Splitter isn't playing because he straight up disrespected Bonner in practice by stuffing his out-of-bounds. You're only allowed to block Bonner in practice if you warn him before hand.
Keep up the good work. There are few better things than a good laugh, and you have to be one of the most underrated posters on this forum.
Splitter was only the Spanish League MVP and Finals MVP in his last season in Spain (first time that happens since Sabonis did it in the mid nineties), and the only player from his team to be selected in the all-Euroleague teams in each one of his last three seasons. Not bad for the 4th to 5th best player on his team.
But maybe all these players you mentioned are still better than Matt Bonner.
I know Pop does not want to play the rookie in the playoffs if you have other players at his position who have more corporate knowledge. But right now its not working against Memphis. We could have won all three games or lost all three games ... they were that close. Thats why Pop thinks everything is all right.
But by not trying to use Splitter even once I see the Spurs lose that series and the last shot for a le. This season is the last of the Big Three as we know them. Next year might be a lockout and on top of that both Manu and Tony will play for their national teams to qualify for the Olympics. So its now or never and it will be never if you are not taking a risk.
Splitter could easily average the points of Blair and Bonner in this series. Spurs offense already sucks, could not be worse with Splitter. Plus Splitter would be better defensively and could put more fouls on Z-Bo or Gasol by working the offensive glass ...
Neverending laughs.Lior Eliyahu is better than Tiago Splitter.
Stanko Barac is better than Tiago Splitter.
Marcelo Huertas is better than Tiago Splitter.
Fernando San Emeterrio is better than Tiago Splitter.
Mirza Teletovic is better than Tiago Splitter.
Splitter was no more than the 6th best player on Baskonia's roster last year. You are totally delusional if you think Splitter is as good as any of those players and obviously completely lacking in even the most basic basketball knowledge.
If you think Splitter is as good, or is better than any of those players, then you are nothing but another troll. PERIOD.
And you keep talking about the Spanish League like it is some great league or something. Get real and stop trolling. The Spanish League is total crap compared to the NBA and Euroleague.
And you keep implying that Splitter was somehow the equal of Sabonis in Spain.............which is freaking hilarious. You talk about a good laugh? Your posts are beyond a comedy routine, how you mention Sabonis with Splitter.
And as far as making 3 All-Euroleague Teams..........in recent years, like the previous 7 years since Splitter was playing as a rotation player in Euroleague:
Navarro - 5
Papaloukas - 4
Vujcic - 4
Siskauskas - 3
Spanoulis - 3
Scola - 3
Splitter - 3
And Navarro and Spanoulis spent a year in the NBA, otherwise they would have had 6 and 4 each (middle of Navarro's run and PAO won the le that year Spanoulis was in NBA). So during this time of Splitter's whole Euroleague career as a rotation player......
Navarro, Papaloukas, and Spanoulis were all getting more All-Euroleague selections and Siska the same. Vujcic got more, so Splitter was not even selected the most at his own position. Vujcic was selected 4 times at center.
Funny, that you use that as some kind of argument to make Splitter seem so good, when you are the same guy that said Spanoulis is not good enough to play in the NBA. Seriously, just STFU.
My dog is better than Splitter. And that's because Navarro, Papaloukas, Vujcic, Siskauskas, Spanoulis and Scola, all have as many if not more all-Euroleague team nominations than Splitter.
Get real, Splitter is better than Spanoulis because Michael Jordan has 5 MVPs. But since the NBA is weaker than the HEBA, Spanoulis is better than Jordan, but not better than my dog, who catches a frisbie in spectacular fashion.
I would never tell you to STFU. Too much fun. Do they pay you to entertain these boards? Keep it coming.
It's clear that you've never seen my dog elegantly jumping in the air. Very reactive, excellent vertical, superb first step. A fan favourite.
Pop has absolutely NO excuse for refusing to give Splitter a run against the bigger, more physical Memphis frontline. As others have stated, nothing else appears to be working, so in reality, therefore Pop has nothing else to lose. If he gave Splitter some burn and if it turned out he sucked too, the Spurs would be no worse off than they are now.
Pop is simply being a stubborn jackass...and he needs to get over himself.
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And the repeated lie here that Pop doesn't play the rookie Splitter, but Neal is a .... ?
Im more interesting in Pop giving us straight answers......its too late to do anything about the Splitter debacle.
I want someone asking him the hard question with Pop replying with serious answers.
Then only I can sleep properly, I dont care about the results anymore because the results are 50% influenced by Pop and the rest by the team's performance.
Agreed 100%, so nice I wanted to see it twice. Irrefutable.
san emeterio
Neal had to play early in the season after Anderson got injured. He earned playing time and is the 4th guard right now. Splitter is only the 5th big for Pop which equates in zero playing time in the playoffs.
And Neal can shoot threes ...
Well I wrote an open letter to Pop to the Express News begging him to give Splitter a chance even if all he did was stand in front of the basket with his hands straight up in the air. It's really not a matter of how good or bad Tiago is at this point, it's a matter of repeated abuse in the paint which we knew was going to happen with the Grizz while a 7-foot wall rots on the pine. Someone in the Spurs organization needs to have an invtervention with Pop PRONTO.
