Seeriously, guys, what are the chances of Ian suiting up with the Spurs next year?
Are we going to see him again with the Toros for development purposes or could he contribute something as the young big off the bench with Splitter?
I'd like to see what they could bring in a game together, playing C and PF. The future is next year.
Both the Spurs and Ian have confirmed he will be with the Spurs next season, not the Toros. As a contributor to the team, we don't know about that yet. He will be on the active roster, but right now the question is as an 11th/12th man or as a rotation player.
Think Amir Johnson for the Pistons.
Ian's PER was higher than Landry's. I was thinking dayum early in the season. That's why I was like, c'mon Pop give the guy some minutes.
It will be interesting to see what Spurs will decide to do with Mahinmi this summer : staying in the US to play summer leagues and work on his game or letting him play with French NT and gain more playing experience.
IF Mahinmi can make it into the rotation next year, even 8 -10 minutes statying with the Spurs is good. But if Mahinmi is going to be 11th, 12th man on the Spurs next year it would be better for his development to spend more time with the Toros but he may not be willing. Hopefully he sees the long term.
Where did you see this confirmed?
I actually this that Ian has a higher ceiling but Amir Johnson was much more polished--he has played basketball from an early age and didn't struggle with positioning as much while in the D-League. David Thorpe recently said that he sees Johnson as a solid career 7th or 8th man. Mahinmi *could* be more than that.
That PER lives in a state of limbo from an early Milwaukee game where he played garbage minutes. It means nothing.
I thought the French NT go eliminated from everything for this upcoming summer. What tourney will they play it?
I think summer league would be a good test for Mahinmi. If he dominates that, he'll be well on his way to a spot on the team. If he struggles with his play and/or foul trouble, it could mean that he needs another year in D-League
They will play in September, between the 3rd and the 20th, a qualifying tournament for the 2009 Eurobasket.
Even if nothing is official for the moment, French NT should start to practice on July 15th or 16th. Given that the Vegas summer league start on July 12th this year, Mahinmi won't be able to play for French NT and to play in summer league this year.
Ian had an awful start today getting three fouls in a little over six minutes IIRC. He had a much better second half and finished with 12 points on 4-5 shooting (including 10 and 12-foot jumpers) and 8 boards in under 27 minutes.
Justin Bowen was unconscious, getting 32 points 13-18 shooting. He hit from everywhere inside the three point line.
Andre Barrett had 14 points and 10 assists. 5 TOs -- some of them were uncharacteristically sloppy.
Yemi Nicholson had some quality minutes when Ian was out. Not a fatty at all as I originally thought. Took too many shots.
Josh Gross had a ridiculous highlight putback slam in crunch time. 13 points, 9 boards and 2 blocks off the bench.
Justin Reed took 29 shots to get his 24 points. Nice to see that happening on the opposing team.
http://www.nba.com/dleague/games/200.../boxscore.html
Gross dunk was just great.
Toros are getting closer to have a playoff first round bye with this win.
I've liked Patrick O'Bryant. Spurs likely won't have a roster spot for him next year but he is an interesting young player.
O'Bryant is a late bloomer -- he'll have a nice NBA career once he gets it.
Don Nelson is very hit and miss when it comes to the development of big men. POB needs a fresh start elsewhere.
What kind of fouls is Mahinmi making? Dumb reaching? Positioning? Or like his first go around in SL, trouble keeping guys from posting him up or getting post position?
we'll see. with the exception of the final month of his JR year, he has never really been extremely effective at any level.
Ian's horrible fouling is a huge weakness.
It's been a problem too long. He's got the athleticism to control himself better, unlike Fabricio. He must be dumb.
Last edited by boutons_; 03-30-2008 at 09:54 PM.
Doubt it.
Great draft year this turned out to be, wasn't it?
Eh, I'm not ready to write him off after 40 games. I like the fact that he made the necessary adjustments and finished strong this game as he has before when he got into quick foul trouble in the first half.
I'm not writing him off, but he's nearly useless fouling at that rate. I'd say it's his biggest problem.
His in-game adjustments signal an improvement over the early season to me. I think he still might do some stints in Austin next season, but I'm pretty pleased with his progress. He does need to work on avoiding the early fouls, still has work to do on his rebound positioning and should take a few more jumpers per game.
I have to agree with boutons_. He's been foul prone all his career.
No .
If Mahinmi sticks with the Spurs next year, he'll probably play like 8-10 minutes per game. In that amount of playing time, fouling doesn't matter too much.
Besides, the NBA is the most physical league in existence. A lot of players who have struggled with fouls all over the world come to the NBA and that problem disappears. A lot of bigman fouls in D-League are just part of the every play contact in the NBA.
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