Ian Mahinmi or Tiago Splitter

[lotr1trekkie]

My goodness! 4 rings and the sages still think they are wiser than the FO. They also make mistakes because you can't see into a players heart. James White!!!!!!!!!! Butler!!!!!!!!Scola!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Beno!
The facts are you can't teach the athleticism that Ian has. You develop it. That's why he's with us---to develop in the NBA style. By 22 maybe a 7', 240 lb beast? David's offensive skills came later in his career also. Tiago is obviously talented and almost 7'. He's knows how to play team ball. Spur's ball!
Both will be on the roster in 2008-20009 at one third the price of a Jermaine O'Neill or Richard Jefferson etc. The FO gets it wrong half of the time but it beats the rest of the leagues 20% average. Imagine if the Celtics crashing with 3 guys making 55 mill!

[MrChug]

If I had to choose between and puke...

[Rustyman]

Ian is there to become the athletic defensive presence defending guy from Amare to Dirk while being the tough presence to deal with guys simply looking to hack at TD and Tony.

Splitter is there to become a TD clone, able to take TD's role when he is resting without disturbing team makeup and balance.

Now this is what I think the FO is hoping, if one of two comes good, they are way ahead of the game.