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Wow, that's news to me.
Let the Splitter era begin
SANTA MONICA, Calif. – It’s official. The Tiago Splitter era begins tonight for the Spurs.
Forty months after the Spurs made Splitter the 28th overall pick in the 2007 draft, and after he spent his entire first NBA preseason on the shelf with a strained calf muscle, the 6-foot-11 Brazilian player has been cleared play in tonight’s game against the L.A. Clippers at the Staples Center.
Splitter will come off the bench, and his playing time will be limited, but for now, any minutes are good minutes for Splitter.
“Being off the court all this time, nobody likes it,” Splitter said after shootaround this morning at Santa Monica High School. “It’s passed, and that’s it. I’m going to get better every day, get in shape and be part of the team.”
Splitter’s teammates are just as eager to see to see him on the court as he is to be on it. He was regarded as the best center in Europe last season, spent playing in Spain, but few of the Spurs have ever seen him in extensive action before.
His big body could come in handy tonight against a large Clippers front line that features 7-footer Chris Kaman and Blake Griffin, a 6-foot-10 Rookie of the Year candidate.
“Looking at the way he moves and how agile he is, I feel like he’s going to be pretty good,” Antonio McDyess said of Splitter. “He’s always been a guy who learns the plays fast. We’ll see how fast he can put it together on the court. It’s going to be interesting to see.”
Nobody in the Spurs camp expects Splitter to dominate in his NBA debut.
“I don’t look for him to come out and have a 20-20 game his first game back,” McDyess said. “Missing the preseason is tough, but he’ll be OK.”
Tonight, simply having Splitter on the court — no matter what he does or how long he plays — will feel like a win three years in the making for the Spurs.
Wow, that's news to me.
theres like 5 threads about this
Did you guys hear that the Spurs traded Luis Scola?
no i didnt! they wont miss him at all tho, no regrets probablyDid you guys hear that the Spurs traded Luis Scola?
Scola thread!
Zach Randolph thread!
quick, what was scola's debut stats so i can make the inevitable comparison?
three years in the making, i dont mind hte extra posts ....
Let's not give up on splitter after he goes 2-7 from the field with 4 rebounds. This is his first NBA game.
Let's face it he's not going 20 - 10 tonight. And yet I feel like many spurstalk posters expect this level of performance right out of the gate.
I can already see the "Scola>Splitter" threads after the game.
actually, i just did the research and his stats were 0pts, 3 rebounds in his debut. rough start. also, while doing the research, i noticed scola is averaging 27pts, 14 rebs, so far this season, which made me
Also,
Link?
overhype much?
Can't wait to see tiago dominating in his first game.
GoTiaGo...GoTiaGO...
I doubt Pop will play him enough tonight for him to dominate anything except for pine time.Can't wait to see tiago dominating in his first game.
GoTiaGo...GoTiaGO...
If he has a bad game, it's going to be funnnnnyyyyyyy on ST tonight..
There is going to be some serious problems on this site if "The One" does not play well for the spurs. I can see the process of spurs fans jumping off the tiago bandwagon now.
Tonight- We will get a few early jumpers.
Also all the Lakers fans talking too.
I don't know why Splitter is overrated here and Manu/Scola so underrated, somebody needs to explain me this.
Saying Manu is underrated on SpursTalk is one of the strangest comments I've heard in my few years here, TBH..it's arguable that he has the most fans of any of the Spurs players, including Duncan, and that he gets the most praise here(he deserves it, but calling him underrated is false)..
Looks to me we've got some "hot" intellectual property here.
The links have been removed and everything . . .
Couldn't have said it better myself, great take as always Blackjack
Ginobili underrated on spurstalk.....
No seriously, Ginobili is probably my favorite player on the spurs. He's not underrated on spurstalk. Have you gone insane?
I have read many posts/comments here against Ginobili, "trade him" "hi is injury prone" etc, since i joined spurstalk, the same about Scola. Splitter is not on the same level as Manu and Luifa and he is treated by many like "the new Robinson".Ginobili underrated on spurstalk.....
No seriously, Ginobili is probably my favorite player on the spurs. He's not underrated on spurstalk. Have you gone insane?
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