San Antonio Spurs sign Tiago Splitter

As expected, the San Antonio Spurs have announced officially the signing of Tiago Splitter. The Brazilian 25-year-old center, MVP of the last ACB league, was selected by the Spurs with the 28th overall pick in the 2007 draft. Splitter has played since 2000 for Caja Laboral, averaging 15.4 points and 7.1 rebounds per game, leading his team to win the Spanish championship.

UPDATE: Splitter was signed by the Spurs to a three-year, $11 million contract.

SOURCE: Insidehoops, San Antonio Express-News

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San Antonio Spurs and Tiago Splitter reach to an agreement

As expected, Tiago Splitter will play next season in the NBA. The 25-year-old Brazilian center, MVP of the last ACB league with Caja Laboral, has reached to an agreement with the San Antonio Spurs, the team that owns his NBA rights, and the deal will be signed next Monday. Splitter averaged 14.2 points and 7.8 rebounds per game last season.

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Caja Laboral offers an extension to Tiago Splitter until 2015

Caja Laboral is making a last push to avoid Tiago Splitter's departure to the NBA. The Spanish club has offered to the 25-year-old Brazilian center to extend his contract until 2015 with a leaving clause to the NBA in a near future. On the other hand, the team that owns his NBA rights, the San Antonio Spurs, could be willing to offer Splitter a $25-30 million, 5-year contract to move to the United States.

SOURCES: El Correo, San Antonio Express-News

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Stanko Barac could leave Caja Laboral

Caja Laboral is planning the next season assuming that Tiago Splitter won't continue in the team to move to the NBA. The arrival of a replacement could also make the Spanish team not to extend the contract of Stanko Barac. The future of the 23-year-old Croatian coach, who averaged 8.7 points and 4.5 rebounds per game last season, depends of the salary of that new center. Milt Palacio, Vladimir Golubovic and, probably, Carl English, will leave the team.

SOURCE: El Correo

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Tiago Splitter, closer to play in the NBA next season

Josean Querejeta, president of Caja Laboral, admitted that Tiago Splitter wants to play next season in the NBA, where the San Antonio Spurs own his rights, and that it will be normal his departure to the United States. The 25-year-old Brazilian center, MVP of the last ACB league, has an opt-out clause to move to the NBA next summer, after averaging 14.2 points and 7.8. rebounds last season. Splitter has been a member of Caja Laboral since 2000.

SOURCE: EFE

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San Antonio Spurs want to land Tiago Splitter next season

Two representatives from the San Antonio Spurs, Claudio Crippa and George Felton, attended last game of Caja Laboral in Madrid to watch Tiago Splitter and talk with him, according to the print form of the Spanish magazine "Gigantes del Basket". The Spurs, the franchise that holds the NBA rights of the Brazilian center, want to land Splitter next season. The 24-year-old player, now in the second of his 4-year contract with Caja Laboral, has a opt-out clause this summer to leave the team and go to the NBA.

SOURCE: Gigantes del Basket

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Tiago Splitter would only leave Caja Laboral to play in the NBA

Caja Laboral would only allow the leaving of the star of the team, Tiago Splitter, to the NBA. The Spanish team has no intentions of letting him move to another European team. Josean Querejeta, chairman of the club, still hopes the Brazilian center to continue in Caja Laboral, but admitted that the dream of Splitter is to play in the NBA. The San Antonio Spurs are the owner of his NBA rights. One of the possible subsitutes of Tiago Splitter next season, the Uruguayan center of Ayuda en Acción Fuenlabrada Esteban Batista, said he doesn't know anything about the interest of Caja Laboral for signing him.

SOURCES: Noticias de Álava, Noticias de Álava

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San Antonio Spurs, planning to sign Tiago Splitter next season

The General Manager of the San Antonio Spurs, R.C. Buford, told on TV during the game of his team against the Houston Rockets, that the Texan franchise is planning to add Tiago Splitter to the roster next season. The Spurs own the NBA rights of the Brazilian center, who is still undecided about where to play next season.

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Tiago Splitter, undecided about next season

Caja Laboral center Tiago Splitter is still undecided about his future. Asked by Piratas del Basket about moving next summer to San Antonio, the team who owns his NBA rights, the Brazilian player answered he has still to study his situation next summer. Real Madrid is also reported to be interested in the 25-year-old player, who is averaging 15.7 points and 6.5 rebounds this season in the ACB League.

SOURCE: Piratas del Basket

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Real Madrid wants Tiago Splitter the next season

Brazilian center Tiago Splitter is one of the best players in Europe right now, and Ettore Messina wants him to play for Real Madrid next season. Splitter is currently playing for Caja Laboral, and is also rumored to leave Spain to sign for San Antonio Spurs, the NBA franchise which own his rights.

SOURCE: Noticias de Álava

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