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He sucks.
letting Pops Mensah-Bonsu go. He will officially become a free agent Saturday. Does anyone know anything about this guy? Is he any good? Is he a long three or what? Please give info.
He sucks.
Incredible athlete. No basketball skills to speak of. It's a comedy routine when he tries to dribble.
I'm kinda sad to see him go cuz of his athleticism, but there's hundreds of 12 year olds out there with more basketball skills than he's got.
Here's the vitals on Pops Mensah-Bonsu
Born: Sep 7, 1983
Height: 6-9 / 2,06
Weight: 240 lbs. / 108,9 kg.
College: George Washington
Years Pro: 1
He's not a long three, he's more of a PF type.
Attributes:
Long and very athletic (Can run the court and has tremendous hops)
Decent defender
Tenacious around the glass
Good weakside shotblocker
Deficiencies:
Very raw player; still learning the game
Can't shoot
Foul prone
Lacks funadmentals and post moves
Horrific FT shooter (which already makes him worthy of Spurs consideration)
I hear ya, He was much-hyped in college. In fact, ESPN was part of the hype machine. They did a piece on him and followed him around the campus at GW. This guy was a God to everyone on campus.
Saw him in the 2006 NCAA tournament because I wanted to see what the hype was about. I was somewhat disappointed because I thought he was a bit more polished than what I saw. Very raw. All he could do was rebound and dunk. Freakishly athletic. In the end, he did foul out of the game and his team lost.
I thought I read a couple of days ago, that they picked up his option.
no, i just heard on the radio here that they decided not to. he's a decent "project" pickup but it's going to be years before he can make a meaningful contribution.
You're right..my bad..I just saw that as well....the Spurs have no need for another PF though.
Thanks guys. I wanted info because in the past I heard about this guy and was wondering what was up. Seems like a good project.
If the Spurs didn't already have Ian, he might be worth the risk. At the end of the day, I don't see them taking a flyer on him.
They're still considering Chris Webber and P.J. Brown.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont...t.366ae04.html
Mavs to let Pops become free agent
Mensah-Bonsu can play in Europe; team decides not to pick up option
By EDDIE SEFKO / The Dallas Morning News
The Mavericks have elected not to exercise their option on Pops Mensah-Bonsu, meaning the 6-9 forward will become a free agent Saturday.
The team had until today to guarantee Mensah-Bonsu's contract for the upcoming season. That would have cost the team $687,456. By letting his contract expire, it means any NBA team can claim Mensah-Bonsu off waivers, although that seems unlikely as they would be responsible for his full salary this season.
The Mavs' decision clears the way for Mensah-Bonsu to play in Europe this season, president of basketball operations Donnie Nelson said.
"Pops wants to go somewhere where he can play," Nelson said. "And this keeps our options open if we want to try to get him back in the future."
Mensah-Bonsu played 12 games last season, averaging 2.4 points and 1.8 rebounds.
The Mavs have 15 guaranteed contracts for this season and still are considering adding a veteran big man such as Chris Webber or P.J. Brown. That would require jettisoning another player.
Well, there's one test he'll need to pass first...
Pops Mensah-Bonsu!
No. I'm just not feeling it.
rumor has that the mavericks are... the biggest chokers in nba history? yep check that off the list.
rumor has that the mavericks are... a bunch of pussies? that deserves a check too.
rumor has that the mavericks are... setting dissapointing records yr in and yr out? checkmark!
He seems like a diamond in the rough similar to how been ben wallace was
rumor always is mavs signing all star fa's and do not
clasic example of a player that really needed to stay in school and develop but seemed to have got caught up in the hype and went pro. Now he either plays CBA or Euroleague or gets blown out of the sport. This needs to be made into a video/CD and shown to all incoming college freshman. They need to understand that only 3% (that's what sticks in my mind) of all college athletes make to the pros. All others end up somewhere else. Though I don't know much about him it sounded like he had potential but just didn't develop it enough.
Last edited by nfg3; 08-31-2007 at 01:40 PM.
Yup, I remember hearing what a great athlete he was and then he went to the Mavericks. End of story! Too bad.
Wake me up when Miami or whoever it was that drafted Jared Dudley releases him.
How many players does Miami have signed already?
Yep. Someone should sign him though. He can still be sent down to the D-League this season.
Pops Mensah-Bonsu has the type of defensive skillset that would allow him to guard Dirk rather well. I wouldn't mind taking him on as some sort of project that is trained to get revenge on the team that gave up on him.
All things being equal, I bet he could pretty easily beat Marcus Williams out of a roster spot.
The fact that he is 6-9 and 240 is a +.
Sign him up
Hes still pretty young right?
Ben Wallace
He sure is. He was born on 9-7-83. So he is just about to turn 24.
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