Some Cat Named Ian Mahinmi Thinks Kobe is More Arrogant Than LeBron
The only thing NBA fans know about Ian Mahinmi is that he was posterized by LeBron James during the NBA Finals.
So I’m not sure why anyone would care about Mahinmi’s thoughts on Kobe vs. LeBron, but here’s what the Spurs’ 2005 1st round draft pick from France had to say:
“Kobe is super arrogant but everybody loves him. To me, Kobe is more arrogant (than LeBron James).”
Thanks, Ian. Next week, we’ll get our NBA fix when a newspaper in Zaire asks former Maverick/Laker D. J. Mbenga: So, who was the better scorer, Kobe or Dirk? [via Hoops Hype]
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July 6th, 2011 at 2:13 PM
referring to guys as “cats” is pretty cool.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:14 PM
So why post this? Didn’t he make a shot at the end of the 3rd in one of the Finals games? I’d never heard of him before that.
What’s the word on the new writer?
July 6th, 2011 at 2:15 PM
The only thing NBA fans know about Ian Mahinmi is that he was posterized by LeBron James during the NBA Finals.
That’s one thing. The other thing is he just won a ring.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:16 PM
At least Mahinmi has won shit.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:16 PM
He’s trying to start another Kobe/LeBron debate.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:18 PM
The only thing NBA fans know about Ian Mahinmi is that he was posterized by LeBron James during the NBA Finals.
I also know that the Mavs like him long term but he’s still considered a project and that he wouldn’t have been playing so much in the Finals except for injuries to other players
July 6th, 2011 at 2:18 PM
I’d prefer to know what Ian Mahinmi thinks about the Kobe/LeBron thing than some “blogger.”
July 6th, 2011 at 2:18 PM
I mean, they are both among the NBAs top 5 assholes right?
/The other 3 in whatever order: KG, Zach Randolph and Carlos Boozer
July 6th, 2011 at 2:18 PM
He’s trying to start another Kobe/LeBron debate.
Pageviews!!!
July 6th, 2011 at 2:20 PM
Gotcha. I didn’t read much Ballin this year because of that. Maybe I’ll go get lunch to miss this.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:20 PM
He’s trying to start another Kobe/LeBron debate.
So I should set up a lawn chair in this post and wait for the insults to fly?
July 6th, 2011 at 2:21 PM
I confess to thinking this post was going to have an actual cat when I first saw it in the recent posts column. I was distracted because I’m having a hard time convincing myself that Stan Bowman is from this planet. He looks like a bullfrog.
I would greatly enjoy if someone took Mr. Mahinmi and placed him in an LOLCats photo for my enjoyment though.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:22 PM
Interesting name for a cat. My kittens are named Benny and Sophie.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:22 PM
I doubt it will get started up again. Even at the end of the NBA season it became a tired argument. Unless cursed gets in here and starts lobbing grenades.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:23 PM
Needed a quick post to buy time to work on his new AdiZero BigLead Business post under the pseudonym “Barry Janoff”?
July 6th, 2011 at 2:23 PM
people love kobe because kobe’s transparent with his assholery.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:23 PM
I doubt it will get started up again. Even at the end of the NBA season it became a tired argument. Unless cursed gets in here and starts lobbing grenades.
Oh. I see.
/kicks rock
July 6th, 2011 at 2:24 PM
I named my pet turtle Donatello in 2nd grade. I also named a gerbil Rambo in like 1989.
That’s all I got.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:25 PM
I hate big rats.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:25 PM
You take that back immediately. Z-Bo is a saint; and boy, can he hit a z-throw.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:25 PM
I will never tire of Ian Darke’s voice. And I don’t even really like soccer.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:26 PM
More arrogant = more rings
July 6th, 2011 at 2:26 PM
Quite the trendy cat name.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:27 PM
dude…he got arrested for slipping it in some chick’s butt while she was passed out.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:28 PM
[erases "you name your pussies?" joke]
Cute names!
July 6th, 2011 at 2:28 PM
TBL just said in the Nate Silver thread he won’t unban Taguchi. What did Taguchi ever do anyway?
July 6th, 2011 at 2:30 PM
What did Taguchi ever do anyway?
