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Splitter was ing crucial against Dallas and Portland this playoffs. He wasn't that effective against OKC and the Heat, but Splitter remained useful even for stretches.
Thats tough mate, sorry to hear.
Good to have ya back!
Splitter was ing crucial against Dallas and Portland this playoffs. He wasn't that effective against OKC and the Heat, but Splitter remained useful even for stretches.
exactly. a win win for the Spurs and Splitter coming off the bench. The focus shouldn't be about match-ups more about what posi he needed to play at to succeed against the likes of OKC and Miami. Glad to see Pop's faith never wavered unlike some of our fans.
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LOL at your dumb, dumb, dumb "evidence" IF you take these and make them somewhat comparable, ie per game, throwing away the 4 minutes Blair played in one, then you would see that they come out to something around
9/9/3STL
10/8/2APG
TAKE IT IN CONTEXT
And again, repping a 17/12 night because its so RARE. He had 5 double doubles all last year.
The whole defense thing is overplayed, in the finals he was getting lit up by perimeter players in the paint
Bull , we were a kick in the head from getting beat by dallas, Splitter or no-Splitter. Blair outplayed him. So to sit here and say that he "won us a ring" is ignorant considering the fact that he was 5/4 Guy in the WCF and the Finals getting the kicked out of him by Ibaka, Perkins, and any other guard driving in the lane.
I will be the first one to admit that he played great against Dallas, and good in Portland, and then 2 meh series. Vast improvement during his years here, so its a start. But until he plays like the Dallas series all the way through, then he's not worth 10 million, to me. But then again I dont get excited about 5ppg4 rpg from a 10 million dollar man, and that may be where the difference comes.
OK, once and for all: are you saying the Spurs would have won the le this season with Blair instead of Splitter?
Yes or no.
The context is that Blair's defense is so bad that Splitter could put up numbers like that against him when Blair is in the middle of the series of his ing life.
Waiting for a list of the perimeter players for the Spurs that lit him up.
No Splitter, the Spurs lose that series in five games. Instead they won a le. Again, what part of that don't you understand?
Wait, whut?
fail bro
It's really difficult to understand. When you can parade posts like this around and actually believe it
Let's see here...
If Splitter isn't on the team, and playing his ass off, the Spurs are the only team in NBA history to get beat by an 8 seed twice (Remember, they lost to Memphis because Pop wouldn't put Splitter in the rotation). Oh, also, no subsequent championship run this year when they get sent packing by Dallas.
Splitter defended the out of Dirk Nowitzki and LaMarcus Aldridge in successive series, most notably Aldridge, who had come off a series of skull ing The Black Kevin Love (AKA, The Best Defender In Tha Wurld). LaMarcus has Boris Diaw and Garbage Time to thank for his numbers not being outright embarrassing against the Spurs.
So a le and great defense against some of the most difficult covers in the league. If that goty little hookshot never goes in, his contract is still a in' bargain.
tbh
Then get panty-bunched when the same hypothetical from the opposite view comes in. How can you get all worked up, if I give you the counter-claim to your argument? If you can't fathom Dallas beating Spurs with Blair, then there is no way you can say Tiago saved the Spurs or that Baynes wouldn't have done the same as Splitter. It's all never going to be decided/confirmed.
I understand your opinion, and I think that Tiago, if he plays like the few games he did in Dallas every game, may not be a ty contract. But for now, and if he doesnt put up the numbers or PLAY WELL IN THE BIGGEST GAMES/SERIES of the year, 10 million is not worth it. If he can improve this coming year, I will be the first to admit that the contract wasn't bad.
??
We will never know
Yeah I wish that Splitter guy would start earning his < 10m a year.
So Tony Parker should be paid less than Baynes and Mills? And Boris should sign with us for less than Mills? Based on your stats.... \Yeah I wish that Splitter guy would start earning his < 10m a year.
Dejuan Blair Playoff Advanced LAST YEAR:
2012-13 23 SAS NBA PF 12 76 31.2 .619 .618 .265 .000 9.4 26.3 18.1 18.7 3.5 1.0 2.6 24.2 131 94 0.4 0.2 0.6 .348
Blew Splitter out of the water.
