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The dumbest part about the Scola trade is that the Spurs did not even unload a big contract in it. Butler had one year and a couple million, IIRC. It's not like they used him to unload that awful contract of Rasho's
Whottt, seriously man can you say that Scola would not have helped us for 15-20 minutes a game? You might be right about his crunch time performances as I didn't watch him play in Europe much, but the guy could have really helped us off the bench late in the first quarter, early second, mid third quarter when we go on huge scoring droughts. Who said anything about having to play him in crunch time? He really could have helped in those early game situations.
Also, If the Spurs chose Matt Bonner over him, again what does Matt Bonner do in crunch time? He's totally useless in those situations too. The only difference is that Scola would probably provide more in the middle of the game than Matt could. You've gotta say that the Spurs may have ed up on this one.
The dumbest part about the Scola trade is that the Spurs did not even unload a big contract in it. Butler had one year and a couple million, IIRC. It's not like they used him to unload that awful contract of Rasho's
2 million = 4 million for a guy who retired at the age of 22.
And Rasho thread!
It was hard to watch Scola playing so well against NBA players. He was awesome. Anyone who says anything different is a hater. Scola was one of the top five players on the court. He was great.
In fact, Argentina played a whole lot better when they ran their offense through Scola instead of Manu. Manu was in chunk three-pointers mode while Scola was scoring on the low block, demanding double-teams and passing well.
That was one of the best games I've ever seen Scola play. The thing I liked best was that he was under control the whole game. He can sometimes hurt his level of play by getting too emotional and overexcited. But he held it together and put on a great show.
It's just sickening to know the Spurs gave him away. I still can't believe it to this day. He's improving and learning how to play against NBA talent ... just like all Arg players. He's not going to be an All-Star but he's going to be damn good.
The part that really made me almost start vomiting was watching how well he plays the pick and roll defensively. His lateral quickness is much improved and he can now stay in front of quick perimeter players. He was isolated against the likes of LeBron James and Dwyane Wade and they couldn't take him off the dribble. Scola deserves props for getting in better shape and upping his agility in the last year. The Spurs don't have a bigman who can play against the pick and roll anywhere close to as well as Scola can play it.
Let whottt and the other Scola Trade Backers like ChumpDumper and Bruno pretend Scola didn't play great. Anyone else who watched knows what they saw.
That's exactly what I saw. Scola was FREAKING AWESOME. I didn't watch Scola play in Europe at all and so at the start of last season I listened to the more knowledgeable posters on Spurstalk and thought they knew what they were talking about. After I saw Scola play in the Olympic qualifiers though I really felt the Spurs screwed up with that one.
Ahh didn't Scola say something like "It would have been lovely for me to play 10-15 minutes a game behind Tim Duncan"
Going by those comments after he was traded to the Rockets I doubt that he forced the trade at all. It sounds to me like he was willing to play garbage time minutes to prove himself and play for the Spurs. He could have just said that though to smooth things over, but I think he wanted to play for the team.
I'd have to agree. When I saw that trade I think that's the point when I started questioning the front office, especially RC Buford and Peter Holt.
Signed the Luis Scola Spurs Fan Club.
How in the do you not sign Luis Scola and trade him to the ing Rockets? Who owns this ing team, somebody needs to check their nuts and start kicking some ass around here.
No cussing in the thread le idiot.
What I said was....
Suck My Balls... Mr. Garrison
i think its a safe bet to say that sequspur is the most mature poster on the board..
yeah, got hair on my balls. how's that?
Drink much?
That was merged pretty quick.
I never thought this topic will be popular as l...
"Arrives-at-party-drunk-as-hosts-are-getting-ready-for-bed Guy".
Solid, I remember you and I having this debate during the winning streak and I remember 21 games in or so I looked at the Rockets past schedule and what the health situation was of the good teams they had beaten, and I then looked at the up and coming schedule and accurately predicted them losing 4 out of the next 7 games based on the frontline matchups, they not only lost to every team I predicted they would lose too, they lost to one I didn't...I looked for you to respond to that and I don't recall you ever doing so. I still stand by my comments about Scola's worth and impact as a player...
Not impressed with Luis Scola.
Scola won't be able to play like that in the NBA. This version of dream team is built on speed and disruptive perimeter defense. This inevitably leads to mismatches after switches which Scola admirably exploited. That won't happen often in the NBA.
Actually, this is kind of the ideal team to play DAntoni's ball. You conceed at being dominated inside at times but get more than even on forcing turnovers and getting fastbreak chances. And that's also why DA's system won't win a championship: you can't assemble a team with this kind of star powers in the NBA.
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