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Because I love Manu and thus his team.
Now to get my Slovenia to the Olympics.
Did you read the whole thread? You never advocated signing him. I never advocated not signing him. That caption of the Scola picture was joke.
That's what you consider being "mocked" for wanting to "sign Scola"?
What would you rather have -- a second round pick or Scola?
Question.
Because I love Manu and thus his team.
Now to get my Slovenia to the Olympics.
Scola trade jersey's with Leandro Barbosa
I'd rather Cleveland not have a scoring PF.
I could see flip flopping due to roster space. But you are flip flopping in terms of how he'll fit on the team.
I've always said he'd be a decent Antoine Carr-esque player for the Spurs. He wasn't worth mortgaging the future for ... but he was worth more than giving him away for nothing in a trade that didn't have to be done that way.
Spurs STILL have a roster spot and the full MLE . . .
They could have had Scola.
Easy.
They blew it.
Some people just can't admit it.
Obviously the advocating was in another thread. Why else would you go out of your way to make such a post? You just thought it might be entertaining with no context or meaning whatsoever?Did you read the whole thread? You never advocated signing him. I never advocated not signing him. That caption of the Scola picture was joke.
That's what you consider being "mocked" for wanting to "sign Scola"?Would you rather have a second round pick, rid yourself of a useless player and sign another Bruce Bowen or have nothing?What would you rather have -- a second round pick or Scola?
Question.
As much as everyone would like to pretend this happened in a vacuum, it didn't.
And I'm still waiting for the consensus trade value of Scola's rights link.
Splitter: 5-14 FG, 5-6 FT
Scola: 10-14 FG, 7-12 FT
Scola played the entire game while Splitter rested only one minute
Argentina (Team B)
Kammerichs is great!
and Scola!
As far as this game goes, I'm glad Argentina won. That just means less games for Manu to play next summer and more games for Splitter to play.
Sounds good to me.
Next year I will root for Splitter, Whottt.
Amen to that.
I still am not sold on Scola. He can score in this type of game but I just don't think his game is going to translate to the NBA. Unathletic big men whose game is scoring just don't do well in the NBA. If he was a shooter and could hit the three then maybe he would have a chance. A lot of what happens in the NBA changes on just a fraction of an inch for scorers. Slow release, an extra dribble, too many fakes and your toast.
Also, I think his first year he will be shocked (just like Oberto) on how many fouls he will receive. The box outs are better in the NBA. Nice international player. That's about it.
Anybody who thinks the Spurs were going to use MLE is in fantasy land.
If Spurs made a mistake it was signing Butler's lazy ass that ultimately Scola was the price to get rid of.
Many of us were high on getting Butler at the time. Some even still have Butler fantasies. Stand up and be counted.
I always liked Niles, the butler from the nanny. But I don't get enough visitors to need him.
Alright then let's see this supposed other thread.
Easy solution.
How about trading away Beno and still getting the Bruce Bowen player?
Why must the Spurs trade low? You act like the Spurs had to trade Scola.
Kammerich and Quinteros won their places in the Arg A team. And the NBA should take a closer look at them.
C-ya in the olimpics!!!
Funny how two guys the Spurs have been interested in in the past and present...Splitter and Garcia, stepped up in the final mins...
While 2 guys they passed on, Scola and Barbosa...
Stepped down.
Spurs made the right call and it does my heart good to see they take choking into account when evaluating players...
I know I know...Spurs should have pulled the tigger on the Scola for Noccioni deal.
how about trade beno?
how about finding a team that WANTS Beno.
I don't care if it's fantasy land or not, it's a damn fact about their cap situation. Doesn't matter if the Spurs are refusing to use it while trying to bleed the county for another 100 million, on paper they still have both roster room and cap exception money.
Is that so hard to admit to?
Besides, I wasn't high on Butler either, though in his defense he was cheaper by most accounts than Scola's deal.
BUT
That does help illustrate some of myopic Scola-hate that's festered when you'd have the newspaper accounts that the Spurs doubted whether Scola the low post scorer could fit next to Duncan . . . so they signed Butler . . . a low post scorer.
And people still run with the 'couldn't fit next to Duncan routine' because they're so easily fooled.
I gotta run, I'll just accept your contention that you weren't mocking me and instead on some kind of non sequitur, absurdists kick back in the day and made it a point to make pointless posts with pictures and posters names.
[quorte]How about trading away Beno and still getting the Bruce Bowen player?[/quote]How about that? Who wants Beno? Where are these GMs knocking down our door for this fat, delusional underachiever?
If they wanted anything back, yes. He could easily have signed with a Euro team again for more than he is going to make in Houston. You can whine about the Spurs' blinking in a game of chicken, but you've made it known you'd rather have Butler and no Udoka. That's fine.Why must the Spurs trade low? You act like the Spurs had to trade Scola.
Who couldn't defend and rebounded less than his physicality suggested.hat does help illustrate some of myopic Scola-hate that's festered when you'd have the newspaper accounts that the Spurs doubted whether Scola the low post scorer could fit next to Duncan . . . so they signed Butler . . . a low post scorer.
Sound familiar?
Looks like the Spurs have made their choice as to whom they think can best play alongside Duncan.
It's not Butler or guys who play like him. It's Bonner.
Pulling a whottt.
For the 50th time, Beno and a future first for nothing.
That was the biggest bluff I've ever seen. Scola whined about playing in the NBA for years. I can't believe anyone actually thinks he would have signed long-term in Europe.
Link?
I went on record as saying Udoka was the player I wanted when summer started. He was my top pick all along. And the Spurs could have cleared the space needed by trading away Beno instead of Butler.
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