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What's amusing is the number of players in the top 22 that are coveted by some of the same ST posters who are so critical of Splitter.
http://grantland.com/features/bill-s...nba-contracts/
“Every four years, all NBA teams have to overpay a role player like he’s a valuable starter.” Yup, that’s a rule. They all have to do it. And you wondered why San Antonio spent $36 million on Splitter (when it could have just stolen Robin Lopez for $5 million), or Cleveland lavished Jack with six times the money that Randy Foye would have cost. By the way, I always take it personally when San Antonio overpays someone. The Spurs are supposed to be the smartest team! Come on, R.C. Buford! You’re a role model!!! You gave $36 million to someone who couldn’t stay on the court in the 2013 Finals???? Not you, too! Why??????
Dan McCarney from San Antonio Express-News
Lopez isn’t a terrible comparison given that they both protect the rim at similar rates with comparable Player Efficiency Ratings. Ironically, it was Buford’s decisive move to give Splitter such a healthy deal that stymied Portland, among other potential suitors, from signing him to a restricted offer sheet. That, in turn, led to the Blazers adding Lopez, who has fit in almost perfectly.
As for Splitter, his minutes (24.7 per game to 21.5), shooting (56.6 percent to 54.4 percent), scoring (10.3 to 8.1) and PER (18.7 to 16.6) are all down this season. With injuries forcing him to miss 19 of 54 games — irritating his head coach in the process — it’s indisputable that Splitter has yet to justify the $10 million he’s making this season. Not even close, frankly.
And yet Splitter remains one of the league’s most effective rim protectors, a trait that made it almost essential that the Spurs bring him back even after a Finals that exposed his many shortcomings.http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...-worst-in-nba/Opponents are shooting just 40.9 percent on shots he defends at the rim, fourth-best among 92 players who face at least four such attempts per game. (For comparison, Duncan is 36th at 48.6 percent.) Opponents score just 94.2 points per 100 possessions when he’s on the court — eight fewer than Duncan’s court time, and more than six points below their overall average of 100.4. Opponents shoot 42.7 percent when he’s on the court, and 45.4 percent when he’s not.
You know, Tiago's disappointing season has hit a low point with his injuries- I wouldn't say he's exactly fragile, but he's becoming increasingly injury-prone-.
I still think Splitter is one of the best NBA bigman defender but now, he's worth his contract?
His last two years contract -$16.8 million- will affect the Spurs' flexibility next years?
Last edited by wildchild; 02-19-2014 at 12:55 AM.
What's amusing is the number of players in the top 22 that are coveted by some of the same ST posters who are so critical of Splitter.
Robin is also 25 years old and is locked in for 5 years.. great deal at 5M each year.. Splitter not so much.. What sucks is that before the contract he was healthy or better yet played through .. now, even the slightest bruise and he's on the bench for 2 weeks.
Simmons must have forgotten the WCF. I don't blame him since Splitter made him (and ESPN in general) look like a fool with his defense. The comparison to Lopez is terrible. Lopez is a decent starter and thus a good deal. But he's not the defensive presence Splitter is. Tiago is getting market value ... or at least he would be if he weren't injured.
Still for such a big contract, the 23rd ranking isn't that bad.
Uh, NO? He's always been an injury pussy.
He carried the offense against an elite team like the Celtics last year so that means he's good I don't get your drift
Strictly going with 81 games played and 58 started last season.
He has a contract that decreases in value each year, so that 2 / $17mm isn't all that bad. Think that's what the FO was targeting when structuring that deal - optional value to unload him if in full tank mode for a bad contract + picks if he's serviceable at that point. If not, the tanking will take care of itself.
It was over so quickly that he and Jalen probably spent more time eating in the two cities than watching the games.
"Opponents are shooting just 40.9 percent on shots he defends at the rim, fourth-best among 92 players who face at least four such attempts per game. (For comparison, Duncan is 36th at 48.6 percent.) Opponents score just 94.2 points per 100 possessions when he’s on the court — eight fewer than Duncan’s court time, and more than six points below their overall average of 100.4. Opponents shoot 42.7 percent when he’s on the court, and 45.4 percent when he’s not."
