Tiago Shows Promise

[Blackjack]

You're doing it wrong.

[jjktkk]

I'm waiting for the Jobu Rock hard biceps, training dvd to come out.

[Blackjack]

I'm waiting for the Jobu Rock hard biceps, training dvd to come out.

It will come. He, will come . . .

[Leetonidas]

Question.

If Tiago pans out and turns into 10/8/1.5 player, do the Spurs suddenly have the best frountcourt in the NBA?

Duncan
Splitter
Blair
McDyess
Bonner

That's a pretty versatile set of bigs.

[cutewizard]

thanks to you all guys

for your enthusiasm regarding this thread

warm regards



Go Spurs go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SA210]

then I guess Tim Duncan has been pissing you off all year.

Yup

[SA210]

I for one will be glad when people like you are eating your words about Tiago, because make no mistake, you will in due time.
Were you one of the ones who also said Manu sucks?

yes he was

[SA210]

Show me where I said Manu sucks. I said he was a borderline all star with one gift all star appearance and doesn't put up stats like the true all stars. he is fortunate the spurs got off to a great start this year so he got an all star invite based on the teams success. He is an important part of that success but still gets the invite on the teams top record success. In years past he did not get the invite because the spurs were not winning.

I said Manu was overrated in here and I still say that .

Yea right, Manu is actually UNDERrated.

[SA210]

It was not for the betterment of the team that Manu was not getting minutes. It was because he was wearing down with the minutes that the true all stars were getting and he went through some injuries. It is hard to argue that a player is better when he doesn't get the stats that the others put up and doesn't log the minutes. Put wade, Kobe, Monta Ellis, Joe Johnson, Jennings, T. Evans, Roy, Paul Pierce, Iguodala all as good if not better than Manu. Manu is closer to 10 for sg then top 3. if you have him as the 3rd best you are overrating him.

Also there many better pgs in the league that are better than sgs so more pgs make the all star team than sgs. Manu is a borderline all star that has gotten one gift apperance the first time he got selected when others had better stats, then the long drought of non all star appearances, then this year he gets selected because the spurs are off to such a great regular seaon start and his numbers are slightly better than Parkers.

My Lord, you are lost. How's Manu's wear and tear right now Rascal?

[SA210]

i suspect the true, unspoken reason manu came off the bench was because the players who were supposed to be coming off the bench came off as quitters and babies who didn't give their best effort unless pop gave them starts. Hedo, finley, barry, mason, all those guys dogged it when they were coming off the bench. Then they were gifted starts and *bam* they somehow start producing and feeling good.

manu should have been starting every game since his rookie year, but there were players who purposely or not would end up sabotaging things.

this!

[m33p0]

as to Fernandez......for those who know him....

imagine, just imagine a 6'9 Ramon Fernandez......??

not even Olajuwon could not stop him then........

for "El Presidente" Ramon Fernandez had an array of shots not seen in basketball, before or since....

including the incredible "elegant shot!!!"

a de cuatro in the air, unbelievable.....

they were mostly sweeping hooks going either way. given his length and long stride, yup, pretty hard to stop.

[mingus]

It was not for the betterment of the team that Manu was not getting minutes. It was because he was wearing down with the minutes that the true all stars were getting and he went through some injuries. It is hard to argue that a player is better when he doesn't get the stats that the others put up and doesn't log the minutes. Put wade, Kobe, Monta Ellis, Joe Johnson, Jennings, T. Evans, Roy, Paul Pierce, Iguodala all as good if not better than Manu. Manu is closer to 10 for sg then top 3. if you have him as the 3rd best you are overrating him.

Also there many better pgs in the league that are better than sgs so more pgs make the all star team than sgs. Manu is a borderline all star that has gotten one gift apperance the first time he got selected when others had better stats, then the long drought of non all star appearances, then this year he gets selected because the spurs are off to such a great regular seaon start and his numbers are slightly better than Parkers.

Pierce and Iguadala are SF's. Are you serious? You really think that Jennings and Tyreke freakin' Evans are better that Manu? Holy , good luck having anyone take your posts seriously from now on.

[duncan228]

Just quotes, hit the link for the whole piece.

Splitter slowly, surely earning trust as he learns NBA ropes
Jeff McDonald

..."I’m feeling more like I used to be in Europe, more comfortable on the court,” said Splitter, the Spanish League’s 2010 Most Valuable Player. “I’m not so anxious as I was before.”


