Julian Mozo's article: Scola wants to play in the NBA this year

[Kori Ellis]

yeah maybe i should... because i dont want to go back and read all those comments you claim i make up? i thought making sweeping generalizations one way and not the other was what i was commenting against? because i dont have a vested interest in this board or scola... other than i love to talk back and forth about things concerning both the team and whats said about what will happen about the team with other fans. but its you're show. (and thats fine with me) delete this account and the other one.

Blah blah blah.

Just lose the at ude that's in all your posts since you've returned and you'll be fine. You used to be a good poster.

[ducks]

Dude, we make an effort to understand the language you write in , and we hardly complain

Seriously, many people on this board are bi-lingual and articles in Spanish are posted all the time (and many posters, including myself, have transalted them so everybody can understand them).

That dude being sarcastic was uncalled for, especially beacause the article waly posted sheds a lot of light with regards to the Scola situation.

And I don't give a if this is America, learning another language will help you in all orders of life.

I just get ticked off on the mexicans that do not try to in yuma
sometimes you can not get a job in yuma if you do not know spanish

learning another language should not be a requirement
learning how to perfom a special skill should be all that is required
it takes longer to do both

I appreciate the people on the board that translate.

[temple.of.the.dog]

Blah blah blah.

Just lose the at ude that's in all your posts since you've returned and you'll be fine. You used to be a good poster.

this is the other.

[benjirh]

yeah lets learn another language after all this is america and the language is ENGLISH

So lets stay ignorant!

[ducks]

scola for the record got mad the rc told him by email to improve his rebounding and defensense

so yes some people here were always conserned about those areas of his game

[ducks]

So lets stay ignorant!

just beause a person learns one language does not make them a stupid idiot


english is hard enough
one of the tougher languages to learn by the way

[mookie2001]

just beause a person learns one language does not make them a stupid idiot

true

how can one scoff another for not knowing a language?

[waly.mg]

yeah lets learn another language after all this is america and the language is ENGLISH

Hey Ducks ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

The San Antonio name is English or Spanish

[mookie2001]

que caballo

[benjirh]

just beause a person learns one language does not make them a stupid idiot


english is hard enough
one of the tougher languages to learn by the way

I agree it doesn't make them stupid. I only speak english. I just think it is dumb to refuse to translate something into someones first language just because we are in america.

And english is NOT one of the tougher languages to learn. Other than some of our words being used for multiple meanings it is fairly easy compared with quite a few.

[Kori Ellis]

Please get back on topic. We want basketball articles to be posted here in any language and we appreciate those who help us translate.

End of story.

[Marcus Bryant]

Hey smeagol, suck a already.

[FoxMulder]

There are 29 more teams but the Spurs own your rights. Have you asked to be traded?

Yes, because it is the only option. They have my rights but don't count on me for the roster. They used all the money and they have all the positions full, so there is no place for me there. I imagine they will search for solutions not to waste me.

It seems he wants to play in the NBA no matter if in the Spurs or the Charlotte Hornets...

[WalterBenitez]

Hey Ducks ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

The San Antonio name is English or Spanish

I think we accept English as the "official language" in this forum, the point that some material is written in other language should imply that we must post an understandable translation in order to participate, discuss, etc.

[smeagol]

Hey smeagol, suck a already.

Huh?

[timvp]

1) Scola has always had a tendancy to whine. He whined when he got drafted in the second round. He whined that RC told him to rebound and defend more. Now the Spurs don't bring him over and he's demanding a trade.

Do you see the pattern? If he can't handle an email from RC telling him what he has to do to improve, how is he going to react to Pop on his azz? If he can't do everything he can to get out of his Tau contract and come prove himself in the NBA, do you want the Spurs to just give him millions when he's proven nothing on the NBA level? Look at what happened with Manu. He took a two year, $3M contract to come over. The year before he came over, talks with the Spurs fell through much like talks with Scola fell through this summer. Did Manu start whining about not getting offered enough and demand trade?

