You mean like Delfino right?
He was never an asswipe until the NBA came calling.
Really? your foresight is astounding. This is, for instance, one of my posts at another Spurs board (I don't want to post the link just in case this would put me into trouble here, but I can provide it if necessary) in reference to Delfino's at ude:
Delfino is an idiot. Pure and simple. The guy is plenty talented, but he just doesn't know when to shut his mouth, when to open it, and what to say when he does. It's not that he comes out saying terrible things or anything, in fact most of the time it's understandable, but you just can't be a grown up and say whatever comes to your head without thinking of the consequences.
Carlos, instead of realizing the phenomenal opportunity ahead of him, keeps yapping and yapping... and I fear he'll eventually wear Dumars out, and get traded for nothing to some lowly team where he'll spend the remainder of his contract buried on the bench. It'd be a shame, because the kid has a lot of talent, and also the willingness to work to develop into a very solid player, but his verbal diarrhea stands in the way of his progress.
All too freaking bad.
So all you've done is positively demonstrate just how clueless your assumptions are.
Fact: Scola's first words after being drafted in 2002. "It'd have been better if I hadn't been drafted at all".
I've thought Scola was an asshole since the night he was drafted and he said it'd have been better if he hadn't been drafted at all...
And it's a fact he said that, it was in the paper after he got drafted.
That was a stupid thing to say to the media and even if he didn't intend it to come off as soundling like a self centered asshole.....you still have to question the fact that he was stupid enough to say it.
He's the one that started this off on the wrong foot.
You're deliberately misrepresenting the situation. What happened was that the buyout language in his contract required that Luis be first round selection. In that context, not getting drafted in the first round meant he'd have trouble getting out of his contract at that time, and getting drafted in the second round meant he'd get no guaranteed money, but he'd be tied to the wishes of one team. The bottom line is, his options severely shortened as a result of not getting drafted in the first round, and not going undrafted. It wasn't anything personal with the Spurs, it was just a frustrating situation overall. And those comments were made not by Luis, but I think by someone affiliated with his agent. So how does that translate into him being a self centered asshole, I don't quite know.
Fact: RC asked him where his rebounding was in the Olympic Tournament and he got mad.
First, it's a rumor, not a fact, and one which we don't know the context to. And if he for once had indeed felt frustrated at his negatives being singled out and not his positives, I don't see how that automatically means he's an asshole.
Fact: Scola's words on National Television when asked about the possibility of playing with the Spurs. " I don't care about the Spurs, all I care about is my National Team and Tau.
What interview are you talking about? In the interviews I watched, listened to, and read, never did he show anything but the utmost respect for the Spurs. What I have heard when asked on the subject on occasion, was him making clear his mind was for the moment set on his current duties and not on a future in the NBA. That's basic self preservation. Would you have him obsess over the Spurs instead on a much anticipated future that never materializes and invariably ends up in disappointment, over his obligations at the time towards the country (that many other countrymen of his shrugged off) and the organization where he forged his game for the last 10 years of his life? In fact, I'd be disappointed had he acted any different, because that could be interpreted as undermining those who made him what he is and those who actually put food on his table.
Even Tiago Splitter, whose country's eternal rivalry with Argentina in sports has a long history, has nothing but praise for him:
http://www.ole.clarin.com/notas/2007.../01486313.html
"Aprendí mucho con ellos. Tienen una mentalidad ganadora, son muy aguerridos y personas espectaculares dentro y fuera de la cancha", dice Tiago.
Luis es un jugadorazo, que demostró en Europa ser el mejor en su puesto. Debería haber estado mucho antes en la NBA.
translation:
"I learned a lot from them. They have a winning mindset, they're very resilient and they're great people on and off the court", said Tiago.
"Luis is a great player, who has proven to be the best in his position in Europe. He should have gotten to the NBA a long time ago."
So if you have evidence to the contrary, please post them here and I'll give it consideration. In the meantime, I'd rather go by the words of those who know him best. And no, for the record I do not put you on the same level those who have spent years and years side by side with him, like Manu, Oberto, Nocioni, or Splitter.
You ing blind Argie homers.
Huh? you accusing me of being a blind Homer is cause for laughter. You can't seem to let anything get in the way of your well do ented Scola hate. He could jump into a building on fire and save a baby and he'd still be the Antichrist in your eyes.
I'm sick of bandwagon argies trying to rewrite history because it's essential to their self esteem that every Argentinian be viewed as some kind of Saint.
Fact, there have been a bunch of asshole Argentines and Scola is another in that proud Tradition.
I swear...if Galtieri could play basketball these bags would be trying to pass him off as Jesus.
First, go disinfect your filthy loud mouth in bleach before you take your habitual nonsense up a notch by bringing up a member of a genocidal regime in association with any of us. Then, take a long, deep look in the mirror (yes, I realize it's probably a terrifying prospect, but still) before you start making such bold generalizations. Stupidity and homerism aren't foreign concepts to Argentina, but that doesn't en le you to project them into us all, much like I do not believe your arrogant and stupid ways reflect on your countrymen... no matter how hard you try to make it so.
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I don't think anyone here is saying Scola is better than Manu bro. 
thank you man, thank you, I'll send your post to my english teacher
