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Ian will ride the bench and play only in garbage time if Haywood and Chandler are healthy. With Chandler that is a big if.
Web Posted: 07/14/2010 12:00 CDT
The Mavericks signed free-agent center Ian Mahinmi, the Spurs' first-round draft pick in 2005.
Mahinmi played in 26 games for the Spurs last season, averaging 3.9 points and two rebounds in 6.3 minutes per game
Here is the chance he was waiting for. With Dampier gone he will get at least 20 minutes a game.
Ian will ride the bench and play only in garbage time if Haywood and Chandler are healthy. With Chandler that is a big if.
I telling you but they have been searching for center ever since they signed Dampier just looking at having more than one option.
Last edited by chrisrod2008; 07-14-2010 at 12:29 PM.
Dallas picked up Chandler to use as trade bait for a mid season trade as their are no players left on the market that can make a difference.
Dallas is trying to amass a team of all bigmen to thwart Minnesota's point guard squad.
Will they train Ian to be an enforcer like Najera?
Ian is not big enough nor are his balls he is more on the quickness and size than anything.
I wonder how many minutes they promised him
playing time was a big concern this coming season
True, but Chandler's at least better than Damp and they have a ton of expiring contracts worth nearly $30 mill IIRC. Wouldn't be surprised to see them try and go after Melo if thats possible and Butler's deal is one of those expiring contracts next offseason.
We're ed. No more first round upset for us.
traitor!
That would be the case if PopaStink was the coach of the Mavs.
Agreed. He owed San Antonio a lot of loyalty after the opportunities they gave him. That's not even taking into consideration the top-flight medical care they provided.
Ian will not get more minutes in Dallas then he would in SA, unless they want to use him to play backup for Dirk some of the time which I doubt, but this makes me think why does Cuban want to sign this guy, HE IS A BUST.
GTFO backstabber!
LOL. I'm sure he didn't have a lot of options. I can't be mad at him for taking an offer from Dallas. Dude is just looking out for himself. I'm sure he'll get playing time since Chandler can't stay healthy.
If the 'savior' gets more than 10 minutes total for the entire season ST is going to be in meltdown mode.
One man's trash is another mans treasure!
Just wait. Mahinmi will put up like one lucky 20/10 game and SpursTalk will enter full blown meltdown mode.
Guaranteed. It will probably happen in preseason.
You guys are really hoping that he amounts to nothing.
He'll likely get a chance to play back-up PF and will wind up Haywood's primary back-up by April. Chandler is too injury-prone to be relied upon and Alexis is less developed than Ian.
It's good thing Mahinmi is an iron man. I'm sure he will be ready for any opportunity he gets.
Yeah, 'cause a misdiagnosed ankle injury is really enough reason to say he's frail. Let's what until he's logged serious minutes and then say whether he's fragile or not. I know you won't though.
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How many minutes did Marion log at PF last season? As his athleticism deteriorates he'll be a less viable option at PF. Plus, what's the benefit of playing him at the 4? He can't spread the floor and doesn't have the lateral quickness to "stop" the more agile PF's.
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