CNN quotes Splitter as 4th most interesting player at the World

[nbaman99]

The site of the American CNN Sports Illustrated developed a relationship with the 12 most exciting players who will work in the world basketball championships to be held in Turkey from August 28 . Tiago Splitter was fourth in the ranking , being the sole representative of Brazil.

In front of James were the only young sensation Ricky Rubio , Spain , Argentina's Luis Scola and American Kevin Durant.

The good performance in recent seasons of European basketball , playing for Caja Laboral , accredited Splitter as one of the highlights of the sport worldwide.

The Brazilian's arrival to the NBA for the San Antonio Spurs, caused an uproar , including fans of the franchise by making a special website for the Brazilian.

Still in pre- World , the official website of the ACB ( Spanish League basketball ) is holding a Fantasy Game and Splitter , who made a lot of success there, was the player most purchased by all fans attending the game.

http://esportes.terra.com.br/basquete/mundial/masculino2010/noticias/0,,OI4642313-EI16767,00-CNN+cita+Splitter+como+jogador+mais+interessante+d o+Mundial.html

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[Mel_13]

http://carlosanastacio.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/most-interesting-man-in-the-world.jpg

[koriwhat]

http://carlosanastacio.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/most-interesting-man-in-the-world.jpg

and the least interesting thing about the dude...

http://blog.foodservicewarehouse.com/gin-and-bear-it/files/2010/05/dosxx.jpg

[CubanMustGo]

Scola thread!

[Hooks]

Does anyone remember the name of that website they made for Splitter?

[DAF86]

Hope I'm wrong but I think Splitter will disapoint a lot of people, at least those who expect him to be a future all-star.

[thispego]

google translation? spurstalk is better than this. :depressed

[TimmehC]

Does anyone remember the name of that website they made for Splitter?


www.weneedtiago.com (http://www.weneedtiago.com)
That one?

[lefty]

http://carlosanastacio.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/most-interesting-man-in-the-world.jpg


Someone needs to photoshop this with Splitter's face



Pronto !

[Juanobili]

in front of james were the only young sensation ricky rubio , spain , argentina's luis scola and american kevin durant.


lebron thread!!!!!!!!11

[SsKSpurs21]

In front of James were the only young sensation Ricky Rubio , Spain , Argentina's Luis Scola and American Kevin Durant.


James White!

[phxspurfan]

www.weneedtiago.com (http://www.weneedtiago.com)
That one?

Nice site!


That's great how they photoshopped Tiago's face on Bowen's body.

[G-Dawgg]

Hope I'm wrong but I think Splitter will disapoint a lot of people, at least those who expect him to be a future all-star.

I agree.

[Leetonidas]

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b331/pwnjoo1/tiago.gif

Meh, took me a few seconds

[DynastySpurs210]

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b331/pwnjoo1/tiago.gif

Meh, took me a few seconds :lol

[IcemanCometh]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1008/fiba.players.to.watch/content.4.html

They also have Nando de Colo at 7th who the Spurs drafted in 2009 and blast from the past Robertas Javtokas at 9th

[Leonard Curse]

Hope I'm wrong but I think Splitter will disapoint a lot of people, at least those who expect him to be a future all-star.


are you kidding me?, the dude plays with heart and isnt a biatch down low in the post, loves tim duncan studied his exact footwork loves to play defense on centers and power forwards and increases his effort as challenges arise and does whatever it takes to make his team win in no way is this man anything like weve had at center, im not saying hes going to be anything like tim duncan but im saying a hardworker like ginobili in the paint who is loyal to his team

edit* post D ROB era!

[DAF86]

are you kidding me?, the dude plays with heart and isnt a biatch down low in the post, loves tim duncan studied his exact footwork loves to play defense on centers and power forwards and increases his effort as challenges arise and does whatever it takes to make his team win in no way is this man anything like weve had at center, im not saying hes going to be anything like tim duncan but im saying a hardworker like ginobili in the paint who is loyal to his team

edit* post D ROB era!

I just don't think he's all-star material.

[Obstructed_View]

I just don't think he's all-star material.

Far cry from suggesting he's going to be a disappointment, though. Kind of an odd way to have phrased the sentiment, to be honest. Are some folks possibly expecting too much of him? Possibly, though I haven't seen many people around here suggesting that he's going to be Dwight Howard. If he can be close to Rasho Nesterovic on the defensive end the Spurs suddenly become much harder to score on, and we're all pretty confident that he's going to get some points in the NBA.

[Leonard Curse]

I just don't think he's all-star material.


yeah i dont think allstar material right away, but this is one of those guys thats improved every year of play consistently which is awesome for a big man, he was just supposed to be some ordinary role player and then the spurs draft karma kicked in and this guy started accelerating, just think of it this way luis scola entered the nba the same age and as he came in he had a very impressive resume, however tiago coming in at the same age has a more impressive resume than scola and its not cause he rode his teams superstars all the way.

