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If the Spurs signed Splitter to a contract that was not on the rookie scale, would he still be a restricted free agent afterwords?
Mahinmi? WTF is Spurs fans deal with him? He has never been consider a good player.
If the Spurs signed Splitter to a contract that was not on the rookie scale, would he still be a restricted free agent afterwords?
I thought the Spurs could only contribute $500,000 to his buyout, and that Splitter would have to buy out the rest with his contract, virtually impossible on the current rookie scale. Unless of course, Tau reduces his buyout to $500,000. But who says a team with better financing doesn't step in and offer to take him off their hands?
Then he'd be stuck with the rookie scale.
Hot diggity damn.
The thing is, Splitter is a decent big, but he's not THAT good. Plus like pretty much every other Euro, it's going to take him a while to get acquainted with the NBA. I would say he would need at least one or two years for him to be a solid NBA player, maybe more. That's why I don't really have high hopes of him contributing anything meaningful in whatever is left of the Duncan era.
Uh yes he is.
He is good. Bourousis is better.
Is he battle tested though Kill Bill Pana?
What I mean by that is that Manu and Scola have played in big games in Europe and also for Argentina.
Is Splitter battle tested in big games and will likely perform rather than turn into Hedo Turkoglu or Roger Mason Jr for the Spurs when it's play off time?
Splliter is good. He is defending, he is rebounding, with nice passing skills. He plays close to basket, all time in the pain. Very poor FT`s shooter.
I`m sure he is better than any other Spurs` big
Catched by word. I am sure you know I want to wrote "paint"
Um, he's an upgrade over our current frontcourt players outside Duncan. That's all I require.
Plus like pretty much every other Euro, it's going to take him a while to get acquainted with the NBA.
yeah splitter isn't prime shaq but look at marc gasol. i'd take him in a heartbeat.
He would be an upgrade offensively. But don't expect him to do better than, say, Gooden, numbers wise.
I'm a big Scola fan, but it did take him a couple of years to get acquainted with the NBA. Scola also has 2x the basketball IQ Splitter has, and has already played in more big stage games than Thiago. It's not a good comparison.
Marc Gasol is a different player and more suited to the NBA, since he's got a bigger body. That said, he's still getting his feet wet in the league, and he will be more effective next year. I think his team's record speaks for itself as far the impact he has had in his first NBA season.
What I'm trying to point out there is that if you're expecting Splitter to put up 20-10 in his rookie season you're setting yourself up for disappointment.
I'll take Gooden's numbers at a lower price with that kind of upside, easily.
Just because Scola has improved does not mean he didn't play very well his first year. Splitter's IQ is not as high, but his physical tools give him a leg up; , just being able to run the floor like he does will help in transition. I'm not saying he's the Spurs' savior or anything, but he gives us several attributes we currently lack in the frontcourt rotation. And didn't Splitter play in the Euroleague Final Four last year, putting in good effort despite an injury?
Splitter is a '85 and he's the most impressive center in Europe.
and there's a REAL possibility to take him this summer
Book it.
How would the Spurs get him though!??!
The club in Spain gives him a lower buyout?
But couldn't he just say "eh, go to another euroleague team"?!
Not unless his buyout is reduced substantially and he feels like taking a huge paycut compared to what other Euro teams could offer.
BTW Tau Ceramica the team, it would be great karma if they went out of business.
After the screwings over of the Spurs they've done, they deserve it.
Thats what I thought..
The economy is dredge over there, almost worse than ours.
So maybe the Euro's teams won't be so free spending this summer.
TAU is going to sell out one of their jewels.
If will be Splitter they never give him to another Euroleague team.
But it's not like they would or could sell him to an NBA team. Spurs will have to wait until they're allowed to give him more than rookie scale under the CBA.
In other words, TAU need to sell, Spurs need to shop a big...
they'll find a way, i'm pretty sure.
and i hope with all my heart!
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