What I dont understand is, what is the point of these threads now?
Should we have traded Scola? No. Was it a mistake? Yes. Do people who start these threads just want to hear that? What is the purpose?
The Spurs have made tons of mistakes. Should we have traded for Charles Smith? No. Should Manu have fouled Dirk? No. Should Rod Strickland have thrown his behind-the-back pass against Portland? No.
I don't understand why this particular mistake keeps getting brought up. It WAS a mistake. So were all those things I just mentioned, by the front office AND players. Should Raheed have left Horry during the Pistons series? No. Do we need a thread every couple weeks to remind us of that? Of course not. So why do we need this many threads about this particular error?
Seriously, I would love someone to tell me what the desired outcome of starting a thread like this is. What's the benefit?
Last edited by ajh18; 09-02-2010 at 11:13 PM.
In the next three years this will be true if it isn't already this year.
Blair > Scola
Splitter > Scola
Blair + Splitter >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Scola
I do think we missed the boat on Scola, but the additions of Blair and Splitter combine to forecast a better overall future for the Spurs than the single addition of Scola.
Besides Scola, there is Leandro Barbosa and Goran Dragic(sp?)
barbosa ing sucks. dude is pathetic
And Salmons and Stephen Jackson and even Raja Bell.
but the Spurs throughout that time have always fielded some of the best teams in basketball. Have only missed a few playoff appearances in my 30 year lifetime, and yet somehow I still feel the need to complain about the ones that didn't work out. Is that the kind of thing we need to be worrying about?
These were all mistakes or trades that were prearranged that might have gotten a few more rings for the Spurs or they might meant that the Spurs didn't have room for the likes of the players that were here to get us the rings we actually did win.
On balance the Spurs have ended up on the positive side of such transactions. Taking Blair, Parker, Manu, Tiago, and Hill are all the times the spurs more than got it right.
another scola thread!!!
Considering it reached two pages, I would think some posters are still interested about the topic. You don't have to participate if you don't feel like it. The desired outcome is some meaningless filler chatter to waste time until the season actually starts. Nothing wrong with that, IMO.
Has Scola leading the Argentina team won a gold sans Manu?
+1
some people here sound like fans of teams who never won a damn championship
it's not that easy to win an NBA Championship. Let alone 4.
let me add couple more:
1) what if jermaine o'neil takes the "reportedly great" spurs offer after the admiral retires? idk what the offer was, but his 04, 05, and 06 seasons were great and would have compensated for him sucking for the rest of the contract. it's quite likely that the spurs win 2/3 or even 3/3 with jermaine.
2) what if the spurs signed malik hairston to a long deal? (este o gluma)
Dagnabit
all these new people offering the same suggestions over and over and over.
don't forget, scola was garbage his first 2 months in the NBA. it's exactly like how bandwagon lakerfan justifies the shaggy pussy gasol for the shaggy caveman gasol. no one knew how good they were gonna turn out.
aw heck, why even try any more?
Scola thread!
hey not as bad as picking darko over melo wade or bosh
That one still burns slow for Detroit, believe that there and always do.
How about Drexler and Bowie or whatever his name was over MJ? AHAHHAHHAAHHAHA you know that still eats them up forever, the GOAT you could have picked but picked Bowie? AHHAHAHAHAH.
Haddadi is actually a very solid big man. He's young, he's long, and he's a legit 7'2 guy. He's not going to be anything spectacular, but teams lacking with size will have a lot of use for Haddadi.
I believed two years ago, he led the Olympics in rebounding. I would take Haddadi in a heartbeat if I were the Spurs.
That's right: bring on Bokolo.
Scola was the MVP of the 2004 Olimpc final. He, not Manu absolutely killed Italy.
Has Manu won any FIBA medal sans Scola?
What's the benefit to start threads on sighting Vaighn jogging?
Lame.
with TD's window about to be finally shut how many Championship's you think the Spurs will contend for?
What If Scola would have arrived instead of Bonner the last 4 though?
As a Rocket's fan, we absolutely love the guy.
DD
There's no finals MVP in the olympics, is not like it would have mattered anyway, we beat them by like 40. The real final of that tournament was against the US and there the man was Manu, like against Serbia and like in every important game that this team had to play in the last decade.
Don't get me wrong, I still get a little pissed every time I see him in a Houston uniform.
Perhaps theemoticon should be renamed :scola to memorialize the event.
That may be true. But Splitter and Blair will be better NBA player than Scola too late.
Scola would have helped in 2008-2010 when we still had a shot at the le.
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