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I don't know about impact, but he probably won't be sent to Austin unless he really sucks.
Do you think Splitter will be playing in the D League next year or will he make an immediate impact?
I don't know about impact, but he probably won't be sent to Austin unless he really sucks.
I'm from Spain and I can see Tiago every week and I saw him in the past.
He could be like Elson but I don't believe he could be a star or at least the same Splitter that I know.He is far far way to be like Luis Scola.Scola was MVP in the spanish league like Navarro,Pau Gasol,Bodiroga,Sabonis...He was one of the most important player of Europe in the last 5 years.Splitter is only a good player to the ACB league (like Elson did in the past) but nothing great to the NBA.
He is 7'0 and sometimes I believe that´s the only important for the scouters of the NBA teams.If you want a center for the spanish league take Marc Gasol,he is amazing but Lakers picked him last year.
Here is how important they were/are in the ACB league:
Luis Scola>Marc Gasol>Oberto>Elson or Splitter.
But some of the bench players of the NBA teams never could play in Spain where the teams can only have 2 players born out of Europe.It's amazing how we can have players like Oberto or Elson like starters in a team that won the NBA.Elson was a bench player in Spain and he is as important in the Spurs as he was in Barcelona or Valencia.So Splitter could be great for us but right now he is only a good player in the ACB league,far away of the stars of the league.
He can dunk,he is good at defend but he has a poor shoot from medium range,he only scores near the basket and IMO he scores less than a boy of 7'0 could do in Europe if he wants to play in the NBA.Also he plays with a great PG who gives him a lot of great balls to dunk or easy shots.
Last edited by Josepatches; 12-30-2007 at 01:18 AM.
We don't need a star.
If we don't need a star and we need other Elson or Oberto then Splitter will be a great option.
I'll take a 7 foot Oberto any day of the week.
But right now Splitter is not as good as Oberto was here
If Splitter can one day average seven points, six boards and a block, he would have been a great draft pick.
Nor is he as old.
Oberto was young when he plays in Spain and he was better like Splitter is now
Ok, Splitter will suck in the NBA. Fantastic.
When Oberto was Splitter's age, he was playing in some tiny league in Argentina. Oberto didn't start playing in Spain until he was 24. Even at 24, Oberto's stats were much worse than Splitter's stats are now.
If Splitter can one day average seven points, six boards and a block, he would have been a great draft pick.
More than 7 or 8 centers of the spanish league could average that numbers if they played minutes in the NBA.Splitter could make that numbers right now but Bonner,Horry or Elson could do too
I was just about to say did he not leave Argentina until 1998?
He went to Spain in 1999 and averaged 9 points and less than four rebounds.
No.He will be like Oberto or Elson.
I think he played in Greece the season before that and averaged 6.7 points and 5.5 boards.
Who are these 7 or 8 centers? Please don't tell me a player like Daniel Santiago could do that on the NBA level.
And I said that would be great.
Then you said Oberto was a better player in Spain at the same age Splitter is now, only Oberto never played in Spain at that age.
Fantastic news.
Thanks
and what are the stats?? Carlos Boozer and Al Jefferson are better than TD?
Oberto played in a great team when he started in Spain while Splitter is playing in a team that want to be great again.
Of course you can think what you want.I only say what I see every week and Splitter will be in the NBA in the future but the main reason will be his height.
But he could be as good as the current starting center of the NBA champion who put up mediocre stats on a great team two years later than Splitter put up better stats on a team that was great last season.
Awesome.
I tell you 7 or 8 centers.Some of them better than Splitter
Felipe reyes.
Marc Gasol
Lazaros Papadopoulos
Curtis Borchardt
Chris Moss
Hernandez Sonseca
Jordi Trias
Fran Vazquez
I don't like Daniel Santiago a lot but I'm sure that he could make the same numbers of Elson or Oberto.
You had me at Borchardt.
Borchardt still plays basketball? Interesting.
You've obviously watched more Spanish basketball this year than I have so I'll have to go with your opinions. If all those players could average 7, 6 and 1 in the NBA, you should contact some NBA teams. You may have single-handedly solved the center shortage.
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