If Ian gained 20 pounds of muscle, would it help (as in having the potential to be a Dwight Howard-type) or hinder him?
Definitely help him. It might affect his jumpshot, but then again he won't have to use it as much as he did in Austin than in San Antonio. It would help him the most because of his rebounding. As much as he scored and blocked, his rebounding was one of his weak points in the D-League. If he bulks up and starts tearing it up in the rebounds category, we officially got a gem on our hands.
It's just his Toros number. What's wrong with it?
Let's just hope Pop lets him get sufficient minutes early on the season. Let him commit mistakes and blunders while it is early, and gain experience from them. Nothing is more demoralizing than a player committing blunders, and be benched for it, instead of being given sufficient time to learn and make up for those mistakes.
He also may need to bulk up, seeing that he may soon bang bodies against Shaq and Bynum.
I hope Mahinmi is in the rotation!
I've re-watched some of the Toros full games on the NBA video site, though his best performances really aren't on there.
Man, those guards seemed incompetent when it came to feeding the post or getting him the ball when he flashed to the basket wide open. With some of the things he can do I'm sure he'll get a number of easy baskets a game just by the other Spurs not being as selfish as D-League players and making the right pass to him. Plus he really is fast up and down the court, I'd venture a guess that he might be faster than Elson in a 3/4 time measurement.
Overall I was impressed by how he was able to score from the looks of it with both hands, unless my eyes were deceiving me. And his shot out to about 17 feet looked good.
Defensively around January he still looked pretty clueless or uncommitted though he did come up with some monster blocks. Seemed out of position for a lot of rebounds.
But by the Finals even though he was hurt he looked better defensively.
He's still going to need some more muscle though, he's too much in "Elson-land" and not enough in "Mr Robinson's Neighborhood" when it comes to being rocked up.
bump.
FREE IAN MAHINMI.
ians oozing with talent, the thing is we really havent gotten to c it on the pro level with ne consistency .I dont want to get my hopes up too high but who the knows he could surprise the out of everyone and become a solid pro and maybe even a starter one day.
I am hoping for the best, hes a young hopefully his best years are ahead of him
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Looked very good tonight, even with the clear rust..he's clearly got potential, and you can't teach his size and athleticism..
Sucks that he got called for at least 6 horrible foul calls, and wasn't getting the same treatment when he was on offense..
i dont know who you think is denying him, but i always thought he had great potential since last season, and it pained me to see him sitting the sidelines the entire season
he just isnt getting the kind of attention blair is getting cause of the season mahinmi sat out. i want them both to succeed
Ian needs steady PT...he's not gonna grow as a player by having pop sit him on the bench.
Ian will be a solid contributor with the Spurs.
Possibly more, but definitely solid.
Ian definitely has a high ceiling. It is up to him to reach and surpass it. If he does, I hope the Spurs can lock him up with a good long deal.
Glad to see Mahinmi had a good game. If he develops along with Blair the Spurs have 2 young bigs to go along with Duncan and Dyess.
His upper body has really improved judging by that picture. If only he could strengthen his base without losing alot of athleticism.
Offensivle, his game doesnt require it because he's more of a face up guy, but it would really help his rebounding and boxing out.
very active on the boards and ran the floor very well. nice to see him have a great game.
Mahinmi or whatever is a scrub
I think is a pretty old quote, I remember seeing something like this prior to last season, the one Ian ended up sitting out. Ian had just put up some decent numbers with the Toros or whatever. Nobody has been making statements about Ian like this for a while, to my knowledge.
That quote came at the end of his successful season with the Toros in 2007-08. Then he was injured last season.
I agree that Ian needs playing time, the only way a player will learn and gain confidence. Being on the floor with the big 3 should him a lot. If all we get out of our bigs next year is better rebounding and a little D, it will be a major upgrade from last year. That should lead to more 2nd chance opportunities which equals 2nd chance points. We all know that an extra 8 points a game can be the difference between winning and losing. There is huge potential next year for the Spurs.. they can be so good that they will their own battle cry before a game.
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