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That was Nazr, wasn't it? Been there, done that. Gotta bring something else, and I just haven't seen any evidence that Reggie would save the occasional sacgrab.I don't have a problem with a big who is intent on rebounding no matter what.
Evans - you know he can rebound in this league.
Scola - you think he can score in this league, but don't know anything.
Either way, I don't think I'd want to pay either of them more than 2M a year.
That was Nazr, wasn't it? Been there, done that. Gotta bring something else, and I just haven't seen any evidence that Reggie would save the occasional sacgrab.I don't have a problem with a big who is intent on rebounding no matter what.
True enough. But you have to make a leap of faith with any draft pick.
I don't see Scola as an one dimension player.
Not even close.
On an NBA level, I do until I see different. I'll only leap so far.
Exactly.
I guess ChumpDumper missed the playoffs. Spurs were outrebounded in 11 of the final 12 games. Rebounding was problem number one.
Scoring? That was problem #223,534,817. Spurs were scoring fine. Their offense was clicking. What killed the Spurs is their interior defense sucked and it was hurt even more because they couldn't rebound.
So yeah, let's get a guy who doesn't rebound and isn't an interior defender.
Brilliant.
Yes, I read the thread.
Will Evans help the defense? Really?
And if he's out at the arc guarding Dirk, God forbid, how will that affect the only thing he does well?
Small ball is a very different animal. The offense is much less likely to click with two offensive liabilities out there. I guess we can always waive Bowen....
People are going to scoff at us for making Scola our Argentinian Jesus.
Evans will rebound which will help the defense. And of course, he'll become a better defender under Pop. Rasho was a horrible defender in Minnesota under Flip. Nazr didn't know how to spell defense before he got to San Antonio (given, he never really advanced passed the second E).
In close games against the Mavs, how many times did the Spurs get a stop and a rebound? That rarely happened. The Spurs big stops were almost always either steals or if the Mavs threw it away. Or a couple of times when airballs went out of bounds.
If nothing else, Evans can rebound. That in itself will help the defense.
And what is this about two offensive liabilities? You do see that the Mavs are currently starting Griffin and Diop, right? That doesn't seem to be hurting the 2006 NBA champions.
The Mavs could go small because their smallest lineup was still a better rebounding lineup. If the Spurs can get the rebounding edge, then that changes everything. You slow down the tempo. You get Dirk in foul trouble. You run the fast break back at them.
Spurs weren't able to do any of that because they couldn't grab a rebound. If the Spurs don't fix their rebounding problem before the start of the season, the season will be over before it starts.
Unless Scola has been hitting up the HGH and is now a good rebounder, there's no way I'd want him over Evans.
I agree that Evans rebounding alone helps the defense. His offensive rebounding is very helpful as well. Just getting the team extra possesions will be something the team was unable getting unless it was Tim Duncan getting his own offensive rebound/putback.
I would give Evans a try and feel comfortable he could help the team.
Even if all you say is true, does Evans get a $3 million 1st year offer and no guarantees for PT? Or do we completely commit to small ball after one failed experiment?We're the ones who went small, not them. That and they didn't start Giff against us, that was the whole point.You do see that the Mavs are currently starting Griffin and Diop, right?That may simply mean getting a bigman Pop trusts more to do what he wants than Rasho or Nazr.If the Spurs don't fix their rebounding problem before the start of the season, the season will be over before it starts.
In short, I'm not sold on changing to small ball full time, and not convinced Evans is a player Pop would even consider signing at this point. I'd prefer Hayes, I just think he'd be the type.
But that's what fantasy GMing is all about.
Oh, and the only thing Nazr learned about D here is how much he sucks at it.
Evans has no game
Scola is old and probally will be another Oberto
I say sign neither...
I have to say Evans' splits against the Mavs don't give me alot of confidence, but they are better than Hayes'.
I must admit that Scola's splits against the Mavs are impressive.
And Scola's then.
I'm excited by none of them against the Mavs.
I say screw Scola, we have Tim to do what he does. I looked at more footage of this "Ivan Drago" dude and I liked the way he ran the floor. It would be a good fit for a big man that can get up and down the floor in this new era of small ballz, get it? SMALL BALLZ?!?!?!?!
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