Spurs Sign Tiago Splitter (Official Release)

[spursdotcom]

http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/100712_spurs_sign_tiago_splitter.html

*presser
http://www.nba.com/spurs/multimedia/100712_splitter.html

:toast

[Tp9gospursgo]

Heck yes!

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

oh baby

[Samr]

This is like Spurs porn.

[DesignatedT]

When are the contract details usually released in situations like this?

[spursdotcom]

When are the contract details usually released in situations like this?

terms are never released (that I've seen) in our official releases.

[SenorSpur]

Cool beans!

[Refocus]

Finally!

[austN Spur]

countdown to training camp...

or 108 days until start of season if it starts on the 28.

[timvp]

Nice job. The day has finally come.


P.S.

(typo: dominate = dominant)

[FalleNxWiZarDx]

hoorayy!!!

[Muser]

terms are never released (that I've seen) in our official releases.
Do you know when we can expect to find out though?

[Solid D]

When are the contract details usually released in situations like this?

RC calls Patricia and Sham and he whispers the details to them.

[Juanobili]

It is OFFICIAL!!!11!!!1!!

[polandprzem]

Nice job. The day has finally come.


P.S.

(typo: dominate = dominant)

Just like come = came

[tdunk21]

:danceclub

[honestfool84]

Yes.

[kobyz]

i'm excited! i like Splitter on our team.

[DrSteffo]

Finally!!!!!

[yavozerb]

To tjastal and all the other splitter haters, you are forgiven for all your stupidity..

[Bruno]

After 3 years, it's time for :elephant

[ducks]

the first thing he can do is outplay scola this year

[JR3]

sweet! I'm feeling better about the upcoming season now.

[angelbelow]

ohhh man.. finally! is the press conference going to be shown too?

[Spurs Brazil]

Finally :)

Now I can buy a Spurs jersey with my name, the only difference is my have a h: Thiago

[rayray2k8]

Someone needs to put there photo-shopping skills to good use. ;)
Please?

[clubalien]

video clip link?

for the presser

[Spurs Brazil]

This is the same website who posted a Tiago interview before free agency start.
http://balanacesta.blogspot.com/2010/06/o-mvp-fala-parte-1.html

Today they reported Tiago signed a 3 year deal, but no info on the money yet


Conforme dito aqui, sem surpresas Tiago Splitter fechou com os Spurs por três temporadas (todas garantidas). Depois de passar a lua de mel no México, o brasileiro desembarcou no sábado em San Antonio para realizar exames médicos.
http://balanacesta.blogspot.com/2010/07/confirmado-splitter-assina-por-tres.html

[timvp]

This is the same website who posted a Tiago interview before free agency start.
http://balanacesta.blogspot.com/2010/06/o-mvp-fala-parte-1.html

Today they reported Tiago signed a 3 year deal, but no info on the money yet

Good find. My guess would 3-year, $15-16 million.

[senorglory]

Finally :)

Now I can buy a Spurs jersey with my name, the only difference is my have a h: Thiago

masking tape + magic marker = problem solved.

[Spurs Brazil]

Good find. My guess would 3-year, $15-16 million.

I think the site is reliable. They posted it today in the morning (11:22 San Antonio Time).

I'd like a team option for a 4th season but 3 season is enough for the birds rights

[Balance]

I guess it's time to change this... :splitter

:lol

[timvp]

I guess it's time to change this... :splitter

:lol

Good point :lol

Hmmm ... should it be :dennislindsey or :boozer ...

[Balance]

Good point :lol

Hmmm ... should it be :dennislindsey or :boozer ...


In Cleveland it would be :lebron...

[Texas_Ranger]

:lol @ :splitter

[GrandeDavid]

Finally :)

Now I can buy a Spurs jersey with my name, the only difference is my have a h: Thiago

E verdade! Que legal... SB, me mande um "private message" com seu nome no Facebook para que eu possa te adicionar. Estou em Brasilia agora, mas voltando para San Antonio em alguns meses para ficar. Abracos!

[Bruno]

If it's 3 years with a starting salary of $4.5M-$5M, it makes a contract between $14.6M and $16.2M.

[Brazil]

oba então a gente vai poder falar portugues no spursforum a partir de agora. Bacana.

[Spurs Brazil]

http://f.i.uol.com.br/folha/esporte/images/10193448.jpeg

[FromWayDowntown]

Finally :)

Now I can buy a Spurs jersey with my name, the only difference is my have a h: Thiago

Dilemmas, dilemmas. Which Brazilian naming precedent does he follow? Does he take the Nene Hilario route, using Tiago on his jersey and eventually just dropping the Splitter part for NBA purposes? Or does he take the Leandro Barbosa/Anderson Varejao route and call himself Splitter?