Splitter should have known better than to shoot that three against Sacramento.
I sent a letter to the San Antonio Light and told them to tell Pop to let Splitter start.
What would Splitter have brought to the table??? Would he have made it so Spurs out rebound Memphis in series? Spurs have lready have done that. Spurs' problem is that they have no made jump shots and Memphis has. If Spurs start hitting 3s and if TP starts playing like the Finals MVP that his is capable of, then Spurs get control of series.
Get over Splitter.
Our bigs have not been the problem.
None of what you said changes the fact that Splitter is a 1000x better defender than Bonner, which is why we want Pop to play him. Who gives a flying about Euroleague, anyway. This is the NBA, son!!!Lior Eliyahu is better than Tiago Splitter.
Stanko Barac is better than Tiago Splitter.
Marcelo Huertas is better than Tiago Splitter.
Fernando San Emeterrio is better than Tiago Splitter.
Mirza Teletovic is better than Tiago Splitter.
Splitter was no more than the 6th best player on Baskonia's roster last year. You are totally delusional if you think Splitter is as good as any of those players and obviously completely lacking in even the most basic basketball knowledge.
If you think Splitter is as good, or is better than any of those players, then you are nothing but another troll. PERIOD.
And you keep talking about the Spanish League like it is some great league or something. Get real and stop trolling. The Spanish League is total crap compared to the NBA and Euroleague.
And you keep implying that Splitter was somehow the equal of Sabonis in Spain.............which is freaking hilarious. You talk about a good laugh? Your posts are beyond a comedy routine, how you mention Sabonis with Splitter.
And as far as making 3 All-Euroleague Teams..........in recent years, like the previous 7 years since Splitter was playing as a rotation player in Euroleague:
Navarro - 5
Papaloukas - 4
Vujcic - 4
Siskauskas - 3
Spanoulis - 3
Scola - 3
Langdon - 3
Splitter - 3
You make it sound like 3 All-Euroleague selections during his Euroleague career as a rotation player is supposed to be special or something? Those other players did that during Splitter's Euroleague career. Just more proof your ridiculous overrating and over hyping non-stop bull about Splitter.
And Navarro and Spanoulis spent a year in the NBA, otherwise they would have had 6 and 4 each (middle of Navarro's run and PAO won the le that year Spanoulis was in NBA). So during this time of Splitter's whole Euroleague career as a rotation player......
Navarro, Papaloukas, and Spanoulis were all getting more All-Euroleague selections and Siska the same. Vujcic got more, so Splitter was not even selected the most at his own position. Vujcic was selected 4 times at center.
Funny, that you use that as some kind of argument to make Splitter seem so good, when you are the same guy that said Spanoulis is not good enough to play in the NBA. Seriously, just STFU.
You are just pissed off because everyone is seeing how overrated the POS ACB league is.
Have you even been watching the playoffs???
In the last two games defense was not really the problem.. The Spurs followed the plan more than decently, MEM got a bit lucky with some shots, defense is good enough to beat them. The major concern right now, opposed to the regular season is on the offensive end, the lack of playmaking from Tony and Manu, and the inability to create shots by everyone else is hurting the Spurs big time... Splitter doesn't help with that. Bonner and Dice are the only bigs apart from Duncan able to hit a jumper, that's also why Blair is not getting playing time.
What I don't get is why is Bonner playing so much if he isn't attempting 3s. I know Tony and Manu aren't giving him open looks right now but do we have time to wait for that to happen?
Splitter is Oberto of 07 at worst. Anybody who disputes that is clueless.
Oberto of 07 >>> Bonner
Probably, but still a good three quarters of the pick-up games I play with my friends on Thursday (in a traditional singles vs. married format). That has to count something, hasn't it?
I just wanted to comment on why Neal gets playing time and Splitter is not. Neal only was solid in game 2 and has yet to show that he is different to RMJ in the playoffs.
Please!
Bigs have not been the sole problem, but they are a problem in that both Gasol and Randolph have taken turns ravaging the Spurs interior and NO ONE has proven capable of slowing them down.
As far as what Splitter could bring to the table, start with an active low-post presence, good rebounding and solid defensive play.
Again, there is absolutely no risk to giving Tiago a shot against the Memphis bigs because it can't get much worse.
Yeah, you don't know much about basketball. It's more about one on one post defense than it is rebounding right now, and the Memphis bigs are the reason the Spurs are getting pounded. They play inside-out all series long, it's what they do, and frontcourt play is extremely important in the playoffs in grind it out, less possession games. You can get by as a perimeter team throughout regular season, it becomes much tougher in the playoffs. See: Dallas Mavericks of the past decade. They always dominate in the regular, they always fall in the playoffs.
Sure the guard play isn't optimal, we all know that TP needs to step up, but even if he does, the biggest problem is still down in the paint, and quite frankly this team does not have the frontcourt personnel to win another championship. The Spurs organization has failed to put another high quality solid big alongside Duncan for some years now.
I'm not quitting on the Spurs, I hope they push this thing out as far as they possibly can, but anyone who realistically believes they're winning another championship is delusional. Go ahead and call me a pessimist, I just see it as realism.
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