Can this guy play??? I'm assuming since he's Pao's brother he SOME skill. What about Tiago Splitter? He was supposed to be a lottery pick last year. Has anyone seen him play and do the Rockets have a shot at any of the two guys at 26?
I am not sure he can play in the nba. Granted he is 6'11'' and has put together some nice performances the past year but he's slow, unathletic and pretty overrated at this moment because of his brother...
He's a very good player with a LOT of potential...He would be a good pick for the rockets if he slides down enough....He's a project though. Whoever drafts him will keep him in europe for a good 2 years. Stilll has a lot to learn before he makes the trip to the NBA. He's been playing in TAU with Luis Scola and he is def. picking things up from him. Even Scola hasnt crossed over yet. On a random note, although they both did very well offensively and TAU won last year's 3 game series vs Panathinaikos to get the ticket to the 2006 Final Four (Panathinaikos knocked them out in the semi-final this year), they both got consistently burned by Spanoulis on the pick'n'roll in that series. You can take that as you wish
splitter. gasol is a center who is big and unathletic. we need athleticism. splitter needs to gain a bit of weight, but he can run the floor and defend the post. thats what we need.
Tiago is one of my favorite International players,the guy is a winner and always shows the willingness to improve. Here is a portion of an interview with him,conducted by Jonathan Gyvony,during the euroleague Final four: Jonathan Givony: So you’re moving on now into the ACB playoffs. You’re probably going to end pretty late in June. Other players are going to be doing workouts and the pre-draft camp, and that is something you haven’t experienced yet. Do you think it’s better for people to come watch you in a private workout or do you think you’re better suited to be evaluated by the way you play in a game? Tiago Splitter: I think it is hard, because I don’t think you can see everything a player can do in a workout. The best way to watch a player is to watch him play. But, it’s different playing here and in the United States, it’s different basketball. Everybody knows that. You never know, that’s my job. Right now I’m playing for Tau. I have to finish my season, do well, finish all my stuff, and then we’ll see at the end of the season Jonathan Givony: So what is your situation, as far as the NBA is concerned, for next year? Your situation right now as far as your contract or your buyout, what do you want to do? Tiago Splitter: My situation is that I have one more year on my contract. My team knows that I want to go to the NBA and they know that well. So I don’t know what is going to happen this summer because, you know, they want to keep me. They tried all year to renew me. But right now I don’t want to. I want to go to the United States. So I don’t know what’s going to happen. Jonathan Givony: So basically it’s up to them, under their control whether you go or not. Tiago Splitter: Yeah, it’s up to them. We are going to see what happens. It’s the same situation with Luis Scola, and that can make a difference because we don’t know who is going to stay or not. If he leaves for the States, maybe it’s going to be harder for me. So all these situations, we have to put them on the table and just watch.
Here's another extract from the same above interview http://www.draftexpress.com/viewarticle.php?a=2039
