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I don't understand your twisted Argentinian logic
Do your clocks also spin counterclockwise?
Its not both ways. Parker got the FINALS MVP, Scola got the TOURNAMENT MVP. Its not the same thing. If you can't see that, I can't help you
I don't understand your twisted Argentinian logic
Do your clocks also spin counterclockwise?
Well we are bellow equador and when in Dallas is winter here is summer, and when you feel you got the best team we believe you sucks, so perhaps your logic is different.
Their toilets flush the other way, if that helps.
that is true
PS: nevermind. Where on Earth did I get you were quoting me?
Last edited by Ariel; 09-02-2007 at 09:12 PM.
I was impressed with Scola. He certainly was the leader of the Argentine team. If it wasn't for Scola's play, professionalism, and his compe ive spirit, Argentina would have had to wait next year to qualify for the Olympics.
On the flip side, Delfino is one Argentine who thinks he is better than he truly is. He takes a lot of bad shots and doesn't follow Argentina's team passing style of play.
Delfino's problem is his head, to be more concret his brainI was impressed with Scola. He certainly was the leader of the Argentine team. If it wasn't for Scola's play, professionalism, and his compe ive spirit, Argentina would have had to wait next year to qualify for the Olympics.
On thDelfino is one Argentine who thinks he is better than he truly is. He takes a lot of bad shots and doesn't follow Argentina's team passing style of play.e flip side,
That's because you are slow-witted. It is pretty easy to follow if you ask me.
Hey guys, a friend emailed this article to me. It is from the subcribed ESPN Insider, so there is no accessible link. Scola is very respectful to the Spurs organization.
LAS VEGAS - San Antonio's braintrust of R.C. Buford and Gregg Popovich has produced the NBA's model franchise and four championships in the past eight years, so I don't know if it's right for me to doubt it.
The Spurs don't make too many mistakes. The only major blunder I can think of was 2003, when they drafted Leandro Barbosa, the reigning sixth-man of the year, for the Phoenix Suns and passed on Josh Howard, 2007 all-star, in the process (It hasn't hurt too much since they've won two NBA championships since then).
However, after watching Luis Scola playing for Argentina the past week and a half, I am completely stunned that the Spurs traded him - for little more than cap room - and to division rival Houston at that.
Scola is physical, relentless and he can score in a variety of ways, inside and out. He has led Argentina, the 2004 Olympic gold medalists, to a 7-0 record in the FIBA Americas Championship despite the absence of the Spurs' Manu Ginobil, Fabricio Oberto, Charlotte's Walter Hermann, Chicago's Andres Nocioni and former Temple star Pepe Sanchez. He is averaging a team-high 17.8 points and eight rebounds. He had 23 points and 12 rebounds in comeback, overtime win against Brazil on Wednesday.
Too bad the biggest game of this Olympic qualifying tournament between unbeaten Argentina and the United States won't tip off until midnight Eastern time, but it might be worth losing some sleep to check out Scola. "He's a very active player. He does everything and anything," said LeBron James, who has seen Scola up close in the 2004 Olympics in Athens and last summers world championships in Japan. "He continues to get better every summer. He's a very good player and we need to be in tune and keep a bottle on him."
Scola, a 6-foot-9 power forward, won Spanish League MVP last season for Tau Ceramica and has been regarded for some time as the best foreign player to never play in the NBA. That will change when he saddles up to next to Yao Ming this fall. The Spurs may regret that it wasn't Tim Duncan.
The 27-year-old Scola is better and younger than Fabricio Oberto, his countryman and the Spurs' starting power forward on the NBA championship team last June. But the Spurs reportedly had some concerns over how he would mesh with Duncan. Yao will certaining enjoy having Scola watching his back.
San Antonio drafted Scola in the second round in 2002 and they typically draft foreign players and let them play overseas until they need them (i.e. Ginobili and Oberto). They had hoped to sign him two years ago, but he reportedly had a ridiculous $14.5 million buyout, so they chose to sign Oberto instead. Last year, when it became obvious that Scola wouldn't come stateside again, his agent blamed the Spurs and told the San Antonio Express-News that "in the country of liberty, he is being held prisoner."
Much like the situation with Juan Carlos Navarro, Scola's team reduced the buyout to a more amenable $3 million, but the Spurs had already decided to go in a different direction. They selected one of his teammates on Tau Ceramica, Brazilian forward Tiago Splitter, in the first round of the NBA draft (Splitter, by the way, has looked pretty good here, too).
