Win or lose, as long as we get one comment like "oh wow, he out flopped manu on that possession!" from our commendator every time we play the spurs, this trade will be well worth it's money!Despite of the fact that Scola's in red uniform hurts ... Spurs will kick your asses, with Tmac in or out
And we'll see those wonderful shot opportunities dry up. Scola is a 10 pt, 5 rb guy in their system. He wouldn't get any playing time this year in our system.
The trade was needed, but the location could've been better; still beggars can't be choosers (we had to dump Butler and create [at that time] much needed roster/tax space).
This was creative. Good job.
So why haven't you changed your team name to Houston Rockets yet?
So we can make room for Mahinmi.Whyd RC Buford have to get rid of Scola
Last I checked we have roster room for Scola too.
I thought our current roster spot was for LJ3.
That screen name also went into hiding after a few bad games.
You're a pussy no matter what name you use.
Would you want Scola, if it meant keeping Beno on the Spurs Bench?
If it meant having no Fabi, no Splitter?
But hey, we'd have Scola. Right?
WOOPIE IN DOO!
Would you want Tim Duncan, if it meant a 800 lbs gorilla would pound you in the ass?
OK, maybe you would.
But the point is... how the are the two of them related?
The Spurs could have signed Scola, and still traded Beno, drafted Splitter and kept Fabri.
Maybe if you had said Butler and / or Bonner... but then again, I would surely still want Scola over both of them, so...
Just an observation. It takes TMac out for Scola to have a game like this. If Duncan is out, who will fill up the void? Remember Rasho? He has monster games when Duncan is out.. Does that make Rasho a Spurs?
Doesn't it make Rasho a Scola?
No, but it makes the former poster the winner of the "lamest Scola rationalization if the day" award.
Not really. That was one of the more valid rationalizations; just kind of badly finished. We'll have to see how Scola's touches fare when TMac gets back.
Agreed - I believe the Spurs lost those games too just like the Rockets have lost these last two "big games" by Scola. How many players have left the Spurs and had some great games and great seasons on other teams? How successful were those teams? Scola never played with us, so it's kinda of hard to make a true judgement of what we really lost. Some players don't fit in the Spurs system no matter how good they are. Not to say that I know for sure that he wouldn't have fit in, but I still trust the FO's judgement and experience over mine and y'alls (and yes they're not perfect.) I've yet to hear the compelling evidence on why and how Scola would have fit in better with our scheme than the pieces we have now - other than he was great in the Europe, the Fiba championships and he's scored 20+ points twice in the NBA.
Mavs should have traded Jose Juan Barea to the Spurs for Scola.
What are we discussing here ? , no way you can compare them. Sorry but i never saw Rasho play like Scola is playing. Too sad there was no room for Scola in Spurs, but that happens a lot with good players that dont fit in good teams.
It will be interesting to see what Scola will do in the next 3 games (against Dallas, Miami and Denver).
One can argue than the 2 last games were fluke because Spurs let him open and tons of random bigmen shine against Phoenix but if Scola plays well in these three games, he will make a serious case about him becoming a good nba player.
Hey People
Can you stop to talk about if Scola can be a great player?
He was and heīs a great Basketball player, and now
After 10 games, do you trade Scola again for nothing like in the summer?
The answer is no, the Spurs had a very great chance in the summer to sign a great player, and can trade before the trade deadline for a good player
If you signed Scola doesnīt mean you must to have him for 10 years
And now, Look at the All Star Ballot, Tim Duncan is listed as Center
Why? Because TD plays center
Look at this Link
http://www.82games.com/0708/07SAS12C.HTM
Tim Duncan is playing 66% of the Spurs total minutes, 46% as Center and 20% as PF
Duncan have 28.6 PER as Center and 15.0 as PF
The Net 48-Minute Production by Position is -1.8 as PF and +13.3 as Center
With TD playing only the 20% of the minutes as PF, we must to have a Great PF backup, not a CEnter, beacuse TD is the Center the Half of the Time
So we have 80% of the minutes available for Scola
But Now, thatīs over, heīs a Rocket, and was one Big Buford and Pop mistake
They makeīs Houston Better for a couple of Millions
The move was Good for the Holtīs Pocket, not for The Spurs
Scola lovers amuse me.
Really, was he the missing piece of the Spur's success of repeating or something? Is he the Dirk stopper?
Actually,that's a good thing though.
If the guy can step up when a franshise player is out,that means that He's got the balls to show up when needed the most.
despite de 2 loses,the playing time he got on those 2 games without T-Mac on the team, Helped him to build his confidence and also,helped him to show to his teammates,that He can play ball too.
So I espect him to get involved more now in the Offense.
and them you'll become one of the dumbest ST poster ever,along with Wottt and Co.
That is THE POINT
Scola canīt stop Dirk, like no one in the league
But Scola can score over Dirk, because Dirk is Irk, without D
Heīs shot from outside isnīt too far than Dirkīs
With TD and Scola at the same Time, we can destroy Dallas Defense, with That team at moments, Tony-Manu-Finley or Barry or a Shooter, Scola and Duncan
Now with Scola in the Rockets we have a Big Problem, who is going to defense him, can be Oberto, but TD over Yao is a problem, because Yao can take Fouls of TD, you can Double Yao, but Scola can score from the low Post, and you canīt put BB because heīs T-Mac defender, or BB over Scola, and Manu over T-Mac
When Adelman begin to trust in Scola, can be a Big Problem, the Tex Winter's triangle offense can work, Yao in the Post, T-Mac outside and Scola in the Low Post, this offense can be a lethal weapon, and we make it, in a Trade for nothing
In Fiba the Scolaīs Play is Like the last two games, not the firsts, he scores like that games all his career, vs Europeans, vs Dream Teams, in Worl Cup, in Plympics and in Vegas, so is more probably that he can play at that level, than he canīt
He proved he can play a couples of games like in FIBA after 6 games, not a season
Scola is breaking out!!!! I hate to say this but I told you guys trading Scola to a division rival for nothing was the biggest mistake done by our FO
LMAO at those of you who thought that Bonner would be better than Scola based on what we saw on the pre-season
All the pussies have come out from under their rocks.
You guys suck major ass.
Usually, the Spurs' problem against Dallas is not their inability to score. It's their inability to rebound, and their inability to contain Josh Howard and Dirk Nowitzki at the same time. In the infamous playoff loss to Dallas, the Spurs' offense operated at near-record efficiency, but they never could get stops with any consistency.
The Spurs' conundrum is that Bruce Bowen can only guard one person, either Dirk or Josh, so they still have one player who is too quick for their big men to guard, and too big for one of their guards to guard, at least without getting murdered on the glass.
Scola does not solve that problem, since he is an undersized, fairly slow-footed player. He would come in handy against a team like Phoenix, but the Suns are the Spurs' es with or without him.
The bigger problem is that Scola now plays for a team that can give the Spurs a run for their money in the playoffs.
Last edited by Extra Stout; 11-19-2007 at 04:18 PM.
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