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    Considering this was probably exploratory in nature, this is about the best news the Spurs and Mahinmi could hope for.
    Eventually, Dr. Richard Ferkel, the Los Angeles-based surgeon who worked on Manu Ginobili's famously injured left ankle over the summer, recommended exploratory surgery to determine the cause of the sustained pain and swelling in Mahinmi's ankle. Ferkel found a piece of bone entrapped in the medial aspect of the ankle, and removed it via arthroscopic surgery.


    But yeah, good thing they actually found something. I never heard of a bone spur not showing up on an MRI ... much less eight MRIs. Must have been in a weird location.

    I agree that it's an extreme longshot that Mahinmi can be ready to contribute at some point this season in San Antonio but perhaps it won't be a totally lost year if the Spurs can get him a few minutes both in SA and Austin. Although at this point, chances are that the Spurs will just shut him down for the season and try again next year.

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    Neither does someone having a handle implying education that's misspelled.
    Yeah, I tried that earlier. I think he's an Arghhhie, so the spelling and scobsessing make sense.

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    Wow... you gotta feel for Mahinmi. It must have been incredibly frustrating to undergo 7 MRIs that all showed no problems but still be feeling pain, only to undergo an 8th that finally indicates that surgery is necessary. Tough break for him and the Spurs.

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    Spurs' Mahinmi Likely Done for Year

    By: Yannis Koutroupis

    No team in the NBA does as thorough of a job scouting internationally as the San Antonio Spurs. Guards Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili, who were drafted late in the 1st and 2nd round, have become cornerstones of their dynasty. Some of the league's other premier international players like Luis Scola and Leandro Barbosa were also once property of the San Antonio Spurs, further proving their incredible eye for foreign talent. Because of their incredible success anytime the Spurs draft someone from overseas there's a collective panic from the rest of the league that they may have found another diamond in the rough. While Ian Mahinmi wasn't projected to be a 1st round pick on any mock drafts, there was still a quiet fear that they may have done it once again.

    While at 22 years of age Mahinmi still holds a world of potential, the Spurs learned this week that he won't be tapping into that potential in time to help them this year because of his right ankle. Mahinmi originally injured his ankle in August, and finally after several failed comeback attempts the Spurs decided to change how they were approaching the injury.

    "No matter what we did it just wasn't getting better," explained Popovich. "For a while we thought it was getting better so he went down to the D-League, practiced, played a couple of games, and it swelled right back up again. We tried staying off of it, getting another MRI, and still saw nothing. The swelling stayed that last time and it was very painful for him, so we decided we better go get this looked at."

    After having a lot of success with Dr. Richard Ferkel, who operated on Manu Ginobili's ankle in the offseason, the Spurs knew exactly who they'd go to in order to find out exactly what was wrong with Ian.

    "Since Manu was just with Dr. Ferkel we decided we'll have him take a look at him too," said Popovich. "He didn't see anything (in the MRI), but because of the pain he thought he needed to do some exploratory surgery. He actually found a piece of bone hiding in there. You think that doesn't show up in an MRI, but it didn't. In fact, we sent him all the previous MRI's and he still didn't see it. It's very weird."

    While it certainly was weird, it enlightened the Spurs as to what they needed to do in order to finally get Mahinmi healthy. They immediately flew Mahinmi to Los Angeles in order to undergo arthroscopic surgery.

    "It was successful," said Popovich with some relief. "It will be 8-10 weeks, but it was successful. Hopefully he's gonna get rid of the pain, swelling, and everything that's been lingering for so long."

    The Spurs training staff worked hard to try to get Ian back to where he could play, but because his condition was basically impossible diagnose with an MRI they ended up losing a lot of valuable time. However, all the right precautions were taken, and there was really nothing the Spurs could do.

    "What the doctor found in there showed up on none of the six, seven, or eight MRI's we had," said a puzzled Popovich. "We even had some in a couple different places, and it showed up on none."

    Because Mahinmi has not played at all for the Spurs this season this is not viewed as something that hurts the Spurs very much this year. Even without Mahinmi the Spurs have once again established themselves as contenders, although there is certainly some disappointment.

    "This is like a wasted year for the kid," stated a disappointed Popovich. "It's awful for him and for us. We thought we'd get him on the court and in games to see what he had. It's a tough break for everybody."

