Splitter??

[apalisoc_9]

TROLLIN HARD!

A lot of credited posters in this site agree that Splitter is the better defender at this point of their careers. I'm not trolling..

I'm just mindblown that people can be this blind ..

Take yourself as an example.

[ThaBigFundamental21]

Hilarious that people think Duncan's propping up Splitter's defense when it's been the other way around. We have too big of a sample size to be naïve about that.

When are people going to get it through their heads that the Spurs actually have great players on their roster? Pop and the Big Three aren't turning crap into gold. If anything, it was finding the correct medium 4-7 that allow them to remain effective. You'd think they would have learned their lesson after calling for Beli to start over Green for the past five months.

Lucky for us that Diaw is a competent defender. He's not elite like Splitter, but at least there's hope his offense can offset that.

I guess that is why Tim Duncan blocked Howard time and time again the other night. Straight rejected him. And let us not forget how bad Timmy humiliated Dwight in the playoffs last season. Across from Timmy you had ter getting rejected over and over again and getting thrown around like the little European rag doll he is against Houston. Pathetic!!! Humiliating Splitter garbage. I can only agree that Splitter is a better perimeter Defender than Tim seeing how Tim Duncan is almost 40 and Splitter is in his late 20's. It's really nothing to brag about, it should be that way. Splitter is awful and you seem to be in love with the guy.

[apalisoc_9]

I guess that is why Tim Duncan blocked Howard time and time again the other night. Straight rejected him. And let us not forget how bad Timmy humiliated Dwight in the playoffs last season. Across from Timmy you had ter getting rejected over and over again and getting thrown around like the little European rag doll he is against Houston. Pathetic!!! Humiliating Splitter garbage. I can only agree that Splitter is a better perimeter Defender than Tim seeing how Tim Duncan is almost 40 and Splitter is in his late 20's. It's really nothing to brag about, it should be that way. Splitter is awful and you seem to be in love with the guy.

[RD2191]

Splitter might be good against smaller players driving to the rim but his has been contentiously pushed in by guys his size.

[Baam]

I like Diaw starting and all, but he's not as good in the low-post as he appears to be. He has the benefit of playing against bench bigs most of the time. His post game is nice, but it's not something to build an offense around.

It's about assembling pieces that fits well together more than anything... Not saying he's elite, just saying it's a big upgrade over Splitter, not only in the low post but overall in offense, as he would improve the ball movement and the chemistry of what is currently a broken unit... Now you can point the finger at the 2012 team defense that was middle of the pack but Diaw joined towards the end so I'm not sure what you can learn from that... Ibaka went off against both Tiago and Boris in the past, it has to do with Pop defensive scheme imo, if he got Boris to stick to Ibaka like he did to Love or Dirk we'd be fine but he wants them to help on Durant... Face up bigs are a good matchups for Boris in general... Blake Griffin would be the scariest low post PF he'd have to guard this year, doesn't seem all that scary to me...

Do people really still think TD is a better defender than Tiago? Tiago has been our best big defender since last year.Why do you think Pop benched tim against GSW? The stats suggest, Tiago is by far our best defender. Timmy is still awesome with blocking shoots, but he's slow. Tiago defender the PNR and the paint area better than anyone else in the league right now...it's too bad he's a total brainfart in the offensive end..His chemisty with kawhi and Green and Belli is specially suspect.

He's the only Big that REFUSES to give kawhi a Screen..probably still deluded thinking he deserves more touches when in reality he's a total fruit cake now in offense.

He's more mobile than Tim but we saw in the Finals how little it can matter... If they need a quick center they can downsize and play Boris who played during the whole Golden State comeback...

So much hate on Splitter... on December.

No, it's not about December, it's about the 6 or 7 years of the Splitter era... Splitter was the worst player in two elimination series and is considered as soft in general like a certain SF that also got a big extension...

[RD2191]

Splitter sucks on defense, stats don't tell the whole story.

[Chinook]

I guess that is why Tim Duncan blocked Howard time and time again the other night. Straight rejected him. And let us not forget how bad Timmy humiliated Dwight in the playoffs last season. Across from Timmy you had ter getting rejected over and over again and getting thrown around like the little European rag doll he is against Houston. Pathetic!!! Humiliating Splitter garbage. I can only agree that Splitter is a better perimeter Defender than Tim seeing how Tim Duncan is almost 40 and Splitter is in his late 20's. It's really nothing to brag about, it should be that way. Splitter is awful and you seem to be in love with the guy.

Splitter's a better defender than Duncan precisely because he's younger. Prime Duncan may have been the best defender ever. Right now, he's still a great rim protector because of his knowledge of timing and positioning. But that's among the most overrated aspects to defense. He can't guard the PnR anymore, and that makes him really weak in today's NBA. Any good offensive team knows how to take advantage of that. His weight loss is making him a weaker post defender as well.

