Tiago Splitter news

[Velo]

He just screwed himself. By taking that deal I really doubt ANY team in the NBA would invest in him after what he's done.

[Harry Callahan]

ESPN here in Brazil is showing Pistons x Celtics. They'll talk about Tiago in the halftime. I'll put some updates in a few moments.

But

Splitter. I don't think you will be that stupid. When you want to follow your dream you need to sacrifice some things, like Manu did in 2002.

I hope the Spurs trade Splitter.

What good does it do to trade him now? Getting mad and dumping his rights is no way to go.

I'm disappointed if he gave indications to the Spurs that he was coming over and then changes course.

It may be a two year contract, but is there a buyout as is so often the case?

This front office has now used up just about all the goodwill it had from previous years. They must start correcting the holes on this roster and this is another squandered opportunity without a doubt.

[timvp]

ESPN here in Brazil is showing Pistons x Celtics. They'll talk about Tiago in the halftime. I'll put some updates in a few moments.

But

Splitter. I don't think you will be that stupid. When you want to follow your dream you need to sacrifice some things, like Manu did in 2002.

I hope the Spurs trade Splitter.

Thanks for this update and thanks in advance for any further updates. It's tough blaming Splitter for taking less money .... but he knew this exact scenario would play out.

If he wasn't interesting in sacrificing the short term for the big potential contract down the line, he should have told the Spurs that.

[hsxvvd]

He is clearly a pussy anyway, we don't need anymore players who doubt their abilities. We need to draft players with confidence and a passion to succeed. Clearly Splitter has neither of these qualities. But I won't lie, it hurts.

PLEASE DRAFT LOCAL TALENT!

[Spurs Brazil]

Thanks for this update and thanks in advance for any further updates. It's tough blaming Splitter for taking less money .... but he knew this exact scenario would play out.

If he wasn't interesting in sacrificing the short term for the big potential contract down the line, he should have told the Spurs that.

What make me even more mad that after that 1st report he told his hometown newspaper that he'd come to the NBA and he doesn't care about the money.

Something happened in those 2 weeks.

1 - Tau give even more money. The 1st report is the contract was 3x better, now it's 8x better

2 - Maybe his stupid agent told him to do that

[Spurs Brazil]

ESPN Brazil Update

The same info that's in the blog, plus he has a no buyout clause after those 2 years.

He can come to the NBA for "free". I think it may help the Spurs if they want to trade him.

[Spurtacus]

This blows. Spurs definitely need to rethink drafting international players. We have three picks this year...need to use them wisely!

[TheProfessor]

Wow. So much for his "dream" at the moment.