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An interview of Splitter:
http://www.noticiasdealava.com/2010/...ir-esa-ilusion
He is saying that he wants to play in the NBA and now it's up to Spurs to put the money on the table to get him. He also mentions Spurs' trading him as a possibility.
So in other words, hes decided to come, now they just need to agree to a contract?
Sweet
Pay him Spurs and lets get him the F over here...
An interview of Splitter:
http://www.noticiasdealava.com/2010/...ir-esa-ilusion
He is saying that he wants to play in the NBA and now it's up to Spurs to put the money on the table to get him. He also mentions Spurs' trading him as a possibility.
of course its a possibility.
Doubt it happens....
Don't around with him Spurs. Pay the man and let's get this over with.
yes. I can see that they want to keep a part of the MLE to sign another player, but if they lose Tiago because they thought they need the money for another Udoka/Bogans type 3rd stringer it will be a disaster.
however, the Spurs did overpay for minor role player in the past 2 years (Mason, Bonner), so I hope they are willing to invest what it takes to get Tiago, knowing that he is on another level and offers much more upside.
most other NBA teams would be very happy to sign Tiago for the whole MLE and wouldn't hesitate to do.
This is going to get very interesting.
Splitter's Deal With Spurs Could Start At MLE
Jun 23, 2010 10:55 AM EST
The Spurs are widely expected to sign Tiago Splitter sometime soon after free agency opens on July 1.
GM R.C. Buford categorizes the expectation as "presumptuous".
Splitter is now widely acknowledged as the best big man in Europe.
Splitter can expect a deal starting at the mid-level exception, about $5.5 million. He could make more money to stick around Spain, so the Spurs will likely have to make up the difference with a long-term contract.
One rival NBA executive surmises it will take five years and a total package worth between $25 million and $30 million to entice Splitter away from Spain's money.
"I've heard he's developed his game so much over the past couple of years," Manu Ginobili said Tuesday. "I'm dying to see him. I'd love to see him play with us."
Read more: http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_ar...#ixzz0rgtKr6Er
right Manu, tell them! say you will commit suicide if they don't sign him! or blow both ankle! or play for Argentina this summer!
Funny. Unsettling ... but funny.
Get it done. This is no time to quibble over cash. Pay the man his MLE and let's get on with finding the other pieces we need through the draft and FA.
Absolutely. At some point this season, I expect the Spurs could be able to ship out RJ's killer contract. For now though, they really need to sign Splitter, draft a young, athletic player, who can contribute some in the short term & more in the longer term, resign Ian and start grooming Gee, Hairston and Temple for big minutes this season.
Because the club is full-on in luxury tax territory, the Spurs will have very limited financial flexibility. Consequently, they will need to focus on marginal, young, cheap talent, to fill out the rest of their roster.
Last edited by SenorSpur; 06-24-2010 at 03:31 AM.
Easy to say "pay the man", when the cash does not belong to you..Agree with you though
Report about Tiago in ESPN Deportes.
Need translation but from what I undestand no news, just telling Tiago would be a great fit
http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/news...as&type=column
El fichaje idealEl interno brasileño Tiago Splitter encaja a la perfección con lo que necesitan los SpursComentariosEnviar a un amigo Imprimir Por Bruno Altieri
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El interno brasileño podría darle a San Antonio la profundidad necesaria en la pintura
BUENOS AIRES -- En tiempos en los que el bombardeo de mensajes con la palabra LeBron, D-Wade o Bosh satura las cuentas de correo electrónico, las páginas de los periódicos y los canales de televisión, los Spurs, especialistas en lograr mucho invirtiendo poco, podrían estar a punto de conseguir la mejor pieza para su rompecabezas: Tiago Splitter.
El ala-pivote brasileño, último MVP de las Finales de ACB que terminaron con el título de Caja Laboral, su equipo, ante Regal Barcelona, está dando señales positivas que indican que jugará con la camiseta de San Antonio la temporada entrante.
