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Have you seen enough if Mahinmi to say he has bad technique?
One who watches Manu could also say he has bad technique.
BgT have you seen him play?
Have you seen enough if Mahinmi to say he has bad technique?
One who watches Manu could also say he has bad technique.
huh?
unorthodox <> bad technique
That may be true for second rounders, but Ian can come over ANY time and get his 3 year guaranteed contract, as a first round pick. Do you think the Spurs would take a total flyer on a player who had a .05 chance of playing, knowing the cap ramifications? They never have before, dumping first round picks in any year they see no prospects. As for the difference between Rasho and Javtokas or Mahinmi, it all comes down to this: both of them can jump over a phone book. When your centers were Rasho and Nazr, the standard just isn't that high, and the price will be right.
Javtokas is just going to be a banger and defender. His improvement will be his hands and his ability to dunk drop off passes and o-rebounds. Mahinmi could be something special, though. The last time SA drafted someone that young, that raw, and that French with their first rounder...well, he's an All Star now. He's the anti-euro: loaded with major hops and athleticism. The French leagues are rapidly becoming a direct pipeline to the NBA, with Parker, Diaw, Mikael Pietrus in GS, Johan Petro in Seattle and Mahinmi all being drafted in the first round in the past few years, and all who have come to the league having some degree of success.
People said Petro wasn't that good, and to me, near the end of the year, he started showing off how good he will be.
If Sam Presti said draft Mahinmi? I trust him.
Hes never been wrong yet.
As far as i'm concerned, Spurs fans have a right to be excited about our prospects given our teams history in the draft.
Nice to see T Park showing Beno some love.
Presti picked out Beno?
Fire him.
No seriously.
If Beno would get back to his original weight, and grow a pair in the offseason, he would be my favorite to take back the back up point duties next year.
If I'm Mahinmi hater, you are Spurs minus Duncan hater.seems we have found our first Mahinmi hater.
I'm just being realistic.
Javtokas... well, ok, he could be useful, yes.
Mahinmi? The white 6-0 SF from France? Of course!!
He's black, 6'10" and a PF/C.
But he IS from France, right? I didn't know there are black people in Asia.
Actually it would be pretty sweet! "I sense that you're about to go right, then dish to the cutter...." We should so try that!
But he IS from France, right? I didn't know there are black people in Asia.
troll alert....
We have enough Immigration Sponsorships already. this , we need some American Athletic Ballers.
Foreigners are notorious for being pussies in the paint and when it comes to dealing with injuries.
Time to move on.
Like who?
Yeah that Tony Parker dealt with his injuries like a total wuss......Foreigners are notorious for being pussies in the paint and when it comes to dealing with injuries.
But he IS from France, right? I didn't know there are black people in Asia.
I could care less what his color is or where he is from as long as he can ball and prove bgt wrong!
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/b....40f82157.html
Spurs draft pick Javtokas likely to leave old team
Web Posted: 06/01/2006 12:00 AM CDT
Mike Monroe
Express-News Staff Writer
The Lithuanian team for which 2001 Spurs second-round draft pick Robertas Javtokas has played for the past five seasons is so convinced Javtokas will be in the Spurs’ training camp this fall it has signed a player to replace him.
A report on Eurobasket.com indicated that recent player signings by the Lithuanian professional league team Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius, for which Javtokas, a 6-foot-11, 240-pound center, has played since 2001, were motivated in part by the belief Javtokas will not return to the club so he can pursue a spot on the Spurs roster. The report cited Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius general manager J. Vainauskas saying his club “doesn’t have much hope on keeping R. Javtokas . . .“
Because Javtokas’ contract with his Lithuanian team has expired, the Spurs would not have to pay a buy-out fee to Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius before signing him.
Javtokas, a member of the Lithuanian national team since 2000, suffered serious injuries in a motorcycle accident on May 1, 2002, and did not play basketball for more than a year. Since returning to the court, he has been a consistent physical force for Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius and the Lithuanian national team. Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius won the 2005 Lithuanian League le and moved up to Euroleague compe ion in 2006.
With center Nazr Mohammed an unrestricted free agent this summer, the Spurs must make some decisions about the big men they will bring to training camp in October. French teen-ager Ian Mahinmi, the 6-foot-10 center-forward they selected with the 28th pick in the first round of the 2005 draft, is expected to join their summer league team in Utah in July.
But he IS from France, right? I didn't know there are black people in Asia
And Japan is in Europe!!!
Mahinmi? The white 6-0 SF from France? Of course!!Apparently sarcasm is a lost art, BgT. Next time, try this:But he IS from France, right? I didn't know there are black people in Asia.
And we have a WINNER!!!!Apparently sarcasm is a lost art, BgT. Next time, try this:
sumone just got pwned
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