Ok, that shuts up the subject. We badly need his defence.. Prices are based on what we have scarcities on, not the actual value of the player.. Idiots
He's a net negative when it come to offensive impact. His defense has been solid but he's killing the team on the other end of the court. This has forced Pop to start Diaw in his place.
You can't copy and paste articles, especially from saen...
And yes Tiago is easily one of the worst contracts and no no one forgot about the WCF where we could double and triple inside...
Splitter has had a bad year this year but last year, prior to ol' sport being blocked by Kang, Tiago was iron man and missed only a few games. I still believe Tiago is worth it but the ol' sport just needs to stop being soft. It's not impossible
Mean entire article? Thanks! I fixed it.
Oh so Splitter didn't play in the small ball/ wing dominated NBA finals, but perhaps Simmons would bother to know how the Spurs got there? I mean .. beating the Hollinger Grizzlies 4-0? Neutralising the Win Towers, Randolph & Gasol? Did Splitter stay on the bench in that series too?
Don't matter. He is ours and we don't win a championship without him.
Bill Simmons has to be the #1 Spurs hater at ESPN....What a tool.....
Load of garbage. Robin Lopez's contract is 1 year with a team option on the 2nd (http://hoopshype.com/salaries/portland.htm), so Portland obviously didn't have much faith in him to start with. Sure, he's having a career year, but few teams saw it coming. Try doing some research rather than making things up.
For future reference, the longest standard contract under this CBA is 4 years. Teams each have the ability to issue ONE special 5 year contract to a franchise player, that's it.
How I wish people would ignore this guy into oblivion, much to my chagrin, he just gets bigger. He has heavily contributed to the ever growing, no insight sports pop culture blogoverse that is dominating the sports corner of the internet.
Actually, that's necessarily true. Teams can also re-sign (not extend) a player to a five-year deal if that player qualifies for full Bird rights. That's why Paul is locked up for five years. Lopez could have signed a five-year contract had he stayed in Phoenix, but he didn't, as you said.Load of garbage. Robin Lopez's contract is 1 year with a team option on the 2nd (http://hoopshype.com/salaries/portland.htm), so Portland obviously didn't have much faith in him to start with. Sure, he's having a career year, but few teams saw it coming. Try doing some research rather than making things up.
For future reference, the longest standard contract under this CBA is 4 years. Teams each have the ability to issue ONE special 5 year contract to a franchise player, that's it.
Also, Lopez signed a three-year deal two off-seasons ago. His 'option" year was after last year with New Orleans. Next season is now fully guaranteed.
Salary aside which was my mistake, even better deal only 2 years at that price tag but he had the same numbers with NO during his season there in 2012 when given actual starter minutes and played 82 games and started 82 games. 11 Points a game/ 5 rebounds, his per 36 was 15 and 7. So it's not like he just all of a sudden is benefiting from playing with Portland. At what he's offering for 5 million less, yeah that's a much better deal and has yet to be injured this season.Load of garbage. Robin Lopez's contract is 1 year with a team option on the 2nd (http://hoopshype.com/salaries/portland.htm), so Portland obviously didn't have much faith in him to start with. Sure, he's having a career year, but few teams saw it coming. Try doing some research rather than making things up.
For future reference, the longest standard contract under this CBA is 4 years. Teams each have the ability to issue ONE special 5 year contract to a franchise player, that's it.
Instead of ting on takes, how about you find something that supports Tiago's usefulness with his over priced contract. He's valuable but not at what we're paying him and not when he's all of a sudden injured, comes back from an injury and then sits again. We don't have time for that kind of on this team especially from some guy who's supposed to be anchoring the defense. Spurs have actually won games with him sitting on the bench grinning like a dumb .
I'm sorry, I am no fan of Tiago Splitter however if you have to go all the way to the NBA Finals to find a flaw in a starting center, you don't have much to complain about.
Well if splitter plays like he's playing this year then it is a bad cintract.
Pretty much. He was more than worth it last season. But he needs to get healthy, and he and Duncan need to be able to play together for him to really be worth it.
he's having a terrible season no doubt. But then again MVParker is too.
He'll have 1 more chance this season to turn it around, otherwise, I agree worst contract in the NBA
in the off season, i wanted the spurs to get al jefferson, but no, they put 16 million a season into ginobli and splitter. i still have no idea what kind of drugs bufford was on with that .
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