    Instead the Spurs will have to continue to wait. It's probable that he will be healthy come playoff time, but by then it will be too late for him to get into the rotation. Even with this latest development and the trade deadline approaching it remains highly unlikely that we see any type of movement from the Spurs. What does become interesting is how much longer the Spurs plan to invest in Mahinmi as they have a team option on him this summer. It's hard to envision the Spurs letting him go considering his low salary. However, with the rights to a much more NBA ready Tiaggo Splitter in their back pocket, the clock is ticking for Mahinmi to show the Spurs something if he plans on being a Spur beyond 2010.
    http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=11402
    I know mahinmi is not coming back, but here is a little more new. Nothing too significant, but more detailed. DOUBTFUL PLAYOFF TIME, BUT LIKELY TO BE HEALTHY BY THEN.

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    Mahinmi out for 6-10 weeks

    By Mike Monroe - Express-News At last, the Spurs know what has been keeping second-year forward Ian Mahinmi on the injured list: A bone fragment that had been eluding detection in his right ankle.

    Surgery that started out as an exploratory procedure by Los Angeles surgeon, Dr. Richard Ferkel, revealed the presence of a small piece of bone from the ankle, which Mahinmi injured during a workout in August.

    The arthroscopic procedure revealed no other cartilage defects throughout Mahinmi's ankle or distal tibia. The 6-foot-10 forward from France is expected to miss the next six to 10 weeks.

    Discovering the cause of Mahinmi's persistent pain was a relief, both for the Spurs and Mahinmi.

    “What the doctor found came after we had six, or seven or eight MRIs,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said, “and it showed up on none. We had (an MRI done) in a couple of different places, and it showed up on none of them.”

    Mahinmi had played well for the Spurs' summer league team in Las Vegas and Salt Lake City, and Popovich had planned to take a long look at him during the preseason. The pre-camp injury scuttled those plans.

    “No matter what we did it just wasn't getting better,” Popovich said. “For a while we thought it was getting better. He went down to the D-League and got in a couple of practices and games and it swelled right back up again.

    “We decided we'd better get this looked at.”

    Dr. Ferkel had performed the surgery that corrected an impingement in Manu Ginobili's left ankle, so the Spurs sent Mahinmi to see him.

    “It's been a wasted year for the kid,” Popovich said, “and it's been awful for him and awful for us. We thought we'd get him on the court this year, get him in games and see what we had, so it's a tough break for everybody.”

    Hairston back: Spurs swing man Malik Hairston made his NBA debut Saturday, playing the final 1 minute, 9 seconds.

    He did not attempt a shot, but was proud that his first statistic with the Spurs was a blocked shot, on New Orleans' Julian Wright.

    “It was a good feeling to get my feet wet,” Hairston said, “and I'm happy my first stat is a defensive stat.”

    Hairston was acquired on draft night in a swap of second-round picks with the Phoenix Suns. He played 23 games for the Spurs' D-League team, the Austin Toros, averaging 21.1 points, 5.4 rebounds and 3.8 assists.

    “He did a great job (in Austin),” Popovich said. “He scored and played defense and hit a lot of game-winning shots, or game-tying shots to go to overtime. He showed a willingness to take big shots, which is neat in a young player.”

    http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/s...-10_weeks.html

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    6 weeks is mid-March

    10 weeks is start of playoffs.

    No help this year.

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    What if one of Thomas/Bonner/Oberto goes down? It'll be important to have another big ready. You can't start two bigs (Timmy/whoever) and only have one more on the bench. What if someone gets in foul trouble?

    I hope they are telling Ian to rehab like he's going to play this year, because he might.

    Remember they let you carry 15 players on the playoff roster now, and pick your 12 to dress for each game, just like the regular season.

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    At least the reason is known.

    I doubt he'd help in the playoffs if he were healthy today and able to sneak in some 2nd-half-season garbage PT. Fab got in for the last minute last night.

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    I guess with this news, that they actually found the cause of the problem, makes me think they ought to keep their hopes up on him for another year. I sure hope this guy is worth the trouble.

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    Finally! That's a tough one on both as Pop stated. 8 MRIs and nothing showed up? Incredible! What a waste of a season. Hopefully he recovers and NEXT year we fget to see what Ian can do.

    Sounds like a broken record. Always next year.

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    rofl
    no ing way pop uses an unproven player that has been injured all year, that is basically a rookie, with no real understanding of what hte spurs are trying to do on both sides of the ball.

