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He also said during the Rockets' half-time that he expects Splitter to be with the Spurs next year.
"The Best Laid Plans ...."
Not sure if this has been posted..
but for what it's worth...
R.C. Buford says on TV that the Spurs hope/plan to have Tiago Splitter next year, and that he's somewhat like Anderson Varejao.
-Henry Abbott (twitter)
http://twitter.com/TrueHoop/status/11400283813
He also said during the Rockets' half-time that he expects Splitter to be with the Spurs next year.
"The Best Laid Plans ...."
I'll believe it when I see the plane land
Look boss! De Plane! De Plane!
I got to speak to R.C. before the season kicked off this past fall - I am a season ticket holder and we had a Q&A with him - and I asked him two questions:
1) Are you going to extend Manu Ginobili?
2) What can you tell us about Tiago Splitter?
He was frank with both questions. He said he would wait till the off-season to wait and see about Manu.
He said he expected Splitter to be here next year and make an impact.
Again, this was this past fall before the pre-season, and so far he is correct on Manu and I expect him to be correct about Splitter.
I wished Bill Land would've asked him about what the club's plans were for Ian.
Didn't he say something about Spurs fans tendency to overrate the international players that have been drafted?
He sarcastically said he's going to be the next David or Timmy
Actually I think he said not to expect a TD or Robinson type player from this kid..He compared him to anderson verajeo, which I would gladly take at center..
That would be great to have at the 5. He would definitely take some of the load in the paint off of TD. But until he is here and signed I'm not going to get too excited about it. I still think his agent will be taking to him about the possible ockout coming and its effect on his paycheck. And for any international player that is a concern.
We still really don't know what is going to happen. Damn frustrating to sit here for several years now and still be guessing at the future.
Somewhat like Anderson Varejao? Flop Master?
lol bull ..
i'll believe it when tiago retires..
I was listening expectantly as well. RC complimented all the young players individually even Temple but not ian, which was disheartening if you support his (ian's) cause.
Rather than implementing some complex value-stashing scheme and moratorium on discussing mahinmi including local media it just plain looks like FO can't wait to drop him. of course i hope to heck i am wrong.
Ian sucks.This kid reminds me of the 16 year old 8th grader all-star football player with a mustache..Time to cut bait
People who are not morons have figured that one out already, like within 5 minutes of them not picking up a pretty reasonable year four option of about $2M in October.
I think if they can sign him cheap for a couple of years, he might be back. Don't count on it, though. If he were in their concrete rotation plans, they would have picked up the option.
Splitter being as good or like Varejao would be absolutely perfect..
If you were Ian would you even want to come back to SA?
If Splitter comes over and the Spurs draft George (two realistic possibilities), they'll have a quality prospect at every position. Consider the position the Spurs were in when they bowed out in the '08 Western Conference Finals: An old team that had no young talent (other than Splitter, who we knew then was two years away from realistically coming over) in the pipeline. That would be remarkable if they accomplish this in that short a span, picking as low as they've picked in the draft.
Theoretically, Splitter is an ideal match-up for Gasol and possibly even Odom. This is where he could really help the Spurs, guarding the types of mobile, face-up four's who have killed the Spurs in recent years (Nowitzki, West, etc.), while doubling as another center-sized big to help Duncan protect the rim. This is exactly the type of player Duncan needs next to him. With his loss in mobility due to wear and tear, he's not as mobile as he once was and this combined with the league going smaller and faster means he's a center now, but he's not a true center in the mold of O'Neal, Yao, etc., so he needs another center-sized big next to him who can guard mobile PF's.
when bill land first brought up the subject of the spurs success in getting int'l players, buford said, "well, we drafted scola, but we don't want to talk about that...", then he started talking about splitter.
I was hoping he would say something about the scola debacle.
Why would anybody talk about that? Get over it. Everybody knows the FO ed up big time by not signing Scola, but nothing will change that mistake. Not even asking RC about it 12.000.000 years after it happened.
Just accept the fact that he is not a Spur and get over it.
All these "what if's" are so boring.
If the dog didn't , he would have caught the rabbit...
And btw, I'm pretty drunk, so no offense Bender...
Something I thought was interesting. Some details about Splitter from the "enemy camp" and some nice details about Nando.
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Varejao? I like it. Better than having Dice or Bonner on the floor.
Then again Splitter is a tease. I wont believe he's coming until he says it.
I heard Splitter plays like a young Will Perdue.. which would be a serious upgrade to what we usually have on the floor... lol
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