Spurs Sign Tiago Splitter to 4 year/$36 Million Deal

[Baam]

ty contracts are the same money for Adonal Foyle a decade ago, or Jim McIlvaine two decades previous.

Splitter is a good fit and the Spurs paid a fair price. Spurs fan assumes all non-star players should play for the vet min.

He should at least play like the second best big is all.

[Slippy]

Pop got his whipping boy back. There's no way coach keeping a tight leash now that Tiago's getting 9mill. In fact, with this news coming early and Tiago agreeing before feeling out other teams, they must be on the same page going forward.

The humerous part of this thread amongst Spurs fans spewing their hard earned money getting spent on Tiago Splitter is Designated T pretending to be happy he's coming back, yet continously digging at his finals' stats.

When Tiago got blocked by lebron and got a subsequent benching 1min into game 4, this guy would of been smiling.

[benefactor]

You must've just joined spur fandom in time for the 2013 finals, then. That's literally the only way you could fail to acknowledge the role that Tiago played in reversing the disastrous 2009-2011 era.

Truth bomb.

Let's recap the past several seasons:

"Timmy needs help! We have to get another 7 footer!"

"Oh no! Not Michael Finley at PF again!"

"Oh no! Not more Bonner!"

"Please please please please find us another real big!"

"Splitter! Finally!"

"Splitter is here on bench...why won't Pop play him!"

"Splitter is playing now! Woohoo! So glad he helped us this season! We are finally back in the Finals!"

"Splitter sucks! He never helped at all! That slow footed aussie on the bench is better than him!"

"You mean his sorry ass won't play for the MLE! this guy! He's never been worth a damn! We could have played all of last year and made the Finals without his ass!"

[Marcus Bryant]

Nice.

[siraulo23]

i have no problem with resigning splitter at 9/year but i was hoping the spurs could lowball him to around 8/year

i also would have been fine if they could not resign him for financial reasons and went another direction to sign another bigman

i also have no problem with bringing almost everyone back from the team who got as close as you can get to a championship, but hopefully they make a couple of moves instead of standing pat, i.e. backup sf/backup pg

[therealtruth]

Based on the skills he shows in his youtube videos he would be worth 9M/year. He just hasn't shown the same game as a Spur. I think that is on Pop who has always sold him as an unskilled big. I have a feeling RC and Pop don't have the same view of Splitter.

[temujin]

Richard-Jeffersonesque signing.

[dg7md]

I can't believe the Spurs got someone bland, I was totally expecting them to get someone flashy and exciting as they have done for the past 15 years.


Splitter shoots 68% at the rim, Duncan shoots 70% at the rim. Duncan is 62% on layups, Splitter is 62% on layups. Duncan is 97% on dunks, Splitter is 94% on dunks. If Splitter can't finish around then rim then neither can Duncan.

Not the point, man.

The point is, you watched the same Finals as me, and Splitter is not ready for legitimate NBA compe ion. He's not going to help us get back to the Finals, so he's a complete waste of a signing; I've had enough of soft Euros.

Dumb to compare him with Duncan. Duncan is in the twilight of his career, Splitter is not as old as Duncan, and even in this day and age Duncan is a better finisher than Splitter is.

[eDizzle20]

Richard-Jeffersonesque signing.

That's taking it a bit far. Splitter is still an excellent player. He did a great job of shutting down Z-Bo in the conference finals. Miami was a bad matchup for him. He just lost confidence when LeBron stuffed him. I don't even think he was going convert on that dunk, the ball was already slipping from his hand by the time LeBron blocked.

[SpursFan4-Life]

you can't teach height, nor can do 7ft big men who can pass and finish like Tiago grow on trees



he got market value, quit ing, had he gone to Portland and averages 16/7 everyone would cry he left

[3 Legged Dog]

You must've just joined spur fandom in time for the 2013 finals, then. That's literally the only way you could fail to acknowledge the role that Tiago played in reversing the disastrous 2009-2011 era.

Actually, I have been. Fan since 1974. Unlike you, I actually saw George Gervin, James Silas, Billy Paultz and Larry Kenon play. Do you even know who thy are.

Unlike you, had my heart ripped out in the 1979 Eastern Conference Final. That's right, the Spurs used to play in the east

Unlike you, I had to endure the Bob Weiss era. Again, another bit of Spurs history you probably have no clue about.

Unlike you, I am aware that the Spurs colors are black and silver because in 1973, when the Spurs migrated from Dallas, a minority owner was a Raiders fan.

While I could go on, I don't feel the need to justify why I have a different opinion than you. So run along. Go slather on some pimple cream and get back to your XBOX Live.

