Tiago Splitter misses second straight game with hip, no timetable for his return

[100%duncan]

Trade Diaw tho

[Mel_13]

o, my friends! Unfortunately, I will perform surgery on my right hip and will be approximately 8 months out.

I've been fighting since the beginning of this season with severe pain in the hip that made me play several times at my limit. I never resigned myself to be off the court for any reason. I always loved to play, either for my team or the Brazilian national team.
But these pains increased and become increasingly unbearable. I did all the treatments and therapies available, however nothing solved the pain I felt, and it only increased with every single game.

During this time, I had the Hawks medical team and phisios always helping me, but we had to make this difficult decision, that involves more than this season or the Olympics dream in my country, but it reaches my personal health and my career.

No one feels more than myself! It was the hardest decision of my career and even more for someone like me who never had any injury to take me to the operating room.

My surgery will be held in New York on February 25th. I want to thank all the messages of support I have received!

All the best,
Tiago Splitter

https://www.instagram.com/p/BB5hb7Rs_lM/

[timtonymanu]

Forever thankful for Tiago in 2014, tbh.

This. Plus he always was a stand up guy. Sucks his injury troubles have not gone away.

[james evans]

Trade is looking better with each passing week

[TheDoctor]

Trade is looking better with each passing week

Geriatric Tiago can't stay healthy tbh. Just glad he stayed useful in 2014 and helped us winning 5 tho'.

[bigfan]

I'd swap Boban for an injured Tiago (not gonna happen but ya never know!)

[TheGreatYacht]

Mugen lmao

[TheDoctor]

I'd swap Boban for an injured Tiago (not gonna happen but ya never know!)

You need a brazilian leather couch in your home?

[Knoxxx]

Trade is looking better with each passing week

My thoughts exactly. This means we are getting Aldridge for about $12-$13 million I believe, the difference between his and Splitter salary. Now THAT is a bargain in today's NBA for sure!

[UNT Eagles 2016]

dumping ter on the hawks

[Sean Cagney]

I'd swap Boban for an injured Tiago (not gonna happen but ya never know!)

He is out for the season, how would that help exactly?

[BatManu20]

[K...]

Lmao...everything went great except he can't walk without crutches. Did he ever say what they were doing? I just read hip surgery. Surely they took something out or put something in.

[cjw]

He is out for the season, how would that help exactly?

Not to mention the rule restricting the Spurs from reacquiring for a year, but who cares about rules?

Hope he recovers from this and glad he got his one fat contract.

[timtonymanu]

Tiago's a good dude. He's had ty luck with injuries. GWS.

[Sean Cagney]

Not to mention the rule restricting the Spurs from reacquiring for a year, but who cares about rules?

Hope he recovers from this and glad he got his one fat contract.

Indeed.

[Stand]

Lmao...everything went great except he can't walk without crutches. Did he ever say what they were doing? I just read hip surgery. Surely they took something out or put something in.

Usually you don't walk out of surgery and do backflips and so I'm not quite sure why that is so funny?

[K...]

Usually you don't walk out of surgery and do backflips and so I'm not quite sure why that is so funny?

It's the juxtaposition of tiago looking sad on crutches with the upbeat tweet text. I understand the whole "one day at a time" thing here, but he's looking at months of recovery with a big question of whether he's actually fixed enough to play basketball. He's being cheery for the sake of being cheery

[Stand]

It's the juxtaposition of tiago looking sad on crutches with the upbeat tweet text. I understand the whole "one day at a time" thing here, but he's looking at months of recovery with a big question of whether he's actually fixed enough to play basketball. He's being cheery for the sake of being cheery

Oh I don't know. If you have ever had a mysterious illness or had a nagging injury sometimes it just getting diagnosed can be huge weight off your shoulders. Following through with a surgery to correct it has to really have him feeling like he is going in a positive direction and that can definitely make a mofo cheery even when he has got a hard road ahead.