Tiago Splitter

Tiago Splitter

Splitter with the San Antonio Spurs in 2010
No. 47 – Philadelphia 76ers
Position	Power forward / Center
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	(1985-01-01) January 1, 1985 (age 32) Blumenau, Brazil
Nationality	Brazilian
Listed height	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight	245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	2007 / Round: 1 / Pick: 28th overall
Selected by the San Antonio Spurs
Playing career	1999–present
Career history
1999–2000	Ipiranga
2000–2010	Saski Baskonia
2000–2001	→Araba Gorago Alava
2001–2003	→Bilbao Basket
2010–2015	San Antonio Spurs
2011	Valencia BC
2015–2017	Atlanta Hawks
2017–present	Philadelphia 76ers
2017	→Delaware 87ers
Career highlights and awards
NBA champion (2014) 2× Spanish League champion (2008, 2010) Spanish League Finals MVP (2010) Spanish League MVP (2010) All-Spanish League Team (2010) All-Euroleague First Team (2008) 2× All-Euroleague Second Team (2009, 2010) 3× Spanish Cup champion (2004, 2006, 2009) 4× Spanish Super Cup champion (2005–2008) 2× Spanish Super Cup MVP (2006, 2007)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals Men's Basketball Representing  Brazil FIBA Americas Championship 2005 Santo Domingo National Team 2009 San Juan National Team 2011 Mar del Plata National Team Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo National Team South American Championship 2003 Montevideo National Team

Tiago Splitter Beims (born January 1, 1985) is a Brazilian professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A three-time All-Euroleague Team selection prior to his NBA career, he became the first Brazilian-born player to win an NBA championship in 2014, as a member of the San Antonio Spurs.

Splitter began his professional career in 1999. In 2000, he began to play in the Spanish Liga ACB.

In 2004, Splitter became a naturalised citizen of Spain.

Splitter was named the MVP of the Spanish Supercup tournament in both 2006 and 2007. He was also named to the All-Euroleague First Team for the Euroleague 2007–08 season, after leading Saski Baskonia to the Euroleague Final Four. The following year, Splitter reached the Euroleague 2008–09 season playoffs, but failed to make another Euroleague Final Four participation. His performances earned him a spot on the 2008–09 All-Euroleague Second Team nevertheless. Splitter was named the Spanish League MVP in 2010. Splitter was signed by the San Antonio Spurs on July 9, 2010, so that he could join them for the 2010-11 NBA season.

Splitter was expected to declare for the 2006 NBA Draft, but because the expensive buyout of his contract discouraged NBA teams with high draft picks from drafting him, he remained in the Spanish ACB League for that season. Splitter was automatically eligible for the 2007 NBA Draft, as he was at least 22 years of age at the time of the draft. He was selected in the first round, with the 28th draft pick overall, by the San Antonio Spurs.