I honestly do not think he is going to crack the rotation this season, unless there is some sort of injury.
Blair left the game tonight, maybe bruised something. I was expecting to see that open up some time for Splitter, but it was only Dyess that gobbled the minutes.
Either Splitter SUCKS in practice and Popovich knows it, or we are all being baited to going to Spurs games hoping he is able to get some time and we can see him.
The only hope that I am seeing is that he is able to get a lot of work done during the ASB to make up for missing training camp. If he still isn't getting time, we might have to wait until next season (lockout pending).
Thoughts???????????????
Pop is just ing with Splitter. The team knows, Europe knows, and we as fans know, Splitter deserves to be out there contributing and integrating into the NBA style of play. Pop is a one of a coach, but to be ing with the head of someone with Splitter's prestige baffles me.
Splitter needs a year to get over himself
I thought he'd be the new savior, but looks like he'll be the new Mahinmi - Pop's already given up on him.
The guy is a bum, come one, move on and appreciate Bonner.
Blair had the wind knocked out of him according to reports.
Yup. By himself.
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...fensive-lapse/Self-inflicted injury: DeJuan Blair had to leave the game after diving for a loose ball with 7:52 left in the third quarter. The burly second-year center poked the ball away from Ridnour and failed to break his fall, losing most of the air in his lungs when he hit the floor.
“Nobody landed on me,” said the 270-pound Blair. “My body landed on me. That’s enough.”
There's just cir stances. Pop is Pop, when will you learn to trust him? He is one of the greatest coaches of all time. Splitter is the player we expected him to be, but he isn't an instant NBA wonder like Manu. Splitter must be brought along gradually, not to mention that Pop does not want to take any chances with his previous injury. Rest assured, Pop knows that Splitter is going to be amazing, he just needs to ride with training wheels for a while.
What training wheels? He's stuck in the freezer marked DNP-CD.
This...
I believe a person learns best by ing up and getting ripped for it.
Baptism by fire. That is me.
Pop isn't sitting him out because he thinks Splitter sucks. This is the player Pop has been waiting for, he is being very patient, possibly too patient. But Pop isn't an idiot, he's doing what he thinks is best. I'm not going to mention our superb standing like everyone else, but I will just say that everyone will get to see Splitter shine soon enough.
Well he is being an idiot because I stole his brain. It is telling me to put Splitter in.
He is definitely overrated by spurstalk but I don't know about all that.
I would give a sh.t to your writing unless you didn't write the last sentence.
Well tonight Dice was playing great, Tiago wasn't going to be subbing for him in the 4th. Bonner wasn't bad either...
Hmmmmm . . . What would Pop have done with Scola the first year?
(I bet everyone would be talking about what an overrated bust he was.)
Unfortunately, the Spurs do not have the luxury of time. With Duncan's age and declining ability, Pop cannot afford to delay Splitter's integration. The playing time and experience he could be getting now would only serve well in the playoffs. Next year is next year. And Duncan may or may not even be on the roster. If he is, he'll be one year older and in even further decline.
I generally trust Pop too. However, that doesn't mean that he makes every correct decision. We all know he goofed on the decision to bench Hill during his rookied year in the 2009 NBA playoff series versus the Mavs. He only made the decision to play the rookied in Game 5, when the series was already out of reach. And look how that turned out. Hill was stellar. That was a bad decision then, and this one is now. By racking up nothing but DNP-CDs, Pop is stunting Splitter's development.
At least he's not Greek. He would have to be waived.
121 posts of the same exact thing. Good job.
Not many Spurs fans think he is a God, so stop jerking off every time you see a Splitter thread.
I was hoping he would be better than Verajao, but he's closer to Mahinmi than he is to Verajao...man it's so disappointing that Splitter sucks so bad....
you're priceless Manu forever.
Holy cow we have a 7' good defensive big man that can finisch well off the pick and roll ! This is not exactly what we need ?
i'm fully confident that the playoffs this year will be reminiscent of '09 playoffs against Dallas with regards to Splitter in that at some point Pop will realize his rotation isn't going to get it done and he needs size, and he will put Splitter in, but too late and without enough game time experience, just as in the '09 series against the Mavs Pop, too late, realized he needed GHill3's athleticism. let's hope when that happens Splitter actually does suck and we're not all thinking "what could've" or "what should've" been. if not, that'll be potentially 2 playoff series in which Pop screws the team's chances.
I hope that Pop is giving him some rest (as well as time to learn the system), having played his Euro season and them the NT and then right into camp with the Spurs. I hope that this is his summer and he can get into the mix soon.
I for one would not be surprised at in the near future to see Pop one day for no apparent reason just throw Splitter out there for extended minutes against a top tier team. On the other hand it has been very frustrating to never (except I believe just one time this year) see the singular rotation that makes a lot of sense - Duncan and Splitter playing aside each other and doing a high low rotation. Splitter has shown some offensive struggles but on defense he at least mans up and plays hard, just do not understand the DNPs all the time but it is what it is and with a 31-6 record we should not be complaining, except I for one want to just see the guy get to play more!
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