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it'll be meltdown central if the Spurs don't win it all and Tiago didn't play a big role!
He's not going to play a big role in the lineup this season. Pop is going to park the rookie as we piss away one of the last realistic chances to win a le. This is what Pop does.
He was pretty well regarded over there, considered for all decade team.
http://www.euroleague.net/compe io...g=en&itemid=-1
It is a farce this guy is not getting at least 10 minutes a game
http://www.nba.com/playerfile/tiago_splitter/bio.html
He doesn't chuck up 3's like Matty
Please stop the B.S. most Spurs fans expected a decent player and not another Tim Duncan while instead Pop has him banished and has ruined his confidence probably for months. Mark my words if Pop does not develop Splitter he will go to another team and be a fine starting NBA player for a contender.
It's gonna take an injury to one of the big men for Splitter to get any playing time. Didn't Pop do the same with G. Hill in his rookie season. It took an injury or blowout in the playoffs for Pop to discover Hill had some game.
Offensively, Splitter continues to evolve his game, emerging as a real force for Tau Vitoria, to the tune of 16 points per game, on phenomenal percentages. He shoulders a big offensive load for them, and it’s clear that that’s something that is important for him in the way you see him calling for the ball on the left block. Splitter is primarily a low post player, showing an excellent assortment of footwork and spin-moves with his back to the basket, and a very effective jump-hook he can shoot with either hand. He is a little bit old school in that aspect, really putting pressure on his defender to hold his ground as he backs him down aggressively, which draws him quite a few fouls.
Splitter is extremely aggressive putting the ball on the floor and creating, showing excellent coordination and fluidity, and emerging as a terrific finisher thanks to his great hands and touch. He’s not incredibly explosive around the basket, which may emerge as more of an issue in the NBA (if and when), but with his excellent skill-level and high basketball IQ, he’s about as effective a low-post scorer as you’ll find at the European level. On top of that, he manages to find plenty of scoring opportunities with his ability to run the floor, play pick and roll with the likes of Pablo Prigioni and Igor Rakocevic, and just find open spots around the basket to catch and finish.
Splitter is finally becoming a more consistent free throw shooter, now making about 66% of his attempts—nearly 10 per-40 minutes pace adjusted. He’s not really showing any kind of mid-range jumper, but probably doesn’t really have to for Tau considering that he’s shooting over 64% from the field.
Still not a great rebounder, Splitter has become even less prolific in this department on the offensive end this year, which is a relative concern and probably his biggest weakness. He is showing much better awareness in his ability to pass the ball, though, sporting an impressive 1/1 assist to turnover ratio for the first time in his career.
Defensively, Splitter is obviously a huge asset as we’ve discussed many times, as he has the size, strength and length to be very effective in the low post, but is coordinated and mobile enough to step out and hedge screens with great accuracy. The intensity he displays on this end of the floor tends to get him in foul trouble at times, but this is something that his coach will obviously live with. Splitter is seeing better productivity in the shot-blocking department than in years past, particularly in the Euroleague, where he currently ranks second in blocks per game. Obviously a high-level rotation player and likely starter whenever he decides to step foot in the NBA, Splitter has a very difficult decision coming up when his current contract expires in the summer of 2010.
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Except in the Spurs system where he is SADLY and PATHETICALLY glued to the bench.
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Of course he has a lot of weaknesses but spurs fans weren't expecting the new Vlade Divac for Christ sake. What was expecting is a young 7' Defensive oriented, clever and confortable in pick and roll situation.
BTW nobody was expecting him to play over Dice ! I just wish he could give some good minutes coming off the bench so TD can rest without opening a dunk fest in our rim thats it. The objective was also to have a big body to throw at the Lakers frontcourt.
He is perfectly capable of that IMO, with him out of the equation we have to live through sequences with Blair and Bonner and we are struggling badly against young athletic dudes like Love, Ibaka, Darko + hundreds of big scrubs playing the game of their lifes against us.
Seeing him not cracking the rotation is a disappointment for me, I didn't except a star I was just expecting a 7' contributor with good D foundation. Don't tell me he was so overated that he cannot be that.
Totally agree. We've seen Popovich mishandle players, bury players, and freak with young guys' heads over and over.
Maybe he's disapointed in Splitter, but he's also the one who gave him a three-year deal. The guy isn't a terrible player. A pre-season injury is a pre-season injury...so get over it and give the guy minutes. He's not going to get better rotting on the bench.
What is our most glaring weakness this year? Size. Size, people.
Better get used to seeing Splitter on the bench. Him getting hurt during training camp really ed his chances of cracking the rotation, as we're seeing now. The Spurs just have too many bigs to be able to play every single one every game. TD is TD, you can't bench him. Pop loves Bonner to stretch the floor, he wont bench him. Dice is the old veteran who can still play D and pop the open 15 foot jumper, he wont bench him. And Blair is the hustling big man who does make mistakes but plays well at times also. Every single game one of those 3 (Splitter, Dice, and Blair) is going to be the odd man out, it just so happens lately Splitter has been the one to ride the pine.....
pop did give splitter a little run against LA and i think he let him guard howard a little too in one of the match ups against orlando?
unfortunately he didn't look great against an ailing bynum, but i thought it might be a little telling of pop's grand scheme of things.. or maybe it had to do with managing minutes played for our other bigs in the previous game or next game...