Splitter, drafteado en 2007 con el pick número 28, llegaría a la franquicia para acompañar a Tim Duncan en la pintura y podría ser el parche que corrija el error de R.C Buford y compañía cuando dejaron escapar a Luis Scola a Houston Rockets.
"Me muero por verlo", le dijo el escolta argentino Manu Ginóbili, viejo conocedor de Splitter en los torneos internacionales, a Jeff McDonald del periódico local San Antonio-Express News."Me encantaría verlo jugar con nosotros. Es talentoso, grande y sabe exactamente como jugar".
Splitter es un interno de excelentes movimientos, batallador, que ha utilizado la zona pintada como tintero y sus brazos largos como pluma para escribir una carrera fantástica en el básquetbol español. Desde lo deportivo, no puede ser mejor contratación para San Antonio: es joven -25 años-, inteligente, defiende con intensidad y conoce el básquetbol FIBA a la perfección, algo que seduce a Gregg Popovich por el estilo de básquetbol que practica el equipo texano.
En la última temporada, se vio que San Antonio necesitaba ayuda debajo de los tableros. Antonio McDyess no pudo ser el jugador que alguna vez fue con la camiseta de los Detroit Pistons y se notó que Duncan necesitaba piernas frescas para gozar de un respiro en momentos trascendentales de playoffs. Matt Bonner es casi un perimetral de estatura de interno y si bien DeJuan Blair -el robo del Draft pasado- dio una mano verdaderamente importante en algunos pasajes de la temporada, compararlo con Splitter es como comparar un muro en construcción con un edificio cinco estrellas; la diferencia crucial entre un jugador que se debe hacer y uno hecho del todo.
Quien diga que el básquetbol europeo no es igual a la NBA, tendrá razón. Quien diga que el básquetbol europeo es inferior a la NBA, estará equivocado: son estilos de juego completamente distintos y se requiere un período de adaptación tanto para jugar en Estados Unidos como para participar en el viejo continente. Para Splitter, esa adaptación sería más fácil en un lugar como San Antonio, una franquicia acostumbrada a adaptar a su manera a jugadores internacionales de primera línea.
Mike Budenholzer, asistente de Popovich, observó al jugador en las Finales de ACB y se llevó la mejor impresión. El presidente del Caja Laboral, Josean Querejeta, le dijo a la prensa española que "el deseo y la intención del jugador pasan por competir en la mejor liga del mundo", luego de que su equipo ganase el título de campeonato.
Splitter está listo para nuevos desafíos. La pregunta entonces es: ¿están listos los Spurs para pagarle lo que debe recibir?
Veamos, al pasar tres años luego de ser drafteado, Splitter ya no entra dentro del acuerdo colectivo de la NBA que limita el pago a los novatos, por lo que San Antonio -la única franquicia que puede negociar con él por tener sus derechos- debería acercarse a lo que gana en España, y por lo tanto no le quedaría otro camino que usar la excepción de nivel medio -alrededor de 5.8 millones- en un acuerdo a largo plazo.
Muchos fanáticos saben que el jueves comienza la agencia libre más codiciada de los últimos años, pero la prensa especializada sólo tiene ojos para lo que sucede con los New Jersey Nets, Chicago Bulls, Miami Heat y New York Knicks, las franquicias con dinero suficiente para conseguir dos agentes libres de primer nivel.
El caso Splitter, que será crucial para las aspiraciones de los Spurs, no es considerado -al menos por ahora- como un eje de peso en las decisiones futuras y puede significar la adición necesaria para que los Spurs vuelvan a estar en los primerísimos primeros planos de la NBA.
"He comentado otras veces que mi sueño es jugar en la NBA. Tengo muchas ganas de jugar allí, y espero que ahora todo salga bien para que pueda plir esa ilusión. Pero no está en mis manos, ésa es la verdad", le dijo el ala-pivote brasileño al sitio web noticiasdealava.com, en una entrevista.
