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Sorry but a slow footed Yao or Scola being backed by a slow footed Scola or Yao on the P&R doesn't scare me much. I think it's safe to say the Rockets' vaunted defense won't be so vaunted next year.
You mean that below the rim, block from behind legend. Show me a block, face to face, above the rim and I'll be impressed. , Parker in the same postion would be capable of that block.
Sorry but a slow footed Yao or Scola being backed by a slow footed Scola or Yao on the P&R doesn't scare me much. I think it's safe to say the Rockets' vaunted defense won't be so vaunted next year.
you asked who was better out of them two(fab and Scola)and I responsed.
Them you ask which NBA big guy Scola has defended and I responsed too.
o donŽt know if HeŽll be capable to be a good shot blocker in the NBA,but I know for sure that HeŽll be way better tham what you are trying to make him look like.
BTW,Scola can own Ian Mahinmi any given day in the NBA or any other turnament.
On that we agree. But then again I'm not expecting Mahinmi to be starting for the Spurs next year, maybe ever.
I have no certainty how good Scola will be but I have a feeling, particularly year one his defense will be a liability as will his +/- against many of the guys he goes against and is forced to guard to protect the even slower footed Yao.
Hmm, what Scola puts up depends on how the rest of our roster shapes out. We still have 6 PG's on the roster (I am counting Head as one simply because of his height) so we could get another PF in the door via trade.
If we start the season with Scola/Hayes as our PF's then of course Scola will start, especially in an Adelman system. I don't know much about his game, but simply because we have no one else he should get 7 boards a game. Hayes got 7 a game last year and he is a 6'6 undrafted journeyman. He may get around 12 pts a game...again simply because he starts. Hayes got 6 a game just off T-Mac finding him for easy lay-ups, and he has NO offensive game. I would expect Scola to be 5th on the chart when it comes to shot attempts (Yao, T-Mac, James, Bonzi).
I'll be happy either way. It seems like he is better than any PF we could have obtained for the MLE, and we currently don't even have a signed PF on the roster.
Oh my God shut the up and kill yourself already you ing idiot. That was Phoenix's pick, not the Spurs'. They wanted him, not the Spurs.
and Barbosa, the player the SPurs FO traded his rights too, goes on to have another great NBA season
Bump for Butler predictions.
I don't know how good a passer Yao really is, I mean, he avg 2.0 APG to go wiht 3.5 TO a game. And we all know how much TMac likes to pass. Throw in a PG like Rafer...
16 ppg for Scola is stretching it, he'll need plays to be actually called for him, dunno how often that is going to happen.
Butler is gone. He was axed, right?
so what he'd do now? go back to NY?
Butler is fat and lazy, I'm glad we got rid of him.
Perhaps Isaiah knew all along
Scola will average 10 points and about 7 rebounds. Butler will average 1.5pts and 1.0 rbs in New York.
Houston was right to take Scola since they were worried about the PF slot and had room.
Scola will do all right for them. He'll put up decent numbers because he'll get minutes in Houston that he wouldn't have got here.
I predict he'll be like Oberto. Pick up a lot of garbage rebounds and points simply because he understands the game and the importance of positioning. When you don't have crazy athleticism, you have to be a student of the game to succeed.
We offense was improved because of our personnel addition. Barbosaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Thanks Spurs.
You welcome. You offense still can't win championships so we laughing at you laughing at us.We offense was improved because of our personnel addition. Barbosaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Thanks Spurs.
Butler will be in Europe averaging 13 and 8.
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A lot of close predictions.
And that's from an unabashed Scola hater who still thinks he's a scrub.
As for Yao or TMac getting injured...that's the rule not the exception. I don't think they've both been healthy for an entire season yet since they've been on the same team. Not a hard prediction, in fact I'd be willing to bet the Spurs were accounting for it also.
True...perhaps we're not witnesses the channelling of Nostradamus.
Scola will continue to make the Spurs F.O. look (when you take the long view) uncharacteristically dumb. 14/8, and a play-making catalyst.
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Final tally 10.3 points, 6.4 rebounds
Winner is hsxvd at 10 and 6.
24.7 minutes, .515 FG%.
Is Basbosa REALLY that good? No.
and Barbosa, the player the SPurs FO traded his rights too, goes on to have another great NBA season
He's great when it's not the playoffs. He posted a donut in the Spurs series. Just another salary cap killer. BTW spurs drafted him FOR phoenix to make it clear.
You want to know what he would do on a real team? Just look at Marion in Miami. Without the benefit of that Phoenix Fun-n-Gun offense, his numbers dropped across the board, other than rebounding, no surprise on a bad team. He shot over 52% the last three years or parts of years in PHO, and around 32% from 3. He shot 46% and 26% in Miami. Barbosa is a system player, nothing more.
and Barbosa, the player the SPurs FO traded his rights too, goes on to have another great NBA season
I was quite close.
Butler sucked and was even cut.
Scola played bad defense and thanks to crappy Houston frontcourt and some injuries, he played more than 20 mpg.
Per 20 minutes, he averages 8.4 points and 5.2 rebounds.
Scola did just a better job at rebounding the ball than what I thought.
Scola has had a quite good rookie season. However, he will need to play way better next year to make the Scola trade as horrible as he was described by some people...
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