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Well, I imagine this would be the time to work with Ian regardless of their intentions eo sign him. Now if he gets a US agent....
But how would he compare with some of the high school kids who've made the jump in past years directly to the NBA. Not all of them were good enough to make an instant contribution either.
We can all name some who didn't pan out for one reason or another or who took several years to develop fully.
Well, I imagine this would be the time to work with Ian regardless of their intentions eo sign him. Now if he gets a US agent....
It's not like Ian has 3 months of vacation.
Ian will play with the french second team in two weeks (June 12th).
My guess is that they want to evaluate him before the start of the offseason.
Before : Mahinmi will stay at least one year in europe for sure.
Now : We will see if he is good enough to play with us in 06-07.
that is intersting 2 weeks is not a long time
wonder if they thinking of him or scola
scola would get you more if you trade him
But why sign someone to sit on the bench? If he isn't ready for minutes, he should be in France or in Austin, not wasting away on the bench.
On the other hand, if they think he's ready to play some minutes, that's great!
Anything to help my mind forget the Dallas fiasco...
We could realistically bring in all three of Scola, Javtokas and Ian. Just carry a full roster.
I think he still has an US agent : Bouna NDiaye who is based at Dallas.
if he deseves 10 minutes a night on the court fine
I do not want him to watch 48 minutes a night for 82 games
he needs to play somewhere next year
Spurs don't need a polished player. They need a big, athletic, energetic guy that can gaurd some tough matchups and get a few rebounds. A couple of putbacks would be gravy. Varejao would have been perfect. Can Mahinmi come close to that?
three new bigs along with Duncan, Rasho, Oberto, and Horry seems excessive.
Or are you figuring we unload someone?
horry is not needed tell after allstar break
that would be 5 bigs
We can work on moving Rasho, but Ian will be in Austin most of the time.
the 3 new bigs would not combine not cost as much as rasho
it is not like the spurs have that much tied up into them
it just means getting a long three or backup point would be harder unless they can trade barry for that long three
Spurs will not go into the season counting on three bigs who have never played in the NBA and Horry and Oberto. Guaransheed.
Ok then, Rasho stays. No problem.
I know you cant simulate gameplay in practice, but as has been mentioned earlier why not have Mahinmi in practice againstg Duncan and learning from him? If they Ian can be the future well down the road let Duncan groom him now.
Plus couldnt he play in the NBDL?
The Spurs would ask Mahinmi to come workout with them even if they didn't have intentions of bringing him over until 2010.
Although it's nice to see that he has good work ethic. Hopefully he can just continue to get better and better.
Why would the Spurs play Mahinmi in the D league? It's wasting one cheap year of rookie contract. Maybe if they were going to bring him up mid- year, but otherwise it seems he either plays with the Spurs, them preferring to bring him later, more polished but realizing that he's their best answer to having an athletic big in small ball, or they send him back to France to grow and still have that added year of rookie contract.
Either sign him for this season and let him grow into his role behind Duncan or keep him in France for however long.
I'd rather have him in the pro leagues overseas than over here not playing for the Spurs.
You answered your own question. If they think he is hot after this two weeks, go ahead and start the clock on his rookie deal -- then rotate him between here and Austin as needed or wanted. If not, leave him in France.
seems to me he has better work ethic then beno!
would cheap ass holt though pay him to come over for just 2 weeks?
Disagree. It makes no sense to bring Mahinmi for two weeks from europe (7 hours time lag) while he will play with Spurs summer league in July if they have no intention to bring him next year.
I see that more like a workout than a training.
They probably just want a progress report to make sure he hasn't turned into David Robinson or something.
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