Ludden: Oberto shoots 11 of 11; Spurs top Suns in OT

[whottt]

Whottt just hates the guy. There's no real argument to be made.

And you just love the guy...there's no real argument to be made.

[whottt]

I'm fine with whottt hating Scola but at least he can base his hate on facts.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/b...a.1300a8f.html



"he wants 5 million per year." and "He wanted more money than any unproven Euroleaguer has ever gotten" is BS (Garbajosa get $12M/3 years)

My bad...still too much for a small market team to pay an unproven player.

And thanks for mentioning Garbajosa...he sucks too.


Matter of fact the only Euros worth their pay are Manu, Parker and Nocioni.

"no other team is willing to risk it right now" is BS. No other team was willing to give up a first for him.

Why not? He wants more money than a first rounder. Other teams don't want to screw with the buyout when they can just wait until this summer to do it.


All your little link says is that the Spurs tried to trade him and no one would do the trade.

BTW, Scola's european agent has ed a lot last summer caling Scola a slave.

And that's a pretty stupid comment as well...don't you think?

As far as I know, Scola hasn't ed last summer and has just said that he understands that Spurs have other priorities than him. http://spurstalk.com/forums/showpost...1&postcount=92

Ahh Scola's been whining and ing since the Spurs drafted him. He's kind of resigned to his fate for now...the problem is, he did this to himself. And he's ed a lot in previous offseasons.

He's the one that signed the contract with the huge buyout.
He's the one that overpriced himself.
He's the one that put himself in the draft.


Guy is not a Spur...and he's not that good either. He's definitely not worth the money that he wants, on this team.

He's not a good defender interior and Pop won't play him. And if you think he will...you need to watch more Spurs games.

[smeagol]

Matter of fact the only Euros worth their pay are Manu, Parker and Nocioni. .

Gasol?

[whottt]

Not really...

I could get my team swept every year. How much should that cost?

[Mad Martigan]

oberto for the all star game he's got my vote from the west

[Bruno]

My bad...still too much for a small market team to pay an unproven player.

Maybe, it's true that recently a lot of "star players" in europe have sucked in nba : Macijauskas, Jasikevicius and Garbajosa. The only european star player who seems to be quite good is Anthony Parker. Other european players that have some sucess in nba were young players.

And thanks for mentioning Garbajosa...he sucks too.

I called it as soon as Raps signed him :
http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46855

Why not? He wants more money than a first rounder. Other teams don't want to screw with the buyout when they can just wait until this summer to do it.
All your little link says is that the Spurs tried to trade him and no one would do the trade.

The link says that Spurs wanted a first rounder for him. Toronto has given $12M/3 years to Garbajosa, it's obvious that some teams were ready to give Scola $10M/3 years (Scola is a younger and better than Garbajosa).
NBA teams weren't just ready to give $10M + a first for Scola.

And that's a pretty stupid comment as well...don't you think?

Agree.

Ahh Scola's been whining and ing since the Spurs drafted him. He's kind of resigned to his fate for now...the problem is, he did this to himself. And he's ed a lot in previous offseasons.

He's the one that signed the contract with the huge buyout.
He's the one that overpriced himself.
He's the one that put himself in the draft.

I've just said that he hasn't ed last summer. Nothing more, nothing less.


BTW, my opinion on Scola is not well defined. Sometimes I think that he could really help Spurs as an energy guy from the bench. Sometimes I think that he will be a below average defender/rebounder in nba and that his post offense will suffer a lot to face athletic defenders.

[smeagol]

If Oberto can rebound in the NBA, Scola can too.

Not too difficult to see.

[diego]

whott, your best point about scola is that he signed that contract with the ridiculous buyout. the thing is though that he did that nearly 10 years ago when he was a kid no one thought had nba potential. if scola thought he'd be drafted 5 years later he probably wouldnt have agreed to that, but at the time he was an unproven kid cashing in on the best offer- what a bad guy. seeing as you are a professional athlete and all i thought you might empathize a little more, but what do i know, Im just an armchair quarterback.

when scola has expressed frustration with his situation, he has not put blame on SA, all he has said is that he is pining to go to the best league in the world and nothing more, obviously a sign of a primadonna.

and now that manu, oberto, sanchez and others have put in doubt wether they would continue with the NT, scola was the first to say I'll be there, plantar fasciitis or no.

clearly he's a me-first guy.

Look, I may be argentine, but that doesnt mean i dont have doubts about scola's nba transition. Its almost guaranteed any guy will suck in his first season due to adjustment. And as a spurs fans i can see how we have other needs that scola cannot fill. but you are trashing the guy badly, when he is a team first player in the best "compe ive-argentine" mold. isnt it better to just say he doesnt fit on the spurs than to all over a guy with nothing more to base yourself on than mistranslated quotes (most of which arent even his, but his agent's) and highlights from biannual tournaments? how about you find yourself a tau ceramica forum and ask them what they think of scola?

and finally, if scola is so cancerous and useless, why did the spurs bother to draft him? why do pop and rc talk about him like a priority? i guess they're argentine too?