ToughSf points to Robert Hoyt et al., "WRANGLER: Capture and De-Spin of Asteroids & Space Debris" (pdf). Up to a megaton of spinning material can be tethered and despun.
The "N" in WRANGLER stands for "net", so those rubble-piles should be despinnable too. Or, for colonists: made to spin faster. Newton is Newton.
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