What the Spurs related media WON'T TELL YOU about Splitter

[therealtruth]

Splitman4evah why did you choose that user name? Why do you hate Splitter so much? He didn't sign an autograph for you or something like that?

It gives him the ultimate ability to attack Splitter fans. It confuses you because you assume he's a Splitter fan.

You make some good points, but basically you're taking the Pop "blue collar, lunch bucket" argument towards Splitter. You claim he has a tough time posting up? Seriously? For about two weeks he was absolutely unguardable down on the block. You just fed him the ball on the post and he went to work and got two points pretty much every time. He's more versatile than just pick and rolls. But you know what? Even if he only excelled at pick and roll, then so what? It's the most useful play in basketball. That's sort of an important part of basketball to be good at.

Malone and Stockton were pretty successful.

This ain't that hard for me, even if it's frustratin to not see the team play its best.

Pop doesn't believe this team can win the way they used to. He doesn't believe his personnel has what it takes to do what it once did, winning w/ defense and efficiency - maximizing possessions, limiting turnovers and controlling tempo.

To Pop, it's about findin a way to get it done, goin against the grain to find a way. And to me, he's out-thinkin himself.

If you ain't good enough, you ain't good enough.

Tiago ain't great, but he's one of the best they have. And if you don't play your best, you can't be your best.

Pop's playin craps, hopin for a Hail Mary - hopin the shooters get hot at the right time to carry the team - and it's misguided, at best.

But it is what it is.

It's better to be lucky than good, and as a Spurs' fan, just hopin Pop's one lucky son this year - but I ain't holdin my breath.

It gives him the best excuse when they don't win: The shots didn't fall.

[skin]

Yes,Splitter is at least as good as Marc Gasol

He was as good in Spain. And he's not spanish or spaniard or whatever name you use to name us (people from Spain-Europe) but I have no problem to recognize the truth.

He was as dominant as Marc or Scola. Much better than Oberto... better than Lorbek or Ibaka but he improved his game now..... of course better than Asik.......

Yes, I wrote the same a lot of times in the forum.

I can't see the point to open a new thread . We already know it.

Yes, I have always thought like you but I do think Marc is one or two steps ahead atm because he's been playing constantly 30MPG against starters.

Splitter might be All-Star one day once he's given enough MPG to cause an impact. On the other hand, I somehow agree when pgardn talks about his limitations or when someone pointed out he's playing garbage time generating better stats.

Will he ever be All-Star? Only God knows. Will he be the secret weapon? Only God knows too. Is he a Scrub? It's a matter of personal opinion. I think what we're really missing here is a different subject. We gotta play the playoffs with our best outfit. Among our bigs not named Duncan, what do we have? Blair, Bonner, Diaw and Splitter. Which one is the best to pair with Duncan regardless how good his skills might be compared to rest of the league. IMO Splitter-Duncan pairing is by far the most effective and we should play every 4th quarter like this especially if Duncan plays the same way he played the 1st quarter against the Suns.

[DrSteffo]

It gives him the ultimate ability to attack Splitter fans. It confuses you because you assume he's a Splitter fan.

No . There used to be plenty of Splitter-haters here, I just find them amusing. Must be tough... I kind of miss the fake greek troll though because he was kind of funny sometimes.

[Quadzilla99]

I've been on the Splitter bandwagon for a while now so I agree with most of the OP. I'm surprised Splitter hasn't gotten more pub due to his impressive stats. Even Hollinger, the ultimate PER lover, hasn't been very vocal about what Splitter is doing. BTW, since Splitter's return from the back spams, his PER is ~27

Hollinger in his last chat:

Mark (texas)


Isn't it inevitable that Pop will enventually need to use Duncan and Splitter against the lakers if they meet in the playoffs?

John Hollinger
(12:09 PM)
I have been baffled all year at how little burn Spitter is getting because he's played extremely well in his chances, and while the Spurs have rebounded well on the season they were brutalized by the Lakers the other night. Will be very interested to see if they counter Gasol-Bynum with Splitter- Duncan, because Blair and Bonner just don't have the size.

[GSH]

I like Splitter, and I'm glad we have him on the team. But if you watched the game tonight and you still put him at the same level as Gasol, then you're just way off base. There's just not much more to say about that.