And he went back to be "worthless" in Charlotte. But he came back with Dallas.
I would like to have Splitter back and see if he can stay healthy and contribute in a minimized role off the bench.
Then again (last two seasons):
Nene- 124 Games played
Splitter-42 Games played
Nene is about as injury prone as a big gets and Splitter only appeared in less than half of his teams games since he was traded away
Trying to wrap my head around that one.
Deadman did always seem like a low IQ idiot tbh
Dedman clearly had a falling out with Pop and I don't think Pop particularly like Dwayne's at ude.
He had decent chemistry with Lee and a Couple of other guys but Kawhi clearly did not like playing with him. there's must have been like 10 plus occasions they were in a screaming match after a missed defensive assignment.
Don't think it bodes well for role players to be having screaming matches with the best player, specially in Pop's culture.
Pop has always prioritized his best (favorite) players and their "comfort" level...
even if the media tries to push this silly narrative that he treats everyone the same.
I don't remember watching that. Let alone 10 times?
If I was a good defensive big man that had to eat the bench while Gasol and Lee gets passes for simple defensive mistakes, I'd have an at ude too
yup..
Happens all the time. Kawhi and Dedman don't particularly play well together in offense either.
Maybe 10 times is an exaggeration, but they def had screaming matches in the Court. Only other guy I can think of in the last three years that actually had the audacity to scream at Kawhi is Tim Duncan..but most of those are warrantied..Like in one RS game, TD was pissed at Kawhi for not "talking"
he said " Then fing talk".
I think it was clear with players since Pop"s Franchise player proclamation in 2012 that it might not bode well for their future with team if they're bickering all the time with kawhi.
I don't think even tony dared. He'd just shot the next 10 straight possessions.
Yeah, let's spend our money on a guy who can't make it through a season out of some idiotic sense of nostalgia.
Definitely going to detroit
The D-League has plenty of guys that can average 5ppg, 6rpg, and less than a block per game. That's exactly what Deadman averaged as a starter. Can't say he didn't get a fair shot.
You can't really shout at Kawhi though. There is a hierarchy, in anything.
I don't have any information. Nada. I was just joking around about it. I think Dedmon would have liked more minutes in the playoffs, but so would most guys who are trying to land a new contract.
Neither of us is wrong in what we said lol
Pop hates him so it's not a surprise.
At this point and with his age, Dedmon should look for a team where he could average 3 bpg and cash in a huge contract from a team, much like what Ian and Bismack did.
the point is even an injury prone Splitter would be just as good as a 4th big seeing what Dedmon did. He was worthless.
Better options out there. Not sayin Splitter is the answer.
I don't want to make it sound as if he's indispensable, but I'm seeing a lot of prisoner of the moment takes in this thread. A few months ago many of you were raving about him. Now, because the starting lineup struggled offensively down the stretch (with a broken Parker, Aldridge and Green), he's all of a sudden irrelevant?
On a team where the two primary bigs are Aldridge and Gasol, they desperately need an athletic, tough, glass cleaning, rim rolling/protecting type and they don't grow on trees and rarely come cheap.
They can't afford to lose their elite defense, considering they have no immediate path back to being an explosive offensive team.
I don't think anyone here is claiming he's irrelevant. He's just a extreme liability on the offensive end.
Wasn't earlier in the year Demans stats on the 5 man when included with Kwa the most efficient offense of any 5 man set?
As to his only averaging 6 points, please.
Context is he was supposed to feed the ball to Sacred Cow Aldridge or otherwise.
.622 field goal percentage so STFU bashers.
As I was alluding to, context is everything. Most of those types of centers are helpful offensively because of their gravity, but they're reliant on someone adept at creating for others and an uncluttered lane.
If Dedmon and McGee switched teams, Dedmon would look the same as McGee does on the Warriors and McGee would look the same as Dedmon does on the Spurs.
I like Deadman, and I had hoped to keep him and let Timmy coach him up. But that was probably never going to happen. As I recall, he was less than enamored with San Antonio and its amenities. So he was probably off to a more suitable address almost regardless of what Pop thought of him.
Dumb. Hes not a bigger liability than lma or especially gasol. GaSOL SCORED FOR THE OTHER TEAM
This.
Can't imagine what the difference is.
I think we keep dedman.
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