Tiago

[slick'81]

Come on guys who sets better screens then splitter ?this is where we need him right vs big lineups? Lol 9.5 million

[MannyIsGod]

I don't disagree that he's not going to do much when he catches the ball in those situations but those are the situations OKC left open on purpose. That was a big part of their halftime adjustment. The guards are dammed if you do dammed if you don't unless they just drain outside shots and open things up a bit more. The big they put on Tiago just basically free roams on D at that point.

[jag]

lol who is this Darius McCrary pussy who keeps following me around

[cd021]

He was put in terrible positions tonight, tbh..

Most of the shots he took were under the basket in no man's land due to his teammates either over-penetrating or stupidly passing up shots..

The only bad attempt Splitter had was the layup that got destroyed by Ibaka, tbh..

I don't know what people expect him to do when he's catching the ball with 2 defenders already converged on him and no room to maneuver..

Truth

[ElNono]

It's frustrating, but he's very useful against other teams/matchups. I expected Diaw to play better, tbh... but when both Diaw and Tiago are not playing well, we lose quit a bit of a punch...

[gameFACE]

It's not just Tiago although he was terrible tonight. The Thunder's bigs are just better than the Spurs bigs.

[Raven]

He was put in terrible positions tonight, tbh..

Most of the shots he took were under the basket in no man's land due to his teammates either over-penetrating or stupidly passing up shots..

The only bad attempt Splitter had was the layup that got destroyed by Ibaka, tbh..

I don't know what people expect him to do when he's catching the ball with 2 defenders already converged on him and no room to maneuver..

word.

[DarrinS]

It's frustrating, but he's very useful against other teams/matchups. I expected Diaw to play better, tbh... but when both Diaw and Tiago are not playing well, we lose quit a bit of a punch...

this

Tiago is not the reason we lost, though

[weebo]

Poor shooting and TO's cost the Spurs this game. I would like to think its the result of tired legs.

[TampaDude]

Poor shooting and TO's cost the Spurs this game. I would like to think its the result of tired legs.

5 games in 7 nights will do that to ya. Glad we have a few days off before playing the Grizz.

[MR-Clutch]

He was put in terrible positions tonight, tbh..

Most of the shots he took were under the basket in no man's land due to his teammates either over-penetrating or stupidly passing up shots..

The only bad attempt Splitter had was the layup that got destroyed by Ibaka, tbh..

I don't know what people expect him to do when he's catching the ball with 2 defenders already converged on him and no room to maneuver..

This.

[heyheymymy]

tiago is vital to our defense, he's just gotta stop getting stuffed on the offensive end

[FireMicoHalili]

Cliffjumpers going to cliff tbh

What

[sexinthatsx]

What

it means nothing to see here, just cliffjumpers doing what they do best - cliffjump

[mercos]

He was put in terrible positions tonight, tbh..

Most of the shots he took were under the basket in no man's land due to his teammates either over-penetrating or stupidly passing up shots..

The only bad attempt Splitter had was the layup that got destroyed by Ibaka, tbh..

I don't know what people expect him to do when he's catching the ball with 2 defenders already converged on him and no room to maneuver..

This. Boris put him in no man's land several times. The Ibaka Effect was in full force tonight. Too many of our guys got twitchy near the rim and made some stupid passes. Tiago was on the receiving end of a lot of them.

[AFBlue]

Bro, if you didn't already know...the Spurs signed this guy to be good against the 27 other teams that don't have a legit shot at the le. All things considered, $9M a year to get you to the conference finals isn't terrible...but it's obviously not optimal. Spurs will just have to overcome it with better play from the smalls and Boudini tbqh.

[MaNu4Tres]

Anytime Westbrook and Ibaka outplay Tim and Tony, Thunder will win 10 times out of 10.

Also, whatever Tiago provides offensively is always just a plus. It never has been or never was a concrete component that's necessary for the Spurs to win.

[Ice009]

5 games in 7 nights will do that to ya. Glad we have a few days off before playing the Grizz.

Was is 5 games in 7 nights? The TNT crew tried saying that the Spurs played 5 games in 8 nights late in the 4th quarter during the broadcast? Were they right or just talking like usual?

[Baam]

please someone post the 1000 articles from PtR and 48moh telling us how Splitter was proving he was worth his money...

premature ejaculation

10M

3 post season of Bonner-like "help", 4 post season to go on his new contract

[George Gervin's Afro]

He is so soft it makes my head hurt...

[diego]

No one in the league plays Duncan as well as Perkins. It kills the offense when Duncan tries to force the issue against him. Perkins has done this going back to his time with Boston.

Also, Ibaka isn't any good defensively 1on1, but he has a major impact coming from the weakside on penetration. The Spurs do so much passing inside the paint, it plays into what Ibaka does best defensively.

Need to take those mid range shots against these guys, they leave us open knowing we'll force it inside... I don't know how many times I saw 3 thunder players defending in the paint

[SpurSpurSpurs]

After watching the game, I realized Tiago has the biggest balls in our team. As big as Ayers Rock, literally! It's so huge he can't even ing jump for blocks, rebound, tip ins, dunk with a defender or just a ing simple layup from time to time. ing 8mil for a stupid form whenever he tries to make a hook shot. Softer than Gasoft since he fell down on the floor more frequently than my grandmother.

Seriously, he's good when he is playing with Manu for those sick pick and rolls. HOWEVER, he is a ing joke in every other category. His D is overrated and his O inside the paint is as bad as Danny Green. He should ing ask Chip to help him learn shoot 3's. Waste of height and $!

[superbigtime]

They keep trying this "extra pass for a great shot" idea that clearly won't work against the Thunder. They recover way too quickly. And as a result of that, he's trying to put up shots that he'd never normally try.

So true. Could be said of whole team at times. As much as I like Belinelli he can make me nuts when he fakes the three then dribbles a foot inside the 3 point arc for a two pointer.

[wildbill2u]

It's frustrating to see his layup or dunk shot get blocked so often--3 or 4 times a game-- by all kinds of centers. He must be an easy 'read' when he makes his move. Maybe he needs to learn the 'pump' fake from NASR Mohammed.

[elbamba]

The Spurs should have just picked up Gasol or Howard. Its not like there was a huge selection on available centers. Tiago is a big reason the Spurs just won 19 in a row. Tiago is great against 98% of the teams in this league. When you play teams like OKC and Miami, you have to be better at passing to him so he is not catching the ball low so smaller defenders can get their hands in there.

Tiago will be fine and does exactly what he needs to. Tim plays less minutes as a result of Tiago's solid play this season.