well Princess whats the story ?I'll let the Princess answer this question
Horry has past his use by date. Don't worry too much about scola, once Marks comes back and starts producing you wont need Scola. If marks was playing where Scola is he would be averging them stats aswell, if not more !!
I think Marks is going to have a though time earning minutes behind Rose and Horry this season. As for Scola I'm ecxited about him possibly coming next year because he is playing terrific ball (as seen on his stats). He is going to be a key backup for us and he has the advantage of playing with ginobili.
IMO Horry or Marks are going to be the odd man out (if not both).
I wouldnt totally bury Horry,
but, Rose or Nesterovic are definately ahead of him int he rotation.
Horry to me, looks like he has lost a step this year, and I gotta wonder if he comes back next year.
If the SPurs sign Scola this offseason, and keep Horry and keep everyone else.
They will have the deepest and best team that the NBA has seen for a while.
Chew on that for a while haters.
Sorry TimVP, but you can't just isolate one series and act like that confirms what you are saying...
For the entire playoffs last season his numbers and PCTs were among the best on the team for minutes played...everyone else on the team played the Lakers and the Grizz as well. If that one series confirms to you that Horry is finished then the other series should lead you to a similar conclusion that other guys are finished as well.
Furthermore...his best game was game 6...the must win game...yeah he didn't hit 5 or 6 3 pointers...but he has never done that, and I am wondering why you and so many others seem to think that is what he does......what he does is makes a bunch of plays in crucial situations...the remaining 5 games of that series there was only one crucial situation and that was game .04...I know you will blame Horry for letting Kobe get past him...but Kobe gets past a lot of guys...if you are gonna use that type of criticism then you better be willing to aim it at Manu for .04 as well.
Horry hasn't been put in his usual clutch situation with the Spurs....and I'm telling you right now he was injured and worn out in 03.
Whatever factor his age may be....as guys like Steve Kerr proved...if you rest those old guys they can still be valuable assets.
The point still remains that Horry is a vet minimum player and it's not a choice of Horry or Scola...even with Malik playing better this season, Horry is still right behind him off the bench...now why you guys wouldn't want at worst our second best bench big brought back...for the vet min...there's no justification for that sentiment other than ignorance.
The choice is going to be Malik Rose or Scola....so be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it.
Scola is an undersized PF...guess what? We have a pretty decent PF already...and we already have a good undersized PF...Scola will get a job in the NBA because he can score...and for most people that is all that matters...but he's not going to be as good of a utility back up as Malik or Horry have been...and I don't think he's going to want to be a utility grunt anyway.
The guy seems like a hothead to me...he complained about getting drafted in the second round...last year when asked about coming to the Spurs, in the Olympics, he scowled...this guy has a typical semi-primadonnaish scorers mentality...he won't make it as a Spur. I am not speculating here...
Chump the last time I remember him hitting a last second game winner was in the 02-03 regular season. A better question is how many times has he missed one in the playoffs...once.
I too had problems with the way the Spurs only lightly pursued Horry...at the same time...looking at the struggle Pop had with Holt over Parker's contract...it's easy to see that that situation was caused by the Spurs quite simply having nothing more to offer than the vet min and Horry not welcoming the idea of becoming a vet min player....
Now he has accepted it and anyone that doesn't want what he has to offer a team, for the vet min, is ignorant. It's just plain ignorant. You guys must think there's a ton of back up bigs that can score 20-10 a game, just waiting to come play on the Spurs for the MLE... ing stupid. Horry and Rose are cream of the crop bench bigs. Both are proven.
Typical Spursfan grass is greener mentality...getting s ust in your eyes over an unproven Eurobig...throwing the baby out with the bath water...and a bunch of other cliches are well applied in pointing out the obvious naievete of those who want to get rid of guys like Horry or Rose for an unproven player...in the case of Horry, when it isn't even necessary to get rid of him to bring that player in.
Eat and smarten up.
They had plenty more to offer -- just not to Rob. Thank God they didn't pass up on Barry just to overpay Rob. Makes me wonder who the Spurs would've signed if the Heat had been stupid enough to do so.it's easy to see that that situation was caused by the Spurs quite simply having nothing more to offer than the vet min
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11-28-2004 06:01 PM
Simply Classic.
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