Comments on: Suns Rise

By: Big V

Big V — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:59:50 +0000

If Mayweather comes out to fight Manny, I got him winning via decision or late-round TKO.

His defense is too tight, and Manny basically has none.

By: gertie

gertie — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:27:36 +0000

Jason Kidd, Jason Terry and J.J. Barea (the new “Three J’s”?)
isn’t that Four J’s?

By: Lady Luck

Lady Luck — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 06:20:13 +0000

Oh and Jordan Farmar played in the D-league and he impacts the second unit of the Lakers.

By: Lady Luck

Lady Luck — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 06:18:19 +0000

How does the emergence of Paul Milsap impact the pending free agency of Carlos Boozer?

Do the Jazz need to trade Kirilenko or should they just stick with their team? Remember the Kirilenko-Marion trade rumors from a season ago, would the Jazz still consider that? Or Boozer for Marion?

By: BUDZ

BUDZ — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:56:04 +0000

cheers to PACMAN, the best P4P boxer in the world!

even the NBA champs took notice.

mabuhay!

By: Austin Burton

Austin Burton — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:04:39 +0000

Don’t sleep on Kelenna Azubuike as a solid D-League alum.

By: baron von faulk

baron von faulk — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:49:38 +0000

They had Mahinmi in the dL because he was rotting on the bench in France playing like 6 mins/gm. This way he could learn the Spurs’ system here in Austin and they could more closely monitor his development.

He could very likely end up being the best player to ever have played dL ball (moreso than the Matt Carroll suggestion or Devin Brown i.e.). Still very raw, though…

His #’s last year were reeediculous and he led the Toros to the Finals which is great experience, if he can do even close to half that in the real L he will make the impact necessary to (possibly) put Spurs over the top. If he didn’t get injured in preseason he would already be contributing.

He’ll do better defensively than Oberto or Kurt Thomas could anyway. He’ll grab quite a few boards, get a couple of blocks, and even posterize a few bigs with his athletic ability.

He is the ace up Pop’s sleeve for the 2nd half of the season, just watch. The Spurs are gonna be sneakin’ up on folks, just BAU!

By: rangerjohn

rangerjohn — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:27:27 +0000

bruce, you are missing the point, we are not talking bringing in mahinmi as an impact player, just someone who can give some athleticism, and some youth. ian was not out of the d league, he was sent down due to roster spots more then anything. granted his 1st season he needed to get some time in, but damn the kid was only 18 or 19 at that time. he just turned 22, most college kids come into the league around 22-23 yrs old.

By: Big Freeze

Big Freeze — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:11:42 +0000

LMAO @ Shaq got an offensive board over four guys (Korver, Harpring, Memo and Kirilenko; it looked like a Duke game had broken out)

By: BRUCE

BRUCE — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:11:03 +0000

Ian Mahinmi – You are bringing in a D-Leaguer. Name one D-Leaguer that made an impact. Matt Carroll. Anyone else?