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Dude got like one opportunity, and tore it up. He's younger than some second year players, so I'm not sure how he's a bust. Oh well, he's someone else's problem now.
Good luck to Ian (except when the mavs play SA)
Dude got like one opportunity, and tore it up. He's younger than some second year players, so I'm not sure how he's a bust. Oh well, he's someone else's problem now.
I like how people want him to succeed just so they can claim to be "right" about him on the internets. I'm sure everybody being "right" about how good he can be will lead to a front office job for an NBA team.
Even though nobody posting in this thread has said anything of the sort. You seem to have a bigger boner for Mahinmi than anyone on ST.
He is going to be a end of the bench for the mavs, I don't get the " you" Ian, good riddance and stuff.
He is a young player trying to earn a spot on a very difficult league. As fas as I know he is a cool dude, he tried his best to be a spurs, he didn't steal money of the fans so why the hate ? It didn't work out for him in San Antonio, that's life.
I really hope he will become a good nba player.
So what's the name of Ian's chair? lol
Mother , Cuban!!!!!!! I mean really!! his mother. "We'll teach him offense". Would that be Finals '06 offense, playoff '07 offense, or playoff '10 offense, Cuban?
Piece of !!!!!
, seriously....Dude, has been in the system 3-4 yrs and still seemed like a rookie every year. He had some good moments, but all in all he seemed to be always injured or a step slow. I like Ian Mahinmi and he may be able to become 2nd or 3rd big for somebody one day, but please do not make it sound like he did not get any chances while in SA.
I'll be interested in your list of all these opportunities he got from the Spurs, particularly the ones after they failed to notice the bone fragments floating around in his ankle.
Did you just imply the Spurs doctors made a mistake? How are you qualified to say this, are you a doctor??
Did you just imply the Spurs doctors made a mistake? How are you qualified to say this, are you a doctor??
Yet another reason the "Mahinmi is a china doll" argument falls on its face.
Yeah, I'm not sure where all these chances were. The year he was supposed to play he had an injury that was misdiagnosed by the medical staff. And then when he was finally healthy, the FO clearly decided to move in another direction and basically only subbed Ian in for a minute here or there so Pop could take Blair out of the game and tell him something and then send him back in the game.
Best of luck to him. Sucks he ended up on the miserable Mavericks of all teams.
The notion that Mahinmi had his chances is laughable.
Where were these people for the Jan 3rd game at Toronto when Duncan was on the second night of a road back-to-back. Instead of giving Duncan the game off and activating Mahinmi, or just giving Ratliff more time, Pop sat Duncan the entire first quarter, letting him stiffen up, then brought him in during the second when they were in a big hole.
Then he proceeded to grind Duncan down playing him 29 minutes of the possible 36 just to save the game, which didn't work. The Spurs still lost. There's your Mahinmi opportunity. The Spurs refused to give Mahinmi any chance, and that game was the ultimate proof. It was a meaningless January back end of a back2back, but still Duncan was sacrificed for a loss, and then they wonder why he breaks down later in the season.
Give me a break.
I couldn't have provided any better empirical evidence.
Yep. There were plenty of opportunities Popovich didn't take advantage of; that's not on Mahinmi.
The (unsupportable, inarguable) counter-argument is, of course, Pop must have seen he sucks so bad in practice.
It seems more likely that Pop held a "professional" vendetta for the recurring injury problems.
I don't see why anyone would not want to see Ian succeed. I like Ian a lot and I hope he does really well.
Yep that game snapped a 5 game winning streak when the team was playing some of its best of the season (Bonner was out w/ injury at the time) and sent the team into a nasty tailspin for nearly a month. The team never really fully recovered from that game IMO, mentally. Especially Duncan never really looked the same after this game.
That was the game Pop started Ratliff and McDyess together which turned out to be a mistake (he had Blair available too, why he chose not to use him is a mystery). Both of them were trying to set picks at the top of the key and bumbling around getting in each others' way and looking very unsure what the was going on. Not one of Pop's most brilliant coaching moves obviously.
Pop develops very few players and has little patience with young guys. It's his biggest fault by far. Ian definitely got lost in Pop's shuffle. Pop was too busy playing Bonner huge minutes to even see what Ian could do in "real games."
I think Ian will develop into a good player for Dallas, and I wish him all the best.
This. I can not understand why some here (looking at you Dr, Gonzo) seem to go out of there way to bash Ian any chance they can get. I hope the Kid gets a chand in Dallas and wish him the best.
I actually don't think Mahinmi will develop because he's in Dallas. Carlisle has already shown the way he treats inexperienced players, even to his own detriment like Beaubois in vs the Spurs. Plus with Hayward and Chandler plus smallball I don't see Mahinmi getting any time, even with Chandler breaking down like usual.
I should add even more notes on that game:
Duncan wasn't subbed in until 10 minutes left in the second. By the time he was in a Spurs offensive possession they were down by 12. In the remaining 34 minutes he was grinding for 29 of them, a pace of 41 minutes in a 4-quarter game. AND the start time for the Toronto game was only 23 hours after the start time of the game the day before at the Wizards.
So not only was Duncan put in the game after sitting cold for about 40 minutes, he played a pro-rated heavier work load with less rest during his actual playtime, digging the Spurs out of double digit hole only to still lose, and on short, short rest on the road.
Ridiculous. If Isiah or any other coach with a sketchy rep would have done something like that they would have absolutely killed for it. And deservedly so.
It is very weird to see Ian in a Mavs jersey. He is playing pretty well in their first preseason game. Good finishing at the rim and drawing some fouls. Playing solid defense.
Last edited by DPG21920; 10-05-2010 at 08:43 PM.
10 pointts in 11 minutes of play. Hmmmm....
But he had 2 personal fouls in those 11 minutes. That's just completely unacceptable.
Let me add the 1 turn over.
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