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Low reward, actually. What he does best is something we don't lack: paint scoring. What he does worst is exactly what we need: lateral defensive quickness and rebounding. He's so immobile you absolutely can't play him with Tim defensively.
He had a right hook which he could hit from about 6-8 feet away from the basket. He was mostly a power guy where he would back his defender down until he got about 3-4 feet away from the basket. 80% of his shots down low are by way of using the backboard. He was a good offensive rebounder but like Blair most of his rebounds were off his own misses.
Low reward, actually. What he does best is something we don't lack: paint scoring. What he does worst is exactly what we need: lateral defensive quickness and rebounding. He's so immobile you absolutely can't play him with Tim defensively.
I disagree, Timmy was getting pushed out if the paint last season. Blair was constantly getting his blocked and Splitter only used that weak little hook. I think height and post scoring ability will help a lot.
He did look to at least try on D last night so if he is motivated in that dept, he could be useful.
I don't have high expectations for the Curry either, but I'm happy the Spurs at least took the chance - even if it's a low-risk one. Now let's see if he can even make it out of camp.
CURRY IN A HURRY
The other thing with Curry on offense, since he's so big you can't exactly leave him alone when you're defending him or he'll get easy points. And he's a taller cone than Blair on defense.
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Thanks for that. I do not recall watching him play at all. I don't watch many non-Spurs games though.
We were fine on the boards last year. Kawhi and Green made a huge difference as opposed to and the 2's playing small forward. Splitter for all of his vaginitis rebounded at a decent rate for when Duncan wasn't on the floor.
Post scoring OTOH has been a huge deficit. Duncan just doesn't ge done in the post anymore. To his credit he has adjusted his game and that 12-15 foot jumper is smmoth but it is what it is.
One of the problems that we had was Ibaka cheating on the switch up high on the double team. If we have a post scorer then he cannot do that as much, he has to stay home. Then Manu and Tony can get around the corner without 12 feet of height and arms smothering their dribble penetration. As it wsa he was stepping up above the key and we could not make them pay.
We desperately need post scoring. Unless Splitter steps up his offensive game we just don't have it.
Even worse, he's only played 157 total minutes in those 24 games.
He was okay from the post, just did basic stuff. He has always been pretty strong though so he'd just "Shaq" people, aka back them down and throw up a shot over someone at close range. But rarely used any tricky moves like Shaq. He used to get some easy scores on cuts like Blake Griffin, only without the flashiness. Used to get fouled a lot but was always a terrible free throw shooter. Can hit mid range J's though, which might end up being his main use offensively if he gets any time at all.
Defensively, he's completely worthless besides if a fat slow guy is in front of him and trying to score in the post. . .then he can maybe stay in front of him and at least keep him further from the basket since he's also big, fat, and slow. Rarely contests anything besides post shots, rarely blocks shots, rarely grabs a steal, doesn't hustle, and matadors all the time.
Man i can't believe the pictures. Is that really Eddy? I barely recognise him.
is he itching for a burger or some ....
Looks like he lost about a third of his total body weight. Goddamn.
Truth. People seem to act like this team has 2002 Duncan in the low post to run 4-down for. I just wonder if Curry would have been able to score on the block when having Fisher switched onto him; Splitter's inability to do so cost the team the WCF.
I think if he can approach his talent level the Spurs have a shot at being legit contenders. Big "if," but the two players I will be keeping my eyes on this season (at least the early part) are Curry and Leonard.
I think the Spurs management knows that at this point (in the twilight of the Duncan Era), they need to take chances on players that have a lot untapped potential and hope for the best. It is an act of desperation to an extent (not a huge risk though, which is good), but sometimes they work out.
Curry would have ate fisher for breakfast literally.
This. Good to see a true big man working out with the spurs.
How ridiculous. How can one play decide how good Splitter is or the WCF. By the time the playoffs rolled around Splitter was strictly a pick and roll player. Before the playoffs began I predicted going away from Splitter in the post was stupid and was going to cost the team.
That's a bit harsh - to blame it on 1 player. Iirc, Splitter was on Fisher for only 1 play. OKC's role players stepped up (especially in game 4, 22/25 from their big men) and SAS' role players disappeared in games 5 (Leonard 5, Manu 10, Diaw 0, Neal 7, Green 0) and games 6 (Leonard 4, Diaw 5, Neal 2, Splitter 5, Blair 2, Green 0). OKC is/was just a better team.
the big man blues continue............
we all know the refs cheated us, so....we did not lost the WCF we were ed!!
This is true. Splitter didn't play because he kept on screwing up defensive rotations in addition to being a puss on the block. At the same time Duncan ran a ton of pnr sets which OKC switched and it's not like he was taking Fisher, Westbrook and Sefolosha to the block himself.
All the role players you listed do not create their own shots. We could not punish their smalls on their bigs and everyone else could stay home on said roleplayers. That's why having three guys on the court that can create is so hard to defend. Duncan is no longer that guy.
The Spurs margin of error against OKC was razor thin (as evidenced by games 1 & 2), and an active Splitter who could score would have been the difference in that series. He was a huge part of that 20 game streak and the Spurs couldn't afford to have him go into a slump. Green was replaceable when he sucked since the team has Ginobili, Jackson, and Leonard, but there was no compensating for Splitter having a bad series.
Exactly the reason that we need another big man with a decent post game, which Curry could be for us. If he can get inside position on people due to his size, Manu can spoon feed him all day long. Run some hi lows with Timmy playing the DRob role and we open up a lot of possibilities.
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