Mahinmi and Scola to meet

[timvp]

He is clearly above Oberto in athleticism, no doubt..

I would like to the see a modern day NBA player who is less athletic.

[ArgSpursFan]

My point is, how many of those 'internet quotes' were about real basketball people who WERE IN THE TRAINING CAMPS? If you read the whole quote, it's a person who WAS in the camp and saw him in person, and the info is coincident with whtat was gotten in the Spanish training camp. Until now, I've yet to see one of the 'undersized' claims come from people who had really had acces to real training camp measurements.

What I have clear is that he's a LEGIT 6'9" (6'9 1/3 " with shoes, according to John Thompson). That alone, without considering his athleticism or vertical, is what I'm talking about. Is a 6'9" 240 PF, undersized? have you compared with most NBA PF? how many of them are LEGIT (not just listed in nba.com website) 6'9" or bigger ?

About his 'lack of athleticism? have you watched the HUGE block on Jermaine? how much 'lack of athleticism' was needed for that block?

Could it be possible that his STYLE (not dunking so often, because of relying more his GREAT post moves and fundamentals) make some people think that he can't jump?

My point is that players that can be even starters in NBA (like Oberto and Garbajosa to keep the same examples used before) are just his same Height, and Scola is stronger, faster and more athletic than them...so, why Garbajosa and Oberto are not 'undersized' and Scola is? that's what I truly don't get why it's so easy to put the 'undersized' label, ¿does anyone know?

It´s just because most of the folks in the forum haven´t watched Luis play against Guys like Jarmine,Tim D,Gabajoza and even Dirk and have a bad feeling about ¨not too tall PFs and Cs, because of what´s going on this year with Oberto.
They don´t realize that scola is 10 times stronger and faster and with more BBIQ tham Oberto.

[mountainballer]

They don´t realize that scola is 10 times stronger and faster and with more BBIQ tham Oberto.

10 times? wow. I guess most people here would be very happy with an increase of 10%.

[ArgSpursFan]

10 times? wow. I guess most people here would be very happy with an increase of 10%.

I know,funny thing is that the cheap spurs FO won´t pay for a 10 % increase,imagine a 10 times better player tham oberto,elson and bonner together.

[nkdlunch]

I would like to the see a modern day NBA player who is less athletic.

[ArgSpursFan]

while Scola doesn't leap or run like Stromile Swift . . .

He is clearly above Oberto in athleticism, no doubt..

thing is Swift is athletic but he has NO BRAIN,Luis does.

[ChumpDumper]

6' 9 1/3"!