Tiago Splitter Preview - Part 2

[timvp]

Nice work. What that chart really tells me is that Blair needs to be getting a of a lot more minutes.

Yeah, his numbers really stand out ... especially compared to other past failures. In all the Splitter hype, it's easy to forget that the Spurs already have a pretty darn good young PF on the roster. In fact, there's no way that Splitter has the type of per-minute production Blair had in his rookie season.

[timvp]

Bump.




A little late but here's an updated chart with the highlighted row being Splitter's actual production as a rookie. My estimates of his rookie production -- subscript #5 -- were decently close. ( @ .1 off on PER.) The Scola translated stats also got close to nailing a few categories.

Splitter ended up rebounding and getting steals better than expected, while turning the ball over less than expected.

It's interesting that Splitter's rookie season was pretty darn similar to Scola's rookie season based on a per-minute basis. Scola improved greatly in the subsequent seasons, so it'd obviously be nice if Splitter could follow the same type of career curve.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

So what are the other subscripts

[timvp]

So what are the other subscripts

It's explained in the OP.

And I should have said superscript, tbh.

[Phenomanul]

What I've noticed (and it's not as measurable with such metrics) is that our interior defense is much better when Splitter is in the game with another defensive big (mostly Duncan). His screen setting also allows the guards to get into their sets more efficiently... helping the flow of the offense. I guess what I'm getting at is that Spltter's contributions to the team cannot be fully measured (as is likely the case of others on your OP list).

As for comparisons with Luis Scola, however, Scola isn't quite the turnstile on defense that some here paint him to be... but Splitter does have Scola more than beat on the defensive end. I don't know if Splitter will be able to develop a solid jumper or the vast array of McHale-like moves that Scola pulls under the basket - so offensively speaking Scola-type production might be out of reach for Splitter (in his career path). Nevertheless, what Splitter can provide defensively is worth more to the Spurs' * le hopes than what Scola could ever hope to provide with his offensive production...

edit: That said, I'd take Scola over Bonner in a heartbeat...

[acoelho1]

I can see Splitter developing into a 15 and 9 player given the minutes. I also think the defense is better when he is in the game. He is a very smart player and understands where he needs to be on the court.