Magic Splitter

[testies]

http://globoesporte.globo.com/basquete/noticia/2014/07/com-publico-timido-e-marcelo-huertas-cestinha-brasil-vence-angola-em-teste.html

play the video, around 0:52

[silverblk mystix]

Behind the back & no look pass...

not too shabby!

[Brunodf]

:wowThat play

Also 10/8/5 not bad

[MI21]

:lol Angola

[PingPong]

Against Angola, even Ayres look like an allstar. Saturday, Brazil will play against Argentina without Manu and Scola.

[spursparker9]

What is this game?

Exhibition game?

[littlecoyotecoin]

Against Angola, even Ayres look like an allstar. Saturday, Brazil will play against Argentina without Manu and Scola.

No. Even if there wasn't any other human beings on the court, much less a team of bad basketball players, that play would have been impressive for a 7 footer.

Even if he had been doing that around inanimate objects; orange cones, it would have been a nifty little move.

So, despite the competition level, give Sparkles a little credit. Nice job, Sparkles.

And, Ayres did not look like an All-Star in summer league. I'm not so sure he looks like one vs. Angola. Who he is playing against, including orange traffic cones, would not help him hang on to a basketball.

[littlecoyotecoin]

What is this game?

Exhibition game?

Yes. I think they may call them "Friendlies". Or, maybe that's not a universal term...but I've heard some of the games referred to as such.

[Proxy]

Nene's dunk

[smaka]

What is this game?

Exhibition game?
Yes, games to get ready for the world cup.

[jag]

He's just now beginning to spread his wings after being freed.

[PingPong]

Brasil vs Argentina right now. Is Matias Bortolin the new Scola?

[testies]

Splitter highest scorer of today's game with 15 points in Brazil's 68-59 win over Argentina, and many of his trademark reverse layups lol

http://globoesporte.globo.com/basquete/noticia/2014/08/brasil-derrota-argentina-depois-de-tres-anos-e-conquista-o-super-desafio.html

ps : Varejao's block at 3:33 is sexy

[PingPong]

The brazilian backcourt is something beyond horrible. The three NBA bigs dominated.

[Captivus]

Yes. I think they may call them "Friendlies". Or, maybe that's not a universal term...but I've heard some of the games referred to as such.

Exactly. Thats the literal translation.
The word exhibition is used more when lets say a team like the Spurs play a team of idk...announcers...or kids...or the spurs mix their players so that both teams have a few...something like that.

[Spurs Brazil]

http://s2.glbimg.com/RRmy9e67owNjxFMOWExW4t7NvUs=/0x0:1855x1264/690x470/s.glbimg.com/es/ge/f/original/2014/08/02/tiagosplitter---marcelofonseca-ae.jpg

[testies]

GOLDEN GON

[Spurs Brazil]

Tiago and Danny here in Sao Paulo

http://oi58.tinypic.com/24q0r36.jpg

http://oi59.tinypic.com/2vcxkw7.jpg

http://oi59.tinypic.com/9bf2h0.jpg

[wildchild]

Tiago and Danny here in Sao Paulo

Thanks Spurs Brazil ! Great pics!

[wildchild]

And then people ask how the Spurs have such chemistry and cohesiveness? Build it everyday

[PingPong]

http://instagram.com/p/rP25D7y69Q/


http://instagram.com/p/rPzskAS624/


https://twitter.com/NBABrasil/status/495995715060240384/photo/1

[MI21]

LDN and the Golden God, such great team chemistry :cry

[Chinook]

The biggest takeaway I got from those vids is that Splitter's first name is pronounced "Chago". Had no idea Portuguese works that way.

[boutons_deux]

The biggest takeaway I got from those vids is that Splitter's first name is pronounced "Chago". Had no idea Portuguese works that way.

The etymological (http://spanish.about.com/cs/historyofspanish/g/glosetymology.htm) change in Spanish is not as well understood, and authorities differ on the details. What appears likely, although not certain, was that the Iacomus became shortened toIaco and then Iago. Some authorities say that Iago became lengthened to Tiago and thenDiego. Others say the phrase Sant Iaco (sant is an old form of "saint (http://spanish.about.com/cs/historyofspanish/f/ladino.htm)") turned into Santiago, which was then improperly divided by some speakers into San Tiago, leaving the name ofTiago, which morphed into Diego.

http://spanish.about.com/od/historyofspanish/a/diego.htm

[Chinook]

The etymological (http://spanish.about.com/cs/historyofspanish/g/glosetymology.htm) change in Spanish is not as well understood, and authorities differ on the details. What appears likely, although not certain, was that the Iacomus became shortened toIaco and then Iago. Some authorities say that Iago became lengthened to Tiago and thenDiego. Others say the phrase Sant Iaco (sant is an old form of "saint (http://spanish.about.com/cs/historyofspanish/f/ladino.htm)") turned into Santiago, which was then improperly divided by some speakers into San Tiago, leaving the name ofTiago, which morphed into Diego.

http://spanish.about.com/od/historyofspanish/a/diego.htm



Thanks for that bit, as I studied a little linguistics in college and find language evolution fascinating. However, I am more interested in the evolution of the phonemes and not the morphemes. I had assumed Portuguese and Spanish shared a similar coding for the letter T. It appears instead that Portuguese codes 'ti' as a voiceless affricate and not a voiced alveolar stop, as Spanish and most Indoeuropean languages do.

[mingus]

Tiago can brag to Duncan about that fast break.

Tiago gets shat on more than he should on this board. Yeah his post game is horrible and he's have issues trying to score with his back to the basket against most WNBA players probably, but he's one of if not the best 1v1 low and high post defenders in the league and he's always on time with his rotations to get his hands up and clog the lane.

[spurraider21]

MVPau tho...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuf1N2Gvk9A

[will_spurs]

Thanks for that bit, as I studied a little linguistics in college and find language evolution fascinating. However, I am more interested in the evolution of the phonemes and not the morphemes. I had assumed Portuguese and Spanish shared a similar coding for the letter T. It appears instead that Portuguese codes 'ti' as a voiceless affricate and not a voiced alveolar stop, as Spanish and most Indoeuropean languages do.

More info on Portuguese vs Brazilian pronunciation: http://www.omniglot.com/writing/portuguese.htm

It looks like the Portuguese would say "Tiago" like in English (and most european languages) but in Brazil it can be pronounced both ways depending on the region: either Tiago or Tchago.

[PingPong]

MVPau tho...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuf1N2Gvk9A

Angola = Jazz :D