Scola > Oberto + Bonner

[worm9110]

I am really glad the Spurs resigned Oberto and Vaughn....but Bonner! Ugh! I think they paid way to much for this guy! Come on....I think Bonner and Beno need to go and then we can fill out our roster with more compe ive athletic players. Mikki Moore was out there...I would have loved to see him in the black and silver. Now he has signed to the Kings. We need another strong power forward! As far as Scola goes...yeah the trade was messed up...we kinda got the short end of the stick...but I still have hope that the Spurs will make a couple of key moves before next season.

FABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dartherus]

I love how everyone is bagging on Bonner and anointing Scola the next big thing based on Euro league stats. Hardly any of you clown asses know that Bonner played Euro league ball for one year after college, and his ing numbers owned all over Scola's.

36 minutes 19p/9r 54 FG% 36 3G%

playing for crappy euro teams is not the same as making stats in top Euroleague teams, the amount of talent difference between a Euroleague Final Four team and a team not even making to the Top16 Euroleague is huge...perhaps bigger than the difference between the Spurs and Hawks...

Would you evaluate the stats gotten in the Spurs and the Hawks as if they'd have the same validity?

Adn take Oberto, for instance, he did worse stats than those of Bonner did in his euro team, and tell me if Oberto isn't far better...well, Scola had better stats than Oberto, and IN A FINAL FOUR Euroleague team...now you see the diference?

Now that I check, Matt bonner's italian team not even got into the Euroleague, worse they could think in Top16 ...it was a crappy within the italian league, and you want to compare making stats in such team as making them in a top euro team?

FYI, Scola played once in a team like that, the team was named Cabitel Gijon, and he made huge stats there, and he was 19!!!

He played there as a loan from Tau to Gijon, because he was too young and needed to get used to Spanish first division. BTW, Scola saved the team from losing memebership in ACB, after Scola left, Gijon lost the category the next season. I hope that gives you a hint about the difference between a top team and a crappy team.

[ArgSpursFan]

playing for crappy euro teams is not the same as making stats in top Euroleague teams, the amount of talent difference between a Euroleague Final Four team and a team not even making to the Top16 Euroleague is huge...perhaps bigger than the difference between the Spurs and Hawks...

Would you evaluate the stats gotten in the Spurs and the Hawks as if they'd have the same validity?

Adn take Oberto, for instance, he did worse stats than those of Bonner did in his euro team, and tell me if Oberto isn't far better...well, Scola had better stats than Oberto, and IN A FINAL FOUR Euroleague team...now you see the diference?

Now that I check, Matt bonner's italian team not even got into the Euroleague, worse they could think in Top16 ...it was a crappy within the italian league, and you want to compare making stats in such team as making them in a top euro team?

FYI, Scola played once in a team like that, the team was named Cabitel Gijon, and he made huge stats there, and he was 19!!!

He played there as a loan from Tau to Gijon, because he was too young and needed to get used to Spanish first division. BTW, Scola saved the team from losing memebership in ACB, after Scola left, Gijon lost the category the next season. I hope that gives you a hint about the difference between a top team and a crappy team.

Blind Homers just wont give Scola no credit for what he has done just because He didnt play for the spurs and unfortunely never will.

[Roxsfan]

Blind Homers just wont give Scola no credit for what he has done just because He didnt play for the spurs and unfortunely never will.

true dat, true dat

[mystargtr34]

Im still skeptical about what he can do. Hes was great in Europe, but im not sure how much his lack of length and athletisicm is going to hinder him.

[mystargtr34]

playing for crappy euro teams is not the same as making stats in top Euroleague teams, the amount of talent difference between a Euroleague Final Four team and a team not even making to the Top16 Euroleague is huge...perhaps bigger than the difference between the Spurs and Hawks...

Would you evaluate the stats gotten in the Spurs and the Hawks as if they'd have the same validity?

Adn take Oberto, for instance, he did worse stats than those of Bonner did in his euro team, and tell me if Oberto isn't far better...well, Scola had better stats than Oberto, and IN A FINAL FOUR Euroleague team...now you see the diference?

Now that I check, Matt bonner's italian team not even got into the Euroleague, worse they could think in Top16 ...it was a crappy within the italian league, and you want to compare making stats in such team as making them in a top euro team?

FYI, Scola played once in a team like that, the team was named Cabitel Gijon, and he made huge stats there, and he was 19!!!

He played there as a loan from Tau to Gijon, because he was too young and needed to get used to Spanish first division. BTW, Scola saved the team from losing memebership in ACB, after Scola left, Gijon lost the category the next season. I hope that gives you a hint about the difference between a top team and a crappy team.

I was actually unaware he played in Europe for a year, which team? Which year?

[Bruno]

I was actually unaware he played in Europe for a year, which team? Which year?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Bonner

After signing with Sicilia of the Italian league based in Messina, Sicily, 2003 proved to be a harrowing year for Bonner. Bonner survived a 104.5 degree Fahrenheit fever brought on by a bout of salmonella (treated by the team dentist) most likely caused by a lack of running hot water in his apartment. Sicilia had filed for bankruptcy in the middle of the season and had stopped paying its players. Bonner's heat and electricity were shut off and he was given two eviction notices. Despite half the team leaving, Bonner stuck it out and finished the year averaging 19.2 points and 9.3 rebounds.

Dartherus is right, you can't really compare Bonner's stats and Scola's stats in europe. Bonner team was really bad and finished the season last of his championship with a 6-28 record.

Scola was one of the best player in europe of these past 5 years.

[mystargtr34]

lol wow what a character

[ArgSpursFan]

Im still skeptical about what he can do. Hes was great in Europe, but im not sure how much his lack of length and athletisicm is going to hinder him.

I´ve seen many 6.8s and 6.9s guys do real good in the low post in the NBA.Malik Rose is one of them.

[Kori Ellis]

Spurs officially re-signed Fabricio ... No new news or anything, so I figured I'd just post it here in this thread.

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SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Spurs announced today that they have re-signed center Fabricio Oberto. Per team policy, terms of the deals were not disclosed.

The 6-10, 245-lb Oberto appeared in 79 games -making 33 starts- during the 2006-07 season. He averaged 4.4 points and 4.7 rebounds in 17.3 minutes on .562 (158-281) shooting. Oberto set a Spurs franchise record by hitting 11-of-11 field goal attempts en route to a career-high 22 points vs. Phoenix on 11/8/06. The native of Argentina saw action in all 20 playoff games, averaging 5.6 points and 4.9 assists in 20.8 minutes per game while shooting .625 (50-80) from the field. His best playoff series came against Utah in the Western Conference Finals where he averaged 10.2 points and 7.8 rebounds on .700 (21-30) shooting. Oberto also set playoff scoring highs with 14 points on 5/20 and 5/22 vs. Utah.

Oberto was originally signed by the Spurs on 8/2/05. In 138 career NBA games he has averaged 3.3 points and 3.6 rebounds in 13.4 minutes.

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