Tiago Splitter v Tyson Chandler

[Tuddy]

Both good Pick n Roll players at both ends. Chandler is a better rebounder, shotblocker and is more athletic. Splitter has better footwork, vision and has more variety in his finishing. Who would you rather?

[KL2]

Tyson 10 times out of 10, can you imagine a combo of him and Duncan shutting down the paint? No team would stand a chance against the Spurs, it'd be like TD-DRob lite. Splitter is a nice player to have but Chandler's defense is on a whole other level, he'd instantly transform the Spurs' defense into the best in the NBA and maybe one of the best defenses in franchise history.


I haven't seen Chander really play much since he was with Dallas so I'm assuming he's still playing at a high level defensively.

[Richie]

Assuming similar salaries, I'd take Chandler all day long.

Chandler at $14m vs Splitter at $8m would be a tougher decision though. Probably still go for Chandler, defence wins championships and Chandler has shown the ability to anchor a championship defence.

[biskvito]

weird comparison, Chandler is the typical NBA guy, athletic, plays above the rim, rebounds... Splitter is still finding his place

[racm]

Chandler gets you extra possessions by tipping out offensive rebounds. While Splitter isn't bad at offensive rebounding himself, he doesn't do that too often and more often goes for the putback (or, given the Spurs' aversion to offensive rebounds, get back on defense)

[Brazil]

really ?

[SpursIndonesia]

If you have the money, Chandler all the way. But if you can slice 14 mil for Splitter + MLE level player, for money challenged small market team like the Spurs, that might be the choice they would have taken.

[Obstructed_View]

Splitter when he plays more than 30 minutes this year: 18 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, on 80% shooting from the floor. For a guy making ten million a year less than Chandler, who's only been starting regularly for a month, I'm pretty ing happy with him.

[8FOR!3]

The shotblocking and athletic abilities that Tyson Chandler have push him over the edge, but they're both upper tier big guys.

[Richie]

The shotblocking and athletic abilities that Tyson Chandler have push him over the edge, but they're both upper tier big guys.

Splitter doesn't rebound or block enough shots be be considered an upper tier big man IMO. I'd put him just below them though.

[Brunodf]

Splitter is cheaper and is better on the offensive end

[Darkwaters]

Assuming equal salaries I'd go with Chandler all day long.

Still love Splitter though. Hes such a nice piece on this team.

[JRHernandez88]

LOL Tiago is my guy but I'd go with Chandler. Tiago can get his own shot tho...

[Blake]

It's threads like these that started the lol gnsf craze.

[timvp]

:facepalm

[DesertSpur50]

Tiago Splitter
Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2012-13	28	SAS	NBA	PF	46	24	1051	6.2	10.1	.608	0.0	0.0	.000	4.0	5.4	.739	2.5	6.5	9.0	2.1	1.2	1.2	1.7	3.3	16.3

Tyson Chandler
Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2012-13	30	NYK	NBA	C	40	40	1323	4.8	7.2	.673	0.0	0.0		3.5	5.1	.681	4.8	7.1	11.9	1.0	0.7	1.1	1.4	3.3	13.1

I think it's pretty close. I can see cases for both of them. To me Tyson Chandlers defense is a little overrated (at least what I've seen from him) and Tiago's D is continuing to improve, but still not as good as Chandler's. I'll go with Tiago this time around because I've seen his more of his game than Chandler's .

EDIT: This didn't come out right, I'll try and fix it. If anyone can post this better feel free to do so. This isn't going too well for me
EDIT 2:As soon as I got it done my internet goes down and have to start from scratch, me
EDIT 3: Ok, finally got it. Although its not the way I wanted it but whatever.

[Richie]

I'm shocked Chander is only a 1bpg player. Expecting him to be putting up 2+.

Still gotta see more rebounding from Splitter before it even becomes a discussion.

[Juggity]

For now it's TC due to height advantage, athleticism and defense, but TS in the last 10 games or so has taken a huge leap forward.

It's definitely a lot closer than it has been at any point in Splitter's NBA career.

[therealtruth]

There was a point last season where Splitter was in God mode around RRT. I am not sure if he's got there yet this season.

[cd98]

Chandler is overrated. Splitter is underrated. I still think Chandler is better. But it's not as much of a blowout as you would think.

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Chandler

[Obstructed_View]

Chandler must have Timmy's stat guy because his blocks per game don't look all that amazing tbh.

[DPG21920]

Chandler, while a great defender, has never been an elite shot blocker.

[ffadicted]

@OP:

[ffadicted]

Holy it's actually 21 - 15... what is the average bball IQ in this forum these days lol