[3 Legged Dog]

splitter isnt even european, he's from ing south america

He's 100% German. He just happens to have grown up in Brazil.

[Keepin' it real]

Splitter is not ready for legitimate NBA compe ion.

Don't be so disrespectful to the man. He had a solid season, was quite good in the first round, and very good in the WCF. Tim took a pay cut so the Spurs could make signings like this to stay compe ive.

He's not going to help us get back to the Finals

I'm sorry, but that comment is just ignorant. Did you not watch this past season? It appears your judgment is clouded by your disdain for "Euros."

Dumb to compare him with Duncan.

Agree 100%. But it's not dumb to compare a Duncan/Splitter front court with Spurs front courts since 50 retired. This is the best Tim has had it in a decade. He knows it. Pop knows it. RC knows it. Holt knows it. Half of Spurstalk knows it. What's wrong with the other half?

[EIC]

Truth bomb.

Let's recap the past several seasons:

"Timmy needs help! We have to get another 7 footer!"

"Oh no! Not Michael Finley at PF again!"

"Oh no! Not more Bonner!"

"Please please please please find us another real big!"

"Splitter! Finally!"

"Splitter is here on bench...why won't Pop play him!"

"Splitter is playing now! Woohoo! So glad he helped us this season! We are finally back in the Finals!"

"Splitter sucks! He never helped at all! That slow footed aussie on the bench is better than him!"

"You mean his sorry ass won't play for the MLE! this guy! He's never been worth a damn! We could have played all of last year and made the Finals without his ass!"

To summarize the evolution of the Splitter-related posts:

Hope
Denial
Acceptance

[Captivus]

This Dan McCarney guy (twitter) seems to be upset about the Tiago contract, on a personal level...

[look_at_g_shred]

This Dan McCarney guy (twitter) seems to be upset about the Tiago contract, on a personal level...

[3 Legged Dog]

Just not a fan of Clitter

[cd98]

The problem is that Boris has been much better in the post seasons since he got here and he's making 4M.

What? Diaw had his moments, but if you look at the totality of the playoffs, i.e., all rounds, no question Tiago was better.

[look_at_g_shred]

What? Diaw had his moments, but if you look at the totality of the playoffs, i.e., all rounds, no question Tiago was better.

To me they were both equally good and helped us when the matchups were in their favor. Lakers (Tiago), GSW (Diaw), Grizz (Tiago), Heat (Diaw)

[jjktkk]

Everyone should praise Pop's player development skills. He's reduced a skilled offensive player to a guy who can only score on layups and dunks.

Yes, because it really benefits the Spurs to do this. Smh.

[SpursDynasty21]

9.6 million left, Manu will take some of that and if they re-sign NEAL forget it.

Thanks!

[kaji157]

Everyone should praise Pop's player development skills. He's reduced a skilled offensive player to a guy who can only score on layups and dunks.

He was never "offensivelly gifted" that´s why Argentina frontline always stopped Splitter even when we don´t have good defenders other than Oberto who´s not around from a while.
Deny the roll near the basket, let him have the ball a bit far from the post and he will either loose it or try a soft low percentage shot.

Vagina should give us a one million discount per year for sucking against a 6-7 guards in the finals.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

ty contracts are the same money for Adonal Foyle a decade ago, or Jim McIlvaine two decades previous.

Splitter is a good fit and the Spurs paid a fair price. Spurs fan assumes all non-star players should play for the vet min.

Yup.

Truth bomb.

Let's recap the past several seasons:

"Timmy needs help! We have to get another 7 footer!"

"Oh no! Not Michael Finley at PF again!"

"Oh no! Not more Bonner!"

"Please please please please find us another real big!"

"Splitter! Finally!"

"Splitter is here on bench...why won't Pop play him!"

"Splitter is playing now! Woohoo! So glad he helped us this season! We are finally back in the Finals!"

"Splitter sucks! He never helped at all! That slow footed aussie on the bench is better than him!"

"You mean his sorry ass won't play for the MLE! this guy! He's never been worth a damn! We could have played all of last year and made the Finals without his ass!"

Truth nuke!

[kaji157]

To me they were both equally good and helped us when the matchups were in their favor. Lakers (Tiago), GSW (Diaw), Grizz (Tiago), Heat (Diaw)

People need to stop defending Tiago saying he didn´t have a good matchup in the Heat series, he was guarded by freaking Mike Miller, if that´s a bad matchup then it´s because you cannot xploit it offensivelly. He just couldn´t score against smaller guys and was pussying all over the court, he even looked scared at times.

[Keepin' it real]

People need to

You lost me right there.