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Tiago fouled out
Huge tip in by Tiago
Tiago fouled out
He finished with 12pts 8rebs
I wanna see Splitter swat one back in Kobe's face.
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Clutch TO by Carl "I don't have to play summer league to impress NBA teams" English.
Splitter's stat line:
Minutes: 28
Points: 12
FG: 6/9
3PT: 0/0
FT: 0/2
Rebounds: 9
Defensive: 7
Offensive: 2
Assists: 2
Steals: 1
Turnovers: 6
Personal Fouls: 5
http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/07/...t_boxScor.html
Splitter had a much stronger second half than first despite the fact that his playing time was sharply curbed by foul trouble as well as eventual ejection. Splitter's inflated turnover count came largely from a flurry of bobbled passes in the first half (largely from bad passes but also likely some rust) as well as a poorly called charge in in the late second half which also rescinded a nice basket (also resulting in his 4th foul).
Splitter's rebounding was as good as advertised. He seems to have been slighted in the rebound department to my estimation (I had 10 boards written down). Had he been credited with that final board it would have tied him with Samuel Dalembert for game high rebounding honors. He showed good fundamentals in the rebounding game and was able to pull in some handy boards. He was clearly the best rebounder on the floor for Brazil.
Tiago's scoring came mostly off of his ability to find open space and receive passes for easy baskets. Rarely did he face much opposition when taking it to the rim. His 3 missed shots came off of an inside move that was cleanly blocked by Dalembert, a horrible 6 or 7 footer that came nowhere close and a wild runner in the lane. His general lack of shooting was largely explained by the sheer volley of shots fired up by Leandro Barbosa. Barbosa's 30 points was overshadowed by the fact that had to take nearly as many attempts (26) to put the points on the board. His selfishness was a large catalyst in Tiago's generally pedestrian offensive game. Splitter's horrid attempt at putting the ball on the floor earlier in the game was, however, replaced by a pair of competant drives in the second half. While one attempt floundered on a foolish off-balance runner in the lane his second attempt at a similar shot looked very sweet and Parker-esque.
Splitter played his typical solid defensive game all night. Rarely did he gamble on blocks preferring not to sacrifice his position. He spent a decent amount of time out on the perimeter as well when the Canadian bigs took it out that far. At times he frustrated me with aspects of his perimeter defense, but he definitely has a solid grasp of the general idea and can probably be coached into a higher level of efficiency. It will be his perimeter defense that will make or break him as a Dirk-stopper. He clearly has all the tools and simply needs to continue to put it all together.
All and all, a fairly good showing for the young man from Brazil. Canada is hardly one of the Argentinas or Spains of the world, but they are clearly a decent team with some legit players. Splitter showed that he is capable of doing all the things that we thought he could and that his offensive game is still...developing. But he clearly has some tools, and we'll just have to see what the Spurs staff can do with this athletic bigman.
His boards per minute look nice. It's easy to see why the Spurs wanted him more than Scola.
What's Scola's rebounding been like anyway?
Nazr 2.0 -- stone hands.
I don't think so. There's a youtube video of the Euro playoff game which extends over 9 minutes of play. I was particularly impressed in that game by his ability to make the play rolling to the basket where he was making some very tough catches. Scola was out with foul trouble and Splitter simply took over the game at both ends of the court.
It's hard to tell off one game either way, but I'm betting his hands are better than Elson and way better than NAZR.
Link?
Just my initial judgement. Though you are right, it's only one game. Watching him reminded me of Nazr, though. Nazr has flashes of a good game, but the same tendancy towards turnovers was shown by Tiago.
The link is on several of the Splitter threads here. Or you could go to YouTube and run a search. The thing I liked about the vid was that it wasn't just highlight clips, but an extended view of a game with fouls and misses included.
you're wrong... the spurs didn;t like him MORE than scola... it's just that Scola is too good to have a back up role.. he feels he is a starter.. and this kid... not quite there yet... can;t wait for a semi final (ARG-BRA) so you get to see the matchup by yourself... although... you'll suffer it in the upcoming years in our division...
I'd like to see Tiago lose some fat. He arms and shoulders are not very well defined. -15 lbs would help his foot speed.
And he needs to put on some muscle for rebounding, but that's for later.
I watched the game and was very impressed with the way he ran the floor and attacked the basket for rebounds from the high post, which is something we have not seen since Robinson retired. He has great foot movement and played defense well under the basket or out on the floor. Add in the facts that he will be the main inside scorer for his team this year, his age, the tutelage of Duncan when he gets here, and the shooting coach who probably will make him reinvent his outside shot and this kid looks like he may be a lot better than most in this forum think. He definitely has the motor and desire to play defense that the Spurs like. Besides when is the last time you saw a near 7 footer lay in a tear drop shot?
The game tonight against Venezuela was a blowout where Splitter sat the rest of the first half after getting subbed for in the first quarter as Brazil went small, and then only played one stretch starting the third for a total of 15 minutes.
Final line:
15 minutes
13 points (4/6 fg, 4-8 ft)
4 rebounds (1 off)
2 assists
1 block
3 fouls
I wasn't able to pay full attention during his minutes, but according to the box score he hit a 3 pointer.
Anyways, his passing looked very good in the first half, much more like Oberto than Elson, Rasho or Nazr. And he did have a nice block in the 2nd half.
box score link:
http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/07/...t_boxScor.html
He had a breakaway dunk attempt that went wrong -- he got about 4 inches off the ground and did the emergency lay-in, TD-style.
You're going to have to produce a link with someone from the Spurs saying that. Otherwise, we can only conclude you are making it up.So Scola's ego kept him from becoming a Spur -- ok, I'll accept that.it's just that Scola is too good to have a back up role.. he feels he is a starter..We'll be fine. I'm sure I'd overestimate my countrymen's abilities if I lived in a foreign country too.and this kid... not quite there yet... can;t wait for a semi final (ARG-BRA) so you get to see the matchup by yourself... although... you'll suffer it in the upcoming years in our division...
No one has answered my question yet in that,
How does a 22 year old be "as good as he will ever be"
I mean, did Tony Parker plateau at 22?
If he could improve, why couldn't Tiago?
SA could've had Tucker.
Splitter still has plenty of room for improvement. He just hasn't shown much improvement over the last couple of years, so people are hastily drawing the conclusion that he can't improve. With a change of scenery and working with the best people in the business when he comes over it's a pretty good chance he'll improve. Even Oberto improved a great deal throughout this season as a seasoned veteran of professional basketball.
Judging from this game along, he appears to be an average to below-average FT shooter, which means he should fit right in with the Spurs.
Splitter'll have a great improvement with us. He's young and it seems to learn fast.
He has more minutes in his national team than Nene (Denver)?
Nene injured?
Tiago played a good game yesterday in limited minutes
I'm very impressed the way he's running the floor. He didn't have that in the beggining of his carrer
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