Se habló de muchos acuerdos que San Antonio iba a hacer durante la noche de Draft, pero lo cierto es que fueron sólo bombas de humo: ni Tony Parker ni George Hill estuvieron cerca de irse del equipo. Mike Monroe, del San Antonio-Express News, informó que R.C. Buford cree que James Anderson, el perimetral elegido con el pick 20, excedía la calidad de un jugador elegido tan abajo en una primera ronda. Quizás un indicio para aclarar que Roger Mason, quien se convertirá en agente libre, tendrá la vía abierta para irse. De todos modos, la realidad es que todos los hombres cercanos a los Spurs saben que el verdadero cambio se daría con alguna adición en la pintura: la llegada de Splitter haría ganar al equipo en versatilidad y profundidad entre los internos.
"Al Baskonia ya le dejé claro que no era una cuestión financiera, sino de objetivos profesionales. Creo que es un buen momento para dar el salto. Es algo que siempre quise hacer. No soy ni el primero ni el último", le comentó Splitter al diario local El Correo, citado por ACB.com, en una nota que comenta que el equipo español le ofreció un contrato al jugador hasta 2015.
Este momento es crucial para Splitter en su carrera, como también para el futuro de San Antonio. Algunos trascendidos indican que el equipo texano podría ofrecerle un contrato a largo plazo que oscilaría los 25 o 30 millones de dólares, pero aún no hay nada concreto al respecto.
En la temporada que pasó, los Phoenix Suns apabullaron en segunda ronda de playoffs a los Spurs con un doloroso 4-0. En un equipo que necesita volver a construirse, Splitter puede ser un primer ladrillo de oro.
"Si lo podemos traer y funciona para él y nosotros, creo que todos estaremos emocionados", le dijo Buford a Jeff McDonald del San Antonio Express-News.
Enderezar el timón, aunque suene exagerado, puede ser cuestión de una sola persona.
Jugadores, cuerpo técnico y dirigentes de los Spurs, ya lo saben.
Bruno Altieri es redactor de ESPNdeportes.com. Consulta su archivo de columnas.
translation of above article from google chrome
The ideal signing
The Brazilian domestic Tiago Splitter fits perfectly with what the Spurs need
BUENOS AIRES - At a time when the bombardment of messages with the word LeBron, D-Wade or Bosh saturated e-mail accounts, the pages of newspapers and television channels, the Spurs, specialists do much investing little could be about to get the best piece for your puzzle: Tiago Splitter.
The Brazilian power forward, last MVP of the ACB Finals ended with the le of Caja Laboral, your team, to Regal Barcelona, is showing positive signs indicating that the shirt will play San Antonio next season.
Splitter, drafted in 2007 with the 28th pick, would the franchise to go with Tim Duncan in the paint and could be the patch that fixes the error of RC Buford and company when they squandered a Luis Scola to Houston Rockets.
"I'm dying to see it," said guard Manu Ginobili, old Splitter knowledgeable in international tournaments, a local newspaper Jeff McDonald San Antonio-Express News. "I'd love to see him play with us. He's talented, big and knows exactly how to play. "
Splitter is an excellent internal movements, fighter, which has used the paint and ink, and his long arms as a pen to write a fantastic race in the Spanish basketball. From the sports recruitment could not be better for San Antonio: -25 years-is young, intelligent, defended with intensity and FIBA basketball knows perfectly, something that appeals to Gregg Popovich of the kind of basketball team practicing Texas .
Last season, we saw that San Antonio needed help under the boards. Antonio McDyess could not be the player who once was with the Detroit Pistons jersey and it was noted that Duncan needed fresh legs to enjoy a respite from transcendental moments of the playoffs. Matt Bonner is almost an inner perimeter and height while DeJuan Blair, the theft of the Draft past, had a hand in some truly important passages of the season, compared with Splitter is like comparing a wall in a building construction with five stars; the crucial difference between a player needs to be done and one done at all.
Whoever says that European basketball is not like the NBA, will be right. Whoever says that European basketball is less than the NBA, will be wrong: they are completely different styles of play and requires an adjustment period for both play in the U.S. to participate in the old continent. For Splitter, this will be easier in a place like San Antonio, a franchise accustomed to adapt his way to leading international players.