I am in favor of Splitter being benched. I was in favor of that from the start. But I understand why he's been starting. He makes Duncan better, just like Green and Leonard make him better. Duncan's allowed to be great because Splitter does the little things Tim can't do anymore. Tiago doesn't need Tim beside him for that.

[ThaBigFundamental21]

Remember boys and girls when someone disagrees with your nonsense, post a Star Trek picture. It's a good way to prove you're right in your beliefs.

[jimbo]

Splitter is a product of the system being a 7' next to Duncan. Put any other 7' big next to Duncan and they have similar if not better stats. Splitter is not a top 10 big and without Duncan doing the dirty work would get badly exposed.

Exactly. I remember when McDyess tore up the playoffs in 2011 leading to a Spurs championship

[Ditty]

In a perfect world a late first round pick helped us get to the WCF twice when things were looking down when Memphis beat us two years ago. Of course Green and Leonard helped us save a sinking ship, but Splitters interior defense has made a huge difference. Yeah I agree that Splitter should more aggressive around the basket, and I cringe every time he has the ball in the post, but he is what he is. His passing, high basketball iq and elite defense goes so well with Tim Duncan. The contract he got this summer wasn't the worst or greatest but it was fair especially how much a difference he has made. I hope he isn't here when Tim retires unless we somehow land a elite big man the offseason he retires.

[still.focused]

Wrong. The Spurs can offer salary cap relief. In this days NBA half the NBA wants to shed salary more than winning. Our front office just needs to man up and make a deal. Bonner is going to be a UFA after this season, Green is making beans. The front office can do something. But will they?

Touché
....Touché

[Jwash_1986]

This Splitter just hurt his pussy. Bonner got more nuts than this hoe.

[Jwash_1986]

Lopez ballin right now. Got the Blasers and Sixers on NBA TV. We could ave had him instead of cupcake. And for the cheap.

[200 miles]

This Splitter just hurt his pussy. Bonner got more nuts than this hoe.

One question: Were you a Roman gladiator in your former life?

[Skull-1]

One question: Were you a Roman gladiator in your former life?

I am Spartacus!

[200 miles]

I am Spartacus!

ay ay ay ay

[Jwash_1986]

One question: Were you a Roman gladiator in your former life?

What you Implying

[200 miles]

I am implying that you yourself must have extensive experience with pain and injury under intense situations in front of a large audience. Right?

[therealtruth]

In a perfect world a late first round pick helped us get to the WCF twice when things were looking down when Memphis beat us two years ago. Of course Green and Leonard helped us save a sinking ship, but Splitters interior defense has made a huge difference. Yeah I agree that Splitter should more aggressive around the basket, and I cringe every time he has the ball in the post, but he is what he is. His passing, high basketball iq and elite defense goes so well with Tim Duncan. The contract he got this summer wasn't the worst or greatest but it was fair especially how much a difference he has made. I hope he isn't here when Tim retires unless we somehow land a elite big man the offseason he retires.

I still think if Pop had been smart enough to at least go with Splitter on those last possesions in game 6 we would have won.

[Jwash_1986]

You ain't making no sense. Do you think I'm a ing gladiator? The dude is a pussy. You can defend him all you want but it doesn't change my opinion of him.

[200 miles]

You ain't making no sense. Do you think I'm a ing gladiator? The dude is a pussy. You can defend him all you want but it doesn't change my opinion of him.

That's quite all right. You're en led to your own opinion and really that's fine. But you say I ain't making no sense. All I'm saying is that you must know a lot about pain in an intense environment involving high-flying athletes and raucous crowds. If you weren't a gladiator or any other fighter for that matter, would that mean you are a doctor?

[ThaBigFundamental21]

Splitter plays well for once this season. Promptly gets hurt. What the is wrong with this guy??? New nickname. CUPCAKE! Tiago=Cupcake.

[200 miles]

Splitter plays well for once this season. Promptly gets hurt. What the is wrong with this guy??? New nickname. CUPCAKE! Tiago=Cupcake.

That is so funny and more importantly ORIGINAL!
Damn, you are so funny!

[Jwash_1986]

He's a pussy end of story. I'm not about to go back and forth with all that. I'm far from a Kobe fan but when this dude plays with broken finger n I do have sympathy for Splitter cause he banged his pussy and fractured it. But hey he's a good guy that's all that matters. To bad that don't mean when you playing basketball.

[200 miles]

Well, maybe you're right. Maybe he is a pussy, and since that is your contention I trust that the team will go through the next couple of weeks swimmingly well without that pussy Splitter's presence on the court in a sort of addition-by-subtraction blessing, if only for relatively a fortnight. I hope you're right by then.