I have no clue.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:30 PM
I envy Vancouver.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:30 PM
I had al fresco dinner the other night that included the presence of 2 gigantic rats leaping around the perimeter of the seating area. Also saw a mouse and a giant green spider fell from the tree above me and landed right on my table.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:31 PM
He was the first to comment once on a post, with a critique. I think if his comment was like 10th, it wouldnt have mattered, or something.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:31 PM
Awesome SC, well done.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:33 PM
You didn’t pay for that meal did you?
July 6th, 2011 at 2:33 PM
At least have the decency to bend her over a chair first.
/Kobe’s arrogance talking
July 6th, 2011 at 2:34 PM
people love kobe because kobe’s transparent with his assholery.
lebortion is pretty damn transparent himself.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:35 PM
No offense, but Benny and Sophie are cats, therefore they both suck.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:35 PM
Sounds like this took place outside? Its not like Remy was in the kitchen whipping up some tacos.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:35 PM
Maybe if TBL would include the right number of teams in the NBA lottery, stop blocking Bleacher Report but hiring their people, stop posting about cats who talk, and glorifying murderers?
/did I miss anything?
//takes a one month ‘vacation’
July 6th, 2011 at 2:35 PM
. I also named a gerbil Rambo in like 1989.
unreal, i had a gerbil named rambo in 89. found out he wasnt so tough when i discovered him floating in the toilet.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:36 PM
He was the first to comment once on a post, with a critique. I think if his comment was like 10th, it wouldnt have mattered, or something.
That can’t be the reason. If so that is the single most ridiculous reason for a banning ever.
I think TBL just dislikes Renaissance English poetry.
/I think that’s what TST was studying.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:36 PM
Meditations in TSH Philosophy?
July 6th, 2011 at 2:36 PM
If you are going to provide outside seating for your patrons, you should at least take measures to make sure there aren’t vermin running around your perimeter. Maybe that’s just me.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:36 PM
Where are my baseball people? Anyone have any inkling if Desmond Jennings is going to be called up by the Rays soon?
July 6th, 2011 at 2:37 PM
Kobe knows he is a dick and knows that everyone knows he is a dick, and he’s cool with it.
LeBron was baffled that people thought he was a dick, and when he tried to embrace it, he just came off as even more of a douche.
At least that’s what I get from it.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:38 PM
It’ll happen when either BJ Upton is traded or they fall out of love with Sam Fuld.
/team free TST
July 6th, 2011 at 2:38 PM
Maybe if TBL would include the right number of teams in the NBA lottery, stop blocking Bleacher Report but hiring their people, stop posting about cats who talk, and glorifying murderers?
/did I miss anything?
//takes a one month ‘vacation’
WWoS going off with both barrels. I like your style.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:38 PM
found out he wasnt so tough when i discovered him floating in the toilet.
He was a free-range gerbil that fell in the toilet or did you poop him out your ass after doing the The Richard Gere?
July 6th, 2011 at 2:38 PM
Nah. You just can’t have commenters being consistently more informative and entertaining than the actual content. Kudos on the banning. I’m with management on this one.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:39 PM
I think he’s still wait and see material. They’s been getting decent production out of Ruggiano since he came up, and they still seem to play Fuld so I don’t think he comes up unless one of those two really takes a dive.
Go USA!
/Team Hope Solo
July 6th, 2011 at 2:39 PM
paperwork should be complete within the hour.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:39 PM
Goddamnit, well done. Already ahead of me.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:40 PM
He was a free-range gerbil that fell in the toilet or did you poop him out your ass after doing the The Richard Gere?
both. he survived one of them.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:40 PM
Did he get convicted though?
/original comment was typed with tongue firmly in cheek
July 6th, 2011 at 2:41 PM
HA!