Believing they had a cheaper and younger version of Scola in Splitter, the Spurs helped Scola pursue his dreams of playing in the NBA this summer. They had hoped to keep him out of the Western Conference and had a deal in place with Cleveland. When it didn't work out with the Cavaliers, San Antonio had to settle for the deal it made with Houston, throwing in Jackie Butler, in exchange for Greece's Vassilis Spanoulis - a guard who has sworn off the NBA - a 2009 second-round pick and cash.
Doesn't sound like much - and it isn't. But the move cleared salary cap space to sign 2005 draft pick Ian Mahinmi and a roster spot to sign Ime Udoka.
Scola said he has no hard feelings against the Spurs. "They have an unbelievable team. They are a dynasty," Scola said. "I would've loved to play there, but it changed. I'm in Houston and I'm happy to be there."
With his mind preoccupied with leading Argentina to an automatic berth in Beijing, Scola added that he hasn't given much thought about playing for the Rockets. "I try not to think too much about it," Scola said. "I like to think that I am [ready for the NBA]. But how would I know if I never play there? When this is over on Sunday I can start thinking about NBA. One thing at a time."
Congrats to the US Team, the proved they want the gold back badly.
Scola deserves the MVP. Anyway I don't think that every other player in Argentina's team was scrub. You don't need to beat a US NT loaded with superstars to prove you are good. Actually Quinteros and Kammerichs are studs.
Scola MVP of the Tournament!!! Congrats to winning the MVP trophy!!
No hating on Luis Scola. Could have been a Spur, should have been a Spur, but in move that still has me scratching my head, he wound up a rockette. I don't think he's the bad guy here. I think if he could have had his preference he would have been a Spur. Scola's a fierce and highly skilled compe or and he deserved the tournament MVP, and like other posters have noted he took Argentina's B team and beat more experienced teams like Brazil, Puerto Rico and Canada. On top of that, he's about as classy an individual as you'll find. Much like Manu and Oberto, he's humble, personable, and a tremendous team player and maybe it's just me but there's nothing about him to dislike.
Just because there's some ignorant and irritating posters, both foreign and domestic that are either trolling or blasting the Spurs for letting him get away, let's keep things in proper perspective. Luis ain't got nothing to do with it.
That being said, as much as I admire and respect Scola and his game and along with the addition of Rick Adelman who is definitely an upgrade over JVG, I'm not ready to proclaim the rockettes as the next NBA champs. To think that they have not improved is naive and homerific. Truth be told they may not be top 3 until 2008-2009. Next year it's still going to be SA, Dallas or Phoenix coming out of the west to play in the NBA finals.
Congrats to Scola! He deserved it.
@ the Scola Haters.
Allen Iverson got it in 2002
He'll average 14 and 5 at most in the NBA.
scola never was going to be a spur because they got bad blood between them
before the big contract was the issue
spurs are almost at the tax if not the tax right now
I would not saw that is cheap
heck suns cut their best d guy just to rid of 8 million
Scola, Scola , Scola
THANK YOU SPURS THANK YOU.
Great!!!!!
Wo, all argentinians are vatos locos... I see, Scola mvp in the FIBA AMERICAS championship, so? It would impact in the Spurs system, Spurs rotation, Spurs winner game, Spurs anything? Not.
We'll become in Roxfans to speak of the Spurs in the ST forum...I still don't belive it.
well,they have a dumb coach.
Anybody know why the rest of the Argentine horses (Gino, Oberto, Nocioni) didn't play?
Gino and Oberto were asked by the Spurs's front office to take a rest after a long season, Nocioni was injured, with plantar fascitis, Herrman I believe resigned from the national team for personal reasons and Pepe Sanchez (starter PG) also wanted to take a rest.
Since nobody has mentioned him, I will. Esteban Batista. Batista was terrific and was certainly the most valuable player to his team, Uruguay. The 6'10" pivot was the only player in the tournament to average a double-double with 20.8 ppg and 12.4 rpg. He was pretty dominant in the game I watched him play. Granted he is a spot player for ATL, but in this tournament...he played big.
FIBA Americas Tournament Leaders
PPG
1. Leandrinho Barbosa Brazil 21.8
2. Carmelo Anthony USA 21.2
3. Jason Edwin USVI 21
4. Esteban Batista Uruguay 20.8
5. Romel Beck Mexico 20.3
RPG
1. Esteban Batista Uruguay 12.4
2. Antonio Garcia Panama 9.8
3. Angelo Reyes Puerto Rico 9.5
4. Samual Dalembert Canada 9.4
5. Tiago Splitter Brazil 8
APG
1. Pablo Prigioni Argentina 6.3
2. LeBron James USA 4.7
3T. Carlos Arroyo Puerto Rico 4.6
3T. Valter Da Silva Brazil 4.6
3T. Jason Kidd USA 4.6
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