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Maybe we can improveQuote:
Originally Posted by wildbill2u
if pop has a fkn problem with lack of real big man off the bench? spurs should fkn sign curry...he could do everything that scrub blair does but a real fkn big 7ft tall ppl would have to attempt to shoot over instead of just scoring at will on blair
Free HIM!!!
Hallelujah!!!!!!
It feels like Pop has come to this lineup as a last resort more than any epiphany. With Blair being ineffective, Bonner being one dimensional, Boris being a disappearing act and our two small ball power forwards being injured, Pop has run out of ways not to play Splitter more.
Splitter spreads the floor as much or more than Bonner with his ability to pass and his increased ability to draw a double team.
Twin freaking towers, ladies and gentlemen!
Only a coach with 4 rings and a hall of fame career would have thought of this. Props to Pop. This is why he is well paid and well respected. Amazing.
What a novel concept too- play your best players and if possible play your tallest players on the front line.
What a smart coach. It only took 3 years but his genius is shining through.
Now that Splitter has improved, I think this is a wise decision.
Splitter needs to be our starting C and Duncan/Splitter have to get used to playing with each for long stretches
Yes, that year on the bench seems to have been immensely helpful to his development...Quote:
Originally Posted by KaiRMD1
You don't need time on the court to practice your FTs, he even got hacked ffs... If you're going to be hacked, you better be fucking dominant... I for one don't think Tiago is the messiah tbh, but his passing is looking very improved.Quote:
Originally Posted by Obstructed_View
So it's his free throw percentage that's cost him minutes all this time? :lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Paranoid Pop
Well pretty sure he said it was very important for his confidence, allows him not to be so soft/scared close to the rim... But imo what cost him is that he's a great back up center and not quite as good as a starting PF.Quote:
Originally Posted by Obstructed_View
True dat....pop is a stubborn stubborn man. Even is he's wrong he's not gonna make the change until he says its time just so you don't think you influenced his decision.Quote:
Originally Posted by silverblk mystix
:cry It's happening :cry
Please pretty please Tiago don't get injured or do anything stupid to fuck this up.
You just jinxed the 2012-13 season. Thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by DAF86
People on ST have trouble grasping the concept of jinxing.Quote:
Originally Posted by silverblk mystix
It's not a jinx if I say "please don't get injured", it's a jinx if I say "he will not get injured".
Besides, somebody else said the exact same thing a couple of posts above. :lol
splitter actually had one of the best free throw rates in the nba last year and hit his free throws at a 70% rate
which is on par with duncans career average tbh
popovich just refused to play him until no options were available like game 5 memphis where he proceeds to shit on pop and put up a double double
the hack a splitter was more of an outlier since hes been a solid free throw shooter throughout his career
probably had more to do with the wrist injury he got during the jazz series
lol spurfan
What?Quote:
Originally Posted by ChumpDumper
It's just fun to watch them go.
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Originally Posted by ChumpDumper
You defended Pop and his Splitter handling but now you conveniently avoid the topic...lol indeed. Just admit I was right -- YEARS AGO.
Pop should have given Tiago more minutes, but it's hard to say any one was right because of the injuries Tiago suffered and because of his inconsistent play. He's damn good though and the only thing that I remember Chump say about Tiago that I don't agree with is this:Quote:
Originally Posted by silverblk mystix
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Originally Posted by ChumpDumper