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whoever is not impressed with Tiago's play so fair is either a re or on some heavy medication
You know that was Pop is thinking as well. Splitter will move into starting lineup. Dice gets same amount of minutes. And Blair/Bonner split the time remaining depending upon matchups. Pops almost always leads towards spreading the floor and you really can't point and say that Blair defense is better. He ends up watching the layup or the jumpshot in his face just like Bonner does
whoever is not impressed with Tiago's play so fair is either a re or on some heavy medication
After seeing Splitter play for about 25 mins total, I am impressed. He is a solid, solid player. I've only seen him make one mistake, a turnover due to lack of understanding between players. He moves his feet on defense, he gets into the right position instinctively (did you see the charges he took vs. the Suns?) he knows where his teammates are (did you see his baseline pass underneath to the corner for an assist and a 3?), and he's a solid rebounder with good hands and an instinct for the ball.
His offensive game will come. I see him being a starter by Christmas if not sooner, assuming he doesn't have any bumps in the road physically speaking. Or, maybe, Pop will decide Splitter is his main guy off the bench, like Manu used to be, and he's not going to pull Blair out of the starting role because that would kill his confidence. I think he'll be a double-double guy.
They mentioned on the broadcast that he's been playing pro since he was 15! So he has a ton of experience, which explains some of the above.
Intangibles . . . on offense? setting picks, passing out of the post, boxing out for OBs, playing above the rim. Defense? pick n' roll D, grabbing boards, blocking/altering shots, clogging the paint, denying penetration, energy . . . do I need to go on?
He is, very likely, not going to average a whole lot more than 7ppg, but if he supplying all those intangibles, the Spurs won't need him to.
Do you watch much basketball?
Until he gets his head out of his ass (or, his hip hop model's ass), then . . . yeah.
Clearly you need to actually watch a game, because you have no ing clue what you're talking about.
He showing signs of doing all those things. His instincts are good and the potential is certainly there.
Yes, I do.
I never said he was better than Davis.
Which players scar any other player?
The ones with long fingernails?
Anyone preparing to play the Spurs will surely take Splitter's presence in the paint into account.
Are you just being contrary for the sake of argument at this point?
You didn't say anything this summer.
I find it annoying that I have to keep addressing this nonsense.
He is not going to play 10mpg too much longer and as his minutes increase, so will his production.
There are some common sense issues hampering this discussion. Let's let this sink in a while and try again later, shall we?
Hey, There you are jacking off to how many points someone scores or in this case doesn't score. Thats what I thought. You don't have a clue or you are on some bad drugs. It is not about the points. If you haven't seen some of the things he has shown flashes of you never will .This team doesn't need him to score points and he isn't going to score a lot of points. Its the other things which since you obviously don't have a clue about on your own , ohm pointed out for you.
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Eh, people are predicting Splitter's future performance given his limited minutes and current physical condition.
It's not unreasonable to be optimistic.
Nevermind the tallness or the length or the crisp rotations or the post defense or the hustle that Splitter has showed in limited time in only two games...
Tiago played for 15 minutes last night and had 3 offensive boards and drew 3 offensive fouls. That is six extra possessions for the Spurs, in a game that they only won by 2.
If you can't do the math and figure out how that is beneficial to the Spurs, then I am afraid that I can't help you.
Yes. It makes perfect sense. I'm not sure what you mean by "scarred" because I don't think anyone in this league is actually scared of anyone else, but any team who is preparing to play the Spurs, and are capable of assessing talent, they will take Splitter into account. Why wouldn't they?
lol wolverine
LOL. Ohm, you're not going to talk any sense into GeorgeHill3.
You should be devoting your energy to finding out what happend to cantthinkofanything. Remember to ask the unanswerable questions.
Like X Files or something.
So you are trying to get in the way.
Any mention of " sucking" and you can bet GeorgeHill3 is butting his head right in, mouth wide open.
I prefer wontstartdumbthreads I lol'd first I saw it
HAHA This
I don't see anybody crowning the guy yet. All they've done is praised what he has done in his first 25 minutes on an NBA court, and you want to come in here talking and acting like you called it because he hasn't been the second coming of Wilt.
News flash: Splitter isn't a huge scorer and wasn't brought here to be one. His primary function is to rebound, defend, and clog the lane, all of which he has shown the ability to do.
In other words, he was brought here to perform those intangibles that you seem to lack to comprehend.
that's right. Blair was posting 20+pt games of course we were hypin him.
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