2) I don't know how some can't realize that not everyone thinks Scola is a Latino David Robinson. I've said that Oberto > Scola since I first saw the pair play in 2002. I like Scola and think he can make it as an NBA player, but Oberto is bigger and fits more into the Spurs' philosophy.

And a lot of us have questioned Scola's size all summer ... even when it looked like he was coming over. An average athlete at 6'8 is going to have a tough time playing power forward in the NBA. This has been stated many times throughout the months/years.

3) The Spurs got their man. They offered more money to Oberto. They rushed on Scola to make sure they didn't lose Oberto. Oberto was no doubt their target and rightly so ... as anyone who has seen them play a lot will tell you.

4) A lot of what is going to come out from the Spurs will be spin now. They have to talk it up like Scola was their choice but things just fell through. The Spurs can't say that Oberto > Scola because that would lower Scola's stock.

The Scola is the Second Coming stuff will hopefully stay for now. If there's a team out there that sees him as a future all-star, then the Spurs can get a pretty good deal in return. If teams pick up on the fact that the Spurs picked Oberto over Scola, then they'll start to shy away ... especially condering how good the Spurs are at overseas scouting.

[waly.mg]

I think we accept English as the "official language" in this forum, the point that some material is written in other language should imply that we must post an understandable translation in order to participate, discuss, etc.

Ok, but if you have news in Spanish, what must you to do?

[vanvannen]

Ok, but if you have news in Spanish, what must you to do?

Post and translate. That way if your translation is poor some other poster can make it better.

[Kori Ellis]

Ok, but if you have news in Spanish, what must you to do?

Just post it in Spanish. Someone will translate it. We appreciate you posting what you have in any language. Anyone who doesn't like it that way can

[Kori Ellis]

Post and translate. That way if your translation is poor some other poster can make it better.

NO! He doesn't have to translate. There are plenty of people who can translate. Seriously I'm sick of the ing policing of this forum by some of you people (I'm not just talking to you). We don't mind articles being posted that aren't translated. Someone (usually in a matter of an hour) will translate. If you don't like this policy, post somewhere else.

[mookie2001]

que lastima

[FoxMulder]

Why you wanted the rights over some player if you never will used it?

I think maybe the spurs wanted to Scola pays some of the money needed.

Manu ginobili did...

[Kori Ellis]

I think maybe the spurs wanted to Scola pays some of the money needed.

Scola has to pay the money needed. The Spurs can only pay $350K of it.

[nkdlunch]

1) Now the Spurs don't bring him over and he's demanding a trade.

Is this a fact or your guess? could you provide a link?

The Scola is the Second Coming stuff will hopefully stay for now.

I keep reading this "second coming" stuff? what does it mean? second coming of what? I don't remember anyone saying Scola was second coming of anybody

[waly.mg]

1) If he can't do everything he can to get out of his Tau contract and come prove himself in the NBA, do you want the Spurs to just give him millions when he's proven nothing on the NBA level? Look at what happened with Manu. He took a two year, $3M contract to come over. The year before he came over, talks with the Spurs fell through much like talks with Scola fell through this summer. Did Manu start whining about not getting offered enough and demand trade?

Ok Timvp, but why a player need to prove himself in the NBA first to take his millions?

Manu choice to take a few money for coming, but one day the NBA must to Know, that there are great players all over the World, and the NBA must to pay if they want the internationals players

Now in the Champions Team, there are 3 starters from European Basquetball, Manu-Parker-Rasho, and Beno Udrih, Sean Marks and in the last years Foreigners players

Brian Scalabrini have a 15 millions - 5 years contract and why?

Has proven Scalabrini something in the league?

Greg Ostertag have a 4,4 millions contract, Jerome James have a MLE only for made Flagrant fouls

When GM signs a foreign player, they to hope to win the lottery, to pay 1.5 million and that they play as by the double
Always the players of outside must gain little and to be a gangue

When Manu signed for the first time, many said that his contract was well, and that 3 million had to be sufficient and played by the triple

But Buford wants to gain the GM Award of the year, to obtain great players for few money, and that happens not very times in the NBA