July 6th, 2011 at 2:41 PM
Kobe’s name has been coming up in the news way too often during this lockout. Some chick tried to claim he was going to marry her but didn’t.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:42 PM
Well I expected a little more out of the Swedish national team. Other than Hope Solo and Megan O’Reilly the national team has really hit a steady decline since i last paid attention to women’s soccer 4 years ago. Disappointing
July 6th, 2011 at 2:42 PM
/grabs black Sharpie to update a few policies
July 6th, 2011 at 2:42 PM
Thanks Broc/Mantis. I have a dilemma. Ryan Roberts has pretty much lost his job in Arizona and is now in a straight platoon only against lefties. I need someone that can draw a fair (not a lot) amount of walk, is a low K guy but steals a reasonable amount of bases. Jennings is the only guy that’s a call-up that I can think of.
Suggestions? Roberts was great because he could play 2B, 3B and OF in my league. I just don’t need a player that only gets like 10 ABs a week on my team now though.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:42 PM
I don’t know. I have ate at taco stands with no seating. That is worse.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:43 PM
This post managed to compliment and backhand TBL simultaneously. That’s a feat.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:43 PM
Likewise with Australia, totally expected more out of them.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:43 PM
Brandy’s career never recovered after that.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:44 PM
what exactly is wrong with arrogance?
July 6th, 2011 at 2:44 PM
This post managed to compliment and backhand TBL simultaneously. That’s a feat.
I’m trying to decide if he was being sarcastic or not.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:45 PM
Who are some of the free agents out there that are actually in the bigs right now?
July 6th, 2011 at 2:45 PM
I have ate
hey yoda, it’s ate have i
July 6th, 2011 at 2:45 PM
Completely. 100%. And I don’t even know the guy.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:45 PM
Did this in Rosarito, Mexico. I was pissing out of my ass for a day and a half.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:46 PM
Nah, they’re awesome. And they save me from having to kill those god damn june bugs that keep getting into my apartment through the god damn fireplace even though the flue is closed.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:47 PM
There’s nobody. Unless I want Jason Bay or Freddie Freeman. Freeman is intriguing but I’ve already got 3 1Bs (Gaby Sanchez, Mitch Moreland [also plays OF] and Casey Kotchman [helps lower my K rate, raise my avg])
July 6th, 2011 at 2:48 PM
Benny the cat sounds nice in theory, but then I would get Benny and the Jets stuck in my head all the time and then I would think about the Jets. Bad times.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:48 PM
I don’t know. I have ate at taco stands with no seating. That is worse.
Did this in Rosarito, Mexico. I was pissing out of my ass for a day and a half
There is this hole in the wall Mexican joint in KCK called Ninfa’s that has no toilets. I’m not even sure how that is up to code.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:48 PM
i love cats. wife is allergic. so no cats
July 6th, 2011 at 2:51 PM
My cat’s breath smells like cat food
July 6th, 2011 at 2:52 PM
Butters is always good for a Simpsons quote
July 6th, 2011 at 2:52 PM
My cat’s breath smells like cat food
My cat’s name is Mittens.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:52 PM
you know what’s nice about Ian Mahinmi. He’s under contract already, and for a very small number of NBA dollars, although a whole lot of actual dollars.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:52 PM
All food is cat food if the cat will eat it.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:52 PM
i love cats. wife is allergic. so no cats
pussy.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:53 PM
Yeah not a lot out there I guess, and definitely no speed from either of those guys.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:54 PM
All food is cat food if the cat will eat it.
If this is a Mitch Hedberg reference it’s a fairly esoteric one. But it’s still high quality.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:54 PM
Pagan or Bonifacio available? Both have good SB’s in the past 30 days.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:54 PM
Jemile Weeks?
July 6th, 2011 at 2:55 PM
menarky, here’s another good dirk interview I just saw yesterday
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,772189,00.html
July 6th, 2011 at 2:56 PM
Siberian cats are almost 100% hypoallergenic.
I’m also allergic to cats but my allergies haven’t been too bad with my kittens. I’m hoping I’m building a tolerance to them.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:56 PM
Nope.
Grantland put up a decent post today if you like moving pictures. I personally related the most to Katie Baker’s. Sesame Street was my jam as a kid. As I’m sure most of the 80s kids here will say.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:56 PM
I never knew this guy existed until Game 6 but do remember that amazing shot to beat the clock at the end of third to put the Mavs up 9
July 6th, 2011 at 2:57 PM
in soviet gulag, cat allergic to you!
