Ian Mahinimi good enough to get PT in the playoffs with DAL, but not with SA

[TJastal]

Where would Mahimni have gotten playing time if he was still with the Spurs? With two similar, young bigs, in Blair and Splitter to develop, along with Dyess and Bonner, where does Mahimni fit in?

That's the issue isn't it? Would it have been better to keep a guy like Ianny around, cheap & 7 feet tall, or 6'9 shooting guard Matt Bonner and his one dimensional game that dissappears every spring for 5X the price?

If Pop had done as we all had hoped (and let Bonner walk) there would have been room for Ianny in the rotation, in basically the same role and minutes as he's getting in Dallas now.

[Blake]

lol the overrating continues

it's just as funny today as yesterday

I can only imagine the potential thread les had Brian Cardinal ever been a Spur.

[jjktkk]

That's the issue isn't it? Would it have been better to keep a guy like Ianny around, cheap & 7 feet tall, or 6'9 shooting guard Matt Bonner and his one dimensional game that dissappears every spring for 5X the price?

If Pop had done as we all had hoped (and let Bonner walk) there would have been room for Ianny in the rotation, in basically the same role and minutes as he's getting in Dallas now.

Even if Bonner did walk, Mahimni would still be behind Blair or Dyess and Splitter. Imo both parties thought the best option was to go to a new team.

[ChumpDumper]

It must be just killing you reading all this praising of Ianny

Quite the opposite. Watching you worship him is pretty entertaining.

[ChumpDumper]

That's the issue isn't it? Would it have been better to keep a guy like Ianny around, cheap & 7 feet tall, or 6'9 shooting guard Matt Bonner and his one dimensional game that dissappears every spring for 5X the price?

If Pop had done as we all had hoped (and let Bonner walk) there would have been room for Ianny in the rotation, in basically the same role and minutes as he's getting in Dallas now.

He wasn't in the rotation in Dallas. He played when better players were injured.

[jag]

Eat Mahinimi spurstalk haters! at anybody who said Mahinimi<<<<Bonner Ian Mahinimi 2011 NBA champ!

Ian sure showed me a thing or two.

[Basketball Power]

Where would Mahimni have gotten playing time if he was still with the Spurs? With two similar, young bigs, in Blair and Splitter to develop, along with Dyess and Bonner, where does Mahimni fit in?

Blair is 6ft 7inches and was our starting C almost every game this season, repeat that yourself 10000000x

[ChumpDumper]

Blair is 6ft 7inches and was our starting C almost every game this season, repeat that yourself 10000000x

Are you saying that Ian is a better basketball player than Blair?

[jag]

Ian was a body out there, and hardly anything more. I used to get pissed seeing Ian ride the bench but after seeing him get meaningful minutes, I realized why he wasn't working out in SA.

[jjktkk]

Mahimni has the chance to be the best bench player of all time.

[Basketball Power]

Are you saying that Ian is a better basketball player than Blair?

is he a better player then Blair? No, but what did Blair/McDyse, the midget centers, do for us? Get us knocked out by the 8th seed

[ChumpDumper]

No

Thanks.

[mavsfan1000]

Still that was freakin' clutch shot at the end of the third quarter. He did struggle as expected but did enough to not be a total liability.

[eric365]

Doesn't seem to change his status. He hasn't been selected by the French NT :
Big men : Boris Diaw (Charlotte/NBA,122), Joakim Noah (Chicago/NBA, 3), Florent Pietrus (Valence/ESP, 120), *Kévin Séraphin (Washington/NBA), Ali Traoré (Rome/ITA, 30), Ronny Turiaf (New York/NBA, 83)

Parker and De Colo are in the NT

[ChumpDumper]

Obviously those other national team members had bigger contracts.

[eric365]

I would be surprised if Ali Traoré or Florent Pietrus have bigger contracts

And Ian was in the team last year.

[Blake]

Doesn't seem to change his status. He hasn't been selected by the French NT :
Big men : Boris Diaw (Charlotte/NBA,122), Joakim Noah (Chicago/NBA, 3), Florent Pietrus (Valence/ESP, 120), *Kévin Séraphin (Washington/NBA), Ali Traoré (Rome/ITA, 30), Ronny Turiaf (New York/NBA, 83)

Parker and De Colo are in the NT

so he's good enough to get PT in the playoffs with DAL, but not with FRA.....

Fire Collet. He's a ing moron for keeping Seraphin instead of Mahinmi.

[Bruno]

Séraphin won't be with french NT. He is just a practice guy.

The 12 players FNT roster is: Parker, Mickael Pietrus, Batum, Diaw, Noah, Diot, De Colo, Gelabale, Florent Pietrus, Turiaf, Bokolo and Traoré.

It should be a fun summer to follow.

[Gagnrath]

You're the only one who get the point.
And the fans always let the red rocket take all the responsibilities. But tbh the main reason for our window closed is that we don't have a franchise guy now. Just like Lakers fans making Gasol the excuse they lose to the Mavs, we Spurs fans make Bonner the excuse.

Thing of it is the Spurs haven't really passed on any chances to get a franchise guy. Parker while a borderline all-star as a speed and drive shoot first point guard, can't carry a team (Yeah AI kinda did it but not successfully and it really isn't a likelihood to change.) Manu, is a consummate nba second star, but is rather old and fragile to be asked to carry a team and Duncan is old. It goes back to the whole continued success in the NBA requires two or three things a boom and bust cycle for draft picks, an owner or market that can afford to top the cap for free agents, or being in the league office pocket to be able to get trades through that give you draft picks, and star players at pennies on the dollar. A large market helps with this as well. Spurs have none of the above.

[lotr1trekkie]

I recently found out that someone named Stacy King has a ring or two with the Bulls. WHO???? I don't know the name of the waterboy either! Maybe he could sell his ring to that innoucent guy at OS?

[cantthinkofanything]

I recently found out that someone named Stacy King has a ring or two with the Bulls. WHO???? I don't know the name of the waterboy either! Maybe he could sell his ring to that innoucent guy at OS?

. Am I old because I know who that is and remember where he played college ball?

[Basketball Power]

Thanks.

your stupidity and ignorance is astounding, keep it up


Blair may be a better player then Ian, but at center Ian>>>>6ft 7inch midget center

[Blake]

Blair is 6ft 7inches and was our starting C almost every game this season, repeat that yourself 10000000x

how many games do you think the Spurs would have won had Mahinmi started at center instead of Blair?

[ChumpDumper]

your stupidity and ignorance is astounding, keep it up


Blair may be a better player then Ian, but at center Ian>>>>6ft 7inch midget center

lol you're a little too concerned with position labels that don't really mean anything in practice.

And you're angry.

[ChumpDumper]

how many games do you think the spurs would have won had mahinmi started at center instead of blair?

10000000