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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% FTr 3PAr ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48 ▾ 1 DeJuan Blair 23 12 76 31.2 .619 .618 .265 .000 9.4 26.3 18.1 18.7 3.5 1.0 2.6 24.2 131 94 0.4 0.2 0.6 .348 2 Kawhi Leonard 21 21 775 18.9 .611 .600 .232 .280 7.7 20.1 14.1 4.6 2.6 1.1 9.0 15.6 120 98 1.7 1.4 3.1 .194 3 Nando De Colo 25 5 14 17.0 .410 .250 .500 .750 16.9 15.9 16.4 20.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.5 122 106 0.0 0.0 0.1 .184 4 Matt Bonner 32 20 267 12.7 .630 .602 .203 .542 4.0 12.5 8.4 3.4 1.0 1.4 3.0 11.7 131 104 0.6 0.3 0.9 .169 5 Tim Duncan 36 21 735 21.3 .523 .470 .305 .003 8.7 24.2 16.7 9.6 1.3 3.5 10.3 26.1 106 98 1.1 1.4 2.5 .161 6 Danny Green 25 21 669 15.2 .605 .594 .081 .613 3.2 11.5 7.5 7.4 1.8 2.6 9.0 15.0 117 102 1.2 0.9 2.1 .154 7 Tony Parker 30 21 765 21.5 .521 .473 .307 .085 2.2 7.8 5.1 34.6 1.7 0.3 11.3 28.9 108 105 1.7 0.8 2.4 .152 8 Tiago Splitter 28 19 388 13.5 .589 .536 .393 .012 6.4 10.6 8.6 9.1 2.1 2.8 19.6 14.9 107 101 0.4 0.6 1.0 .122 9 Patrick Mills 24 9 31 13.5 .600 .600 .000 .700 3.8 7.2 5.5 10.6 0.0 0.0 9.1 16.8 116 109 0.1 0.0 0.1 .119 10 Manu Ginobili 35 21 560 16.5 .530 .474 .415 .497 1.9 13.7 8.0 29.7 2.3 0.8 19.4 23.9 102 101 0.5 0.8 1.3 .110 11 Boris Diaw 30 16 273 10.1 .540 .491 .259 .241 3.5 13.0 8.4 15.0 0.8 0.8 17.8 12.7 107 104 0.2 0.3 0.5 .095 12 Aron Baynes 26 4 23 10.6 .571 .571 .000 .000 10.3 14.5 12.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.5 16.5 107 106 0.0 0.0 0.0 .090 13 Cory Joseph 21 20 192 13.2 .485 .482 .196 .196 4.9 13.3 9.3 19.7 1.7 0.8 14.1 17.5 101 103 0.1 0.2 0.4 .088 14 Gary Neal 28 21 390 9.0 .503 .470 .119 .489 0.3 12.5 6.6 6.0 0.4 0.2 8.4 18.8 98 106 0.1 0.3 0.4 .052 15 Tracy McGrady 33 6 31 7.0 .000 .000 .000 .429 3.8 25.1 14.8 29.3 3.5 7.4 22.2 13.7 47 90 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.094
They're not "my" stats, they're stats.
Yeah, and who was guarding Blair 99% of the time? Do you watch the games?
Yes, and I record them. So basically, what you're telling me is this:
"Tiago has better stats than anyone, so I can post the stats, and everyone should take them as they are. When Tiago has worse stats than someone, I will try to deflect by asking a question even I dont know the answer to."
The funny thing is, the highlight video posted on Splitter should have you begging the same question: who is defending tiago = Dirk....
What a cop out.
You've got to give tholdren the nod on this one. He's wrong about Splitter, but advanced stats don't suggest it.
Highest win share/48 and 3rd highest per on the team makes 8-10m/y a bad contract? What?
He's right that Blair had a good 2013 playoff run himself, statistically.
Why does Blair going to town on Duncan have anything to do with Splitter's contract
It doesn't.
I like Splitter. It is just he is not a starting caliber center statistically speaking. He did redeem himself this post-season partially from his performance last year but for the money he is getting is just too much. I just wish he would learn how to dunk a ball occasionally when he is two feet from the basket rather than trying to lay it up. The one facet of Splitter's game that I really dislike is his lack of aggressiveness when he is put in post up situations. If he developed just a little bit of a mean streak, he could really put up some numbers.
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