The real reason Scola isn't signed

[furry_spurry]

I also have no clue how some 19 year old guy playing in France and not even all that impressively will suddenly become an NBA star simply because he was drafted by the Spurs.

[zeleni]

I think Ian will be a bust. Absolutely NOTHING has led me to believe he will be a star. I love how posters here overhype the Europeans.

No one said anything about him being the best player since Tim Duncan. He is a raw talent everybody seems to aknowledge as a big potential. How soon will we find out? He will have a good Euroleague season a year from now. Thats roughly 60 games in 3 compe ions.

Ian is a bust. Ian is the next Shaq. Who cares right now? Spurs have his rights and all we can do is hope.

[mookie2001]

there are only so many mins to give to players

WHOTTT???

[Kori Ellis]

I think Ian will be a bust. Absolutely NOTHING has led me to believe he will be a star. I love how posters here overhype the Europeans.

It's just clubalien.

He's been hyping Ian as the next David Robinson for months now.

I think everyone else on the board agrees that Ian may not ever even make it the NBA. Too early to tell.

[Brutalis]

Ummmm, well Przy isn't a Spur yet. Oberto was disappointing. Javtokas and Ian are unproven. So I really don't think that's the reason. Kind of a glass half-full approach I guess. I certainly hope our bigs turn out to be so good that Scola can't find minutes on this team, but for now that's just a premature assumption. Here's to hoping I guess.

he said it for me.

[Cherry]

Scola was nothing more than an over hyped spur fans internet star. "The spurs decided" he just wasn't going to be good enough to be worth bringing over.

How do you know that? Pop talk to you?

[danyel]

Scola was nothing more than an over hyped spur fans internet star.

2006 Euroleague first team

Over hyped spur fans internet star?

[rasho8]

Saying Oberto is better than Scola just seems silly to me. Not because I know Scola is gonna be good, but because Oberto was incredibly limited this year. Yes, there are reasons for those limitations, but he certainly hasn't showed much to inspire such optimism. And putting "Oberto" and "Dirk stopper" in the same sentence only makes sense if "is not a" is in the middle.

And why are you so sure the Spurs are gonna sign przy? I really like the guy, and I hope the Spurs sign him, but that hardly seems definite. And the Spurs are hardly "sure" that Ian is gonna be great. He's hardly a lock to be the replacement for Duncan. Again, I hope you're right, he's shown potential. But potential and 50 cents will get you a cup of coffee. We might know more after the summer leagues when we can hopefully see Javtakus and Ian in action, but until then, I wouldn't say the Spurs are certain about anything.

You can get coffee for 50 cents!!! Where the are you shopping I want some cheap coffee.