By the way, his endorsement deal with that "Tiago's" restaurant at The Rim has to be a no-brainer.

And I think the ":Splitter" should remain in use as an emoticon, but it should be the long overdue emoticon for "relieved" -- whatever that would be.

[Spurs Brazil]

E verdade! Que legal... SB, me mande um "private message" com seu nome no Facebook para que eu possa te adicionar. Estou em Brasilia agora, mas voltando para San Antonio em alguns meses para ficar. Abracos!

Vou mandar sim Grande. Leve pra San Antonio umas mensagens em portugues para o Tiago

[Brazil]

If it's 3 years with a starting salary of $4.5M-$5M, it makes a contract between $14.6M and $16.2M.

apparently for 2 M$ we could have paired Tiago and Ian for the garbage minutes :depressed que pena

[Spurs Brazil]

Dilemmas, dilemmas. Which Brazilian naming precedent does he follow? Does he take the Nene Hilario route, using Tiago on his jersey and eventually just dropping the Splitter part for NBA purposes? Or does he take the Leandro Barbosa/Anderson Varejao route and call himself Splitter?

By the way, his endorsement deal with that "Tiago's" restaurant at The Rim has to be a no-brainer.

And I think the :splitter should remain in use as an emoticon, but it should be the long overdue emoticon for "relieved" -- whatever that would be.

He needs go Tiago just like Nene, but he'll go with Splitter

[wildbill2u]

Finally :)

Now I can buy a Spurs jersey with my name, the only difference is my have a h: Thiago

Tho Thorry, thas a thame.

[Balance]

Dilemmas, dilemmas. Which Brazilian naming precedent does he follow? Does he take the Nene Hilario route, using Tiago on his jersey and eventually just dropping the Splitter part for NBA purposes? Or does he take the Leandro Barbosa/Anderson Varejao route and call himself Splitter?

By the way, his endorsement deal with that "Tiago's" restaurant at The Rim has to be a no-brainer.

And I think the ":Splitter" should remain in use as an emoticon, but it should be the long overdue emoticon for "relieved" -- whatever that would be.

I think "Splitter" is good enough. Nene's real name sounds horrible (in Portuguese, at least).

[Big P]

I've been waiting for this thread.

[Tito_Trinidad]

No homo but this Brazilian machine is beautiful !!!!

[phxspurfan]

Yay! Angels in the frontcourt!

http://www.nba.com/media/playerfile/lebron_playerfilegallery1.jpg http://files.spursdynasty.com/uploaded_images/splitter_d-wade-761671.jpg

[TeKu]

:toast

First good news of the summer.

Welcome Tiago.

[Spurs Brazil]

http://www.abril.com.br/imagem/splitter-camisa-spurs-630.jpg

[timtonymanu]

Awesome!

Welcome Tiago!

[m33p0]

gattsbidamned!
thanks, spursdotcom!

[m33p0]

buford is really tall.

[DBMethos]

Finally! Legit size, good skills, and Pop will actually have to play him! (I think)

[Marcus Bryant]

http://www.abril.com.br/imagem/splitter-camisa-spurs-630.jpg

I didn't F it up this time. OK, Boss?

[spurs10]

Fantastic!!!!!:flag:

[tomtom]

About time

[ThePop]

Still no video?

[ginobilized]

Thanks Spurs!
I like the potential so far.
Timmy/Tiago/Dice/Blair/Bonner is a serviceable frontcourt when healthy.

[Spursmania]

:smokin:drunk:hungry::danceclub

[Spursmania]

Thanks Spurs!
I like the potential so far.
Timmy/Tiago/Dice/Blair/Bonner is a serviceable frontcourt when healthy.

Why do you have to mention Bonner. :nope

[The Squirrelyq]

This offseason just got sooooo much better... *swoon* :worthy:

[manu the best]

.. hallelujah ..

[Spurs9]

Any idea where I can get a jersey for him? :hat

[Balance]

Yay! Angels in the frontcourt!

http://www.nba.com/media/playerfile/lebron_playerfilegallery1.jpg http://files.spursdynasty.com/uploaded_images/splitter_d-wade-761671.jpg

wrong Brazilian...

[Radiosparks]

This is like Spurs porn.

Hahahahaaa...Fantastic! :flag:

[spursdotcom]

Presser - http://www.nba.com/spurs/multimedia/100712_splitter.html

:toast

[reddog 99]

Welcome Tiago!

