Tiago Splitter Close to Signing Two-Year Extension with Tau

[200 miles]

still trying to get that knife out of... my......back...........

[spurdaddy20]

Are you guys sure Tiago has signed an ext with Tau? Where are you getting your info? Acording to spur scources he is only considering the offer.

[Holt's Cat]

I am surprised that Tau pays the kind of money for talent that they do. They do seem to have a good eye for talent. Are the euro teams generating that kind of profit?

They apparently gave the guy 2 years and $10 mil. Scola ditched them for 3 years and $10 mil in the NBA with the promise of one sizable deal at the end of that. Tau benefitted from nothing more than the NBA's rookie contract scale for 1st round picks.

[Holt's Cat]

Are you guys sure Tiago has signed an ext with Tau? Where are you getting your info? Acording to spur scources he is only considering the offer.

Yeah, we have a report from ESPN Brazil so far.

[Indazone]

lol just get Darko!

[spurdaddy20]

Hey Holts Cat where did you get the info from, Im hoping this is just rumors...

[Dim Tuncan]

Awesome news.

R.C. and Pop doing a bang up job of running the future of this team...

So now this summer looks like Ian, Sanikidze, and whatever we can scrounge up in free agency and/or trades.

Awesome.

Great take, gy Poopman

[200 miles]

i dont know why I'm thinking about this and comparing it to the Splitter fallout, but does anybody remember that scene in Rambo 2 when Rambo was in no man's land with a POW in tow and waits for a rescue chopper and when it does come, providing Rambo and the prisoner with hopeful relief, it suddenly decides to leave them behind and get captured by Vietnamese troops

unfulfilled promises

[Typhoon]

If Herrmann could be had for cheap he'd be a good pickup.

Walter Herrmann would be pure ownage.
I think Pistons will keep him, when he got time with them he delivered.
Delfino is available as well I believe, much better defender than Udoka, has all around game with Manu he would thrive... omg Imagine the chemistry they would own face.

[Tek_XX]

I'm starting to think that Manu and Parker were flukes. Are the Spurs really that good at drafting?

[Dim Tuncan]

Thiago Splitter, you guys should get Thiago Silva. He can do that badass throat slit gesture everytime he scores. That would be awesome.

[MannyIsGod]

They apparently gave the guy 2 years and $10 mil. Scola ditched them for 3 years and $10 mil in the NBA with the promise of one sizable deal at the end of that. Tau benefitted from nothing more than the NBA's rookie contract scale for 1st round picks.

Splitters deal would have been what, 3 years with a team option for less than what he's going to make in one year over there? At the chance at making the same but probably less in the long run?

The truth is that 5 million AFTER taxes is a lot more valuable than being paid in dollars before taxes. He really does stand to make a lot more money in Europe than he does here.

I don't hold or harbor any ill will to the guy. He's doing what he has to do for him. Its naive to sit here and think that the Spurs wouldn't do what they have to do to safe guard their interests so I'm not going to be pissed at a player for doing the same.

[Holt's Cat]

I'm starting to think that Manu and Parker were flukes. Are the Spurs really that good at drafting?

Yes, at least international talent. What they've done with it is another story.

[Trainwreck2100]

Maybe he's gonna be bought out his second year, it is set at the league maximum for a reason

[Anti.Hero]

ing piece of .

[Solid D]

"RC's Follies" is getting large enough to create a "Top 10" video.

[L.I.T]

in a twisted way it could make sense. Kori mentioned that she doubted the spurs would have both over; in a way makes sense. Why surround Duncan with inexpeienced talent that would likely increase his workload. Get one guy in who get the bulk of the developmental minutes. Splitter gets one year at 5.5 million, which makes those first rookie years more palatable and (if there really is a buyout at 500k) he gets off scot free.

Tau has had a history of putting in insane buyouts, why is this one so reasonable?

Of course thats the incredibly optimist scenario.

[ChumpDumper]

It's somewhat possible that the Spurs representative was there to make sure they could get Splitter down the road without much of a problem. I know Tau could have made things much more difficult -- more years, huge buyout, whatever.

[Dim Tuncan]

It's somewhat possible that the Spurs representative was there to make sure they could get Splitter down the road without much of a problem. I know Tau could have made things much more difficult -- more years, huge buyout, whatever.

gy Poopman agrees

[Dingle Barry]

Splitters deal would have been what, 3 years with a team option for less than what he's going to make in one year over there? At the chance at making the same but probably less in the long run?

The truth is that 5 million AFTER taxes is a lot more valuable than being paid in dollars before taxes. He really does stand to make a lot more money in Europe than he does here.

I don't hold or harbor any ill will to the guy. He's doing what he has to do for him. Its naive to sit here and think that the Spurs wouldn't do what they have to do to safe guard their interests so I'm not going to be pissed at a player for doing the same.

That isn't the issue. It is about his constant proclamations this past year that he was definitely heading to America for less money.

[Holt's Cat]

It's somewhat possible that the Spurs representative was there to make sure they could get Splitter down the road without much of a problem. I know Tau could have made things much more difficult -- more years, huge buyout, whatever.

That could be a possibility. Splitter gets one year at $5 mil, Spurs pay buyout and then Splitter starts his NBA rookie contract at age 24.

[ChumpDumper]

That could be a possibility. Splitter gets one year at $5 mil, Spurs pay buyout and then Splitter starts his NBA rookie contract at age 24.

We live in hope -- but I'm not going to hold my breath for an early buyout. It might have something to do with the next cap clearing summer.

But is that summer 2009 or 2010?

[tmtcsc]

WTF is wrong with all you people ? Vent all you want at Tiago for not coming but c'mon...we have 3 Rings in 5 years. Back away from all the smack on RC and Pop.

No doubt we need to get younger but the truth is, Splitter is still an option in 2 years and I still have confidence that we can draft and acquire players through FA that will help us.

This news sucks but we've all seen that being young doesn't necessarily win you anything. We still have a solid core with Bruce, Tim, Tony and Manu. We need to find a bench.

Maybe: Antwan Jamison, Matt Barnes, Michael Pietrus

Is Brent Barry going to be a UFA or is it a player option ? He deserves another year. He was playing great until he got injured and seems to be playing well again.

[intlspurshk]

Antwan Jamison? for MLE? Come on...how about LBJ or Wade?

[wireonfire]

Tell Splitter that Adleman loves Euro's. We love Splitter tell him we treat Scola like King. Besides, we like getting players from the Spurs for nothing!!! LOL

Bring Splitter to the Rockets in 3 years. Wouldn't that be funny Splitter and Scola on the same team