Bonner Jams '09

This is our dearly beloved roommate James:

This is San Antonio Spurs forward Matt Bonner:
Look at the hair, the spotty beard (pot-kettle-black?), the earnest smile, the lankiness.

Let's match them up (Wikipedia facts liberally sprinkled throughout this match-up):

Mode of transportation:
Jimmy - reverse commutes to Grove Village in a Camry with hardly any tire tread nor power steering fluid.
Matt Bonner - constantly spotted by Raptors fans on the Toronto Transit Commission (whose slogan is "Ride the Rocket")

Advantage Bonner

Nickname:
Jimmy - Big Red (from his high school philosophy teacher; coincidentally, Big Red is the name of a chewing gum with overbearing flavor)
Matt Bonner - Red Rocket (for his ginger hair and his omnipresence on the aforementioned transit system... coincidentally, also a term for a dog's boner)

Advantage Push

Toughness:
Jimmy - toughed it out against fellow roommate Patrick in a game of bat-bat... only to later pass out under a chair in the ER
Matt Bonner - toughed it out through a stint of Serie A basketball which included a bout of salmonella and having his heat and electricity shut off

Advantage Bonner


The ties have it, folks. Last Wikipedia fact: "Bonner bought his car, a white Pontiac Grand Prix, in New Hampshire to avoid paying sales tax. He chose it because it had good leg room and decent gas mileage."

Wikipedia, bringing you the hard-hitting facts.

Look out for Derek Fisher, Jimmy!