..."When you play two minutes, it’s really hard, especially for a guy like him,” Ginobili said. “He’s not a trash-minute player. He’s not going to play one-on-one and get a dunk. He needs good players around him.”


...Popovich admits he is surprised with how his big-man rotation has unfolded.

“This is just what happened, and every year is just a different situation, just like every game is different,” he said. “(Splitter) missed the whole darn training camp and that’s tough, especially for a guy who isn’t familiar with the NBA, isn’t familiar with any of the players and isn’t familiar with our system.

“It really put him behind, and we’re frantically trying to catch him up.”


..."When you play a few minutes and you make the first mistake, it’s hard to play with confidence,” Splitter said. “But as soon as you get more minutes, then you’re comfortable on the court, and your teammates are comfortable with you, and it’s easier.”

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...rns-nba-ropes/

[HarlemHeat37]

Manu saying EXACTLY what people here have been saying for years, while Pop supporters scoffed..we've bee saying this about Splitter all year, too..how the is he going to produce or get better when he's playing garbage minutes next to Elf Quinn and Larry Owens?..

[cheguevara]

"When you play two minutes, it’s really hard, especially for a guy like him,” Ginobili said. “He’s not a trash-minute player. He’s not going to play one-on-one and get a dunk. He needs good players around him.”

[Mugen]

still holding out hope he can be a contributor this year. His defense has been improving and been very solid lately and hes getting a better feel for finishing around the basket.

hopefully the Franchise takes a little longer rehabbing his bone bruise, which took even Mr. Glass Bynum himself about 2-3 days to heal.

[silverblk mystix]

Manu saying EXACTLY what people here have been saying for years, while Pop supporters scoffed..we've bee saying this about Splitter all year, too..how the is he going to produce or get better when he's playing garbage minutes next to Elf Quinn and Larry Owens?..

+1

Give him minutes and he will eventually be a major contributor. He is a winner and a player and he will be what he has always been-a pretty decent player who will play excellent defense and contribute to great team chemistry.

Give him DNP's and garbage minutes and of course he will appear to be a scrub.

[BRs.Ganso]

Manu said all.

[mingus]

if Bonner didn't get injured, i don't think we'd be seeing Splitter. Then we'd hear from Pop how the team isn't where it needs to be on defense. Bonner is a situational player. When the team needs offense, he should be put in; otherwise, McDyess/Blair/Splitter should be seeing most of the frontcourt minutes.

[Rob123]

It was not for the betterment of the team that Manu was not getting minutes. It was because he was wearing down with the minutes that the true all stars were getting and he went through some injuries. It is hard to argue that a player is better when he doesn't get the stats that the others put up and doesn't log the minutes. Put wade, Kobe, Monta Ellis, Joe Johnson, Jennings, T. Evans, Roy, Paul Pierce, Iguodala all as good if not better than Manu. Manu is closer to 10 for sg then top 3. if you have him as the 3rd best you are overrating him.

Also there many better pgs in the league that are better than sgs so more pgs make the all star team than sgs. Manu is a borderline all star that has gotten one gift apperance the first time he got selected when others had better stats, then the long drought of non all star appearances, then this year he gets selected because the spurs are off to such a great regular seaon start and his numbers are slightly better than Parkers.

you've clearly never played the game of basketball.

[awktalk]

if Bonner didn't get injured, i don't think we'd be seeing Splitter. Then we'd hear from Pop how the team isn't where it needs to be on defense. Bonner is a situational player. When the team needs offense, he should be put in; otherwise, McDyess/Blair/Splitter should be seeing most of the frontcourt minutes.

You really should write Pop a letter about this and give him more of your insight as to how you think he should do his job. After all, we've lost 8 games this season including 2 on our home court. Also, ask your mom for a blue or black ink pen, most NBA coaches won't read the entire letter if you use your crayons.

[rmt]

You really should write Pop a letter about this and give him more of your insight as to how you think he should do his job. After all, we've lost 8 games this season including 2 on our home court. Also, ask your mom for a blue or black ink pen, most NBA coaches won't read the entire letter if you use your crayons.

The elite teams all have long, tall front lines. That is what the Spurs need to compare themselves to - not the 4-8th team in the East or the sub .500 teams. Splitter is young, long and mobile. There's no other big like him on the Spurs. Why have him sitting on the bench collecting DNPCDs when he could possibly help in the playoffs? It would be nice to have another option in the playoffs when we look like the Phoenix Suns of old while Bynum/Gasol/Shaq/Dwight/KG/etc. shoot right over the top of Blair/Bonner/Dice.