Blake Griffin vs. Tiago Splitter

[DPG21920]

Name them.

Who, the Mav fans on this site that also check out that joke of a fanbase (their own) site?

[Dave Mustaine]

the ones that you implied are regulars on both forums.

[DPG21920]

the ones that you implied are regulars on both forums.

I said they are regulars or that they are Mav fans that have seen that pile of crap of a fanbase and choose to spend the vast majority of their time here?

Like Badfish, stretch, mono...

[G-Dawgg]

How is this even a compe ion..? Griffin is a cornerstone and Splitter is a bust......

[xmas1997]

If Splitter were a bust then he wouldn't still be here. Do you think Pop and staff are total idiots?????????? Geez, arm chair shade tree coaches some fans are!
Get a life!

[Harry Callahan]

Not neccesarily true. Dude has a very good post up game, with a number of different moves he can throw at opponents, not to mention a constantly developing jumper. I'm pretty confident that by his third year, the whole "he needs his athletic ability to be effective" will be completely gone. Dude clearly has skills that dont rely on athletic ability and he has grown exponentially through the season.

Of course his athletic ability is what puts him over the top, but then again, that is what puts all great players over the top. It's the reason why Kobe > Manu, for example. If Manu had Kobe's athletic ability, he would be every bit as good, if not a better basketball player. Another example is Dwight and Gasol. Dwight is the better center, but if Pau had Dwights natrual atheltic ability, he would be a much better player than Dwight. So even though players will lose their athletic ability over years, some are just natural athletes and even if they lose some, they will still be significantly better athletes than their counterparts and will always have that advantage. Athleticism is every bit as important as skills.

Wow! A reasoned and thoughtful post phillip! Why don't you do that more often instead the usual "LOL Spurs" when they lose that one in four or five games?

[rascal]

What's Splitter supposed to prove when Pop never plays him?

He can first start by being worthy of getting some minutes.

[rascal]

If Splitter were a bust then he wouldn't still be here. Do you think Pop and staff are total idiots?????????? Geez, arm chair shade tree coaches some fans are!
Get a life!

Pop and staff don't always hit on every player. There is a long list of players they screwed up on over the years.

[Cessation]

lol noobs calling splinter a bust after 48 games

[Sofaking]

lol noobs calling splinter a bust after 48 games

Do you still believe Splitter>>>Blair?

[Cessation]

Are you still butthurt?

[Hoops Czar]

If Splitter were a bust then he wouldn't still be here. Do you think Pop and staff are total idiots?????????? Geez, arm chair shade tree coaches some fans are!
Get a life!

A bust doesn't happen in one year's time, but rest assured, he will never dominate the NBA landscape the way he did to some degree in Europe. Spurstalk homers proclaimed the "great white hope" to be TD's successor and that will never happen.

[HarlemHeat37]

Why wasn't this a public poll?.. ..

[senorglory]

Why wasn't this a public poll?.. ..

Why can't I vote for Splitter twice?... ..

[TDMVPDPOY]

splitter will have his first championship ring b4 blake, book it

[Hoops Czar]

splitter will have his first championship ring b4 blake, book it

Sure is fun to ride the Spurs coattails to a ring.... easiest ring EVER!

[smrattler]

Griffin is just a better dunker and gets more minutes than Splitter.

Tiago is a better defender and has better offensive moves than Griff.

The world just doesn't see this because Pop hates Tiago and refuses to play him.

[rascal]

Bump

[Dex]

This needed to be a public poll....

[DesignatedT]

lol

[Ikstomi]

Splitter, ofcourse

[DMC]

This reminds me of looking at a CNN or ESPN poll where they show the USA map and how each state voted. The players from those states get heavy bias in those states, but the rest of the nation votes on the obvious. So I would guess a large portion of the "Splitter" votes are Spurs homers or Clippers haters.

[Obstructed_View]

...or people who knew Griffin was going to start and Splitter was likely to get thrown to the end of the bench.

[smrattler]

Tiago >>>>>>> Griff

[Mel_13]

Splitter +9

Griffin -37

http://www.nba.com/games/20111228/LA...#nbaGIboxscore