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Article: Bonner makes the cut Concord grad earns spot on NBA's Raptors
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- Concord Monitor
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- November 2, 2004
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Toronto Raptors General Manager Rob Babcock called Matt Bonner
into his office yesterday morning and asked the Concord High graduate
if he wanted a job.
"I was like, 'Heck yeah, I do,'"was Bonner's response, relayed by
phone yesterday. "He (Babcock) said, 'You've worked hard and played
well, so you've earned a spot on this team.'"
And with that, the 6-foot-10 power forward will become the first
New Hampshire native to play in the NBA in nearly 20 years when
Toronto opens the season tomorrow at home against the Houston
Rockets.
Portsmouth's Jeff Cross, drafted out of the University of Maine,
played 21 games for the Los Angeles Clippers during the 1985-86
season.
Bonner took a gamble that he'd ...