Scola today

[ducks]

First of all, he's not averaging 32. Once again you're too stupid to do the most basic research on anything. Secondly, it's pretty lame how you hate on every Argentina player now instead of just Manu. I'm guessing if France was in the tournament you would know every Tony Parker statistic.

why should I like scola when he thinks he is to good to hear pop and rc words of wisdom. work on your rebounding and throwing a 2 year old fit


I do like any player like that no matter where they are from

[kuato]

why should I like scola when he thinks he is to good to hear pop and rc words of wisdom. work on your rebounding and throwing a 2 year old fit


I do like any player like that no matter where they are from

----> What the ? Scola thinks he is too good to hear pop ? , please stop licking toxic frogs.

[urunobili]

----> What the ? Scola thinks he is too good to hear pop ? , please stop licking toxic frogs.

dude... ducks sucks

[K-State Spur]

it doesn't work like that dude.
1-The spurs were the ones following him for years,and keeping up with his stats and overall game. The spurs didn't have to wait until a team would offer a 1st round pick and money for a guy who wasn't followed and scouted in the past,like the spurs did with scola,to realize how good he was.
2-Now what the Rockets did was steal Luis from the Spurs,cose their GM knew that even eating Butler's contract,Scola was worthy of that.
See now?It was a FO up all the way,plain and simple.

NBA teams are only scouting their own property?

It was known for at least a year before that Scola could be had for the right price. Yet, no team in the league felt he was worth a first round pick.

It was a screw-up no doubts. And the Spurs own the greatest fault in it because he was their property.

But no other team in the league saw him being this effective - and it DOES work like that.

[wildbill2u]

As I recall the sticking point with the Spurs was the money. And the fact that they got rid of Butler was also about money.

There is nothing particularly sinister in a team wanting to mangage their P&L in their favor.

And who knows, if they had held Scola off for another year to the point where his contract was available without penalty, he might have resigned with Tau for spite. Or the big money contracts which the Euros now appear to have in their arsenal might have come into play.

What's done is done. The real problem is the misjudgment and mismanagemetn of the Bonner contract. If they thought he was worth the 3 year contract and a better option than Scola, they should have been developing him instead of letting him rot on the bench.

[ArgSpursFan.]

NBA teams are only scouting their own property?

It was known for at least a year before that Scola could be had for the right price. Yet, no team in the league felt he was worth a first round pick.

It was a screw-up no doubts. And the Spurs own the greatest fault in it because he was their property.

But no other team in the league saw him being this effective - and it DOES work like that.

they did.
Cleveland did
Chicago did
and of course Houston did.

Now,of course no one wanted Butler's big ass in their salary cap space.
Houston did it coze they were desperate for a PF,and $3M p/yr +butler's contract is way cheaper tham another solid NBA PF.

I bet if the Spurs just wanted to trade Scola's rights for a 1st rounder and some cash,not one but many teams would've gone for it.

[urunobili]

ATTENTION tonight 8EST on ESPN+ Luis Scola on "ESPN Studio" a one hour special!!!!

[K-State Spur]

they did.
Cleveland did
Chicago did
and of course Houston did.

Clearly Chicago and Cleveland did not, because a player this effective is clearly worth a first round pick. Neither was willing to give that up.

Even Houston only made the trade after a year when the price had hit bargain basement level.

[ducks]

Clearly Chicago and Cleveland did not, because a player this effective is clearly worth a first round pick. Neither was willing to give that up.

Even Houston only made the trade after a year when the price had hit bargain basement level.

after he proved what he could do in the nba
you might say that
but gms did not think he was worth a first roudn pick

[Cherry]

she called me stupid without knowing me first!

I called you stupid for a reason

Think about this:
How can i know you if your +30,000 posts are based on trash talk?
So, i guess you are a troll and nothing else.

As Kori says: don't come crying later if you get your feelings hurt. Thanks.

[Manufan909]

Cherry has claws.

[ducks]

Cherry has claws.

is she a bear

[K-State Spur]

after he proved what he could do in the nba
you might say that
but gms did not think he was worth a first roudn pick

My entire point.

No reasonable person can deny that Scola can play in this league.

However, it would be revisionist to ignore that the entire league had doubts about him before he came over and proved it.