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Tiago Splitter Birthdate: 1/1/85 NBA Position: Power Forward Ht: 6-11 Wt: 236 Int Team: Tau Vitoria Hometown: Blumenau, Brazil ACB Stats NBA comparison: Pau Gasol Strengths: In 3 years will surely be a top 5 player internationally, he has the typically strong Brazilian offense game. He's a scorer, and can shoot from everywhere on the court. He plays one-on-one very well, has nice moves around the basket where he usually finishes with power plays. He has excellent mobility and great foot work for a player his size. He already has more international experience than Nene and Anderson combined. His future is at the SF position, so you can imagine the troubles that a 6-11 guy can cause in this situation. It's possible that he is not finished growing! Weaknesses: His body still very weak to play the PF position. He has problems defending stronger guys and playing post up on offense, has to improve his timing on rebounds and his patience on defense. His defense can improve a lot playing in Europe and his body will certainly develop. Notes: Made the Brazilian National team as a 17 years old and competed in the 2002 World Championships in Indianapolis. Very athletic player. Prefers to play on the outside. Shies away from contact. A bigtime scorer. Somewhat similar to Kirilenko with his rangy frame. Has a ways to go skill-wise. -Vinicius Fontana ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OFFENSIVE SKILLS: A right-handed player with a great amount of technical and physical skills. His best virtue is his versatility. He can play in the paint where he has excellent agility and coordination and some developing post moves. He also has the ability to step out on the perimeter, where he has an acceptable medium and long range shot. He can handle the ball and take players off the dribble to the rim. However the team prefers him to stay in the paint, where he is playing more often. DEFFENSIVE SKILLS: Tiago has a very intimidating body. He's a tough defender and is a good rebounder, on both sides of the court. He can block shots. He has great concentration while he defends and it shows that he has a good attitude while he defends and a mature player. PHISYCAL CHARACTERISTICS: A very athletic player with well defined muscles, because of this he's physical both defensively and offensively. He is very quick running the floor on fast breaks. WEAKNESSES: He has to improve his free, medium and long distance shot. He has to become better at finishing. Defensively he must control his intensity and not get into foul trouble.

Looks like Tiago Splitter is the early safe bet for who we draft.

Malik Allen is complete s***. Too bad everyone else is in foul trouble.

Nocioni is a stud.

QUOTE(South Side Fireworks Man @ Nov 14, 2005 -> 06:24 PM) And only in X Box would anyone trade Carlos Lee for a .240 hitting Scott Podsednik......that is, until salary comes into the equation. And only in X Box would the .240 hitting Scott Podsednik bat .350 with 25 home runs and 145 stolen bases.

QUOTE(bighurt2719 @ Nov 14, 2005 -> 03:04 PM) perfectly put. Actually, in X Box world you could get Abreu + a good lefty reliever straight up. Rowand is a stud in video games.

Entertaining; would read again.

Like I said, I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt because he deserves that much, especially since we don't really know much about what happened other than the outcome.

Kreutz seems to be the type of player to take bad performance personally as he's been really the only mainstay/anchor in our offense for a long time. Fred Miller didn't look very good and was making dumb mistakes and I'm sure it had something to do with Miller missing an assignment or something to that extent, especially since the O-Line's play is reflected on Kreutz a lot. I know I'm just speculating, but I have no problem with Kreutz putting someone in their place. Did anyone else hear that report (I think it was during the 49ers game) that said that Kreutz has made a more positive impact on Orton according to Orton and taught him more than any other coach he's ever had? I think that's pretty amazing.

Kirilenko hurt his ankle early on.

I thought Jones should sit out this past weekend and next week, my guess is he definitely will sit out next week. It's a shame, he's had a pro-bowl type year, but it's good to see production from Benson.

QUOTE(Palehosefan @ Nov 2, 2005 -> 10:36 PM) Hell of a comeback, if Kareem Rush is the Bobcats go to guy, they are absolutely f***ed. Kareem Rush may be the worst starting player in the NBA

What an amazing, breathtaking game. Breathtaking in the sense that us Bulls fans wanted to kill ourselves for losing by 30 to the Bobcats too. I know it was against a bad team, but that was just awesome.

Get the entire Sox team photo on your back.

QUOTE(alexgtp @ Oct 28, 2005 -> 03:43 PM) we were chanting.. we cant hear you.clap clap clap.. we cant hear you.(clap clap clap..) we cant hear you.(clap clap clap..) we cant hear you.(clap clap clap..) and than we strted chanting.!! turn it up!! turn it up!! the crowd was awesom! Haha, I thought the crowd was chanting "We don't care"

The thing that I've always wondered about "Moneyball" is its effect on the fans. While I don't thoroughly understand it, it seems like flat out saying that you aren't going to spend money or retain many players that might have become favorites on the team would be a very alienating thing to the fans. It has to be really weird being an Athletics fan.

A part that stuck out were the construction workers working and waving as the Soxmobiles drove by on the highway. It might have been contrived, but it stuck out to me as a symbol of what the Southside and Sox are about.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Oct 28, 2005 -> 02:00 PM) if the Sox had picked a Creed song this year I'd still have listened to them sing it today. I may have shot myself or gouged out my eardrums afterwards, but I'd still be listenin. So true, especially the gouged eardrums part.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Oct 28, 2005 -> 01:56 PM) $69 for an autographed Geoff Blum ball? sold.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Oct 28, 2005 -> 01:56 PM) $69 for an autographed Geoff Blum ball? sold.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Oct 28, 2005 -> 01:56 PM) Jenks...from now on, you have to edit the Detroit line to say "Born and raised in SOUTH CHICAGO". Only a bandwagoner Journey fan would say that.

Just a small town girl, livin’ in a lonely world She took the midnight train goin’ anywhere Just a city boy, born and raised in south chicago He took the midnight train goin’ anywhere A singer in a smokey room A smell of wine and cheap perfume For a smile they can share the night It goes on and on and on and on Strangers waiting, up and down the boulevard Their shadows searching in the night Streetlight people, living just to find emotion Hiding, somewhere in the night Working hard to get my fill, Everybody wants a thrill Payin’ anything to roll the dice, Just one more time Some will win, some will lose Some were born to sing the blues Oh, the movie never ends It goes on and on and on and on (chorus) Don’t stop believin’ Hold on to the feelin’ Streetlight people