Was with you until you said he was a good finisher.. rest is a bad take. Tiago is not a consistent finisher or he'd average better scoring numbers.
i have no idea what goes on in a spurs practice. splitter can't dunk the fukin ball with a man standing within 2 feet of him, danny green can't pump fake and go around his defender to pull up for a jumper, and every time someone says "boo" at matt bonner, he panicks and puts the ball on the floor instead of shoots it. this has been going on for a while. this is nothing new. wtf is practice for if you aren't developing?
Tiago is the Spurs' best defensive player this year. He's gotta score though if the Spurs want to get open looks from the perimeter.
Splitter has his moments. Bet lets be honest, he is far inferior to the player everyone was expecting. He just isn't that good. He is a career backup starting for the Spurs. I don't care what anyone counters. Splitter is not good enough to start in the NBA. He is starting due to a need or a deficiency. However you want to slice it.
Replacing one knockdown shooter with another, at the same position, wouldn't change anything. What they need to do is replace Diaw with Splitter and Ayres with Bonner. Playing big only makes sense if it limits elite offensive teams defensively. Suffice it to say, it's failed miserably in that regard and it hurts their own offense.
As for Splitter, other than his one fluke performance against the Thunder last season, he goes fetal every time against the Thunder/Heat and the front line is not good enough to get away with him doing so. This is precisely why I still think they need to explore trading him.
I am agreeing with you and NoLyfeScrub the past few days. is freezing over I think...
Yeah I mean he's the one telling Tiago to shoot those shifty sweeping hooks or go up soft against bigs looking to block him. This whole time I thought it was Tiago being peaked offensively and being inept at scoring.
his post moves suck tbh
17.5% total rebound percentage means he's a pretty ing good rebounder actually. Best offensive rebounder on our team too.
I couldn't agree more, you can it me with all the stats you want, +/- and the rest but Tiago is not that good. The Spurs need a big to help defensively and Splitter does do that but would the Spurs not be even better with a Favors, Javell M, DeAndre Jordan, Tyson Chandler or Ibaka. Spurs offense doesn't really need points from Splitter and his P&R defense is good but he isn't a shot blocker. If he were more of that I might be able to overlook his scoring softness. Besides the players I mentioned I can probably name 5 more that would be more effective than Tiago.
Truth.
Tiago haters need to shut it because they only speak on lies, tbh!
It's unbelievable how much more hate the White Man gets on these forums, tbh. The racist haters really come out for them.
and to think splitter was the best player(mvp) in his leauge before coming to the nba. i can imagine what kind of talent is in that league.damn..
Don't know what the big deal is - Splitter is known to take a while to get his rhythm back off injury. It's the same as Manu (I'd say Manu is even worse coming back from injury). The problem with OKC was not Splitter. It's the same as the first game when Reggie Jackson kills whoever's guarding him. Spurs have difficulty defending speedy perimeter players - or should I just say any perimeter players (see Curry/Thompson vs GSW in the playoffs). When a bench player like Reggie Jackson kills you and Durant doesn't even have to make any effort, OKC is a bad match-up and Spurs will not get by them in a 7 game series (especially if Ibaka keeps hitting 3s or any outside shot).
There is no doubt he has a load of talent but he is One of the softest bigs around the Basket that I think I have ever seen.
Seriously I dont think I have ever seen a 7 footer get blocked at the rim as much as he does.
^ this
There's no comparison, really. Splitter is a pretty good big. DRob was a monster.
Not that much anymore, tbh. The best players keep going to the NBA at an increasingly younger age, and there has been a huge economic crisis in Spain since 2008, so the league has gotten significantly worse. But here's a list of previous MVPs:
2010: Tiago Splitter
2009: Felipe Reyes
2008: Marc Gasol
2007: Luis Scola
2006: Juan Carlos Navarro
2005: Luis Scola
2004: Andrés Nocioni
Splitter looked great that last season in Spain. It took him years, but he was finally the go-to player in his team, and he was finally a consistent low-post threat. In the NBA is harder for him because opponents are bigger and more athletic, of course, but also because it's easier to strip the ball without getting a call, since the hands are considered part of the ball, and Splitter has very weak hands.
You all know he's a guy who badly needs rythm to be offensively decent. He always struggles off an injury, and it takes him long to recover his previous level. So you can't evaluate him just for what he's been doing these days.
I doubt he'll ever live down getting stuffed by LeBron in the finals. I saw it in an NBA promo the other day.
Like Craig Ehlo, he'll be seeing that film clip for the rest of his life.
Splitter is an awkward kid who grew faster than he could teach his muscles to move. He's that way now. He's got some good moves, sets good picks if the ball handler would wait for him to get planted (and if he'd stay that way) but he's a decent 2nd big at best. The Spurs have him in a primary role that requires disguising his flaws the same way they disguised Blair's, only not at pronounced as Blair's.
Spurs fans are spoiled with Tim being a big with the agility and footwork of a guard. There hasn't been many of those guys in the history of humanity, much less the NBA. Splitter is above average for bigs in the NBA though.
If Lebron didn't get him, he's sticking the front of the rim anyhow because he has a tendency of taking off too early and he did that against Lebron as well. It was a desperation attempt, or a fake attack so to speak. No way Splitter finishes that even without Lebron there. Lebron just saved him from looking like a real idiot. A lot of people have been blocked at the rim, even Timmy by Amare some years back.
Still needs to finish better around the rim, IMO
At least he can hit his free throws............
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