He played great. He's obviously a much, much, much better player than Boner. It's not even close. Too bad popovich is so full of himself he refuses to admit he's wrong.
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He played great. He's obviously a much, much, much better player than Boner. It's not even close. Too bad popovich is so full of himself he refuses to admit he's wrong.
Hope that Pop gives either TD (only against bad teams) or Dice games off for the remainder of the RS games. Play Splitter as much as possible. Blair and Bonner are good for RS games against teams with small 4s but not against teams like LA and MEM or even MINN or BOS (when they play KG and Shaq together).
For those complaining about Splitter's offense, it will come with playing time as he adjusts and learns. The good base is there - height, length, quick feet, rotating/help defense. I loved the pick and roll with Manu and finally, some rim protection.
Sounds like Manu might get a couple games off too - although I think he's much more a rhythm player than TD or Dice.
This is very stupid. Maybe the stupidest thing I've read on the internets all day.Quote:
Originally Posted by itzsoweezee
There are days I can not help but wonder if Splitter has been penalized this season for not signing the first time he could.
Tiago did a good job today, I liked his rotations on D.
And on offense is much easier to play with TP and Manu on the pick and roll then Quinn and Hill.
So far Blair is not even close to Malik. Blair is still very young and I think he can learn a lot and maybe surprise Malik. But people need to remember Malik helped guard Shaq in 99 and 03. In 03 he also did a good job on Dirk in the first 3 games of the series.
Malik was a very solid player for us
Blair has much more potential than Malik. Right now he can't serve as Malik did, but he will be much better in 2 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spurs Brazil
Missing training camp is clearly being held against him to some weird, disproportionate measure. How f'n essential can training camp be?Quote:
Originally Posted by ploto
But for Pop, Training camp > 82 game regular season.
Pop, get over yourself indeed. And stop being so predictable.
Pop did the same thing in 2006 with Nazr. He missed training camp that season and got screwed around all throughout the season and playoffs until he was benched in the Kings and Mavs series. Some will say it was the 3 against the Kings, but I recall Nazr getting screwed around in the regular season too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Capt Bringdown
I thought Rasho was the starter, but he sprained his ankle, then Nazr took over and Rasho never got his job back even though he was healthy, and then Pop benched them both in the playoffs. Maybe I'm thinking of a different season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ice009
Perhaps the more apt comparison is the 31 year old rookie center who didn't get any minutes at all and started for a title team the next year.
Tiago's wishing he'd stayed in Spain
I think tiago has done all he can in Spain.... he was just going to get old in Spain... Right now he is in the NBA on a title contender team,playing along the best power foward of all time... how can he prefer to play in Spain.? I bet he is learning a lot he is just not getting the playing time.
He could have stayed and gotten another Euroleague MVP award.
Has anyone seen Tiago even look at the hoop from outside of 10 feet, unless he was shooting a free throw? I get the feeling that if Pop even see's Splitter throw up a fifteen footer in practice he bitch slaps him across the face. I think Splitter came from a place where there might not have been a system at all to a place with the most stringent of systems. As long as the Spurs keep winning, the last dozen games of this season will be Tiago's pre season camp. As long as he stays out of foul trouble he should get plenty of PT.
GO :flag: GO !!!!!
Can he shoot it from midrange?? If he can wouldn't his game be similar to Mcdyess except the rebounds????Quote:
Originally Posted by Strategic
Splitter was Dwight Howard in Europe, so it's not like he spent much time taking shots from outside ten feet.
I don't think that Tiago is worrying about not staying in Europe.
Yes he was one of the best centers in Europe, he was an excellent player, he was a magnificent defender and he was a brilliant team leader(Hello Manu_Forever)
But he has an ambition to play in NBA and he knows that adaptation period would take some time.
1- Spurs have tones off offensive schemes which RJ spent 1 full season and 1 summer to understand them.
2- The centers in NBA are much more physical then Europe especially for Splitter who has a SF body.
3- Defensive 3 second rule is not a rule in Europe.
And now, Splitter started to find chance and produce. He was great on defense against Charlotte, movements were perfect. Only foul trouble was a matter in that day. And yesterday night he did 10 pts-14 rebs after Duncan injured. That's very nice for a guy whose main repertoire doesn't include rebounds. There are tones of centers in NBA who couldn't live a 14 rebounds night in their whole life but Splitter did it in his second full game and 26 minutes action.
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Originally Posted by silverblk mystix
Correct!
This is the best post I have read in a hundred years!
I think Tiago's Yugo dented Pop's Bentley at the practice facility -- that's the only thing I can think of.Quote:
Originally Posted by ploto
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Originally Posted by silverblk mystix
OK alright already!!
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For a guy who should be completely out of rhythm he did well.. He is not going to be our saviour, he will produce as much as timmy has done so offensively. Defensively he needs to learn when to be aggressive since foul trouble is a major issue for any frontcourt rookie and tyson chandler lol...