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^^ And maybe Bowen.
Good deduction skills, Juuot! I can see that being the reason. That would be how many Spurs playing in the WCs?
Manu
Oberto
(possibly Scola)
Tony
Mahinmi
Beno
Rasho
Javtokas
Man, Pop's going to have a heart attack this September worrying about potential injuries in Japan. *knocks wood and lights candle*
^^ And maybe Bowen.
How could I forget Bowen? My bad.
hmm, watching Mahmi play the in WC might be better than a summer leauge.
If Mahinmi is on the French team I'd say his greatest injury risk likely will be splinters.
Yeah, I doubt Mahinmi makes the team. And if he does, he probably would be the 11th or 12th man.
Petro hasn't even made the French team, right?
2006 ROSTER
Claude Bergeaud has announced today the pre-selection for Japan 2006. Some surprises, some players missing, but 4 or 5 names could appear from the A' team list.
Mamoutou Diarra (198-F-80) of ES Chalon-Sur-Saone
Boris Diaw (203-F/C-82) of Phoenix Suns (USA)
Laurent Foirest (197-F-73) of Elan Bearnais Pau-Orthez
Mickael Gelabale (201-F-83) of Real Madrid (ESP)
Joseph Gomis (180-G-78) of Forum Filatelico Valladolid (ESP)
Aymeric Jeanneau (185-G-78) of Strasbourg IG
Cyril Julian (206-F/C-75) of Sluc Nancy Basket Pro
Vincent Masingue (204-F-76) of Adecco ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne
Tony Parker (183-G-80) of San Antonio Spurs (USA)
Florent Pietrus (202-F-81) of Unicaja Malaga (ESP)
Mickael Pietrus (198-F-82) of Golden State Warriors (USA)
Frederic Weis (217-C-77) of Lagun Aro Bilbao (ESP)
Head Coach: Claude Bergeaud
why is weis even still on the team, hasnt he learnt his lesson from international ball not to stand in vc way
bergeaud already something surprising last year for the euro. he left a veteran taht everybody loved out of the team to take a young guy for the bench. His reasonning was to build the team for years to come and have player coming in with the right expectations. If Ian improved as much as we keep hearing (best junior player of the french championship) we could see him in the A team as a learning experience.
You're clueless.
Weis is a very good center in europe and deserves his place.
Yep, but the 4 or 5 players added can also be players who don't play with the A'. Petro can still play with the french team.
Bigmen players will be Diaw/Weis/Flo. Pietrus/Mazingue or Julian/Turiaf or Petro or Mahinmi.
Can Mahinmi do what Petro is diong now in the NBA?
Anyone Know?
What ?
If somebody was able to predict that, he would be by far the best GM in the nba.
Some keys to answer at that question :
- Mahinmi is one year younger than Petro.
- Mahinmi has made a better season this year in Fance than Petro last year.
- Mahinmi's body isn't ready like Petro's one was.
- Don't be wrong, Petro is a bellow average center for the moment : Rasho and Nazr are better than him.
All in all, if Mahinmi get some muscle this summer he could be as good as (or even better than) Petro but it won't likely be enough to get playtime with Spurs.
I rather see Mahinmi one more year in europe than playing garbage time in nba or playing in nbdl. The only case where I would like to see Mahinmi with a Spurs jersey next year is if he is able to be our 4th best bigmen.
And for people (picnroll) interested in Mahinmi future team for next year :
Le Mans is qualified for the french league final : if they win it, l'ASVEL won't play an european compe on next year. L'ASVEL coaching staff will change too this summer. Mahinmi with l'ASVEL next year is far from done.
I wonder if the Spurs can't find a suitable French team if they bring Mahinmi over. Pau is out. l'ASVEL, even if they qualify for European compe ion,without a known and acceptable coachig staff in place I can't see the Spurs placing him there.
Problem is if Mahinmi doesn't get some playing time with the Spurs, there being so little practice time in NBA seasons, I'm not sure the value of him just riding around in airplanes and sitting around in hotels all year. Guess there is the NBDL but don't know how the level of compe ion there is compared to European compe on.
Why wait? He's still going to have to learn the NBA game. It might be better at this point to bring him on board and start that process now.
One problem is he's likely to see very little, maybe virtually no floor time on the Spurs. Second is even if he see floor timam he'll likely be the 5th offensive option. On a Euro tema he might be 1st, 2nd, 3rd option and develop his game and gain confidence a lot more and and a lot sooner.
I doubt they bring him unless they see a lot of quick progress, they can't find a suitable situation in Europe or they think defensively he could give them critical help against certain matchups, i.e., Nowitzki.
TD's career cannot be frozen. He needs help up front now.
Still think Mahini will need about another two years or so of seasoning. The FIBA game is so much more different than the NBA style but if the Spurs are willing to sit tight for a bit, they may get their pick by 2009.
I don't think the team wants to rush this kid along. Could be disasterous for everyone around.
If the spurs bring him in this year, Im afraid he'll turn out like Darko. I think he needs another two years to develop I mean he's only 19, and he has a whole lot of upside to him.
Tony started at age 19. Turned out bad, didn't it?
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