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Thanks for the link
"Fui escolhido por uma grande equipe, atual campeã da NBA. Há muitos estrangeiros no time e minha adaptação deve ser mais fácil também pelo esquema de jogo e como a equipe vê o basquete", declarou o brasileiro em entrevista à ESPN Brasil.
O atleta brasileiro, no entanto, acha que vai ser utilizado já na próxima temporada. "Eles ligaram para os meus agentes nos últimos dias querendo saber sobre a minha situação. Só falta mesmo acertar os últimos detalhes para que eu viaje para lá", disse.
http://esportes.terra.com.br/interna...EI1887,00.html
The Spurs are the NBA Champions and a great team I'm happy they drafted me. There are a lot of international players on the team and it'll make easy for me to adapt. My style alto fit with the Spurs game.
He said the Spurs and his agent are talking and he may play for the Spurs next season. He plans to travel to San Antonio soon
Thanks for the link
It would be nice if he could play for the Spurs next season
If his buyout is $1M like some rumors have it, SA could kick in 500K, and his first year salary would cover the rest and leave him a few hundred K to live on. I'm thinking he stays at Tau another year and clears his contract.
^Ups...the US$ 1 million buyout is for the 2008/09 season. He´s under contract for the next season without a buyout clausule.
If he want to play in the NBA next season, he´ll have to pay more than 1 million dollars.
Splitter is a bigger inside player than Elson.
The shots are from different angles and Splitter is zoomed while Elson is not. Not sure what you're getting at with the "bigger" comment.
And he actually knows to play inside.
Elson shots the ball better, though.
Elson's base is narrow and he can get pushed out of position with leg-leverage. Splitter has a bigger, stronger base. When you watch them play, you can see the difference in the two players. It's a fair comparison, since they both play in the pivot.
Splitter will stay overseas next year with Tau and hopefully this gives Elson more time to develop/get his ass in gear. I still think there is something in Elson I like, the guy is super quick for a big man and can be aggressive. Im willing to wait a year on Splitter.
Here is a Splitter video clip:
splitter video clip
He actually looks pretty good. He seems quick with a nice touch, decent "D", he is athletic, and can shoot free throws (The Spurs will cure that though).
What you can like about Elson is that he's IMO, the most athletic 7 footer in the NBA.
Why don't the Spurs just bring him over this year?
Big buyout this year. Sound familiar?
That's an excellent game for Splitter. He showed excellent hands. Went strong to the basket. Panathanikos didn't have much size out there and Splitter looked like a real factor.Here is a Splitter video clip:
splitter video clip
He actually looks pretty good. He seems quick with a nice touch, decent "D", he is athletic, and can shoot free throws (The Spurs will cure that though
On the negative side, he slid into his screens and didn't get set very well but he got away with it most of the time.
On the negative side, he slid into his screens and didn't get set very well but he got away with it most of the time
the kids 22, I think the Spurs can work with him on it.
splitter splits defenses ha a ha ha ha
I have seen alot of NBA "veterans" do the same types of things. With a little work and practice I think Splitter could be a solid center for the Spurs to compliment Duncan.
I noticed the hands as well...at least he has one step up on Nazr. At least he doesn't seem to be timid about being aggressive on the floor. Being aggressive like that might make it an easier transition to the NBA.
Im hearing more of him being agressive and not soft.
I'd love to know the dumb scout who said he was "soft"
See now the way some writers put it "next season" is 07 08He said the Spurs and his agent are talking and he may play for the Spurs next season. He plans to travel to San Antonio soon
is next season that, or 08 09?
Tiago can play. Spur fans should feel good.
He's not David Robinson so therefore he sucks. And the Spurs suck for not drafting David Robinson with the 28th pick.
You just have to understand how spoiled Spursfans are when it comes to bigmen...they've never had to go more than 3 or 4 years without a franchise bigman, an that was almost 20 something years ago...they aren't even used to going 3 or 4 years without 2 of them right now.
Splitter is a very solid player, I don't see at all being a bust. He will likely be a very usefull role player.
He is too nba ready and should be able to help Spurs fast. Between Spanish league (best domestic league in europe), Euroleague (best compe ion outside the nba) and games with Brasilian NT : he will come in nba with something like 300 games played at a very high level. A college senior should have played something like 150 NCAA games and Splitter has played at a way higher level than the NCAA level.
Yeah, Splitter has the experience of a guy four or five years older than he is. Because we've seen so much of him, I really doubt there's a chance he busts. I think he's better than Elson right now and should at least stay at that level for the next eight years.
'07-08 or '08-09?
The only way I'd want him in '07-08 is if Oberto gets a giant contract offer from another team.
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