Posted Sep 21, 2009 4:30PM By Chris Tomasson Free-agent swingman Keith Bogans will sign a one-year contract with the San Antonio Spurs, sources confirmed Monday to FanHouse. Bogans, a solid defensive player, is being looked at as an heir apparent to Bruce Bowen, who retired recently after being San Antonio's perimeter defensive stopper throughout much of the decade. The Spurs had been grooming Ime Udoka for that role, but they are electing not to bring him back as a free agent after he played two seasons with the team. Bogans, who will sign a guaranteed deal worth the minimum of $1.03 million, last season averaged 6.0 points for Milwaukee. He has a 7.5 average over six seasons. Bogans also had been looked at by the Denver Nuggets. However, the Nuggets have had a contract offer out the past few weeks on guard Flip Murray and are continuing to wait on him. Sources have told FanHouse that Murray has been offered the minimum of $1.1 million by the Nuggets. He is hoping to get the biannual exception of $1.99 million, but indications are the Nuggets, who are over the luxury-tax threshold, are unwilling to spend that much. Murray also is being looked at by Charlotte. It remains to be seen if the Bobcats might come up with an offer that could pry Murray away from Denver. possibly bonner and finley being traded before training camp
Bogans vs. Kobe..obviously these are simple stats..these are all the minutes where Bogans was guarding Kobe 1 on 1, obviously with help..not looking too much into the stats, just putting them out here for people to see.. December 2008.. 1st quarter: 3-8 vs. Bogans.. 2nd quarter: 4-6 vs. Bogans.. 3rd quarter: 0-1 vs. Bogans.. 4th quarter: 1-5 vs. Bogans.. Kobe ended the game by going 8-20 from the field vs. Bogans.. December 2nd 2007.. 1st quarter: 4-6..Kobe rains a flurry of 3s.. 2nd quarter: Mo Evans defended Kobe.. 3rd quarter: 1-4 vs. Bogans.. 4th quarter: 1-3 vs. Bogans.. Kobe ended the game 6-13 vs. Bogans.. February 8th 2008.. 1st quarter: 2-2 vs. Bogans.. 2nd quarter: 1-3 vs. Bogans.. 3rd quarter: 0-0 vs. Bogans, multiple turnovers.. 4th quarter: 2-6 vs. Bogans.. Kobe ended the game by going 5-11 vs. Bogans.. Bogans is obviously known around the NBA as a lock-down defender with mediocre offense, and these stats show it..he's defended Kobe better than most defenders in the NBA IMO..in these games, he was used primarily to defend Kobe, and was inserted and taken out of games almost always at the same as Kobe..he also did a solid job defending in the 4th quarters.. Kobe defends him in the same way that he used to defend Bruce though, except Bogans doesn't have the offense to make the Lakers pay..Kobe also draws a lot of fouls against him, which wasn't the case vs. Bowen..
Wow I really like this signing. Like Ariza, Bogans is worth his contract just for the defense alone. At that price I would have offered Bogans a multi-year deal. Bogans is not that bad offensively, he hits a somewhat decent percentage of open looks from the perimeter, and with the kind of talent they have that's probably all you need. Jefferson is a well-rounded player so the Spurs can start Bogans, Parker, Duncan, Jefferson altogether, and then have Ginobili, Blair, Mason JR off the bench. I think they're good enough to beat Celts and Lakers
When the Spurs included Bruce Bowen in the June trade that pried scoring star Richard Jefferson from Milwaukee, they were well aware that doing so would create quite a void on the other end of the floor. Bowen, after all, was an eight-time member of the NBA’s All-Defensive team and widely regarded as one of the most suffocating perimeter defenders in league history. Those kinds of players don’t necessarily grow on trees. “Bruce has been a great defender at the wing,” general manager R.C. Buford said at the time. “We’re not going to be negligent in that pursuit. That’s a piece of our plan going forward.” With a week to go before the start of training camp, the Spurs appear poised to add the perimeter defender they’ve been chasing all summer. Keith Bogans, the 29-year-old journeyman guard who spent the final 29 games of last season playing with Jefferson in Milwaukee, has agreed to a one-year deal worth the veteran’s minimum of $1.03 million to join the Spurs. Bogans, a 6-foot-5 shooting guard, has averaged 7.5 points over a five-year career that includes stints with seven teams. He averaged 5.6 points in 65 games last season, split between the Magic and the Bucks. Like Bowen before him, however, Bogans has built his professional reputation on the defensive end. As news of Bogans’ impending arrival to San Antonio circulated Monday night, at least one of Bogans’ soon-to-be Spurs teammates rolled out the figurative welcome wagon. On his Facebook page, Manu Ginobili posted this message to Bogans: “Welcome to the family, man!” It is not immediately clear whether Bogans’ contract is fully guaranteed or if it is a make-good deal for camp. Bogans is expected to formally sign the contract later this week.
