Know About Matt Bonner; Wife, Stats, Retirement, Spurs, Net Worth
Published Date: 26 Feb, 2019 Updated date: 08 Jan, 2021
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Born as Matthew Robert Bonner, the former enjoy life after retirement. After all, the father of three has a lovely and caring wife with whom he shares all three of his children.
American retired Basketball player, Matt Bonner spent almost 13 years in the playing court. With impressive playing stats with three league teams, he dedicates a decade-old career playing for the NBA team, San Antonio Spurs.
Matt Bonner’s Bio & Family: Age, Parents, Height
The 40-years-of-age player was born on 5 April 1980 to his parents, Paula and Dave Bonner in Concord, New Hampshire. He went to Concord High School to complete his graduation which also includes Concord winning three state championships. Later after getting an athletic scholarship, Matt attended the University of Florida to play for their men’s basketball team, Florida Gators.
Talking about his other family members are his brother, Luke, and a sister named Becky Bonner. Just like his sibling, Luke played professional basketball between 2009 to 2012. Matt stands at a tall height of 6 feet 10 inches (2.08 m) and weighs around 107 kg.
Career, Salary & Net Worth
The former baller added a significant net worth playing professional Basketball league since 2003. After the graduation completion, the Chicago Bulls picked him in the 45th overall pick during the 2003 NBA draft. In spite of that, Chicago traded him to Toronto Raptors. Similarly, the Raptors urged Matt to play at the Italian league with Sicilia Messina in Messina, Sicily. During his tenure at Messina, his states were an average of 19.2 points and 9.3 rebounds per game.
Later the Raptors made a contract deal with Matt worth $385,277 in the 2004/2005 season. In the same following year, Matt played 82 regular-season games with an average of 7.2 points. Just two seasons old with Raptor, Matt was later traded to Spurs on 21 June 2006.
He penned a four-year contract of $13.89 million with Spurs in July 2010. Similarly, his hefty paycheck was $1.5 million in the 2014/2015 season only. Nevertheless, during his final season with the Spurs, the team paid him $1.5 million in the 2015/2016 season. His retirement came on 6 January 2017 in a funny, hilarious social media sharing.
Four days post his retirement, he took the job of a studio analyst for San Antonio Spurs TV Broadcast on 10 January 2017.
Matt’s Surprising Proposal & More About His Wife
Matt and his lovely wife, Nadia Bonner shares more than a decade old marriage. The lovebirds were first introduced through a mutual friend when Matt played for the Raptors team. During the time, his significant other had a job as a hostess at the Air Canada Center which also was the playing stadium of Matt. After adequately getting to know each other, they started dating for a couple of years until Matt made a surprise proposal to Nadia in a hunting game. He sent her to the city of Toronto for a scavenger hunt on Valentine’s day and the final pursuit of the game was Matt himself.
The pair got hitched on 1 August 2008 at Vaughan Estate in Toronto. To mark their tenth marriage anniversary, Matt took a snap of his wedding picture on his social media post.
Together the pair have three children; a daughter, Evangeline-Vesper Lynne Bonner, born on 21 June 2009 and a son named August Bonner, born on 27 August 2012, and another daughter born on 31 July 2018.
Some Interesting Facts About Matt Bonner
- Matt was very good at his academics and playing and was also a role model for his siblings.
- In between 1999 to 2003, Matt played for Florida Gators men’s basketball team under the coach, Billy Donovan.
- The former with his brother Luke helms a nonprofit organization, Rock On Foundation who supports community activities based on artwork and sports.