But Tau's season is not only about the Euroleague. The three compe ions are important for the club, they represent major trophies that mean a big financial income for the club in the form of TV rights, ticket sales and prize money. The Euroleague is the biggest of the three, but Tau plays their starters in all the compe ions. This last season, between the three compe ions, they played exactly 68 official compe ive matches (not counting friendlies or exhibitions.). The Copa del Rey and the Spanish League playoffs aren't walks in the park, there are good teams like Unicaja, Barcelona and Real Madrid among others.
And I don't agree with Splitter at all. You are just grabbing a determined range of games (the vast amount of 2 out of 68) where Scola was double and tripled marked in the post and Splitter was left alone under the basket (because that is his impressive shooting range) many times. And without Scola the team wouldn't even have reached the Final Four or the Spanish League semi-finals. I see Splitter as a rich man's Marc Gasol, that is a hard nosed defender, who crashes the boards hard and plays very good for the team. He usually scores from offensive rebounds, but he can't create his own shot, for him, to shoot from the free throw line is like a half-court 3 pointer.
The problem came from outside. When Scola has 3 defenders collapsing, and he dishes out, he has:
- A point guard who doesn't know how to shoot, only passes (Prigioni).
- Shooters who are afraid to shoot or constantly airball in crunch time (Rakocevic, Vidal, Planicic, Erdogan).
- A foward that should have helped more (Roe).
- A hustler, who gets his points from rebounds, but can't create them (Splitter).
- A good foward like Teletovic who wasn't used.
And like I said before, the coach only designs two plays for Scola, pick-n-roll and "throw the ball into the post for him, let 3 defenders grab him and dish it out, no it doesn't matter our shooters are 0 for 78 this night".
The point is: Scola wants to play for the Spurs right now. Tau preffers to get a percentage out of his buyout now rather than nothing next year. He would be a good addition to the Spurs, but, as Oberto, he will need time to adapt. He could bring offensive relief for Timmy in the post when the other team doubles TD, denies the penetration to Manu and Tony, and the 3 pointers aren't falling. As Oberto, he makes good basket cuts and baseline runs. His defense and rebounding are a bit worse than Oberto's ('tho he jumps higher than him). But he understands the game, is always in a good position, and specially, plays at his best when he isn't his team main offensive choice.
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