Bonzi will be 30 in a couple of weeks. To say his career is "checkered" is a huge understatement. Yet he turned down $36MM in guaranteed money from the Kings. I wonder if the problem was Bonzi instead of the agent. http://www.sacbee.com/100/story/20936.html
Does this mean that he has to wait two weeks before his agent can officially work for him? (Wasn't that the length Harrington had to wait?)
Wow, rejecting $7 million a year for 5 years at age 30. He's crazy if he thinks he's gonna get a better deal.
Actually i fell more sorry for Bonzi's EX-agent.....He can never find another job in this league,Well was his only client....
It's dumb to turn down 36 mil over 5 years given his age and history. Even Mike James didn't get offer that much and one could argue James had a better year than Wells. Teams just aren't willing to bet that much money on 30+ year old guards having one career year in their contract season. On the other hand, I wonder if Rockets are willing to do a S&T with the Kings for Bonzi if he can be had for the TE amount. Maybe adding someone like Head or a future 1st rounder as incentive.
I told you so. Congrats to all the posters saying Bonzi would get much more than the MLE, around $7-8 million per year.
I'm intrigued to see what ballclub is gonna end up taking a flyer on Bonzi. In a perfect world, I'd like it to be us, but since that's next to no chance of happening i'll leave the wishes for the fishes.
When will players (and players agents) learn that it is not the players value 'themselves' that determines their "real value" but rather what the "market will bare" that determines their value? Bonzi goes on the list along with Deshaun Stevenson as guys that left money on the table. Wilcox and Gooden got squeezed too. Congrats to Nene, the REAL winner in the overpaid department. You know Wilcox and Gooden have to be peeved their teams weren't as dumb as the Nuggets to pay that money.
Yeah, they could really use another wing player. Bonzi is looking for a 1 year contract right now and you know he plays well when he's in a contract year. No team has a big enough trade exception to pull off a sign-and-trade with Sacramento above the MLE (http://home.earthlink.net/~jtkramer65/teamsalaries.htm). Young teams like Charlotte aren't looking to make noise yet and are very committed to their image, so I doubt they would consider Bonzi. This leaves a handful of teams who aren't near the luxury tax threshold and would offer Bonzi a 1 year, max MLE deal: None. Which really leaves: New Orleans (under the cap, need SG/perimeter defender) Philadelphia (trade exception) Cleveland would be a good fit for him but they are below the salary cap by $3 million and have a full roster, so they can't use the MLE. Good luck Bonzi.
Rumor has it the Nugs are the ballclub stupid enough to sign him. Sounds like multi-year deal (3 or 4 years I think) that is around $3-4 mil a season.
Where did they get the money? Is it out of the MLE (thought they gave a big chunk of that to Reggie Evans)? Also, do they really need more guys who can't make a jumper on the Nuggets?
We're discussing two deals right now. Both are three team deals that have us sending out Najera. One of the scenarios involve Bonzi coming here. I always said that I couldn't see Najera being traded, but it appears he might be on teh way out. Sad IMO. I like him and how hard he plays. Before anyone suggests it, none of the deals involve us sending Eddie to Houston.
Huh? Last season he averaged 13/8 and hit 10 3pt FGs the entire regular season. What's so great about that? He had 3 monster games against the Spurs in the playoffs and that's about it. When he decides to play hard Bonzi can rebound like few SGs can but in 8 seasons he averaged over 5 rpg just twice. He should get about $15MM over 3-4 years. Signing early is definitely the thing to do and ol' Bonzi found out the hard way.