It is now time for you to make some Spurs history for yourself.

Please destroy Pau.

[Danny.Zhu]

No 22, interesting.

[xtremesteven33]

Please dont be soft....

[Mugen]

Please dont be soft....

thats what she said.

booyah.

[xtremesteven33]

thats what she said.

booyah.

:depressed

[Steve-O-Matic]

The beginning of that presser was extremely wheels-off.

And who's the idiot reporter who asked the brilliant question "Are you excited about playing with guys like Duncan and Parker?" I mean, REALLY!

[siraulo23]

http://twitter.com/manuginobili/status/18401188512

manu: Tiago Splitter ya es un Spur! Bienvenido! ~ Tiago is a Spur! Welcome to the fam. It's gonna be fun!

[MmP]

Oh yeaa, all Spurs problems are solved now!!!!!!!!

[Manu-of-steel]

Welcome, Tiago!

[BWS-1994]

Finally! :toast

[Spurtacus]

I think I jizzed a little in my shorts. Oh happy day!

[J_Paco]

I'm happy he's finally here. Now, let's hope that he can match or exceed most expectations. Also, I'm hoping that Pop doesn't give him the Oberto treatment.

[tonski17]

number 22.. next to his idol tim duncan 21..

[team-work]

Congrats to everyone...:toast

1. The Spurs signs the quality player they wait for 3 years. Hope Tiago turns into a solid NBA player.
2. Tim gets help in the paint. Surely he will do everything he can to assist in Splitter's NBA transition.
3. Spurs fans has reason to cheer for after last season's disappointment. Though the Lakers and the Heat may still be too strong, at least our team is strengthened.

[Bukefal]

That's great! I hope we'll see a lot positive things from him :toast

[Spurs Brazil]

Some Tiagos's quotes for the Brazil press:

I don't know if I'm going to be a starter, I'll only have an idea when we start practicing. What I want is to try to adapt myself to the NBA game as soon as possible.

I'm happy to be with the Spurs because they're a team who always want to win the championship

Reporter asked if he prefers to be a NBA champion or a World Champ with Brazil and Tiago said both

Brazilian newspapers and websites gave a big coverage to Tiago sign. More Brazilian fans for the Spurs. Here some links in Portuguese (the first two have those quotes I posted)

http://www.lancenet.com.br/noticias/10-07-13/789431.stm?basquete-mvp-na-espanha-splitter-quer-repetir-sucesso-na-nba
http://www.clicrbs.com.br/diariocatarinense/jsp/default2.jsp?uf=2&local=18&source=a2969020.xml&template=3898.dwt&edition=15078&section=132
http://esporte.uol.com.br/basquete/ultimas-noticias/2010/07/12/splitter-e-apresentado-pelos-spurs-e-troca-de-numero-por-causa-do-idolo-duncan.jhtm
http://esporte.ig.com.br/basquete/2010/07/12/thiago+splitter+assina+contrato+com+o+san+antonio+ spurs+9537401.html
http://www.estadao.com.br/noticias/esportes,splitter-deixa-espanha-e-acerta-com-san-antonio-spurs,580259,0.htm
http://esportes.terra.com.br/basquete/noticias/0,,OI4562210-EI1885,00-Spurs+anunciam+chegada+de+Tiago+Splitter.html
http://globoesporte.globo.com/basquete/noticia/2010/07/tiago-splitter-assina-com-os-spurs-e-confirma-sua-mudanca-para-nba.html

[N0 LyF3 ScRuB]

:lol oh the potential he had

[cd021]

:lol oh the potential he had

oddly timed bump. He hasn't live up to the ST hype but he has been a big reason why the Spurs defense jumped back from mediocrity.

[PingPong]

Signed the wrong splitter.



Manu Ginobili ‏@manuginobili (https://twitter.com/manuginobili) 13 de mar (https://twitter.com/manuginobili/status/444169327311216641)
El padre de Tiago volcándola bien pasados los 50. / Tiago's dad dunking at the PF. #CassioFly (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23CassioFly&src=hash) RT @tiagosplitter (https://twitter.com/tiagosplitter):





http://youtu.be/4u6BPcRgkwU

[Captivus]

2010

Please dont be soft....

Nostradamus!

[DPG21920]

Tiago has been fantastic. Started off rocky (that's on Pop some) but he's been fantastic.

[xtremesteven33]

Tiago has been a great addition to the Spurs thus far. Fits the system perfectly. Yes he is a little too clumsy at times and his hook shot look far from smooth, but we all know what kind of player he is and is not by now.

Probably the best pick and roll defending big man in the NBA.