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To be fair, 27/16 over 2 game. Scola is gonna pull sick rebounding numbers with Yao playing 50% of regular starter minutes (no b2b, 24 minutes a game)
Rigggghhhhhtttt!!! Like Duncan and Robinson couldn't coexist or the twin towers concept is unworkable. Ya you keep thinking that.
To be fair, 27/16 over 2 game. Scola is gonna pull sick rebounding numbers with Yao playing 50% of regular starter minutes (no b2b, 24 minutes a game)
i agree that its done, it happened and theres nothing to do or say about it now. so let it go!
but I cant stand to hear the rationalizations some people make.
against the lakers in 09, scola played very well, IMO he matches up very well with odom.
as for salaries, according to sham:
scola is making 7.75M this year. zach randolph is making 17.6
other bigs making more than scola this year, who IMO are not better players this season or the following:
Boris Diaw
antwan jamison
tyson chandler
kenyon martin
nene
biedrins
okur
okafor
curry
brand
dalembert
bargnani
the players that have comparable deals / production are:
odom, david west, paul millsap. millsap makes 100.000 less, the others make 5-600k more
yeah, he sure is overpaid. oh, but he's the worst defender in this list, right? wouldnt it be better to pay bargnani an extra 1M for his D? how about jamison an extra 5 for his D? or okafor an extra 3M for his great D / no O? or dalembert an extra 6? or brand an extra 8?
further, scola has been extremely durable, which is a large part of the reason I listed some of the guys on that list up there.
i dont know how well the spurs would have done with scola, but it sure as would have been better than what they did with bonner. the argument was he'd get in tim's way and was a poor rebounder. in the time he has been in the NBA, he has shown he is an above average rebounder, can hit his J at least as well as mcdyess, and on top of that tim has played farther and farther from the basket... yes, just let it go.
The Spurs made a big mistake with him. He can pass, rebound, score at will. While he's a choker, he would have the big 3 to help in critical moments. The Spurs would have been a more dangerous team since 2007.
From 2007-2008 to the 2009-2010 season, while the NBA best teams added quality bigs, besides Tim Duncan, the Spurs didn't have enough talent at those positions.
- Scola could have helped in the 2008 playoffs, but the Spurs had no chances against the Celtics.
- In 2009 the Spurs were terrible, they had no chances with or without Scola. They could have made it to the second round by miracle, but not further.
- For the 2010 playoffs run, the Spurs would have better regular season. Against the Suns it would have been the same, but more contested. The Spurs could have avoided the Suns if the Lakers would have met them first, however, it would have been very difficult to survive both the Lakers and the Celtics. The Celtics were beating all without HCA, including the Lakers until Perkins suffered his injury, which is a display of considerable domination and the Celtics wouldn't miss Perkins so much against the Spurs as they did against the Lakers.
In the end, with Scola the Spurs wouldn't have had more les. There would have been deeper playoffs runs and the Spurs would have attracted better FA's.
For this year, Scola plays as borderline all-star, but the Spurs have one of the NBA best bigman rotations and I think this season the Spurs will win the championship anyway.
Thanks, I only do it for the kids.
That's a beauty, right there.
In the five pages contest, this is a gem.
Scola looks slow and unathletic - leaden-footed to tell the truth - but he kills people with fundamentals. He has great footwork, spins in both directions, he can use both hands, and he has very soft touch on his hook and jumper. He's also extremely court-savvy and knows where to be to grab the rebound or upset the other team when defending. He would've been a great Spur. C'est la vie.
Not everybody has to be LeBron to get the job done. In fact, if Scola were as physically gifted as LeBron, he probably would have an ego the size of LeBron's and not give the same effort every game.
Manu has been physically gifted as much as Lebron in his prime and has been as humble as he could be since he was 23. I think these argies just play strong and with no care for opponents but when you talk them they're very humble and centered.
When I saw this thread had +5 pages I thought it was a bump from last year. Man..if scola somehow keep this up (being the guy the players he has around) the guy pretty much has to be a top 5 PF
Wait, the Spurs used to have Scola?
Yep, but they atleast have les in the last 14 years or so....... I am sure he and other fans will live with that
he missed several layups against the lakersDon't blame Scola, that lose can be chalked up to a total lack of perimeter defense. You should be ing slapped for even thinking the Rockets are contenders.
had he made them they would have won
rj game does not translate to the spursScola game doesn't translate to the NBA
scola game would not have either
It is relative to what the Rockets have. Scola might be a defensive sieve, but his offensive, rebounding and hustle abilities have kept him in good stead for the Rockets.
Considering the numbers he provides (17ppg, 9rpg, 2apg) plus hustle, he is an above average big man in the league. And considering that the most average big man in the league has been paid way above the average player in the league, $9mil is par for course.
My problem is that you seem to belittle him to make him seem an irrelevant and useless player..which he is not, definitely.
Don't forget the argie synergy effect! Manu + 1 Argentine partner = Lethal pick and roll. Anyone who beleaves that Scola is not a good player is simply stupid.
wtf are some clowns in here still obsessed with this clown?
how many years has it been?
how many rings have we won since drafting him?
this is fail
That's the best of page 6.
Keep them coming.
I know that, I was talking about the game vs the Warriors.
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Just a heads up, Scola has 26/9 right now on 70% shooting.
Sadly we'll lose
The Scola debacle was the beginning of the end of the Spurs. I called it at the time. Unfortunately, I was right.
whatever 28/10 on 75% in a loss, empty stats as usual
No one not Mj, kobe or TMAC is as gifted physically as Lebron.
Lol
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Another monster stat game from Scola, another loss from Rockets...
They are now 0-3...
And you don't need to be a rocket scientist to understand why Scola is a loser that hurt his team success.
On the defensive end, he is atrocious. The only thing he has for him is his hustle and the most he plays and scores, the less energy he has to defend.
On the offensive, he scores some points but he didn't make his teammates better and hurt the offensive flow of his team.
Maybe Rockets staff will be smart enough to realize that he is just empty stats like Zach Randolph. They could trade him for something good to a dumb GM and start winning like Caja Laboral did when they lost him.
Wha? Bruno c'mon man. Im no Scola nor Rockets fan. But Scola makes the team much better. The problem there it's not Scola. If Luis makes something is trying to do what the team lacks, quemestry. His points mostly comes from good positioning, hustle and last drawn plays for him. I mean, he shot 12-16.!
You're saying like he's the problem of the team and that's far off. Ask any Rocket fan.
Empty stats? His stats are like Manu's, he has the type of passionate game I've seen carefully. Even if you see the +/-, he's got the best of the team.
Be realistic, man. He's not guilty of not being with the team.
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