Would the Spurs have more titles if they kept Scola?

[tlongII]

I think he would have added 1 or 2 more championships.

[dabom]

????????????

[elemento]

who ?

[manufan10]

It's 2014, the Spurs just won their 5th championship, and we're still getting Scola threads. SMH

[bobcatfan4life]

How many more titles would the Blazers have if they drafted Jordan?

[ironman2886]

We'd have more with this guy.
http://cdn3.sbnation.com/imported_assets/488340/act_jackie_butler.jpg

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Aren't you glad that the Spurs stayed together. We can be your 2003-07 Spurs to your Suns. That way after we win a couple of trophies you can finally win in the second round of 2018 and act like its the championship before being trounced by a real contender.

Oh and

9FDboZTyeuA

Do you know where you were?

[baseline bum]

How many titles if you drafted Durant?

[to21]

Or Jordan :lmao

[Sa_Spursfan20]

Scola Thread

[Mikeanaro]

Maybe 1 more title and thats it, from 2008 to 2011 we had some bad injuries and Scola wont make that much difference by himself with the scrubs we had at that time.
When they had a chance? 2008 playing Oberto minutes.

[BadOne]

Lol, beat me to it. :toast

Scola Thread

[peacemaker885]

Maybe. Same argument with Batum.

[Brunodf]

What about Durant and Jordan

[DrunkTXLabrat]

My money is on a solid maybe so. I never understood how that situation got botched.

[Robz4000]

Fuck Yeah, Scola Thread!

[murpjf88]

My money is on a solid maybe so. I never understood how that situation got botched.

Oberto....

[Juggity]

One of the worst big man defenders in the league even in his prime. I'll say no.

[Dex]

It's a legitimate hypothetical, in my opinion.

Spurs drafted Scola in 2002 with high-hopes of bringing him in. His stretch-four style would've complimented prime Duncan's dominance down low perfectly. This is one instance, though, where letting him develop overseas backfired as he tied himself to a huge contract. Spurs tried hard to negotiate him out of his contract with Baskonia but they wanted $3M and the Spurs could only match $500K, leaving Scola on the hook for the remainder.

Instead, the Spurs signed Oberto and traded the rights to Scola for a bag of stale Doritos in order to dump the burden that was Jackie Butler. Somehow, Houston was able to resolve Scola's contract situation in like a week after the Spurs had spent years battling in (Morey opening his checkbook?) and he spent many productive years there torching the Spurs at every opportunity. Scola really should have been a Spur, but it was one of the FO's rare whiffs.

That being said, I think Scola could have put the Spurs over the hump in '04 and '06, particularly the latter's playoff series against the Mavericks. He was a pretty consistent threat up until 2010, and certainly would have been better than the stable of centers we ran through during that period (Nesterovic, Mohammad, Elson, Massenburg, Dice, Bonner, Mahinmi). Then again, if the Spurs pick up Scola prior to 2005, then Robert Horry never comes to town, either.

All things being said, I'd say if the Spurs were able to get Scola when they drafted him, they would have one more title and wouldn't have gone through the Dim Ages of The Centerpiece and HWSNBN.

[slick'81]

Would the blazers if they didn't draft Bowie or Oden

[cd98]

Scola never won a title himself and never was an all star caliber player. So doubt it.

[Skull-1]

I think he would have added 1 or 2 more championships.


Ha, not if they kept Manu.

[stnick2261]

If Scola would have joined the Spurs it would have been summer 2005... maybe we win in '06... maybe we lose in '07. We wouldn't have drafted Splitter and we wouldn't have brought over Oberto.

[Arcadian]

:lol Thinking Luis Scola was going to be the difference between a championship and what the 2008-11 Spurs actually accomplished. Those teams weren't winning a title with or without him.

[z0sa]

How many more titles would the Blazers have if they drafted Jordan and Durant?

[SupremeGuy]

How many more titles would the Blazers have if they drafted Jordan?:lmao

[spursnatic]

Maybe?..But we would've definately had more had we brought Bowen back after he was waived by the Bucks

[Skull-1]

Maybe?..But we would've definately had more had we brought Bowen back after he was waived by the Bucks


This.

