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IF Scola is so bad, how come his +/-, his PER, his efficiency is far above, Hayes 2pat or any other Rocket's inside player? Is Adelman a dumb coach because he trusts too much in Luis? Did you notice in the best Rockets streak, after the trade deadline, Scola was a key component? Did you notice hoe inferior were the rockets after Scola got injured, and played some games half recovered? Scola is not just his stats, learn it please. NO OTHER ROCKETS PLAYER, INCLUDING YAO, has the resumé Scola has, regarding winning titles, don't forget about that neither. What other Rockets player, besides Yao, has achieved at least 1/10th of what Scola achieved in his career? Why don't you take a course of strategy and tactics before bashing a player?
I'm not bashing Scola. I like the guy, a lot. The reason why his PER is so much higher is a combination of his scoring and usage. He got heavy minutes and he is a scorer....period. PER is a halfcourt stat, offense. Scola has been a good/great offensive player. He is not a bad player. He is a very good/great offensive player and a very inept/poor defensive player. We have THREE of these type guys in our starting lineup, him, Martin, and Budinger. That's too many. One or two of them have to go for a better combination player. Martin, Scola, and Budinger are very, very poor defenders, all of them. One or two of them has to be moved. So, if we have to move at least one of these three, which of these three has the greatest trade value and can be replaced the easiest in our starting unit? You may say Martin. But I say it is Scola. Martin is more efficient offensively than Scola. What that means is Martin squeezes more offense out of his touches than Scola does his. It's that simple. Budinger??? His trade value is not real good right now. We do need to upgrade his spot, the SF position. But trading Budinger is not going to net us a starting center or a starting small forward. You've got to give up something to get something. Scola is the best singular piece we can trade to improve our team.
"He's the most one-dimensional player we have." one-simensional player is a guy like Morrow, that can score in one single way, and can't add nothing else. Even TP is more one-dimensional than Scola, as he has showed lack of anything else than scoring, when he was without Manu and Tim. Scola can score in several ways, has good court vision (better than AB or Kevin MArtin for instance), has solid fundamentals. How can you call that a one-dimensional player? have you intented a new definition to the word? Besides, regarding trade value, in current NBA market and in franchises willing renovation, YOUNG players are seeked, not seasoned veterans, no amtter how reliable they are. Only title contenders would be somehow more interested in Scola than any young asset, because they tend to be more mature organizations than value more what Scola brings to the table, than players who are athletic freaks, but far less team oriented. The best scenario to trade Scola, using this logic, would be a team who is already a contender, or trying to become a contender soon (OKC for isntance), and such team should have young players to give in exchange. Other expectations might be unrealistic.
