McDonald: Spurs weigh Mahinmi’s fate

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ratliff is on a one year contract, he's too injury prone and old for the spurs to resign him after this year. he'll probably prefer retirement anyways. mcdyess will be 36 and probably will have to come off the bench. a bonner resigning may be likely if he plays out of his mind this year and demonstrates he can perform in the playoffs. i doubt he can but it's a possibility. that just leaves blair, who is too young and inexperienced to defend starting bigs and haislip who has yet to prove he is an NBA player. if i'm not mistaken, i think haislip also has a one year contract.

that leaves the spurs with 3 bigs with guaranteed roster spots next year. duncan will start with mcdyess and blair most likely coming off the bench. spurs sound confident they can lure splitter over and he will most likely start. that leaves mahinmi as the fifth big which is not bad. again, the spurs might just decline mahinmi's option to save some money to sign splitter but that will leave the spurs with just 4 bigs next year.

[Allanon]

Well, I guess I cannot argue with your opinion, but I disagree on everything you have said about Haislip.

I am not saying Bonner is a world beater, but he is fairly paid and has proven himself much more than Haislip on both sides of the ball.

You are right, it's just my opinion. Let's see how it plays out.

[Allanon]

There is this fellow named Splitter my Laker friend . . .

I'd forgotten about Splitter until Mel brought him up. Yes, he is indeed a great prospect and probably already better than all of the Spurs big men outside of Duncan.

Question still is whether Splitter will give up $5 million to come play for $2-3 million on the Spurs....unless of course the Spurs spring for it and pay the $5.

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i should also say that since the team has seen no indication of long term value from bonner, haislip, and splitter, they may just opt to keep mahinmi as insurance.

[Muser]

Damn it'd be awesome if Splitter came over next summer.

[MaNu4Tres]

I'm telling you, I've seen the guy play. Haislip is an NBA player in name only. Spurs bet on a longshot, it's not gonna pay off.

Well what do you know. Me and Mel actually agree on something.

Haislip may look great on those youtube videos. But he has looked like anything but an NBA player. He was a low risk, high reward that won't pan out. He will be sporting a sports coat the majority of the year. Bonner is better on both sides of the floor.

[Em-City]

Splitter is so far ahead of Mahinmi now, it is a virtual impossibility that Ian can catch him in one year, if ever. If Splitter comes next year, he immediately moves ahead of Ian on the depth chart.

yeah Splitter will outplay Mahinmi in his sleep

[Obstructed_View]

At this point neither is Mahinmi.

I'm guessing you've never seen him play.

[Marcus Bryant]

It's not a given that Splitter will be a Spur next season. You would think Spurs fans would know that by now.

[DPG21920]

For sure and I wonder how much Splitter will effect the Ian decision. If the Spurs are very confident they can get Splitter does that mean is let go? If they don't trust Tiago, do they keep Ian?

Maybe they are not mutually exclusive events. But I wonder how much it will factor into the decision.

[MaNu4Tres]

Splitter is so far ahead of Mahinmi now, it is a virtual impossibility that Ian can catch him in one year, if ever. If Splitter comes next year, he immediately moves ahead of Ian on the depth chart.

Don't tell Bruno that. He will call you a xenophobe.

[Mel_13]

Don't tell Bruno that. He will call you a xenophobe.

I am actually quite sure that Bruno would agree with that comparison.

[DPG21920]

I am actually quite sure that Bruno would agree with that comparison.

Have you noticed that you find yourself saying "quite" a lot more now that you interact with Bruno?

Makes me feel smarter.

[Mel_13]

Have you noticed that you find yourself saying "quite" a lot more now that you interact with Bruno?

Makes me feel smarter.

Interesting observation, not sure if it's quite true.

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

[benefactor]

Have you noticed that you find yourself saying "quite" a lot more now that you interact with Bruno?

Makes me feel smarter.

Ha ha...I've always noticed that but I have never said anything. It's probably his favorite word.