Mike Budenholzer, Popovich's assistant, noted the player in the CBA Finals and took the best impression. The president of the Caja Laboral, Josean Querejeta, told the Spanish press that "the desire and intention of the player pass to compete in the best league in the world" after his team won the championship le.
Splitter is ready for new challenges. The question then is: Spurs are ready to pay what you should receive?
Now, to spend three years after being drafted, Splitter and not within the NBA's collective bargaining agreement that limits the payment to the rookies, so San Antonio, the only franchise that can negotiate with him, should have their rights closer to what wins in Spain, and therefore would have no other way to use the mid-level exception, around 5.8 million-in a long-term agreement.
Many fans know that on Thursday begins the most coveted free agents in recent years, but the press only has eyes for what happens with the New Jersey Nets, Chicago Bulls, Miami Heat and New York Knicks, franchises with money to get two free-agent class.
Splitter The case, which will be crucial to the aspirations of the Spurs, is not considered, at least for now, as an axle weight in future decisions and can make the necessary addition to the Spurs again be in the close-ups of the NBA.
"I have sometimes said that my dream is to play in the NBA. I have really wanted to play there and now I hope everything goes well for you to fulfill that dream. But not in my hands, that's the truth," he said Brazilian wing-pivot to the website noticiasdealava.com, in an interview.
They spoke of many agreements that San Antonio was going to do during the night of Draft, but the truth is that they were only smoke bombs, neither Tony Parker or George Hill came close to leaving the team. Mike Monroe of San Antonio-Express News, said RC Buford believes James Anderson, the perimeter chosen with the pick 20, exceeded the quality of a player chosen so far down in the first round. Perhaps a clue to clarify that Roger Mason, who will become a free agent, will open the way to go. However, the reality is that all people close to the Spurs know that real change would be given to any additions in the paint: Splitter's arrival would make the team in versatility and depth among the inmates.
"At Baskonia already made clear that was not a financial issue, but career goals. I think it's a good time to make the leap. It's something I always wanted to do. I am neither the first nor the last," he told Splitter local newspaper The Post, quoted by ACB.com, in a note that says that the Spanish team offered him a contract to the player until 2015.
This moment is crucial to Splitter in his career, as well as for the future of San Antonio. Some transcended indicate that the Texas team could offer a long term contract that would range the 25 or 30 million dollars, but still nothing concrete about it.
In the season that happened, the Phoenix Suns crushed in the second round of playoffs to the Spurs with a painful 4-0. In a team that needs re-built, Splitter can be a first brick of gold.
"If we can bring in and work for him and us, I think we are all excited," Buford told Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News.
Straighten the wheel, it sounds exaggerated, may be a matter of one person.
Players, coaches and leaders of the Spurs, I know.
http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/news...as&type=column
Yep, no news. I just did a summary of the situation.
I thought Tiago was in Brazil but looking at his twitter he's in Spain. And here in Brazil no news, there's only Brazil in World Cup on the press now
The quiet is awfully loud....
July 15th is the deadline for Splitter to opt out of his contract with Baskonia.
Unreal.
if true, this might give an idea about Tiago's asking price. Pekovic is good, but not as good as Tiago. let's guess the 15 M number comes out of a competing offer Pekovic got in Europe.http://thehoopsmarket.blogspot.com/2...ould-have.html
Nikola Pekovic will have to decide his future before July 15th. The 24-year-old Montenegrin center could opt out of his contract with Panathinaikos, paying $1 million to the Greek club, and move to the NBA. According to the Greek media, the Minnesota Timberwolves, the team that own his NBA rights, would have offered a $15 million, 3-year contract to land Pekovic next season.
3 years, $13 million being reported. Slightly lower that expected, but I'm not sure that will affect what the Spurs offer Tiago initially. They need to get this done.
It was nice to edit this thread le from "International Prospect" to "Current Spur"
Cool. It was also nice to see the kid finally play! Bright future ahead of him.
Tiago still working in San Antonio
tiagosplitter Indo treinar.. O sol ja saiu de novo aqui en SA/Going to workout... Nice day here in SA
Hopefully he is working on his 3 point shot.
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