... I'll grant you that. I really should be more aware of this, long as I've been here... shame on me
Not exactly Whottt, you told him "I doubt you were even watching basketball back then"
Come on man, that's not a slight on how long he's been posting here. Dude got offended, and rightly so I think.
I agree in part, that the Olympics is not an appropiate means of comparison between FIBA style of play and NBA's, due primarily because its played under FIBA rules no less. However, Ariel was commenting on ducks post about Oberto coming up big in games, as opposed to Scola. His point was that no matter how bad you think the US was playing, it was still probably one of the biggest games of his life for him. What's in question here is the mental toughness of the man, and for him that game was probably a pressure cooker. So it should tell you something that he didn't get rattled in that situation and had a particularly good game.
Still, in the end its all about what happens not what would happen. IMO Scola would fit very well in the NBA. I realize he'll go through the transition period every Euro goes through when coming over here, and perhaps thats the biggest issue here, age, and how long it will take for him to get adjusted. On top of that learning the Spurs defensive rotation is always a . I say trade the man's rights for something we can use right now, and that fulfills more pressing needs, not because the man can't cut it, but because the Spurs could probably get more bang-for-their-buck elsewhere right now.
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