[DrunkTXLabrat]

":lol Thinking Luis Scola was going to be the difference between a championship and what the 2008-11 Spurs actually accomplished. Those teams weren't winning a title with or without him.

If Scola would have joined the Spurs it would have been summer 2005... maybe we win in '06... maybe we lose in '07. We wouldn't have drafted Splitter and we wouldn't have brought over Oberto.

Scola never won a title himself and never was an all star caliber player. So doubt it."

clearly these. I mean winning a championship is difficult, it's only accomplished through a science that might as well be magic to us forum fans. Scola is not an all star caliber guy. Hell, he isn't even the role player that Splitter or Oberto are. Maybe he woulda been a little better as a spur? Maybe the spurs woulda been a little better with him? Maybe not? Ultimately, you have to put the past aside. It is more important to realize that Pop and the FO are master magicians. They makes gold appear from thin air. And Scola isn't gold.

[Blizzardwizard]

Screw Scola, if only we had kept Paul George :cry

[guilhermercf]

With the Spurs, Scola would have become a Manu like NBA player.

He is one of the most smart players of his generation. You guys have no idea of how sick it would be if this guy had played together in the NBA with Manu, Duncan and Parker.

Don't forget that Scola also played with Splitter. Back then they were a dominant front court in Spain and reached the EuroLeague semi finals with a team that had only about 50% of the budget of the true contenders. It is like a NBA team reaching the conference finals with a 30 million dollars payroll now days.

[DAF86]

":lol Thinking Luis Scola was going to be the difference between a championship and what the 2008-11 Spurs actually accomplished. Those teams weren't winning a title with or without him.

If Scola would have joined the Spurs it would have been summer 2005... maybe we win in '06... maybe we lose in '07. We wouldn't have drafted Splitter and we wouldn't have brought over Oberto.

Scola never won a title himself and never was an all star caliber player. So doubt it."

clearly these. I mean winning a championship is difficult, it's only accomplished through a science that might as well be magic to us forum fans. Scola is not an all star caliber guy. Hell, he isn't even the role player that Splitter or Oberto are. Maybe he woulda been a little better as a spur? Maybe the spurs woulda been a little better with him? Maybe not? Ultimately, you have to put the past aside. It is more important to realize that Pop and the FO are master magicians. They makes gold appear from thin air. And Scola isn't gold.

:lol What?

Scola would have been a 15 ppg guy on the Spurs. He might have even stolen an All-star spot one of those years.

[purist]

Scola = over rated just like the lame ass threads in this forum.

[DrunkTXLabrat]

:lol What?

Scola would have been a 15 ppg guy on the Spurs. He might have even stolen an All-star spot one of those years.

maybe, i guess he's been pretty good on those pacers. and i remember him being a pretty nightmarish rocket too, especially against the spurs? but it doesn't matter, those teams never won championships. he was never an all star. the spurs did fantastic without him. I mean Blair and McD really challenged Splitter hard, and Splitter and the spurs are better for it. And what was the timeframe of when Scola woulda been a spur anyways? I mean, who can think of the past with that detail. Why play woulda coulda shoulda? Don't be a spoiled spurs fan.

[Hemotivo]

Si

[John B]

Drafting Scola could have caused a chain reaction that would unravel the very fabric of the space-time continuum and destroy the entire universe! Or maybe not.

[100%duncan]

How many more titles would the Blazers have if they drafted Jordan?
:lol

[Sean Cagney]

Scola = over rated just like the lame ass threads in this forum.

This is the flat out truth, period.

[Mel_13]

Scrubla.

[Spur|n|Austin]

:lol tlong with a flashback ScolaThread.

[TampaDude]

Drafting Scola could have caused a chain reaction that would unravel the very fabric of the space-time continuum and destroy the entire universe!

Granted, that's a worst-case scenario. The destruction might in fact have been very localized, limited to merely our own galaxy.

[Leetonidas]

Shit worked out in the end. Who gives a fuck