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Ian Mahinmi to return this season, for Austin Toros

The Big Yawn, Ian Mahinmi, is going to return this season for the Toros, coming back from what was earlier believed to be season-ending surgery.

Mahinmi, named to the First Team All D-League team last season after spending nearly the entire season with Austin instead of San Antonio, was expected to be out 6-10 weeks as of January 31.  Mahinmi had to have surgery to remove a small piece of avulsed bone in his right ankle.  I have no idea what that means, but it sounds like it was way worse than the injury that took Sun Yue out for the season.  Either Ian Mahinmi is defying the french stereotype, or Sun Yue isn't the national hero I thought he was.  Sun Yue.

Actually, as recent as March 15th, Greg Popovich assumed he was out for the season, but he's apparently healed well enough to make Austin the most (on paper) talented team in the league.  They could start this lineup right now: DeMarcus Nelson, Marcus Williams, Malik Hairston, Mahinmi and Dwayne Jones.  That's scary

This doesn't bode well for the rest of the D-League.  Last season, Mahinmi averaged 17 points and eight boards, shooting 62% from the field.  Adding that kind of production, if they can mesh, will make the seven other postseason teams seasons more disappointing than that time when I woke up and thought I saw Sun Yue on my caller ID - before putting my glasses on and seeing it was Sun Yoon-Bang. Lame.

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Is it bad

that everytime I see his name I automatically think of Idi Amin?

by Aisander D on Apr 2, 2009 9:16 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

LoDo

The rest of the league is hoping this was one last hour attempt at an April Fool’s joke. Assuming that’s not the case, Austin will be the favorite in the playoffs.

by LoDo on Apr 2, 2009 12:20 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Haha

I am too actually. Sources tell me otherwise. Unless they were going with the April Fool’s joke on me…

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by Scott Schroeder on Apr 2, 2009 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

FWIW, Mahinmi is now listed on the Toros roster, so I’m thinking this is no joke.

by TorosGirl on Apr 2, 2009 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nice Catch

My random sources haven’t let me down yet!

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by Scott Schroeder on Apr 2, 2009 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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