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    Luis Scola and Poetry

    You know my man Luis Scola just broke another record.
    Top scorer in Euroleague history, maybe you haven't heard ?
    He'd be a good fit for the Sixers
    But his draft rights belong to the Spurs...

    He can drive. He can shoot. And he's a team leader
    Plus he's got the footwork of a Knicks cheerleader.
    He'd average a double-double for the Lakers
    But know what ? His draft rights belong to the Spurs...

    They say he's 6'9 and he plays atrocious D.
    They even drafted him 50 freaking picks after Tskitishvili.
    But he would score 20 a night for the Blazers
    If only his draft rights didn't belong to the Spurs...

    Sure he looks like Sgt Garcia from Zorro had a son
    But don't tell me he is worse than Francisco Elson.
    He might well be an All-Star would he play for the Clippers
    Yet his draft rights do belong to the Spurs...

    Epilogue

    Yeah he's playing the same position as the Big Fundametal
    And they won't play him center cause he's not 7 feet tall.
    All that fuss for 3 inches. They don't know what they miss
    But maybe 3 inches is also the size of their penis.

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    He'd average a double-double for the Lakers
    He can't average a double-double for Tau.

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    To be fair, no one averages double-doubles in Euroleague, as far as I know. It's like double-doubling in college -- the games are so much shorter.

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    Yeah, Scola would average 30 points and 10 rebounds a game in Euroleague if he played 49 minutes a game.

    Good take.

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    I wasn't giving a take. Pull some of the stuffing out of your shirt. He's not a good rebounder, I agree.

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    I don´t even read to champ´s post on Scola.him like others here are just Scolahaters.

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    I don't hate.

    You overrate.

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    I don't hate.

    You overrate.
    Come on, Chump -- you just don't get it. If you refuse to acknowledge that Manu Ginobili is more important to Spurs history than George Gervin, you're a Manuhater. If you are at all skeptical about predictions that Luis Scola would become a dominant NBA player, you are a Scolahater.

    I suspect you hate Pepe Sanchez, too.

    Hater.

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    He'd average a double-double for the Lakers
    I'm sure Scola would walk right into the league and become the next guy on this list:

    Kevin Garnett
    Dwight Howard
    Emeka Okafor
    Carlos Boozer
    Al Jefferson
    Tim Duncan
    Chris Bosh
    Shawn Marion
    Zach Randolph
    Jermaine O'Neal
    Steve Nash
    Marcus Camby
    David Lee

    Those, after all, are the only 13 players in the entire league to average a double-double. Of those 13 guys, 8 are undisputed, perennial All-Stars. I'm pretty sure that Luis Scola will immediately keep that kind of company as soon as he enters the NBA. In fact, that must explain why so many teams are hounding the Spurs to make a deal to acquire Scola. That MUST be it.

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    Right, and since Marcus Haislip is leading Euroleague in rebounding and scoring almost as much as Scola, it's just a reflection of his perennial double-double production during his three years in the NBA.

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    http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/b....6c5ecb8d.html

    The NBA buyout in Scola's initial contract with Tau was a staggering 12 million euros or $14.5million. The team later revised the contract to give Scola a much more affordable buyout based on where he was drafted in the first round. Yet because the deal never specified anything about being selected in the second round, Tau officials claim Scola must pay the original buyout if he wants to leave for the NBA or wait until his contract expires in three years when the buyout is reduced to $1 million. (2008)

    The Spurs, who are limited by NBA rules to contributing no more than $350,000 to the buyout, have spent more than two years trying to resolve the matter. While Scola's agents tried to convince the Spurs they eventually will strike a deal with Tau — the issue could end up in the hands of an arbitrator — team officials decided they couldn't risk waiting (when they signed Oberto).

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    For the record - as if there should be any doubt - I did not write the poem above and I think Scola's ceiling is probably about 15/7 or 15/8, a good bench guy or part-time starter. A new Corliss Williamson, actually.

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    Williamson's highest rebound average was 6.2 in 29.6 minutes a game, which makes it about the same rate Scola boards in Euroleague now.

    Eight boards a game in the NBA is an enormous reach.

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    Yeah, I don't think Scola will rebound that much. Might be more of a scorer, less of a rebounder than Williamson.

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    What? Mr. Body overrating a Euro bigman? The you say!

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    scola wants about 4.5 mill a year, and youd be paying for a long haired corliss williamson?

    Eh, no thanks.

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    What? Mr. Body overrating a Euro bigman? The you say!

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    What? Mr. Body overrating a Euro bigman? The you say!
    Again, fancypants, I didn't write the damn thing.

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    I actually think the 9 and 3 that Williamson is averaging now is pretty realistic.

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    Could be.

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    9 and 3 aint worth the MLE that he wants thats for fing sure.

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    Uh... not sure this will have any impact on you whatsoever, but by accounts Scola has never demanded the MLE.

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    Williamson's highest rebound average was 6.2 in 29.6 minutes a game, which makes it about the same rate Scola boards in Euroleague now.

    Eight boards a game in the NBA is an enormous reach.
    Chump, you should ackowledge that FIBA RULES are different, not only less playing time, but also ZONE DEFENSE would not let so easily get high numbers.

    Gasol before coming to NBA only had 11 ppg and 5 rpg in slightly less than 30 mins, there were games where Gasol scored near 30 pts but they were a few.

    Even Duncan, a so dominant player, was not so comfortable with zone D.

    Nikola Vujkic, 6'11", top euro CENTER (not PF) rebound about the same as Scola, and it's rare to find more than 7 rpg in TOP euro teams (you can find some, but playing in weaker teams, where there are ballhogs who get better stats).

    Zone D harms a lot the number of inside big men.

    Apart from the rules, the european STYLE is FAR more collective, again, specially in the strongest teams of Europe.

    So you CAN'T translate automatically FIBA numbers to NBA numbers.

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    Chump, you should ackowledge that FIBA RULES are different, not only less playing time, but also ZONE DEFENSE would not let so easily get high numbers.
    Would you like me to post Haislip's NBA averages?

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    but by accounts Scola has never demanded the MLE.
    didnt pay much attention to the summer of 2 years ago did ya...

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