Try not to take smeagol too seriously folks. He's an Argie, Scola's an Argie, look at what sorts of topics attract smeagol like shit attracts flies...then do the math.
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Try not to take smeagol too seriously folks. He's an Argie, Scola's an Argie, look at what sorts of topics attract smeagol like shit attracts flies...then do the math.
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Originally Posted by Bonior
I don't think Rick Adelman is going to impose the defensive mindset like Van Gundy and I don't think they'll be as good of a defensive team...in fact they weren't.
With JVG, D came first...it does not with Adelman.
It's a lot like when Flip Saunders replaced Larry Brown and everyone was expecting them to keep playing D at the same level plus improve offensively...and initialy they did just that, until the playoffs.
Players have to be forced to play D...it is not something they are naturally inclined to focus on first, and if the coach isn't that way, the players won't be either.
Even Pop has to refocus the Spurs on D a few times per year...Adelman has never done that, and I doubt he ever will.
We were only slightly worse last season, and that could be explained by Yao's absence for the last few dozen games.Quote:
Originally Posted by whottt
Two of the key players on the Spurs, Parker and Ginobili, might need a kick occasionally to remind them of their defensive responsibilities, and that is probably why Pop has to do it.Quote:
With JVG, D came first...it does not with Adelman.
It's a lot like when Flip Saunders replaced Larry Brown and everyone was expecting them to keep playing D at the same level plus improve offensively...and initialy they did just that, until the playoffs.
Players have to be forced to play D...it is not something they are naturally inclined to focus on first, and if the coach isn't that way, the players won't be either.
Even Pop has to refocus the Spurs on D a few times per year...Adelman has never done that, and I doubt he ever will.
The Rockets' situation is different: we're natural defenders. Yao, T-Mac, Artest, Battier are all willing and able to get stops. Yes, even T-Mac is a tremendous defensive presence when he isn't feeling the offensive burden so much -- which he won't next season, thanks to Yao's return and Artest's arrival. I think it was our players who forced Adelman to pay attention to D, not the other way around. I don't mean that our players rebelled, far from it; it was just blindingly obvious that this was how we liked to play, and Adelman, to his credit, recognized it quickly. So our defense will be great, maybe historic next season, regardless of Adelman's attitude. And that bodes well for our prospects.
in retrospect, the trade was probably a mistake.
however at the time, i didnt like the trade because of my personal opinion on scola, i approved of the trade because of the reasoning. first we needed to dump bulter, second we wanted cash to sign udoka. at the time i thought udoka was a great pick up because his offensive numbers in limited minutes werent bad and his defense was hyped. 2nd i thought splitter would indeed be a better fit.
the only reason why were having this dicussion is because splitter screwed us and udoka didnt make as great of an impact as we thought. humans make mistakes, i guess were human.
We aren't talking about Timberwolves but about Spurs and for a contender like them, it's all about playoffs. Who do you think has had a bigger impact for them : Rasho Nesterovic or Robert Horry ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bonior
Scola In Europe was known for choking in big games, that's a reason why Spurs have traded him. i want to see what he will do in a NBA game with a lot of pressure before judging him and that won't be possible before this year playoffs.
Scola starting is far from being the main reason why Rockets have ending well the regular season. You obviously don't know that well your team. :rolleyesQuote:
Originally Posted by Bonior
So Olympic elimination games aren't "big games"........interesting, just sounds like a whole bunch of sour grapes and nitpicking to me. If Scola was such a "big choker" why was it just Scola that was sent over in the Americas tournament to even qualify Argentina for this summers Olympics?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruno
Actually he knows his team very well, because that was one of the MAIN REASONS why Houston did so well.......especially after Yao went down. Without Scola, Houston wouldn't have had anybody who could really score in the post consistently. Scola was able to play the 4 & 5 positions, thus allowing him and Landry to be on the court at the same time, which helped out even more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruno
The fact that you would even question the effect Scola had on the team once he was inserted into the starting lineup basically just shows YOU'RE the one that doesn't know what the hell he's talking about when it comes to the Rockets or Scola.
boner > scola, as one "intelligent" poster once said . . .
Scola trade =
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