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scola misses more gimmies then all the other players do combine
Hahaha..the Spurs Thread topic that never dies
scola misses more gimmies then all the other players do combine
Well Scola should have a lot more opportunities to pad his stats with Yao out.
I see both sides of it. Yeah, the Scola threads get annoying, but the only reason they still pop up is because there's still a significant percentage of the ST community who refuses to admit that A) he is a GREAT player B) he would've been perfect for this team and C) The Spurs erred big time in letting him go, no matter what the cost was.
I think if the haters would just admit those things and say they were wrong, then the issue would be dropped, imo.
By The Numbers: Luis Scola In Transition
by Tom Martin on Aug 29, 2010 3:58 PM CDT in Player Analysis
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Today's Number: 1.43
In the first edition of By The Numbers, we examined Chase Budinger's transition offense. Today, we'll look at Luis Scola in transition, and rather than criticize like we did with Budinger, we'll instead show some praise for one of the most effective transition players in the entire league last season, especially among power forwards. All data is provided using Synergy sports technology.
Scola's 1.43 points per possession ranked him 18th in the NBA in 2009-10. He made 56 of 79 field goal attempts in transition, which accounted for seven percent of his offensive output. If you don't think that 79 transition attempts is very many for a power forward, consider that Chris Bosh, known as a mobile, versatile PF in his own right, only attempted 46 transition field goals last season, finishing with a 1.11 ppp (good for 183rd in the league). Amar'e Stoudemire, a player of similar height in a faster paced offense, had 82 attempts. Luis will get out and run, that's for sure.
But Luis doesn't just make the trip down the court for fun: he converts at a very high rate. Stoudemire actually shot a better percentage in transition than Scola - 73.2 percent - but his points per possession was only 1.27. Why was this? Stoudemire turned the ball over 17.2 percent of the time. Scola turned the ball over 4.3 percent of the time in transition. That's very impressive.
If you want more numbers, consider that Josh Smith finished with a 1.21 ppp and a turnover percentage of 17.5 in transition. Kevin Garnett finished with a ppp of 1.31. Carlos Boozer tied Scola with a 1.43 ppp. Pau Gasol is the most notable power forward who is more effective in transition than Scola: his 1.51 ppp ranked him sixth in the league.
Any way you put it, Scola's effectiveness in transition sheds more light towards how valuable and versatile he is to the Rockets.
http://www.thedreamshake.com/2010/8/...-luis-scola-in
1-6 after a loss to the wizards tonight.
Looks like the Rockets are going to lose tonight. This is my first look at John Wall and he's 4 steals away from a Quadruple double. lol I guess I need to watch some more games as he's put on a show tonight.
Hahaha..the Rockets Team MVP that never wins
you could say this if we had traded away Lebron for nothing tooeven more important....duncanscola
oh, he has no rings, he sucks, wouldn't have helped us
LOL Yao injured again.
can we say More Scola Please?
if scola was so good why do rockets suck
Remember that Splitter learn everything from Scola when they played together and they're best friends... just think they could be playing together in the Spurs right now!!!
no it would be one or the other
That's funny, you take them out from their former team and then you get picky
The same old story, NBA plunders Europe and then they don't know what to do with the players
The Spurs were never going to get both of them away from Tau. When they graciously opened the NBA door for Scola, Tau locked down Splitter for two more years. In hindsight, I wish SA had told Scola to get ed, allowed him to re-sign with Tau instead of trading him, and brought Splitter on board in 2008.That's funny, you take them out from their former team and then you get picky
The same old story, NBA plunders Europe and then they don't know what to do with the players
Who the else is gonna score on that team?
This tread is stoopid
yeah seasons been going ages....
I love Scola threads. They remind me of all the posters who were so arrogant believing they were the all knowing geniuses and belittled anyone who praised Scola laughing for they said his game would not translate to the NBA, and countless ignorant arguments. Of course now that same people hate reading Scola threads for it is hard to recognize when you were wrong and then double the bet by continuing spitting nonsense, bringing into the table any stupid argument, like Rockets record, MVP counts anything but recognize they were wrong.
Scola is a good basketball player.
And will never be a Spur.
Someone said that Scola is choker, I think it was Bruno. That's true. When he was the best Saski Baskonia player, he was the Spanish league MVP, the team had solid talent but they were not good enough to win Spanish or Euro championships. Something, Saski could do with Splitter leading the team.
In the NBA Scola's putting all-star stats this season, he even plays with great efficiency as the numbers show, but the Rockets aren't winning games despite having good level of talent. It's not that Scola is not used to play with his team mates or that the coach is new. It's not that Adelman is a bad coach, he's one of the best.
Pop said during the 2010 WC that he regrets not signing him, but his role with the Spurs would have been with less FGA's and strictly from the bench as he doesn't play much defense. Could have helped, but he alone wouldn't put the Spurs at the top in the previous 3 seasons. This year, the Spurs have a great team. Scola instead of Blair would be an improvement on offense, but the Spurs missed the opportunity and he's gone.
If Pop sticks with Blair some additional games, he could become better. Pop could also give Splitter the opportunity to start and he as rookie already defends better than Scola as veteran.
Wow, nice. That is impressive.
The reason the rockets aren't winning is very simple, the franchise player making 18 million is barely providing role player minutes/production. It doesn't have to do with Scola.
You can't win with one franchise player let alone half of one. We need another lights out scorer besides Scola and some defensive presence.
Loser
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