer he receives hehe....boston will definitely try to nab him..bostons building towards being one of the elite teams in the East. having bonner off the bench would be awesome.

kornstar369

Mar 18th, 2005, 04:53 PM

Wow, his gf seems young. hope she's not like 16-18.
=p

http://theunionleader.com/yesterday.html?date=12-03-2004

Maybe he met her in Italy, she seems european.

Liz Lakevicius
^ that name doesnt sound italian, more like greek
european is the way to go :P ...so fine

B40

Aug 21st, 2005, 10:22 PM

oh god.. I can picture babcock fvcker signing him to a 3 year 25 milllion dollar contract for some odd reason.

haha i would have lost it if that happend :lol: