Re: 48MoH: Making sense of Tiago Splitter’s lack of playing time
Splitter was one of the 3 best bigs in Euroleague last year, with Pekovic and Bouroussis.
Period.
Why he is not playing decent minutes (and lately why he is not playing at all) is a mystery to me.
One thing is very clear: Spurs have zero chances to get past the Lakers and/or Dallas, with Blair or Bonner playing significant minutes in the playoffs.
Re: 48MoH: Making sense of Tiago Splitter’s lack of playing time
So Manu_Forever, why do you think the Spurs office waited that long and brought him to the team? Based on hype too, or they just can't scout? Because they had plenty of games to watch Tiago playing, they are professionals and can evaluate a player. Or do you think the office was naive?
Re: 48MoH: Making sense of Tiago Splitter’s lack of playing time
Spurs are gonna get raped by LA's frontcourt if we're still using Blair/Bonner as our 2nd/3rd best bigs going into the playoffs. Going to be painful watching Bonner brick every one of his threes and Blair get blocked every time he goes for a post move against any of LA's 7 footers.
Re: 48MoH: Making sense of Tiago Splitter’s lack of playing time
Ok, im from istanbul so i can get to chance euroleague in person...i have been watching all kinds of centers playing here for a long time and i would easily say that tiago is way better than most of them and he is or was definetly one of them best centers of euroleague...
Re: 48MoH: Making sense of Tiago Splitter’s lack of playing time
Manu_Forever is just a troll created to bash Splitter and the Spurs, don't take him seriously.
Re: 48MoH: Making sense of Tiago Splitter’s lack of playing time
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DrSteffo
Manu_Forever is just a troll created to bash Splitter and the Spurs, don't take him seriously.
Manu_Forever is no ordinary troll, it's the latest incarnation of KBP. We haven't seen KBP since Greece's spectacular failure at the WC and VSpan's departure from PAO to join Oly. He couldn't start threads or post in the Spurs Forum as KBP, so he has been reincarnated with this username in a vain attempt to gain acceptance and respectability. An attempt that is doomed to failure.
Re: 48MoH: Making sense of Tiago Splitter’s lack of playing time
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Manu_Forever
And I can say that I have watched most of Splitter's Euroleague games and what you claim is totally false. Splitter has never had an offensive game. This just shows that people claiming how good he was do not know anything about basketball.
Let me guess, Borosoussisuss is 10 times better than Splitter but he won't play in the NBA because no team would give him a $200 million contract, which he is making in Greece right now, right?
Edit : tax free to boot and free gyros daily.
Re: 48MoH: Making sense of Tiago Splitter’s lack of playing time
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Manu_Forever
And I can say that I have watched most of Splitter's Euroleague games and what you claim is totally false. Splitter has never had an offensive game. This just shows that people claiming how good he was do not know anything about basketball.
Posters who disagree with KBP are liars who know nothing about European basketball!!!
Re: 48MoH: Making sense of Tiago Splitter’s lack of playing time
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Mel_13
Posters who disagree with KBP are liars who know nothing about European basketball!!!
:lol Tell em Mel 13
Re: 48MoH: Making sense of Tiago Splitter’s lack of playing time
Re: 48MoH: Making sense of Tiago Splitter’s lack of playing time
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Manu_Forever
I have no idea why Bourousis does not play in the NBA. But I assume that he like most European players prefers to stay in Europe. Most of the best European players stay their whole careers in Europe. It has always been that way. Most of the best European players stay in Europe because they have no reason to leave.
I don't think it has anything to do with gyros.
Why are you singling out Bourousis?
Yes, he is far better than Splitter but he is not the only center in Euroleague that was or is. There are several centers that were or are in Euroleague that are also much better players than Splitter is.
The mere fact that you can only mention Bourousis because the Spurs had interest in him shows that you have a total lack of knowledge about European basketball. Clearly, you don't know any of the players and know nothing at all about the Euroleague.
People like you that have never in your whole life seen a Euroleague game and yet feel entitled to have an expert opinion on how good players are and to evaluate them in Europe - without having ever even seen a game...
