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Being objective, because he's thousands miles away from the nba level.
If the Butler move was supposed to help make room for Mahinmi, why isn't he under contract? Add to that the purchasing of the Toros, which you would think was made for guys like Mahinmi, so why isn't he signed?
It's not like there's a lot of negotiating going on with the 1st round scale in place. The salary cap is set, no mysteries there?
Is there still a fair chance that Mahinmi isn't signed by the Spurs for this next season?
Being objective, because he's thousands miles away from the nba level.
1) He's not good enough.
2) There are other headaches to put down first.
3) It's the weekend.
Spurs are trying to sign him for 80% of the rookie scale salary.
The Spurs just spent 20 million on a d-league team for the of it...
They have no intention of using it develop their own players.
You really think they bought it for $20M?
The Spurs are going to sign Mahinmi but first they need to bring down #50 from the rafters to give to him.
You really think they bought it for $20M?
The Spurs are going to sign Mahinmi but first they need to bring down #50 from the rafters to give to him.
I wouldn't go that far.
Yeah, more like $5-6M tops.
guys from what I here the spurs believe they have a bust on their hands
mahinmi is not ready for the NBA
Well, I'm convinced.
ready or not, bust or not . . . I just think it interesting that he's not signed.
Would Mahinmi's agent be satisfied if Mahinmi left the USA for the french national team workouts (regardless if Mahinmi can play or not) without having a contract signed?
Mahinmi and his agent should know if Spurs will sign Mahinmi this summer and it's the more important. The official signing (if there is one) can wait a little.
Don't forget too that the Butler trade has been anounced Thursday and was official Friday. Saturday and Sunday aren't working days. I wouldn't be surprised that Mahinmi sign tomorrow with Spurs.
Mahinmi won't play with the french NT this summer. His roster spot has still be given to someone else.
I know he won't play because of the injury, I was just thinking he'd be there in a suit just like he was at the summer league.
No, he won't.
What else did you see about his game while scouting?
It's called a roster slot....
Once they sign him, they are commited to it.
Those are in scarce supply these days...or didn't you notice they just gave a HOF'er to Houston to clear one...
Mahimni is too injuried . He's with the spurs in the summer league but he doesn't play ;
I think the spurs will sign him when the summerleague finish or the spurs want an other workout by mahimni.
It's not defiinite that the Spurs will sign him. Even though they can send him to Austin- do they "waste" one year of his CHEAP rookie contract on that?
I'm pretty sure he can play in Austin without being under contract to the Spurs. Ditto Sanikidze and all their other draftees.
D-Leaguers don't have to be signed to an NBA contract.
On another board some guy said he ran into Mahinmi at a bar in SA and Mahinmi told him the Spurs were signing him this year fwiw.
I couldn't find anything about it at the salary cap faq one way or another.
Has there been an example of it before?
I would think the players union would raise over a backdoor cir vention of union salaries and benefits for drafted players who haven't been renounced, while the league would view it as cir venting the salary cap.
I hope Spurs sign Mahinmi
I think he won't get much better playing another year in Europe.Put him to work with the Spurs staff and let's hope he can contribute in 09
I don't want to see with him the same what happened with Tiago, who didn't improve his game a lot in his 5 years with Tau
I don't like how the Europe teams deal with young prospects
I'm not sure about that - particularly for first rounders. Someone should email Larry Coon and ask.
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