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The garbage time is exactly what worries me, honestly.
If Tiago gets a pass for playing in garbage time with crappy guards, then how do you explain Ian's line? Were his minutes not in the 4th quarter?
The garbage time is exactly what worries me, honestly.
No he would play better with the Big 3. EVERYONE plays better with the Big 3 (except maybe Blair). He's no where near earning playing time with the Big 3 when he can't have a good game against the end of a depleted bench.
He'll get time with the Big 3 when he earns it and thats not even close to happening.
Another issue with Splitter right now is that he's a half-court oriented, positional player--which means he's ill-suited for the quick-offense style that the team currently plays. But I would expect the game to slow down and Pop to gradually employ more of a half-court attack as playoffs near. I think Splitter would have a better chance at contributing under those cir stances. OTOH, not sure if Pop would play a rookie in the second half of the season if he hasn't played in the first half.
With Bonner probably out against the Nuggets, Splitter should get a decent burn. In the last game against Denver, Splitter played 21 minutes and had 12 points (6 of 7 shooting) and 9 boards. It should be a little easier on him since he should be very familiar with Nene's play.
At this point, I don't really care if Tiago plays a lot this season. The guy is too soft and until he gets tough, he isn't going to excel. MOVING ON!
Someone needs to tell Tiago to stop running to the center to take charges, he's not even close 100% of the time and just gets knocked the out.
He's a complimentary player, my man. The way he's gonna help this team is by making life easier for the Big 3, not filling in for them.
His best attributes currently are his mobility (on the defensive end and on the offensive end in the pick-and-roll game) and his passing. He's not going to be anything more than a little more physically gifted Oberto if given the chance this year. He's not Scola, and never has been Scola, someone who had a pretty polished offensive post game coming into the NBA.
If he's not going to get any kind of minutes consistently, I'm not sure how he's going to impress anyone -- especially if he's playing the majority of his minutes with ballhandlers that can make the pass off the dribble in the pick-and-roll or don't utilize Tiago as anything more than a means to get their own shot off.
The flip shots are weak and he's looking to draw charges much too often -- he's giving up his size way more than he should -- but I still see the movement and intelligence there to be a really useful piece this year. But he's going to have to play with their best players on a somewhat regular basis -- he needs to see time early in games and Pop should be making it a goal of his to find a handful or more of minutes a night to hand out to him for the betterment of their team and long term outlook.
Tiago can play, the expectations by some that Tim would in some way be passing the torch to him a la Robinson, were just ridiculously unrealistic.
The guy's a complimentary role player . . .
but he's younger and a better fit than scola!sorry couldnt resist
seriously, he spazzes out way too much, that has to be over anxiousness. I'd definitely trade some combo of splitter + bonner/blair for a more reliable bigman. depth doesnt mean nearly as much in the PO
Who's gonna trade a team a better big man for a lesser big man or two?
He has played overanxious and too eager, pressing to try and impress. But it is what it is -- don't see it changing this year with the direction Pop has seemingly chosen.
So the answer would be a welfare starting job?
In other words he needs to be spoon-fed....?
If the players were more used to playing with Splitter, he would have hit double digit points easily. He got wide up on his way to the basket a bunch of times, and either the pass wasn't made, or it was late.
I was actually kind of impressed.
But he rushes his shots more than Blair on a bad night.
That might be the stupidest comment ever posted on this board. Conga rats.
I could be banned, but here I go ... he is not Scola, sorry people
i didn't know that Splitter was this offensively unpolished. he's a good defender, but he doesn't bring enough offensively to the table to warrant playing time other than when Bonner and Blair aren't doing anything out there.
Call it what you want. I see it more like in garbage time he is expected to eat soup with a fork. Some players don't need a spoon (Blair for example) but Splitter is not like that. He needs guards to pass to him when he is open and he is very good at getting open. I am surprised that some people here seem to have had too high expectations of him. I have seen Splitter play for many years and I'm well aware of his limitations.
Yeah, that should have been "single most pathetic shot".
WTF, getting grammar-schooled by Lech Wałęsa.
i think we will lose more game if he play more time on the floor.Maybe if he played more often he would do more, but he's stuck to the bench...maybe i expect too much about him.
I think the expectations of this board on Tiago were over the top. I have always said he is a poor's man Gasol.
But honestly, the garbage time unit doesn't need gHill running the clock down and bricking contested threes either. Splitter has been open tens of times and he never gets it from Hill.
Just an observation here...
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He has always been tough on the defensive end and soft on the offensive end. I tried to tell people that he would cause the same frustrations that Rasho did with regards to his preference to shoot little floaters and hooks as opposed to taking it strong to the hole.
spurs bench..splitter is not handling the ball so he's not getting any shot...do you guys wondwr why TD's production is lowthis season? coz of guard oriented offense..they're not calling plays for TD often now....splitter only got one when TP did it before he went to bench.......
I don't think we can take much for that time he played. The game was already over and everyone was playing bad, even Neal was horrible
But he must stop with those weak moves on O. That one yesterday was ugly
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