Tiago was more of the captain than scola if you compare. tiago to me is at least as competitive and persistent or even more than scola . Tiago was the guy in pretty much the entire game during his season lol seriously they overplayed tiago alot! and he anchored that team i saw one game without him and boy did they look terrible, he does all those little things at the right time, to keep them there in the mix just like manu does for us, now i dont know if its going to take shape right away but i do know with tiagos personality he will never turn into that low self confidence coward, thats how i know hell succeed ! the way you know gino will whatever team he plays on but esp. a team he really respects.

p.s tiago does have a weakness that is identical to tim duncan he must have picked up his mind f$%K .. so yeah hes got all the bad timmy qualities too hhaa

[DrSteffo]

Splitter can play and he certainly does not have to be an all-star to make significant contributions. If he is good enough to be a starter or slightly better than Rasho and Oberto I think everyone should be happy with that. He was not even drafted in the lottery. I don't completely rule out that he eventually could make it to the all-star team as backup C simply because that position is so weak compared to the other. positions.

[007nites]

Hope I'm wrong but I think Splitter will disapoint a lot of people, at least those who expect him to be a future all-star.

Splitter will average 10.6ppg, 7.2rpg, 1.7apg and 1.2bpg this upcoming season.

[mystargtr34]

Splitter will average 10.6ppg, 7.2rpg, 1.7apg and 1.2bpg this upcoming season.

If he manages that... as probably a 5th option.. you could grade him an A. I think he will get close to that.. but what he brings on the defensive end will outweigh his stats IMO.

[TDMVPDPOY]

the only thing we are certain here is splitter will have a better nba career then greg oden

[superbigtime]

Can't wait to see Splitter in silver and black.

[SA210]

If we could see some Twin Tower defense again, that would be magical. Been missing that for a while. If only we had someone like Bruce on the perimeter as well.

[Pauleta14]

I can't wait to seE him along with Tim too!

And I love the fact that we are going under the radar...

I have a good feeling, with Tony "in mission", Manu comfortable and injury free, Hill growing up, Blair 1 more year, Splitter at 5, Neal & Anderson corner 3pts...

I'm trying my best not to be a homer, but IT SMELLS GOOG GUYS !!!!

[SA210]

I can't wait to seE him along with Tim too!

And I love the fact that we are going under the radar...

I have a good feeling, with Tony "in mission", Manu comfortable and injury free, Hill growing up, Blair 1 more year, Splitter at 5, Neal & Anderson corner 3pts...

I'm trying my best not to be a homer, but IT SMELLS GOOG GUYS !!!!

I get excited about the upcoming season and think about all this, then I suddenly imagine Bonner coming in the game to stink it up. :depressed

lol

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[hater]

Scola is #2

:pctoss :pctoss :pctoss :pctoss :pctoss :pctoss :pctoss :pctoss :pctoss :pctoss :pctoss :pctoss

[Pauleta14]

I get excited about the upcoming season and think about all this, then I suddenly imagine Bonner coming in the game to stink it up. :depressed

lol

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:lol

The thing with Bonner is that I'm sure he'll probably be good, even great sometimes during the regular season, when/if he is confident, with no pressure can be a real threat offensively...
But that won't make me anymore confident seing him on the floor during the PO!! :lol

I hate those kind of players with whom you never know what to expect...

Let's hope we won't need him too much!

[DAF86]

Don't get me wrong, I'm excited about Splitter too, but because he will add some very needed size to our frontcourt and 'cause I think he will be a very good role player. It's just that by seeing some of the comments here, It seems like a lot of people is expecting a future all-star, and I really don't think Splitter is that kind of player.

[in2deep]

why the fuck would KD be #3???

KD should be #1. #1 quesiton, Will he be able to lead USA to gold?

1. KD
2. Rubio
3. Splitter

[quentin_compson]

the only thing we are certain here is splitter will have a better nba career then greg oden

Seriously, where does all this Oden hate come from? Well, maybe his body won't hold up, but this dude has the potential to be an absolue beast defensively.

[Bruno]

Splitter >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Scrubla

[Hooks]

Seriously, where does all this Oden hate come from? Well, maybe his body won't hold up, but this dude has the potential to be an absolue beast defensively.


It comes from Tlong ridin' Oden's dick, dude was fucken annoying, all he'd talk about was Oden. If Tlong wasn't apart of this forum we wouldn't care about Oden, but Tlong made us dislike him.

[Solid D]

I'm excited to watch the WCs. It's great to see excellent competition with teams playing at a high level.

The WCs run until September 11 so Tiago will have only a couple of weeks to get in some pre-camp informal workouts with his new teammates. Healthy, we hope. He should be in decent game shape by then, so that will be an advantage. The disadvantage is he won't have had much time to get to know his fellow Spurs.

It will be interesting to see whether Splitter comes in playing confidently or tentatively. If he comes in playing with the agressiveness that Luis had when he came to the states, then the Spurs win big!

[lefty]

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b331/pwnjoo1/tiago.gif

Meh, took me a few seconds
:lol