splish splash Eva is takin' a bath.... Eh erm. Great signing as usual, they are a heady crew in SA. Bogans is the perfect fit, and could become the next Bowen defensively, he still has quite a bit of upside and is more athletic than Bruce ever was.
What a hell of a summer for the Spurs. Give them credit for realizing they had to change things up a bit. They surely did. I love the Bogans signing. He's basically Bruce Bowen Lite, with better athleticism and, of course, he's younger.
My hopeful Spurs 2009-2010 roster Starters: C:Tim Duncan PF:Antonio Mcdyess SF:Richard Jefferson SG:Roger Mason PG:Tony Parker Bench: C/PF:Ian Mahinmi PFejuan Blair SF:Keith Bogans SG:Manu Ginobili PG:George Hill C:Theo Ratliff PF/SF:Marcus Haslip SF/PG:Marcus Williams SF/SG:Malik Hairston
Wat...? I dnt knw about u guys but I myself Bleed Rocket Red baby..so this spurs Love on this post is sick.
No, it's just giving out respect to a stand up organisation? Us Rockets fans are respectful. We aren't blind, stupid Jazzholes or Fakers.
They have been for the past decade. (Successfully too....) He retired. He only wants to be with the Spurs.
It is amazing what a team can do in one offseason. They have really improved but I still think it will be all on Manu and Tim. I judt don't think Duncan can stay healthly. His knees have done their part in the past and now they want to rest. It will be interesting. But if those both guys can stay healthly we really can be scared of the 2009/10 San Antonio Spurs.
Bruce Bowen was traded to Milwaukee, and since the Spurs aren't picking him back up, he's retiring. Barry will probably retire/get cut. I don't remember much about Keith Bogan's offensive game as a Rocket, but damn, he played alot. In the 33 games he played for us, he was averaging 32 minutes a game. I really don't remember him being a "lock-down defender" for us. But i guess the numbers shown against Kobe indicate otherwise. Good signing for the Spurs. Also, when did the minimum get bumped to $1.1M? I thought it was always around $720k or something.
I believe Duncan's weight loss will help him move quicker and keep weight off his kness he's down to 240 supposed to 260
The min. is determined by the number of years that you have played.. Bogans was signed for the veteran's minimum. NBA MINIMUM SALARIES Y 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 0 398,762 412,718 427,163 442,114 457,588 473,604 1 641,748 664,209 687,456 711,517 736,420 762,195 2 719,373 744,551 770,610 797,581 825,497 854,389 3 745,248 771,331 798,328 826,269 855,189 885,120 4 771,123 798,112 826,046 854,957 884,881 915,852 5 835,810 865,063 895,341 926,678 959,111 992,680 6 900,498 932,015 964,636 998,398 1,033,342 1,069,509 7 965,185 998,967 1,033,930 1,070,118 1,107,572 1,146,337 8 1,029,873 1,065,918 1,103,225 1,141,838 1,181,803 1,223,166 9 1,035,000 1,071,225 1,108,718 1,147,523 1,187,686 1,229,255 10+ 1,138,500 1,178,348 1,219,590 1,262,275 1,306,455 1,352,181
Another good signing for the spurs. How did they do it? Somehow, they manage to get Jefferson for Bowen and fillers. Blair fall on their lap. And now this? And all of this without touching Duncan, Parker and Ginobili. Somehow they just got younger and more athletic without losing anything much. A defensive stalwart that still average 7.5 ppg only for the vet min?
