Ian Mahinmi Injured Again?!

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Originally Posted by TDMVPDPOY

doesnt beno have 2 rings?

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Jack Haley has 3.

Big fucking whoop.

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Originally Posted by Phila_Chamberlain

The first question was an example of Pop being hard on Beno. The second question was no discrimination from Pop, but from the NBA in general. I kind of agree too. The american media is hyped about players in college that if Beno Udrih is selected ahead of hot shot guard from the NCAA then even we say something about it. How many Spurs fans were happy when the Spurs drafted Tony Parker over college players? When we drafted Goron Dragic people were pissed. Darko gets drafted second overall to the Pistons, Larry Brown doesn't play a rookie many minutes in a rotation that has Ben Wallace and Sheed starting and people say bad things about Darko. It really isn't Darko's fault he was drafted onto a good team.

Back in 2007 I wouldn't say there was discrimination against players from overseas, but they were watched a lot closer and if they made a mistake it was their ass. I remember ESPN being all over players like Rasho.

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1) Beno gave the 'discrimination' statement as a response to a question why he specifically was benched, which implies he meant that statement as much, if not more, about the Spurs than it was the NBA. You can't insist that that statement was meant strictly in general terms given the context of the question.

2) Back in 2006-2007, there were several interviews with Beno and the Spurs coaching staff that stated the following points:

a) After Beno was drafted, it took him 2 years to realize that he needed to keep working on his game.
b) When the Spurs told him to work on his shot in 2006, he basically said "I've never had to work on my shot, I don't know why I have to start now".
c) The Spurs coaching staff have said that they tried several tactics to keep Beno motivated, from yelling, to leaving him on his own. But according to them, they mostly babied him - and that Parker got far more abuse from Pop than Beno did.

Looks like he's healthy again.

http://www.eurobasket2009.org/en/cid_toT,ovGDH2EaLKL67XnPo2.gameID_6372-52-A-1.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2009.roundI D_6328.teamID_.html#{AC75451A-1EF2-4B97-B1F2-CBFD29002FFF}

6 points (50% shooting) in 19 minutes of play.

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Originally Posted by ceperez

Looks like he's healthy again.

http://www.eurobasket2009.org/en/cid_toT,ovGDH2EaLKL67XnPo2.gameID_6372-52-A-1.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2009.roundI D_6328.teamID_.html#{AC75451A-1EF2-4B97-B1F2-CBFD29002FFF}

6 points (50% shooting) in 19 minutes of play.

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I can't wait to see him in preseason !!!!

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