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Emiliano Carchia: As per @DPeje Tiago Splitter turned down the proposal from Caja Laboral coz he doesn't want to be coached by Ivanovic. Malaga is frontrunner Twitter

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David Pejenaute: @jondelapresa @rafael_uehara Tiagos's agent did not even want to hear Baskonia's offer, sources said... Twitter

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Emiliano Carchia: Tiago Splitter on his way to return to Spain, not in @Baskonia but in Unicaja Malaga where he will be playing along with Joel Freeland Twitter

San Antonio Spurs, Tiago Splitter, Lockout, Spain, Joel Freeland, Unicaja 

Two sources say that Tiago Splitter will sign with Spanish club Unicaja. Encestando

San Antonio Spurs, Tiago Splitter, Lockout, Spain, Unicaja 

Splitter will be an Unicaja player until the end of the lockout. [...] Cadena Ser radio confirms Splitter will sign with Unicaja. Solobasket

San Antonio Spurs, Tiago Splitter, Lockout, Spain, Unicaja 

Jon de la Presa: Tiago Splitter rejected an offer from Caja Laboral... Seems that doesn´t wanna play for Dusko Ivanovic... (via @DPeje ) Twitter

San Antonio Spurs, Tiago Splitter, Caja Laboral, Lockout, Spain, Unicaja 

Apart from Unicaja Malaga, there are still five other clubs interested in Tiago Splitter as reported by Luis Martin, one of his agents. They are Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel), Olimpia Milano (Italy) and also the Spanish clubs Real Madrid, Valencia Basket and Caja Laboral, team where Splitter played from 2001 to 2010. Esporte

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Jon de la Presa: Walla says that Maccabi Tel Aviv is interested in bringing Tiago Splitter to Israel. They say that he´d play as israeli... WTF? Twitter

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The team is especially interested in Tiago Splitter. Malaga Hoy

San Antonio Spurs, Tiago Splitter, Lockout, Unicaja 

Unicaja admits they have contacted Tiago Splitter's agent. Diario Sur

San Antonio Spurs, Tiago Splitter, Lockout, Spain, Unicaja 

Spanish club Unicaja is weighing the option of adding Brazilian Spurs center Tiago Splitter. They have even contacted him directly. Diario Sur

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Splitter would earn around $82,000 per month, but he would get another amount if he signed for the whole season. Diario Sur

San Antonio Spurs, Tiago Splitter, CBA, David Stern, Lockout, Billy Hunter, NBPA 

Tiago Splitter: another important meeting tonight, hope we finish this tele novela... Twitter

San Antonio Spurs, Tiago Splitter, CBA, Lockout, NBPA 

Citing the poor global economic climate, the director of basketball for the Brazilian team Flamengo Arnaldo Szpiro said the team has ceased their pursuit to sign San Antonio Spurs' Tiago Splitter. "The crisis ended any possibility of the coming of the Splitter. The partners are afraid to invest large sums." However, Flamengo is not without an NBA player during this lockout. The team was able to sign Leandro Barbosa but even Szpiro said the team was fortunate to sign Barbosa. "If it were today, for example, not even Barbosa would come, "said Szpiro." ProjectSpurs.com

San Antonio Spurs, Tiago Splitter, Lockout, Brazil, Flamengo 

Before departing Argentina, where he helped Brazil qualify for next summer’s Olympic tournament, center Tiago Splitter told the Express-News he would sign on with Flamengo, a Brazilian club where former Suns guard Leandro Barbosa currently plays, if training camps were postponed or canceled. “I do not want to be waiting for something to happen,” Splitter said. “I want to be playing, so if our (Spurs) camp will not start on time then I think I will sign with Flamengo. “Of course, I will make sure I will be able to join the Spurs when the lockout ends, but I want to be playing and working on my game.” San Antonio Express-News

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Tiago Splitter is considering the possibility of playing in Brazil during the lockout. Abril

San Antonio Spurs, Tiago Splitter, Lockout, Brazil 

Splitter has also received offers from teams in Europe. Abril

San Antonio Spurs, Tiago Splitter, Lockout 

Scola and Ginobili were named to the all-tournament team along with Brazilian point guard Marcelo Huertas, Dominican Republic center Al Horford and Puerto Rico guard Carlos Arroyo. Spurs center Tiago Splitter, his playing time limited once again by foul trouble, made 5 of 10 shots and scored 12 points with five rebounds for Brazil. “I think we played hard in this game,” Splitter said. “We tried to win, even though we got our goal yesterday to go to the Olympic Games. We made a heck of an effort to win this game, and I think you have to congratulate everybody who gave a lot to this team. We are very happy.” San Antonio Express-News

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Tiago Splitter: thanks everybody for the support, we gonna play in London 2012!!!!! Twitter

San Antonio Spurs, Tiago Splitter, Brazil 

If Spurs fans have been fretting about the unimpressive numbers center Tiago Splitter has been putting up in the FIBA Americas Olympic qualifying tournament, Hall of Famer Gail Goodrich has an explanation. “I just don’t see much offensive skill there,” said Goodrich, working as an analyst on ESPN’s English language telecasts of the games that will send the top two teams to the 2012 Olympic tournament in London next summer. “For a guy who was supposed to be one of the best big men in this tournament, maybe the best, he’s really struggled.” San Antonio Express-News

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