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well that is one advantage of bringing him over
he will not be able to just dunk on duncan!
From a recent game ?
well that is one advantage of bringing him over
he will not be able to just dunk on duncan!
I got no problem if he only does dunks, layups, or putbacks just as long as he does it a lot in games.
dunks and putbacks
isn't that nazrs game?
oh except nazr has the 20 pump fake move.
what was amare's game with SUns athltic dunks? but he started to devlop a shot too.
The best choice for Mahinmi next year is Pau-Orthez.
They have a new coach (Gordie Herbert) who is very good to help young players. ian will play the euroleague too if he signs with them.
Lately, Pau's owner has said thay won't sign Mahinmi but with this new coach, there are a new hope. Gordie herbert is too an assistant coach for Spurs during summer leagues.
euroleague + good coach + coach close to Spurs : perfect situation for Ian.
Are there any updates on where he might land? When is it likely to settle out?
No real news, only rumors for the moment.
I will do a breakdown between teams sunday when we will know wich team will play the euroleague/uleb cup.
Le Mans has won the french championship (BTW, Bokolo is a beast).
Le Mans and Pau-Orthez are qualified for the euroleague.
Nancy and Strasbourg are qualified for the uleb cup.
Mahinmi should sign with one of these four teams. Le Mans and Pau-Orthez are the most likely destinations for him.
develop the kid over in america.
even if all he can do is rebound dunk and make 5 foot hook shots, bring him over.
I think the Spurs are dead set on only a one year deal for Ian in France. If they can find a coaching staff that they like for one of the four Euroleague/ULEB cup teams, and a one year deal, they'll let him ripen for another year. If none of the Euroleague/ULEB cup teams are willing to meet their terms, they may bring him over. I can't see how playing for a lower tier team would help his development.
It is now official that Ian will not play with Asvel next year.
The two destinations of choice seem to be Le Mans and Pau Orthez. (just as bruno pointed out before) the agent acknoledged probabilities are high on this two clubs.
http://www.20minutes.fr/articles/200...ic_se_tate.php
I still say they should bring him over. Let him work in practice against Tim Duncan every day, then send him up to Austin every night to play with the Toros. He'd get a lot more experience than playing over in Europe.
Reports in Le Havre local newspaper said that Mahinmi has signed with Pau Orthez yesterday.
It's the best place for him : he will play the euroleague and the coach is very good to help young players and is close to Spurs (he is assistant coach for us during summer leagues).
Wonder what changed. Didn't you say they weren't interested in him because he was more interested in his own development than in the team? Will he get playing time with Pau?
That's the question I want to have answer on.
They get a new coach since. The new coach (Gordie Herbert) is maybe the best in France and he should have ask to get a lot of power on the players' signing before signing with pau. Since he is close to Spurs, Spurs have maybe ask him to take Mahinmi.
For the playing time, they haven't finished to sign players. I think that he will mainly play center and split playtime with Hiram Fuller (a quite good american player).
Wonder if Sanikidze might end on Pau too. Is Sankidze good enough if he comes back healthy to play for them? He put up decent numbers in limited minutes as an 18-19 year old for Dijon.
Pau has still signed a starting SF. If he can be the backup SF but he won't get a lot of time and Pau is in negociation with another one.
Well I read it as a positive sign in Mahinmi's development and potential. Regardless of that coach's, ties to the Spurs organization, the only way he's going to take on Mahinmi in an important role in a higher league is if he thinks that Mahinmi can deliver. That coach is not going to risk his career and reputation without confidence Mahinmi can get the job done.
Things seem to have been quiet in re Sanikidze. Hmmm...
It'll be interesting to see what kind of stats Mahinmi can put on with them. Isn't this the team that Johan Petro played with? If so, I believe he didn't play much.
The rumor is getting bigger and bigger and as announced by bruno:
Now that Pau recruited herbert as a coach who has relationship with spurs, lequipe said Ian should sign with Pau. the only other team on the short list is le Mans but he would have less playing time. http://lequipe.fr/Basket/20060626_113516Dev.html
A club with playing time and in euroleague and a coach that knows spurs well and their system...What more can you ask??? The spurs farm system at its BEST
What more? Bring him over now. TD doesn't have time to wait.
Salut JUUOT.
An interesting thing in this article is that Pau's GM said he will get playtime and that he will play PF and C.
Few times ago, he has said he wasn't interested in Mahinmi because he was focused on his personal project before a team project and in this interview, he said that Pau is the best choice for his personal project.
Agree and this coach is perfect for young players : a lot of hard practising, know BB well, you can make mistakes during games as long as you play hard and good defense.
BTW, Ian has played yesterday with french second NT against Venezuela. France has won but I haven't the boxscore. I only know that Mahinmi has scored 11 points.
I guess it's time to change the thing under my name to Mahinmi in "07.
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