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    I say Ian still plays this year, he can help even if hes a late addition. Dont tell me the Spurs are Ok with Bonner and Kt as our only options.
    You forgot Fab!!! Jk, looks to me as if Pop is hoping for Pops to possibly fill the athletism hole in the frontcourt, but he doesn't look like an NBA defender yet(I'd give him 3 weeks in Austin to warm up, and learn the plays). It'd be pretty awesome if Ian somehow got well in 5-7 weeks and cracked the rotation. No real compe ion except for 35 of the 96 mins at the 4 and 5, so it is still possible, just not probable.

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    no ing way pop uses an unproven player that has been injured all year, that is basically a rookie, with no real understanding of what hte spurs are trying to do on both sides of the ball.
    I think Ian knows what to do. The Toros use the same system that the Spurs do. It is a matter of chemistry IMO.

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    The guy has been in the system for 2 years if you dont know what to do you need to be cut! You tell me what is worse, Bonner who knows what to do but cant get it done, or Ian who in his few games hes played has shown he can get it done but he does lack experiance.


    Ill role with Ian! Not saying hes gonna start or play big mins, but if we meet up with LA he certainly can help. Or we can just watch Gasol beat TD and KT down the floor for dunks and watch bonner struggle to get 4 rebounds a game.
    CBF has a point, even if Ian could theoretically help in the POs, there's only a 3% chance Pop will put him in... UNLESS there are some games where the Spurs get burned and the entire 4th quarter is handled by the bench(a la Game 5 against Phoenix last year), then if he is active, there is a 100% chance. If they lose, I want it to be a blowout, so Pop has no doubts about Ian negatively affecting the game, because at that point it would be pointless.

    Here's to JV, Ime, and Fin/Fab/KT as the DNPs this year. And I know there's no way Fin(it'll be Hairston instead) will be inactive in the POs, unless Gino, Parker, Mason, and Hill all become top 10 MVP candidates.

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    We would probably bring back Tolliver before we tried to bring back Ian this year.

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    Ian's going to have to sink or swim from here on out. He won't likely be back before the end of the Toro's season, and that's not an option next year. Only first and second year players can be sent down and kept on the 15 man roster.

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    Don't think he's going to contribute this year, but this news is a nice big " you" to all the knee jerks that were bad mouthing him for being injured.

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    Let's hope Mahinmi recovers fully from the ankle surgery and the pain disappears. Then let's hope he goes to summer league and plays better. If all goes well to that point, Pop will give Mahinmi big minutes to prove himself during the preseason.

    Sucks but maybe Kurt Thomas can tell him stories about having injury plagued early seasons and then finally getting healthy and having a solid career.

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    Although it was nearly miraculous how KT's ankle healed up once he left Dallas.

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    Ferkel rulz

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    If my chance he gets some playing time this year the refs are going to give him the scrub rookie treatment initially.

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    At best, he'll have 6 weeks to try and crack the rotation, at worst, he'll have 2, in that case I'd assume he would be the 12th man in the playoffs who only got minutes when the game was decided(ex. 30 pt lead going into the 4th). But more likely he wouldn't even be active. Quick question, he has 1 ring, right? If so, he's like the guy in Semi Pro who didn't earn it.

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    Per today's french newspaper "L'équipe".


    Translation :

    End of the season for Mahinmi!

    The season of Ian Mahinmi has ended... even before having started. After a right ankle sprain during the summer, San Antonio's French player has tried to come back on the court but always felt the same pain at the ankle with continuous trace of blood. Send to LA to consult the specialist who has done Manu Ginobili's surgery this summer, he went back with the confirmation that the problem was far from being solved. After a six month waiting(!), the decision has been taken to have a surgery in LA and to end his season even if Spurs refuse to officially communicate on the situation of the young and unlucky French player. At 20 years old, the true start of his career is again postponed (only 6 regular season games played in 2007), but he still has until the end of the 2009-2010 season to show Spurs FO that they were right to draft him.

    I feel sorry for him and still have hopes that he will eventually be a solid future starter. But he keep getting hurt and creating drama. This ing loser can suck a and jack ,what a ing loser. Spurs have invested alot of time,energy not to mention a draft pick,money...He played wonderful in Toros before getting hurt again. He's becoming more and more a failed project. Luckily we got Mason,Hill and Bonner. He should get traded if he's not ready to play after 6 moths. WHat a wasted talent...if Spurs cannot include him in a trade, Spurs should just waive this kid. Maybe his luck is playing in France,he should be MVP there, but whenever he wants to play for Spurs, something bad will happen!!!! wtf

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    If Ian heals fast, I wouldn't mind giving him 5 minutes here and there. But then again, I have no say in the matter.

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