Who is this Ian Mahinmi and why is Cuban trying to sign him?

[Amarelooms]

http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/07...n-on-deal.html

What is Cuban doing....offering the fully MLE to Haslem and now this guy???

[timvp]

Mahinmi to Dallas for the LLE?

Well, at least the Spurs share their bigman prospects within the Texas borders

[Amarelooms]

He's french...so Roddy has a friend now to talk to lol

[timvp]

I think Ian will sign with Mavs.

Nice call.

[xellos88330]

I hate to see him in a Mavs jersey. I prefer to see him in the east coast.

[DesignatedT]

He sucks don't worry.

[silverblk mystix]

...if Ian turns out to be good---with proper playing time...

you might witness an epic spurstalk meltdown.

[024]

if mahinmi develops into even a solid rotation player, there is going to be a meltdown on spurstalk.

[timvp]

Damn, this could get ugly. If Mahinmi pans out on the Mavs, Spurs fans will forgive the Scola trade long before this.

[DesignatedT]

...if Ian turns out to be good---with proper playing time...

you might witness an epic spurstalk meltdown.

if mahinmi develops into even a solid rotation player, there is going to be a meltdown on spurstalk.

[Whisky Dog]

I have a bad feeling he'll torch us.

[ElNono]

If he pans out... lol Bonner 4/16m

[Cane]

With Jason Kidd, all you need is some athleticism and you can get easy dunks

[Whisky Dog]

Casualty of the Matt Bonner stretch 4 voodoo curse.

[ducks]

6 fouls will give him 6 minutes

[timvp]

...if Ian turns out to be good---with proper playing time...

you might witness an epic spurstalk meltdown.

if mahinmi develops into even a solid rotation player, there is going to be a meltdown on spurstalk.

Damn, this could get ugly. If Mahinmi pans out on the Mavs, Spurs fans will forgive the Scola trade long before this.

Yeah, this is the ultimate perfect storm for a meltdown of historic proportions. Bonner gets a raise and four years while Mahinmi leaves for a quarter of the price ... to Dallas.

[ChumpDumper]

Good luck to him.

[ducks]

guess when he gets injures again

[EricB]

So when he gets a hang nail in the layup line and misses lots of games what then?

[silverblk mystix]

...my only serious question---if Ian succeeds or exceeds expectations is this;

Will POP be called out once and for all?

will pop be pressured by anyone if he continues to put his faith in players like finley,bogans,bonner,vaughn,etc....????

[ChumpDumper]

True. Pop has never been called out.

Not on this board.

[DAF86]

I would rather have Ian for the LLE than Bonner for 16 mil.

[Whisky Dog]

I still can't believe that Bonner deal. What has he done to show that he isn't a scared little boy in the playoffs? Ian may never be anything, but Bonner has shown he isn't ever going to be anything yet he plays and gets paid. Such a travesty.

[silverblk mystix]

True. Pop has never been called out.

Not on this board.

I did not mean ---on this board...

I was referring to anyone in the organization---like the owner...

or at the very least by the media---at least someone to be able to stand up to pop and scrutinize his moves---someone with balls to ask him tough questions

[DesignatedT]

Duncan.Splitter.Dice.Blair and Ian all have to much in common. Ian provides nothing better at any 1 thing than those guys already posses. Bonner actually provides something different by being able to stretch the D and shoot the 3 which gave him the edge. I wasn't for the Bonner signing and definitely don't want to give the er 16 million $ but its obvious why he was kept over Ian. IMO I would have rather both of them left.