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The Spurs will be using Splitter more and more as the season progresses. Since he has never played an 82 game season, maybe it is good to bring him along slowly. Manu played limited time in 2003 even though he was already a great player.
When Tiago Splitter joined the Spurs in the off-season, he was touted as one of the summer’s most subtle and influential additions. He didn’t have the price tag nor the talent of LeBron James, Amar’e Stoudemire, or Carlos Boozer, but his position and specific skill set made him a perfect fit for San Antonio.
Only things between Splitter the Spurs have progressed a bit more slowly than anticipated, and while San Antonio seems to have made the leap into true contention, their improvement has very little to do with their prized off-season addition. A training camp injury derailed Splitter’s integration into the famed Spurs system, and since then he’s struggled to find a stable place in the rotation.
Splitter has been a star in the Euroleague, in the Spanish ACB League, and in international play. With that kind of résumé, it’s not all that surprising that he’s finding it hard to adjust to life at the end of the Spurs’ bench. From Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News:
Though [Gregg] Popovich has been pleased with Splitter’s grasp of the Spurs’ system in a macro sense, the coach does not yet trust him with its finer details. “There are so many different things I might do during a game, and he’s not going to know exactly what he should be doing,” Popovich said. “That makes it tough for him and for us.” Popovich acknowledges Splitter is “in a position that’s got to be really frustrating.”
“He’s used to playing a lot of minutes and being a big part of what’s going on,” Popovich said. “That’s not happening for him right now, and I’m not in a position to give him 30 minutes to get him going. That’s not fair to him or to the whole group.”
Of all the adjustments the 6-foot-11 Splitter has had to make in relocating from Europe, learning to be a spectator has been the most difficult. He would have liked to have been a more meaningful participant in the Spurs’ 17-3 start. “I’m trying to fit in a team that is already made,” Splitter said. “Sometimes it’s tough for me. I just have to be patient.”
Luckily, Splitter seems to be taking a wise perspective on his endeavors with the Spurs, which is the best approach for all parties. There’s still plenty of time for Tiago to work himself into a comfort zone with Popovich, and by the end of the season, we may even see Splitter used as advertised. He’s plenty capable of providing quality minutes for San Antonio, and since his shortcomings thus far seem to have more to do with a lack of familiarity than a lack of skill, the Spurs are among the group of contenders that could only get better.
http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.c...-playing-time/
The Spurs will be using Splitter more and more as the season progresses. Since he has never played an 82 game season, maybe it is good to bring him along slowly. Manu played limited time in 2003 even though he was already a great player.
Maybe Pop is giving him a taste of..."If you're going to be playing Euro ball in the summers and get hurt, you're not going to get much playing time mother er"
JK...
I thought he was ready to go...
this hahahahaMaybe Pop is giving him a taste of..."If you're going to be playing Euro ball in the summers and get hurt, you're not going to get much playing time mother er"
JK...
lmao man i knew it was only a matter of time for this kind of stuff to come out, hopefully tiago sticks with us and is patient (at least for spurs fans sake ). the only thing going for us right now is that were at the top of the nba food chain so that must feel good for splitter & give him assurance. im afraid if he came last year he too would be getting heavy minutes for dallas and playing great, (you guys watching the dallas game w/mahinmi?)
anyway its much easeir to be patient when your part of a(n) eliteorginization so i have hope. i still have my fingers crossed for a bonner injury so that pop has no choice. that sounds ignorant but pop is ignorant as well and very stubborn so i could care less what happens to bonner. when hes not playing we win ball games the man is not a vital piece to this club its an illusion that pop has suc bed to.
He needs to play stronger at the rim.
Actually some nice quotes from Pop. He's acknowledging the situation and shedding some light on it which is nice.
Except he doesn't shed light on why he can't give Tiago minutes.
Yeah, its not fair to the group to put Splitter in when Bonner is 0-6, Blair is guarding a 7 footer, or when Duncan is playing a back to back. Not fair at all.
he's a rookie, he and everyone needs too chill..ginobili wasn't amazing his rookie season and at times his 2nd season also..he put up a real good game when he was given minutes against the cavs even if they suck. He will get going ,and hope he can start knocking down some jump shots, and get better position in the post, he's not too great right now on dribbling, and getting in the post cause he has a bad habit of carrying the ball, and needs to get stronger also but that will come also. He was shooting some 3's pretty nice at halftime last game so I know he got some range...when he's open. I'm patient he's not really needed right now, but would be nice too see alot of upside and pontential, which I do see.
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...plitter-blair/Splitter, Blair learn value of patience
Jeff McDonald
...Splitter still stands to be a key piece of the puzzle going forward, but only in good time.
“It’s got to happen slowly, and we’ll see what’s required, as far as the team is concerned,” Popovich said. “That’s what I’ve got to look at.”
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=167716
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=167696
Never will.
Which is what always makes it funny when posters around here "Demand the media ask the tough questions"
Yeah
Splitter needs to chillax. i want him to get more minutes too, but you cannot argue with success.
Pop does unconventional things...
SJax starting over Manu is similar to Blair/Bonner over Splitter.
We remember Sjax fondly now for his clutchness, but many have forgotten his butter fingers and all his stupid TOs!
and I’m not in a position to give him 30 minutes to get him going. That’s not fair to him or to the whole group.”
All ya gotta do is read.
All ya gotta do is read...
Where in there explains why he is not in a position to give him 30 minutes?
Bc its not fair for him or the team.
Splitter gets more mins: He'll foul out, suck more, get discouraged. Not fair to him.
Splitter gets more mins: He'll foul out, suck more, get discouraged. Not fair to the team.
I guess this is why pop won't play him longer minutes...
Or when posters pretend to know what's the rationale behind Pop's decisions...
in other words he doesn't understand the playbook nor the defensive schemes.
GASP!
I never pretend to know.
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