How far will the Spurs go if Tiago continues to outplay Tim tbh..

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Originally Posted by Chinook

:lol I know. Essentially, he's just saying that LA is just missing shots right now and that he was just on fire against Houston. To a certain extent, that's true, but it's no accident that Aldridge was destroying Diaw but went right back to missing once Splitter came back in.

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This. Splitter is just a bad matchup for Aldridge. He's tall enough to guard LA, quick enough and smart enough, to throw different things at him, and then he's long enough to box LA out and grab the board. Diaw isn't big enough to guard LA.

Splitter is the best individual defender in the frontcourt in the league, tbh..he'll never receive the credit, though, as the perception of an unathletic, European that doesn't block shots isn't favourable in a league that hypes DeAndre Jordan as an elite defender:lol..

Splitter actually does have regular season success vs Miami
in the playoffs I thought he was getting fouled a lot on those blocks and Pop lost confidence in him early
in one game he had him start on DWade and he fell for a pumpfake in the first 20 seconds so he took him out and barely played him the rest of the game

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Originally Posted by Malik Hairston

Splitter is the best individual defender in the frontcourt in the league, tbh..he'll never receive the credit, though, as the perception of an unathletic, European that doesn't block shots isn't favourable in a league that hypes DeAndre Jordan as an elite defender:lol..

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I agree for the most part.. but how do you even begin to argue this with even some of the more hardcore fans, much less a casual fan..

Splitter was great defensively against the Heat in the Finals. That's why Miami changed their lineup. He just didn't do enough on the other end. That's why him scoring better these playoffs is so encouraging.

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Originally Posted by freetiago

now his 4th double double after having 0 in his previous playoff career :worthy::worthy::worthy:

I will say it is good to see Tim have some confidence in his jumpshot come back this series
he just flat out refused to shoot them for about the last quarter of the season and the first round
hes gone to it and hit a few this series

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There is no way in hell Tiago is going to be more useful than Tim if we play the Heat.

Timmy isn't getting any younger. I don't think it's a shock to see him less involved on the offensive end. Kinda reminds me of when 50 became more of a defensive presence and Timmy was doing the scoring.

We will go farthest if they BOTH play well!

he's 38 !

Better Tim saving himself against that crazy caveman. His offense isn't really needed right now. He's doing his job.

Tiago needs to use the backboard when he shoots tbh!! All his shots are pure luck IMO. Other than that his defense is superb!

If Splitter is that good, Tim comes back next year and averages about 20 minutes a night every other game.

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Originally Posted by Chinook

Splitter was great defensively against the Heat in the Finals. That's why Miami changed their lineup. He just didn't do enough on the other end. That's why him scoring better these playoffs is so encouraging.

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Exactly. The Heat were about to lose that series if they couldn't get Splitter of the floor. The ironic thing is that Spoelstra claimed their defense wasn't good enough and then started Mike Miller. The issue is they couldn't score against us. I believe they didn't even crack 80 in game 3 even with all the garbage time. I would have still liked to see if Splitter could have guarded DWade. I think Pop pulled him too early in game 4. He's quick enough to stay with alot of guard and they could have zoned up against him but that's basically what they were already doing against him and Lebron.

Interestingly the 2011 Spoelstra would have probably stayed with Haslem and lost the series. He stuck with Mike Bibby as bad as he was.

I think they can go as far as they went when Big Dave was getting old. I'm loving this beautiful spurs basketball.

i smell a rematch with the heat. The championship. TImmy and Manu retirement. And the twin tower/big 3 torch being taken by Parker, Leonard, Splitter.

:::knocking on wood::::

#rattlesnakeomen

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Originally Posted by HI-FI

it's hater, you just gotta let him fly....

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Yes.

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Originally Posted by therealtruth

Exactly. The Heat were about to lose that series if they couldn't get Splitter of the floor. The ironic thing is that Spoelstra claimed their defense wasn't good enough and then started Mike Miller. The issue is they couldn't score against us. I believe they didn't even crack 80 in game 3 even with all the garbage time. I would have still liked to see if Splitter could have guarded DWade. I think Pop pulled him too early in game 4. He's quick enough to stay with alot of guard and they could have zoned up against him but that's basically what they were already doing against him and Lebron.

Interestingly the 2011 Spoelstra would have probably stayed with Haslem and lost the series. He stuck with Mike Bibby as bad as he was.

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That's the worst take ever posted on this website... Splitter was the worst player of the Finals, he was so shitty it was unbelievable, had the worst plus minus by such a margin that Duncan couldn't even get decent rest... Splitter lost the Finals by himself, but then again the Tiago loving hypocrites don't have anything to say about that save for excuses and some more excuses...

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Originally Posted by Baam

That's the worst take ever posted on this website... Splitter was the worst player of the Finals, he was so shitty it was unbelievable, had the worst plus minus by such a margin that Duncan couldn't even get decent rest... Splitter lost the Finals by himself, but then again the Tiago loving hypocrites don't have anything to say about that save for excuses and some more excuses...

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People don't have to say anything about your assertion because it's unfounded. Splitter's Game Three was actually really good, which is why Spo changed his lineup. Do you really think that he would have done so had Splitter been such an obvious negative? You'd think he would have stayed big to keep Splitter on the floor so the Heat could continue to exploit them.

If the Spurs ever face OKC in the WCF, what do you guys think of Splitter guarding Durant for stretches? I think Splitter has the foot speed and length to really bother Durant.

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Originally Posted by ezau

If the Spurs ever face OKC in the WCF, what do you guys think of Splitter guarding Durant for stretches? I think Splitter has the foot speed and length to really bother Durant.

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:lol Nope. It's one thing for Tiago to switch onto a guard in the PnR. It's another for him to go one-on-one with the second-best player in the world. He could guard Butler just fine, though.

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Originally Posted by Chinook

:lol Nope. It's one thing for Tiago to switch onto a guard in the PnR. It's another for him to go one-on-one with the second-best player in the world. He could guard Butler just fine, though.

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Fair enough.

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Originally Posted by Baam

That's the worst take ever posted on this website... Splitter was the worst player of the Finals, he was so shitty it was unbelievable, had the worst plus minus by such a margin that Duncan couldn't even get decent rest... Splitter lost the Finals by himself, but then again the Tiago loving hypocrites don't have anything to say about that save for excuses and some more excuses...

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1/10. Splitter/Duncan lineup outscored the Heat by 20 points per 100.

Thats why every smart person realized that not playing big after game 3 was a mistake...

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Originally Posted by Brunodf

1/10. Splitter/Duncan lineup outscored the Heat by 20 points per 100.

Thats why every smart person realized that not playing big after game 3 was a mistake...

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That says a lot about Tims greatness when he carried the worst player of the series on either team... Was there a player with a worse plus minus than Tiago in the Finals?

Also playing small is not a choice when you are as one dimensional as Tiago, that's on him not on Pop.

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Originally Posted by Baam

That says a lot about Tims greatness when he carried the worst player of the series on either team... Was there a player with a worse plus minus than Tiago in the Finals?

Also playing small is not a choice when you are as one dimensional as Tiago, that's on him not on Pop.

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:rollin Its on him that his coach choose to change the gameplan that was working:rollin

*Looks at Tim Duncan's playoff stats this year*

16/8.5/1.5, 2 BPG, only 0.5 TO and 2.3 FPG,. Shooting 56% from the field.


Since Duncan is playing great, highly efficient basketball, if Tiago outplays that I'd say we win a title. Now if only Tiago knew how to block a shot on help defense we might have something here. 0.2 BPG for a 7 footer is embarrassing.