Pop lets Tiago Splitter off the hook

[angelbelow]

yea i think the spurs let tiago go afterall, thats why there were no reports of ginobili ro duncan or pop recruiting him. i believe pop 100% right now because i felt that the spurs didnt try hard enough to get tiago to the point were i started spectulating whether it was by design. now that pop says that it hasnt altered our plans too much, i believe him and have full confidence in our FO.

[T Park]

I think if you believe Pop, that when they got word that Tiago was gonna get that contract they said " it" and just altered the plans.

They were expecting him to come back, I just think that the decision to stay in europe didn't bother em as much as it did us

[itzsoweezee]

four years from now will be the same problem. he's never going to be a spur.

[Marcus Bryant]

four years from now will be the same problem. he's never going to be a spur.

two years.

[mrspurs]

all i can say is....pop you brought it on yourself....go spurs go

[nfg3]

RC's pick of TS last year was a good one based on what info they had available. It was only last month that TS changed his mind due to the $$ offered by Tau. Any hadn't TS turned down previous contracts from Tau before accepting that big one? The Euro vs. the $ is out of the Spurs' control. Anyway as previosly stated the only good player drafted after TS was Landry and we still have his rights to use as they see fit - play or trade. So I can't blame RC for last year. But it is good to see Pop more involved this year. IMHO I think RC needs a little supervision.

[Kill_Bill_Pana]

Is Hollinger doing nothing more than projecting out his Tau stats from last season on a 48 minute basis?

No he have special way of predict what Euro player do. Take average of all Euro player in history before when they play in Euroleague then compare to when they go to NBA difference in their number. Only work though if player is allow play by team.

In as is report Spanoulis predict average 16 point and 6 assist in NBA as rookie but not happen because coach refuse plays him. But Scola predict get 18 point and 10 rebounds if he play 40 minute as rookie. He get 10 point and 7 rebound in 24 minute and 14 point 10 rebound in playoff where he play more minute.

So predictions is accurate but only base if player get play time or not by coach. Formula is well know thing in Europe because is use all time to predict how Euroleague player will do in NBA.

[jjktkk]

He has a NBA buyout after two years and it's equal to the maximum the Spurs can pay. By then maybe he'll be ready to make the jump. If not, it was a low 1st round pick and a good gamble that didn't work out.

It seems that the Spurs do quite a bit of gambling with their 1st rounders. Not a good thing when your almost the entire roster can qualify for medicare.

[kobyz]

i still think it's a good pick, Splitter is a top 10 player in this draft and in some time he will wont to play in the NBA and then we be glad