July 6th, 2011 at 2:57 PM
menarky, here’s another good dirk interview I just saw yesterday
gratzi, although i will have to read it at the house b/c work interweb sucks.
dont you know he is just partying his butt off over there?
July 6th, 2011 at 2:57 PM
Oh. And Michael Beasley just got busted for pot again.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:58 PM
I can always count on you MS.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:58 PM
Super cool, Beas!
/ oh wait, that’s his tattoo
July 6th, 2011 at 2:58 PM
I’m hoping I’m building a tolerance to them.
you don’t get the shots? You need the shots.
Mahinmi got dunked on a lot in that series. But he was pressed into action. After game 4, my seeing Mahinmi led to me immediately screaming “put in cardinal” at my TV.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:59 PM
so sad.
July 6th, 2011 at 2:59 PM
dont you know he is just partying his butt off over there?
I’ve seriously never been happier for another guy. Wait till you read that interview and listen to him talk about not wanting to waste his precious spare time shooting commercials.
July 6th, 2011 at 3:01 PM
That was an awesome interview. I think he was referring to the amount of advertisement offers he gets, but he turns them all down cause he sees it as a waste of time. What a great dude..I’ve never seen an athlete at the pinnacle of his sport be so humble.
/ figures he wouldn’t be American
// zing!
July 6th, 2011 at 3:01 PM
Maybe he can get on the Clippers now and get a prescription. Then I can believe that dreams do come true.
July 6th, 2011 at 3:03 PM
you usually don’t tend to notice humility. not “you” personally, but the…you know what i meant.
July 6th, 2011 at 3:05 PM
im holding out hope for the kings…cousins, evans and beasley could do some damage to half ounce in no time, im sure.
July 6th, 2011 at 3:05 PM
Isn’t that just a fine?
July 6th, 2011 at 3:05 PM
I like the dude, but if he’s playing 6th man whenever basketball is played again, I’d much rather he be traded.
July 6th, 2011 at 3:05 PM
That’s true, but I don’t know many NBA superstar athletes that even come across as humble, other than maybe Derrick Rose (cue the arguements Jersey and other Knicks fans) and Durant.
July 6th, 2011 at 3:07 PM
in MN it’s 42.5g before it’s a felony. still a misdemeanor tho.
July 6th, 2011 at 3:07 PM
Haha. Those three blazed out of their minds and Jimmer taking things way too seriously during practice could make for a great sitcom.
July 6th, 2011 at 3:08 PM
Siberian cats are almost 100% hypoallergenic.
I’m also allergic to cats but my allergies haven’t been too bad with my kittens. I’m hoping I’m building a tolerance to them.
she loves the way i do the things i do, so she wants me to have a cat. we looked at hairless cats on her suggestion.
No. 1 they fucking ugly, No. 2, what you are allergic to is not always in the hair
July 6th, 2011 at 3:10 PM
Cousins and Beas would have fit in well with the JailBlazers
July 6th, 2011 at 3:11 PM
The allergy is caused from the protein in the cat’s saliva. Look up the siberian cat.
July 6th, 2011 at 3:11 PM
i don’t get where everyone is getting this “rose is humble” stuff from…he’s just too stupid to say anything controversial. because cheating on SAT’s isn’t something humble people usually do.
duncan comes across as humble.
July 6th, 2011 at 3:11 PM
sheed and cousins would exchange gunfire before the first week was over.
July 6th, 2011 at 3:12 PM
Duncan by a wide margin
July 6th, 2011 at 3:13 PM
Grant Hill.
July 6th, 2011 at 3:13 PM
Those three blazed out of their minds and Jimmer taking things way too seriously during practice could make for a great sitcom.
Jimmer, with head tilted hands on hips, and lips pursed: You guys! (shakes head, leaves with crm)
July 6th, 2011 at 3:15 PM
Humble enough to know he’s dumb as a fucking rock?
July 6th, 2011 at 3:17 PM
touche.
July 6th, 2011 at 3:25 PM
duncan comes across as humble.
On the surface I agree with you. Then I see him make this face when he’s called for a foul and I feel he undermines himself somewhat.
July 6th, 2011 at 3:28 PM
What? Stupid people have never said anything arrogant?