This is karma for trading Tiago

[jimbo]

Shoulda traded Boris instead of him tbh.

If Tiago was healthy, he'd have been a better pairing with West than Diaw.

If Tiago was hurt, Pop would have been forced to play small or play Boban.

Either way the Spurs come out ahead.

[Keepin' it real]

That explains everything.

[baseline bum]

Hawks wouldn't have taken Diaw

[jimbo]

Spurs playoffs runs without a healthy Splitter

[Mugen]

MAH .

The Golden God......

[spurtech09]

Hawks wouldn't have taken Diaw

Jesus would...Jesus loves us all

[jimbo]

Hawks wouldn't have taken Diaw

coulda sworn he was viewed as the better player between the two (from non spurs fans at least. but i guess it's a decent assumption that GMs are smarter than your average fan)

i figure someone would have taken him, he was on a better deal

[cjw]

Isn't Tiago moving to the announcer booth?

Also, Tiago would have had no trade value as an injured player this offseason while Diaw has value given the structure of his deal (partially guaranteed this offseason before late July, fully unguaranteed heading into the following offseason = allows teams to trade salary to clear cap space.

[jimbo]

dude's probably huehuehuehue-ing all over the in floor right now

[spurtech09]

Yeah Injury prone Tiago.

[marinoman]

Splitter is never healthy, including this year

[jimbo]

Yeah Injury prone Tiago.

Splitter is never healthy, including this year

guys, i covered this. if Splitter was hurt that just means more minutes for Kiwi at the 4 or Boban at the 5. Pop can't play the turd towers 2.0 if Diaw isn't on the team.

[jimbo]

Isn't Tiago moving to the announcer booth?

Also, Tiago would have had no trade value as an injured player this offseason while Diaw has value given the structure of his deal (partially guaranteed this offseason before late July, fully unguaranteed heading into the following offseason = allows teams to trade salary to clear cap space.

what announcer booth? dude can barely speak english.

and Diaw's contract has minimal added value given the amount the salary cap is rising...but who cares about that anyways? Tim is done. This was the last shot. Tiago would have given us a better chance at a ship

[marinoman]

Pop would play bonner then

[CGD]

More like the Horry hip check after the bizzare end of game calls in games 2 and 5 in this series

[K...]

Parker would also be more mature without his crossiant soiling buddy

[cjw]

what announcer booth? dude can barely speak english.

and Diaw's contract has minimal added value given the amount the salary cap is rising...but who cares about that anyways? Tim is done. This was the last shot. Tiago would have given us a better chance at a ship

http://nbpa.com/sidelined-but-not-in...oadcast-debut/

Diaw's contract is movable this offseason. Tiago's isn't. Huge difference for a team with next to no cap space.

[jimbo]

http://nbpa.com/sidelined-but-not-in...oadcast-debut/

Diaw's contract is movable this offseason. Tiago's isn't. Huge difference for a team with next to no cap space.

that makes a lot more sense. I was thinking "there can't be that many brazilians who watch the nba"...but the olympics? alright.

and why not just move forward with Tiago at center? Wasn't that the original plan anyway?

[cjw]

that makes a lot more sense. I was thinking "there can't be that many brazilians who watch the nba"...but the olympics? alright.

and why not just move forward with Tiago at center? Wasn't that the original plan anyway?

I do agree that Splitter (healthy) would have been more useful against OKC. But Diaw was essential / Splitter unplayable against GS.

[DrunkTXLabrat]

trading Diaw would have sucked too. the answer was signing a younger more intimidating big man who's more known to rebound, block, and dunk than shoot.

[Lerojo]

Op you crazy. Tiago hasn't been able to run for nearly 3 seasons now.

[Godbama]

RIP Tiago

[TheGreatYacht]

Rest in piss, ter.

[Sean Cagney]

Shoulda traded Boris instead of him tbh.

If Tiago was healthy,.

Stopped reading there, at if he was healthy........

[testies]

These two years are great tbh, people thought we were this undestructable machine and pissed on Splitter's contributions. Specially that xenophobe who sucked on Blair's balls and now on West "ohh but he's so tough I miss having an enforcer blabla"

Well there you go you idiots, sometimes one piece is enough to make us lose a series. Now its crystal clear that without Tiago we lose to Dallas in 6 and we have 4 rings by now. So off and pay homage to him.