It's pathetic and stupid and ridiculous. It's the ones like you that distort everything. I'm talking facts and you are talking nonsense when you don't even know a single thing about a single player in Europe. Yes, Bourousis is way better than Splitter but there are several other centers that were or are in Europe that also are.
I will repeat it again. Splitter has never had an offensive game. In his entire career in Europe his offense consisted solely of dunks and layups off of spoon fed passes from Prigioni and Huertas, mainly off of the pick and roll. And his team created offensive sets to get those looks.
His replacement in Vitoria, Stanko Barac, is already performing much better than Splitter ever did in the same role. I guess according to your logic then that means that Stanko Barac is now "the best center in Europe".
Give me a break. It is obvious that you don't know anything about basketball, even the most basic elements and concepts of the game from your comments here.
Manu_Forever getting his KBP on!!!! You go, Billy!!
Re: 48MoH: Making sense of Tiago Splitter’s lack of playing time
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Manu_Forever
Who is this Mel clown?
You know me quite well, Billy.
The real question is why you no longer post as KBP?
Was it the crushing defeat Greece suffered at the hands of Spain or was it VSpan's traitorous abandonment of PAO to go across town to play with Oly?
Re: 48MoH: Making sense of Tiago Splitter’s lack of playing time
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Manu_Forever
Give me a break. It is obvious that you don't know anything about basketball, even the most basic elements and concepts of the game from your comments here.
lol not too much effort to make the real KBP show up.
Welcome back. It's better when you use proper english.
Re: 48MoH: Making sense of Tiago Splitter’s lack of playing time
Re: 48MoH: Making sense of Tiago Splitter’s lack of playing time
still. i really believe that the length of teams such as the celtics and lakers would necessitate the use of splitter as we would have to match the depth these teams have in their frontcourts.
Re: 48MoH: Making sense of Tiago Splitter’s lack of playing time
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rjv
still. i really believe that the length of teams such as the celtics and lakers would necessitate the use of splitter as we would have to match the depth these teams have in their frontcourts.
Right now, guys like KG or Gasol would toy around with Tiago IMO. He isn't ready for a task like that. His weak ass layups and hooks on offense would be an easy target for blocked shots also.
Re: 48MoH: Making sense of Tiago Splitter’s lack of playing time
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ElNono
Right now, guys like KG or Gasol would toy around with Tiago IMO. He isn't ready for a task like that. His weak ass layups and hooks on offense would be an easy target for blocked shots also.
OK, we got it: you really hate Splitter. Never has a more useless player ever put on a Spurs uniform. No upside and no future to him, why don't we cut him? Or have him killed?
Can't wait to see a flurry of Samaki-esque pump fakes from Blair in the PO, along with another patented 0 for 7 triumph from Bonner.
Re: 48MoH: Making sense of Tiago Splitter’s lack of playing time
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Capt Bringdown
OK, we got it: you really hate Splitter. Never has a more useless player ever put on a Spurs uniform. No upside and no future to him, why don't we cut him? Or have him killed?
No. Splitter has potential, upside and I think he can become a good player for us in the long run. I'm talking RIGHT NOW, he's not ready.
Don't hate on me if you bought into the whole 'He' ready to play' and he isn't...
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Can't wait to see a flurry of Samaki-esque pump fakes from Blair in the PO, along with another patented 0 for 7 triumph from Bonner.
I don't like it any more than you do. The FO obviously think Dice and Bonner can get it done next to Tim. Don't get mad at me, I'm just pointing out what I see.
I've been pretty vocal about getting help for Tim the last two seasons. NBA quality help.
Re: 48MoH: Making sense of Tiago Splitter’s lack of playing time
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Mel_13
Posters who disagree with KBP are liars who know nothing about European basketball!!!
And people that mention that Galis was well american before he was given a passport issued by the Greek State -assuming it was less false than a couple of decades of balance sheets of the Greek State- are traitors.
Double traitors.
Traitors of America.
And traitors of Greece.
