Tiago Splitter understood that the San Antonio Spurs’ pursuit of a marquee free agent could mean he would be traded, but the 30-year-old heard the news while at the beach.
Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News notes Splitter said was on a Brazilian waterfront when he received a call from head coach Gregg Popovich, who alerted the center he was now a member of the Atlanta Hawks.
“I expected it. I don’t say I love it, but I expected it. … I knew the changes they wanted to do with this franchise.