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You know what puzzles me beyond his injuries...
it's the fact that the French team refuses to have him play enough minutes.
Anyone have an explanation for this?
mofo needs to learn how to stretch!
Perhaps when training camp starts the training staff can find a way to keep him healthy, if not ... oh well.
You know what puzzles me beyond his injuries...
it's the fact that the French team refuses to have him play enough minutes.
Anyone have an explanation for this?
that kid is garbage..can't believe so many of you have him in your depth chart thinking he can play decent minutes
Like Bruno said, he has been injured and he is young. They have other bigs that have been there (Turiaf, Noah, Petro, Diaw...) that have played ok for them. It is hard to break in. Plus, Ian has not played a ton of basketball lately and he is not good enough right now to just come in and take over.
I for one think he will do better in the NBA than he would in Europe.
Your also the bearded Randy Quaid type at the Sports bar that grumbles loudly to everyone who can hear you and you think gives a your GM and coaching opinion.
But go ahead and throw your hands above your head and freak out over the guy pulling a muscle half a world away in September.
That would be you sir. I am answering a question on Ian in this thread while defending him in the French NT thread, not freaking out over him. You don't even know what you are talking about anymore.
Go back and read, then plan your throw away lines accordingly. Otherwise you just look silly.
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If anyone is going to be the next Amar'e, he should consider investing in a pair of goggles.
I'm getting to the point where I'm gonna just start thinking this guy will never play a game as a spur
He is a horrible defensive player. He is soft. He lacks skills.
Ian missed the bulk of last season because the docs misdiagnosed him. Is that his fault?
Of course not.
What happened to him with the sprain/pull/whatever sounds pretty minor. Relax. We'll see how it plays out, there's plenty of time. He's a big with a minuscule effect on the salary cap. His potential is still enormous and the downside is almost nothing. For those who want to cut him: Who are you going to replace him with at his salary? Who?
He's got my support until Pop decides that Ian ain't working out. Be a fan and believe in the guy until there is real cause to dump on him. Sounds to me like he's doing everything the Spurs are asking of him. Was it the same docs that misdiagnosed Ian that misdiagnosed Manu? Who's calling for Manu to be axed for the same reason? Uh yeah, exactly. Let's wait for concrete evidence ... I know it's hard to do when there is basically nothing going on and the smallest news is cause for over analysis, but be patient. All good things are worth waiting for.
You are probably right he is better for NBA than Europe because he lacks skills. But this guy is big and very athletic and yet he plays no defense. I do not see why in the first place Spurs even drafted him.
I just can't imagine if Parker had sneezed...
"Parker is badly ill. It is certainly the swine flu. Damn non civilized Europe...
- Yeah. Trade his ass.
- So what PG do we need? What do you think about d-will?
- Our point guard doesn't give enough assists.
- It's because he plays with TD and Gino.
- No it's not...
- Is there a link, some information about that?
- Parker said he's ok.
- Trade his ass.
- We need Chris Paul.
- I saw him sneezing once. It was scary.
- It's a pig, he got swine flu... trade him.
- Spanoulis has sneezed just in front of Parker in 2007.
- Can you prove it?
- Paul has never sneezed.
- And he makes 12 assists per game.
- Can you prove it?
- I saw him share the bread.
- D-will walks on water.
- And what do you think about Ginobili at pg?
- The glass key can found the glass lock in the paint...."
Mahinmi still nursing hamstring (UPDATE: Or hip contusion)
By Jeff McDonald
The bad luck continues for Ian Mahinmi.
Mahinmi, the star-crossed Spurs center, sat out his second consecutive game at Eurobasket while nursing a strained hamstring. He watched from the sidelines as Spurs teammate Tony Parker, Boris Diaw and Ronny Turiaf engineered a 69-64 victory for France over defending-champion Russia.
With the victory, Les Bleus complete pool play a perfect 3-0.
Mahinmi apparently injured his hamstring during a four-minute stint in Monday's victory over Germany. He did not play in Tuesday's victory over Latvia.
The injury is not considered serious, and Mahinmi is expected to be ready for the start of what should be a critical Spurs training camp for him at the end of the month.
Parker had 17 points and three assists, but Diaw and Turiaf did most of the scoring at the end of the victory. Diaw had 19 points, seven rebounds and seven assists, while Turiaf had 18 points and 14 rebounds.
