Link to where Pop doesn't like to play rookies?
http://www.elcorreodigital.com/alava...-20080605.html
Hopefully someone will translate this article or at least summarize. My babelfish reading of it makes me think he's leaning heavily toward Tau. I think he was sold on Tau a few days ago but the Spurs probably told him the reality of how if he doesn't come now, he'll probably never come.
Most of this interview looks like he's rationalizing against joining the Spurs. Hopefully that isn't the case once a native Spanish speaker reads it.
Honestly from what I'm reading, if thats what they would tell him, I think he would go Spurs.
Tiago, you have the chance to be the starting center, and be an integral part of winning the Spurs championship number 5 next year.
Come on Tiago, come over to the best league in the world
The way I could barely read it. It seems hes truly torn, but that hes unsure of the role, and if Pop will play him.
Hopefully someone will translate this article or at least summarize. My babelfish reading of it makes me think he's leaning heavily toward Tau. I think he was sold on Tau a few days ago but the Spurs probably told him the reality of how if he doesn't come now, he'll probably never come.
Most of this interview looks like he's rationalizing against joining the Spurs. Hopefully that isn't the case once a native Spanish speaker reads it.
This is horribly mexican taught Spanish that I'm using, but it seems like to me, and I am an idiot and a homer, but it seems from reading it, he seems torn and I didn't see much of leaning alot to Tau. I once again can be wrong.
Based on that article, it seems that the hesitation is that the Spurs won't define his role.
It's time a real bull ter salesman was brought in on this deal...
Man, I really hope he comes over. It would make the decisions for the Spurs a little easier. They could focus on a wing player and a PG in the draft and free agency.
Based on that article, it seems that the hesitation is that the Spurs won't define his role.
It's time a real bull ter salesman was brought in on this deal...
Ya know I've ripped on Tiago quite a bit, but if thats the case, then I'm with him.
Cut the bull , tell him what you'd like from him, and if he did that wha this role would be.
Quit with the ing games.
everyone stay positive!
To me, sounds like Splitter wants some guaranteed role in the Spurs line up. damn, RC get him please...
Jack wanted a guaranteed role and he ended up playing for the Hawks for a guaranteed 1 year, minimal (by NBA standards) salary.
Agreed, it seems that he is really torn on which way to go. One problem is isn't sure what his role would be, which worries me on what the Spurs will or have said in regards to that.
I've heard him say it was his dream to play in the N.B.A, and he genuinely looked ecstatic when he came over to visit after the draft. So hopefully he won't let some short-term money get in the way of a life-long dream. Besides, the sooner he gets his ass over here, the sooner that rookie contract expires.
If for whatever reason it doesn't workout over here, he'd always be able to go back and get a similar contract. Hopefully he's just trying to say and do the right things, because he's greatful for the opportunity Tau gave him.
Screw that I'm hitting the bottle.
I would, but I have to work at noon.
Scola was mentioned, in reference to him joining the NBA when he was older, as in it would be preferable to be older when entering the NBA. Splitter seems to say (couldn't really parse whether it was the reporter or Splitter's words) that Scola had contract difficulties and that his situation is different.
im willing to give him the starting center position over oberto
dont let this go the way the bucks fell to YIs management with actual pt minutes of 20mpg
That's why you show up to work drunk on day one. That way they'll never know the difference.I would, but I have to work at noon.
Oh I can get hammered after work starts. I just need to be there on time.
I saw a Spanish interview where Splitter made it clear he still had not signed anything with Tau. He basically said the offer was on the table, and he was considering. I wish I had saved the link. I just assumed it would have been posted here a dozen times already.
It hasn't been that long ago that he did an interview where he said that he expected to be in the NBA in 08. No sooner, no later. The contract offer from Tau can't have been unexpected, so what would have changed? I have been hoping that this was part of their negotiation. Maybe to lose any team option years on the contract, and/or to see if the Spurs will step up and show they really want him.
That being said, it would be hard to leave millions of dollars on the table today, against more millions that might not come later. I have some doubts that he would be able to come in green and carry an NBA team. Maybe he does too. I hope they can make him understand just how much easier the transition will be with Tim Duncan on the court with him. That may seem like a no-brainer to us. But it might just sound like a lot of words to a young guy like Splitter.
Does anyone recall Emmanuel's contract negotiations going like this?
Can't argue with that.
I always wondered why Manu's initial contract was only two seasons, when I seem to remember the Spurs' having a portion of the MLE available that was comparable to the LLE. Is it possible that Manu's people only wanted a two year deal because they knew the Spurs were clearing cap space for the end of that second year? It is kind of the same scenario I laid out for Splitter earlier in the thread.
Manu's situation was different coz he was a 2nd round pick. The team doesn't have to follow a rookie pay scale for the 1st round picks...
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