McDonald: Spurs' Mahinmi Gets The Best Of Thabeet In Summer League Finale

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Originally Posted by ceds

Your assuming Ian can give meaningful minutes on championship contender.

Bonner is the only known quantity here and 90% of the board want him traded.

Its simple really. If its a good trade like

Mason/Finley + Bonner & Ian for Cap Jack or Nocioni + scrub


Then you use the LLE for the last Bigman.. Rasho / Wallace etc and bring in Gist

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With this trade we would get smaller in the frontcourt, if Rasho doesn't sign. Also,what if Ian becomes a solid or very good big man. The first thing fans will say "How can the Spurs FO be so stupid".


I'm glad to see Ian with 4 blocked shots. Ian as active big man could be a big help.

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Originally Posted by dc_spursfan

With this trade we would get smaller in the frontcourt, if Rasho doesn't sign. Also,what if Ian becomes a solid or very good big man. The first thing fans will say "How can the Spurs FO be so stupid".


I'm glad to see Ian with 4 blocked shots. Ian as active big man could be a big help.

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That is part of the deal if you are in win-now mode. You might have to give up future contributors in order to do so. If the Spurs could get a proven/productive player for Ian I think they would do it.

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Originally Posted by Mr.Bottomtooth

That would be incredible.
We lose the best PF in history and don't go down dramatically.
Damn. As much as I don't want to think about losing him, I can't help it.
We could be looking at the Spurs frontcourt rotation for the next 10+ years.
Imagine that.

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You don't think the spurs will get any better frontcourt players in the next 10 years?

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Originally Posted by stéphane

You're a bit harsh with him (the poster). Indeed Thabo is a nice asset to have in the rotation but so will be Ian. We certainly could use an 22 athletic center don't you think? I'm not saying he's the second coming of Wilt but he obviously could be a shot alterer/defensive presence that can run the floor.

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Yea, you're right, I was harsh. But you're pretty retarded if you're going slam my trade idea when you don't even have a clue who the guy is we'd be getting in return. I mean, for all he knew he could have been the greek T-Mac or something :rolleyes (I couldn't help myself).

The thing that gets me is that people are treating that trade idea like it was a "dump Mahinmi" thread when it was just a simple trade idea. Mahinmi is definitely looking like a very solid prospect for the future, but the level of dick sucking on this guy is greater than even the vaunted James White! of yesteryear.

I'm still not sure how much Mahinmi will help us this year, but he definitely looks like he'll help us at some point. But that hardly means he isn't tradeable.

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Originally Posted by DPG21920

That is part of the deal if you are in win-now mode. You might have to give up future contributors in order to do so. If the Spurs could get a proven/productive player for Ian I think they would do it.

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I understand but we would be trading big for small. Those kind of trades rarely ever work out well. If it was to get someone like Kaman or another center I would be okay with it. LA has two 7 footers and they could easily shoot over a small lineup ala the Denver series.

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Originally Posted by picnroll

Finally I might be able to get rid of the thing under picnroll.

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:lol

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Originally Posted by rascal

You don't think the spurs will get any better frontcourt players in the next 10 years?

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We might not need to.

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Originally Posted by marcus bryant

yes, i am, but how would you define "non-french"?

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Intelligence Quotient > 70

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Originally Posted by Agloco

Intelligence Quotient > 70

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:rolleyes

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Originally Posted by Bruno

Nice to see Ian having a good SL. The true test that will determine his future as a Spurs is the training camp.

OT: A question for non-French posters on ST:
French NT campaign (with De Colo and Parker) has started one week ago, are you interested in a thread with infos about it?

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:toast

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Originally Posted by Agloco

Intelligence Quotient > 70

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Yeah considering the IQ of a poster is inversely proportional to the size of the boobs of the chick in your avatar.

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Originally Posted by Agloco

Intelligence Quotient > 70

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lame

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Originally Posted by Darkwaters

Yea, you're right, I was harsh. But you're pretty retarded if you're going slam my trade idea when you don't even have a clue who the guy is we'd be getting in return. I mean, for all he knew he could have been the greek T-Mac or something :rolleyes (I couldn't help myself).

The thing that gets me is that people are treating that trade idea like it was a "dump Mahinmi" thread when it was just a simple trade idea. Mahinmi is definitely looking like a very solid prospect for the future, but the level of dick sucking on this guy is greater than even the vaunted James White! of yesteryear.

I'm still not sure how much Mahinmi will help us this year, but he definitely looks like he'll help us at some point. But that hardly means he isn't tradeable.

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Yeah I like Thabo a lot too but I just find us thiner in the frontcourt than on the wings. The key question in your statement being can Ian provide help now. He sure can help us but we need to win in the next two years.
The other thing to bear in mind is Splitter's situation. If the staff clearly know that he ain't coming next year keeping Ian is a better option.

Ian mihamommy isn't a bad player.

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Originally Posted by __JaG__

Bonner's only 29...i'm sure he's got 7-8 good years left in him....

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:lol God HELP us

Thabeet's not the kind of player who is going to match up statistically to his opponents. He has been "outplayed" by almost every center he has faced this summer, the whole time putting up unimpressive numbers... but he has also been the defensive foundation for a team that went 5-0. I was impressed by Mahinmi's aggressiveness, which seems to make an appearance every other game. In game one of the summer league, his first after a very long time off, he looked uninterested, followed by game two where he looked great. In the game before yesterday's, he grabbed one rebound in an uninspired effort... he still looks very good for a guy picked at the end of the draft's first round, but his wildly uneven effort from game to game is mystifying to me.

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Originally Posted by timvp

Mahinmi outplays a fellow 22-year-old center prospect who was the 2nd overall selection in the most recent draft. Mahinmi sucks! Waive him immediately! I'm sick of the Spurs wasting 8 years on him! They could have had Dwight Howard!

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Agreed, well put:lol

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Originally Posted by SpursNextRomanEmpire

__JaG__... that lineup at the bottom of your profile looks absolutely beautiful..

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A certain readhead is missing???????:downspin:

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Originally Posted by __JaG__

Bonner's only 29...i'm sure he's got 7-8 good years left in him....

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As long as he isn't a Spur a year from now.