France next plays in the qualifying round on Friday, most likely against Macedonia, which is 1-2 so far in the tournament.
UPDATE: The Spurs are calling Mahinmi's injury a left hip contusion. He has been cleared to resume playing for France, and is considered day-to-day for Eurobasket.
Nobody with any basketball knowledge would compare him to Amare Stoudemire, and nobody would put him in the starting lineup without admitting to serious bias..
I think you'r reaching b..
I hit that point years ago.
I think the point of many SPURSTALKS POSTERS is; when is it time to say "Enough is enough and cut your losses". This is a business right, and if you dont produce or preform then you get let go... Right.... Spurs are paying money to this guy even if its chump change compared to the other players salary.. I would say this young man has gotten many chances to produce but something always comes up. Granted he is still young but what has he shown that proves he should be keep on the roster and being paid.... I can assume that there are others out there that would love to prove they have what it takes & can contribute in more ways than Ian Mahani has.... I'm Not jumping off the wagon on this young man but from a business stand point you have to know when its time too cut your losses.
The Spurs should "cut their losses"????
He's been okay'd to keep playing by the Spurs. Training camp hasn't even started. Why would you cut someone when he is physically okay to play and training camp hasn't started? Who are you planning to replace him with at that salary?
I know we are all anxious for training camp to start and real news to start arriving, but come on, now we are calling on players to be cut so as to "cut our losses" when they are physically okay to play and we are still over a month away from the start of training camp? Really???????
Its not about when season starts preseason or if its the summer league. Fact of the matter is that he again is sidelined with another injury. He is injury prone, as much as i hate to say it let alone see it happen again, i'm willing to go on a limb and say he will miss time at the begining of the season for it, then the cycle of him being shipped back to the DLeague only to get injured again..... miss the remainder of the regular season to nurse is body. "The man is not soft, just injury prone" Happens all the time in this league but other teams just there losses.....
I completely agree with bluebellmaniac.
Ian has only missed two French NTgames (two games in two days) and is considered day to day. It's a minor injury
WTF is going on here ?
If he hasn't played with with French NT and had the same very minor injury in SA, no one would have ever heard of it.
Let's wait for training camp and for the season to begin and we'll see what Ian has to offer. Before this, all of this "Enough is enough" is based on nothing but pure nonsense.
Hmmmm. Patience is all I can practice here.
Ian and Manu were both misdiagnosed by the team doctor(s). Had they been properly diagnosed and treated they would (probably) have both been in playing health last season in time for the playoffs. No one here is asking for the doctor(s) head, but yet the players are to blame?
Sorry, but I just don't understand the logic being shown here. Manu and Ian were misdiagnosed. Again: Misdiagnosed and thus did not receive the treatment that would have brought them back to full health. How does that make either of them injury prone, made of glass, or worth "cutting our losses" over?
Training camp is a month away. There will be plenty of things we will see then to criticize everyone over. But please wait until we have actual concrete evidence of a shortcoming.
He's day to day, so he should be.
Here you go Phila_Chamberlain. From yesterday.
Mahinmi still nursing hamstring (UPDATE: Or hip contusion)
By Jeff McDonald
The bad luck continues for Ian Mahinmi.
Mahinmi, the star-crossed Spurs center, sat out his second consecutive game at Eurobasket while nursing a strained hamstring. He watched from the sidelines as Spurs teammate Tony Parker, Boris Diaw and Ronny Turiaf engineered a 69-64 victory for France over defending-champion Russia.
With the victory, Les Bleus complete pool play a perfect 3-0.
Mahinmi apparently injured his hamstring during a four-minute stint in Monday's victory over Germany. He did not play in Tuesday's victory over Latvia.
The injury is not considered serious, and Mahinmi is expected to be ready for the start of what should be a critical Spurs training camp for him at the end of the month.
Parker had 17 points and three assists, but Diaw and Turiaf did most of the scoring at the end of the victory. Diaw had 19 points, seven rebounds and seven assists, while Turiaf had 18 points and 14 rebounds.
France next plays in the qualifying round on Friday, most likely against Macedonia, which is 1-2 so far in the tournament.
UPDATE: The Spurs are calling Mahinmi's injury a left hip contusion. He has been cleared to resume playing for France, and is considered day-to-day for Eurobasket.
lol Mahinmi.
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