It is maybe, considering Duncan's age, the last chance to win a le for the Spurs big 3.
The Spurs are not going to beat the Lakers with a 6'6 Center in the starting lineup. No way !
The last game against the Lakers was a fluke. The Lakers were absolutely dumb in that game. They will not make the same mistakes twice.
If Splitter is not good enough for this year, he must be traded for a good 6'11-7'0 defensive center now. Spurs can't wait another year.
If he is good enough, play him, let him make mistakes and learn the NBA game ! How is he supposed to learn with his ass glued to the bench ???
Manu & Tony will play this summer with their NT. Tim & Manu will be 1 year older. The time is now !
Last year Pop tried a thousand different lineups and it was a bad bad decision.
This year the Spurs are the only team in the NBA with the same starting 5 in all games. Ok that's great for the chemistry and all... But why not try something different just to see...
Start Splitter 2 or 3 games, even if he's awful, you have Tony, Manu, Tim & RJ around him, i think the Spurs can survive with him at the start of the game.
Blair is not a starter, he's a good guy off the bench with a lot of energy and all but he is not a starter !
Bonner is more a starter than Blair, yes I know, but it's true.
I would want to see Splitter or Dice in the starting lineup, but if not, let's play Bonner. At least there will be more space for Tony & Manu in the paint at the start of the games.
Splitter logged 7 minutes in the Laker game. He was absolutely abused and punished underneath by LA. He had 4 fouls in 7 minutes, had 1 rebound, missed both his FG attempts and was 2-4 from the line. And the Lakers went right at him knowing he is underweight and has no business trying to guard any of their 3 big men 1-on-1.
He is a total defensive liability against other bigs, weighing in at only 240 LBs (Blair is 4 inches shorter and weighs 30LBs more). He is a total offensive liability because he can't shoot outside of 6 feet. His only offensive game is cleaning up missed shots, which anyone can do. Dude is not NBA-ready and Pop has seen that, up close and personal giving him ample time to prove himself, only to see lackluster results. This isn't that difficult to figure out. Splitter has seen minutes, has looked like a D-leaguer, and Pop has decided his job right now is to keep the end of the bench warm. It's pretty simple.
Next year, if Splitter can bulk up over the summer and develop a 15ft jumper, perhaps he can be part of SpursTalk wet dreams. But it ain't happening this year, dude is way too soft and in no spot to be giving us any significant minutes.
Firstable, Splitter is NOT Grecian: that's a step in the right direction.
It's actually a PRE-requisite to being a solid player.
So he is not going to quit a-la Spanoulis.
It's like being a solid poster: you MUST not be a Grecian.
Second, Splitter WAS one of the three top centers in Europe last year. Period.
And one of the top 5 over the last 3 years. Super period.
Third, the question is NOT why Pop is NOT playing Splitter,
but rather why Splitter has NOT asked to be traded to a team that plays him, already.
If Noah, Varejao, Biedrins, Blatche, Cousins, Gasol (Marc) and Wallace (to name a few) can find a starting job in the NBA, there must be a place for Splitter somewhere.
This is the same thing that happened with Hill. Of course, Hill wasn't the MVP of the Euro League or whatever.
So how is that not what we need?
Please take your own advice.
I can. It's hard not to know what you are saying, considering every post is almost exactly the same.
It's called reiteration.
Typical of mentally weak persons.
The grecian started his madness off early this year.
I am not sure lithium will be enough come springtime.
Barcellona won the euroleague, destroying some fluke grecian team in the final, with a strong and physical inside game by the bigs.
Weeks later, Barcellona was swept in the ACB by Vitoria, with Splitter single-handedly destroying Barça's big.
All of them.
One by one.
Seen all three games.
Unstoppable.
Oh, and only a mentally disturbed grecian /(that's saying a lot) can think Manu and Parker are inferior to Marcelinho and Prigioni at Pick-and-rolls.
No, I understood exactly what you posted,but you are exaggerating what most feel about Splitter. We will agree that Tiago is an efficient defensive big that is mobile. As most will state, that is exactly what we need. You are arguing for the sake of it, because not one person I know thinks he is the next KG. I don't care whether or not you think he was the true Spanish league MVP or not, because the fact remains that at his home sits the proof. Get. Over. It. Most also don't care whether he was an MVP at all, as long as he can provide defense & efficiency to this Spurs team. Pop willing...
okie dokie pokie.
Get some sleep, you will need the rest as your war against the Splitterites will surely continue.
lol being trolled by KBP 2.0
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