Fair or not, San Antonio Spurs fans have been awaiting the arrival of Tiago Splitter since the team first drafted Luis Scola. Since 2002 (the year Scola was drafted) each FIBA tournament has served as a tease of sorts for Spurs faithful. And with each passing tournament the concept of foreign big man savior grew [...]

Empires fall. The history books are littered with them. The Greeks. The Romans. Spain. Britain. Maybe someday even America. The same holds true for nearly every major power that’s ever risen to the top, be it nation, corporation, or basketball team. Especially basketball teams. After all, unlike nations or corporations, basketball teams rely solely on [...]

Much of the offseason player movement has trickled to a halt, so barring another point guard that David Kahn just has to have, a final destination for Shaq, or another scathing LeBron column from Adrian Wojnarowski, the majority of the summer’s story lines have played out to their finish. For the most part, as has [...]

Next summer, when the league is in the midst of a lockout and we struggle to find topics to write about, there should be a wealth of information to look back on from this summer as to why the NBA is in such dire financial difficulties. Cap space may have been in abundance, but common [...]

Newly wed and now newly signed, Tiago Splitter interrupted his honeymoon long enough to stop in San Antonio and make his long awaited arrival official. Having forged his game overseas against the best competition not in the NBA, Splitter is no ordinary rookie, joining Arvydas Sabonis as one of only two players to win the [...]

If there is an advantage to being a perennial lottery team, it’s the opportunity to piece together a talented core through the draft. GMs who have the luxury of compounding high draft picks over multiple seasons place themselves in the enviable position of acquiring the league’s best young  talent. It sucks to lose, but the long term [...]

Via Ticket 760: Ticket 760 has learned that the San Antonio Spurs have reached a contract agreement with Tiago Splitter. He is expected to sign the deal on Monday. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Well, it was about time this whole draft-and-stash strategy borne some fruit. As details emerge, we’ll continue to [...]

The most pressing free agency question before the San Antonio Spurs is whether they’ll sign Tiago Splitter this month. And with that question comes another, how much will he cost them? By most accounts, Tiago Splitter is the best big in Europe. Nikola Pekovic is another prominent Euro big, and a player who is often [...]

(Ed. Note: Mea culpa. Originally I incorrectly referred to Tiago as a Spaniard, but a few of our beloved commenters took the time to note my mistake.) Ok, Tiago Splitter didn’t really say that. But Josean Quereta, president of Caja Laboral, Splitter’s Spanish Club, did say Splitter wants to play in the NBA. Via the [...]

In recent weeks, many have painted the Spurs as optimists regarding their chances of signing Tiago Splitter this summer. Although, Gregg Popovich does his best to quiet the crazies in the Splitter section. Getting a judgement from Splitter for or against the Spurs would be a great help to the Spurs, and the sooner the [...]

The smart folks at SpursTalk are following the international press, which is giving positive, but subtle, indicators that Tiago Splitter is closer than previously expected to joining the San Antonio Spurs.  This on the heels of the uber-reliable Johnny Ludden’s recent proclamation that the Spurs are growing more confident in their ability to sign Splitter [...]

European basketball site In the Game is running a long list of APM observations regarding some of Europe’s best players. Regarding San Antonio Spurs draftee Tiago Splitter, they write:

Back in late January I wrote a piece indicating that an impending lockout, while probably needed for small market owners like Peter Holt, could have some very negative ramifications for the Spurs on the court. Before tonight’s game, Mike Monroe from the Express-News brought up another possible consequence of the lockout: What will it mean [...]