Tiago splinters

Tiago splinters
Player information
Full name	Tiago Splitter Beims
birthday	January 1, 1985
place of birth	Blumenau , Brazil
size	211 cm
position	center
NBA draft	2007 , 28th pick, San Antonio Spurs
Clubs as active
2000–2001 Araba Gorago Alava 2001–2003 Basket Bilbao Berri 2003–2010 TAU Cerámica 2010–2015 San Antonio Spurs → 2011 Valencia Basket Club 2015–2017 Atlanta Hawks 2017 Philadelphia 76ers 000 00000
National team
2002-2014	Brazil

Tiago Splitter medal table
Basketball (men)
Brazil
American Championship
gold	2005 Santo Domingo
gold	2009 San Juan
silver	2011 Mar del Plata

Tiago Splitter Beims (born January 1, 1985 in Blumenau ) is a former Brazilian basketball player . Between 2010 and 2017 he played in the US professional league NBA . The Brazilian national player and Olympic participant is a descendant of German immigrants and has both Brazilian and Spanish citizenship .

Player career

Tiago Splitter began his career with the Ipiranga-Badesc youth team in Brazil. In 2000 he moved to Spain, where he got a contract with Tau Cerámica . However, the team from Vitoria-Gasteiz loaned the young Brazilian to Araba Gorago Alava in the EBA league for the 2000/01 season . He was also awarded for the 2001/02 season; this time at CB Bilbao Berri in LEB -2. With this team he played in the LEB-1 in 2002/03. 2003/04 Splitter played his first season for Tau Cerámica in the ACB League .

In the 2007 NBA Draft , Splitter was selected by the San Antonio Spurs in the first round in 28th place in the Entry Draft . Splitter initially stayed in Spain for a few years before moving to the NBA for Spurs for the 2010/11 season. At the beginning of the 2011/12 season he was active for the duration of the lockout for the Spanish first division club Valencia Basket Club . On June 30, 2015, he moved to the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for draft picks . He spent little there due to injuries. On February 22, 2017, Splitter was transferred to the Philadelphia 76ers . He only played 8 games this season, after which he announced his retirement due to hip problems.

successes

• Tiago Splitter won the gold medal with the Brazilian national team at the 2003 Pan American Games . In addition, he won the American Championship twice with Brazil (2005 and 2009) and the South American Championship (2003 and 2005). He also played at the 2002 , 2006 , 2010, and 2014 World Basketball Championships and the 2012 Olympic Games for his home country.
• At the South American Championships 2003 Splitter was elected to the All-Tournament First Team .
• He won the Spanish Copa del Rey twice with Tau Cerámica (2004 and 2006). He was also able to win the Spanish SuperCup twice with the team (2005 and 2006).
• Splitter was elected to the All-Tournament First Team of the 2007/08 Euroleague season and the All-Tournament Second Team of the 2008/09 and 2009/10 Euroleague seasons .
• After the main round of the 2009/10 season in the ACB league , he received the award as MVP of the league.
• Splitter won his first NBA championship with the Spurs in 2014 , after having been narrowly inferior to the Miami Heat the year before .

Web links

Commons : Tiago Splitter  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Tiago Splitter - player profile on NBA.com
• Tiago Splitter - player profile on basketball-reference.com
• Tiago Splitter - Overview of participation in international FIBA tournaments on archive.fiba.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Spurs Select Tiago Splitter and Marcus Williams in the 2007 NBA Draft. National Basketball Association , July 20, 2007, accessed August 14, 2016 (Media Info San Antonio Spurs). 
2. ^ Tiago Splitter: Announces retirement from basketball
3. ↑ 2007-08 All-Euroleague, MVP announced. Euroleague , May 3, 2008, accessed on August 14, 2016 (English, media information). 
4. ^ Tiago Splitter, MVP Orange 2009-10. Liga ACB , May 17, 2010, accessed August 14, 2016 (Spanish, media info).