Euroleague Final Four: NBA Prospects

May 04, 2006, 04:40 am
Luis Fernández
Jonathan Givony
Kristian Hohnjec
As we do every year, DraftExpress takes a look at the top individual players that participated at the Euroleague Final Four from an NBA perspective.

The players are separated into NBA Draft prospects, Formerly drafted players whose rights are still held by NBA teams, and potential free agent targets for this upcoming summer.

2005 Euroleague Final Four NBA prospects articles:

Part One

Part Two

2004 Euroleague Final Four NBA prospects articles:

Part One

Part Two



NBA Draft Prospects

Tiago Splitter, 7-0, Center, Tau Vitoria

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Jonathan Givony

Playing only 11 minutes due to a shoulder injury that will keep him out of action for 15 days, this was clearly not the type of performance either Tiago Splitter or the many NBA front office types that made the trip to Prague envisioned when Tau Vitoria clinched their spot in the Euroleague Final Four.

If it’s of any consequence, Splitter did not do much in the 11 minutes of action he saw in the first game of the Final Four. He pulled down one nice offensive rebound and scored on the putback, picked up two quick fouls, played nice pick and roll defense on one possession, and generally did not touch the ball even once in Tau’s lethargic looking half-court set. He fell to the ground midway through the 2nd quarter with his team down 16 points, and was announced out of the game shortly after. His team never really stood much of a chance to make a comeback after he left, as Maccabi completely dominated them offensively.


With Splitter out of commission, there was nothing for the NBA people to take in as far as draft prospects go. CSKA has a few interesting youngsters in Kurbanov and Zavoruev that did not see the floor for even a minute in the Final Four, and the same was the case with Maccabi’s Omri Caspi.