Matt Bonner Biography, Wife, Salary, Height, Weight, Body Stats, NBA Career

Posted by Carisa Kissane on Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Matt Bonner is a two-retired NBA Championship winner with the San Antonio Spurs. The forward/center position player, who was selected with the 45th overall pick in the 2003 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls, was known for his three-point shooting ability which proved to be a considerable asset for his teams.

As a college basketball player in University Florida, Bonner made sure to be another exception to the widespread thought that outstanding college athletes couldn’t earn or keep the highest academic honors. He did so by earning a GPA of 3.96.

the biography

Matt Bonner was born Matthew Robert Bonner, one of three children to Paula and Dave Bonner, on April 5, 1980 in Concord, New Hampshire. From an early age, Bonner is said to have always shown exemplary character to his younger siblings as he excelled both in his studies and in basketball.

The young athlete led his school, Concord High School to three state championships and was also the Valedictorian of his class upon graduation. His achievements in the classroom and in the gym earned him a few scholarships, but Bonner chose to attend the University of Florida, where he would play for the Florida Gators men’s basketball team under coach Billy Donovan.

While in Florida, Matt Bonner made sure to focus on his education as he also played for the team. He averaged 15.6 points, 7.2 rebounds and 1.5 assists in his junior year and 15.2 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.5 assists in his final year to be named to twice American College Athlete of the Year for Basketball. He additionally earned Southeastern Conference first-team honors and an Associated Press honorable mention All-American selection in his senior year. Bonner went on to achieve a GPA of 3.96, after earning a bachelor’s degree in business administration.

Matt Bonner’s NBA career

Upon graduation, Matt Bonner was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the 2003 NBA draft with the 45th overall pick. However, he was immediately traded to the Toronto Raptors, who sent him overseas to hone his skills. Bonner played his first season of professional basketball in the Italian League with Sicilia Messina in Messina, Sicily, where he scored 19.2 points and 9.3 rebounds per game.

After his impressive first year pro, the Raptors welcomed him for his rookie NBA season, where he averaged 7.2 points and appeared in each of the team’s 82 regular season games. Bonner remained with the Raptors until June 2006, when he was traded to the San Antonio Spurs. The move proved to be a blessing in disguise as he won his first NBA championship title that year.

Matt Bonner proved to be an important part of the side as he was noted for his exceptional three-point shooting ability. He led the league in three-point field goal percentage in the 2010-11 season and won his second NBA championship in 2014 before retiring from the sport in January 2017.

Salary

For the 2015-16 season which turned out to be his final year as an NBA player, Matt Bonner signed a one-year contract with the San Antonio Spurs worth $1.5 million. dollars. Prior to this trade, Bonner had received $1.45 million for the 2014-15 season and then an average annual salary of $3.47 million on the $13.89 million contracts he signed in 2010 for a period of four years.

women

Nadia Bonner is the name of Matt Bonner’s wife. The pair, who met through a mutual friend, met in Toronto with the Raptors. Nadia was working as a hostess at the Air Canada Centre, her husband’s arena which was still to be the husband’s team when their roles crossed. The couple dated a few years before Bonner popped the question to his lady in the most romantic way possible. It was reported that Bonner sent Nadia on a scavenger hunt around the city of Toronto for Valentine’s Day. The final clue from the hunt led Nadia to him and he then proposed to her.

The pair then exchanged vows on August 1, 2008 at the Vaughn Estate in Toronto. About a year after their wedding, on June 21, 2009, the couple welcomed their first child together, a daughter named Evangeline-Vesper Lynne Bonner. On August 27, 2012, the Bonner family added a new member, a son named August Bonner.

Height, weight and body statistics

Matt Bonner will certainly be on quite a number of players he would meet in the NBA with a height of 2.08m (6ft 10in) but he is however not the tallest person in his family as his younger brother, Luke, is another professional basketball player. stands 7 feet 1 inch (2.16 m) tall.

The now-retired player, who found a job as a studio analyst with San Antonio Spurs TV, weighs around 220 pounds. His other body stats are not known.

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