Manu on Scola and Rockets excerpt from article written in LANACION.com on 07/27/07

THis year as well, if my memories correct. They always have a Yao Ming problem, Tracy can rise over Bruce Bowen (like Carmelo), and they have no answer for Bonzi (smashes them in the face)


On the other side Duncan outsmarts us nearly evertime, Manu's penetration can be stopped by nobody, and Tony Parker (Lil Eva) paint floaters are heart breakers!

 

Nice little tidbit, good read. Thanks.

 

Nice read. I agree that somehow there is a possibility that we could've beaten the Spurs had we advanced. Sometimes the analogy akin to the rock-paper-scissors. Rock beats scissors, scissors beats paper, but paper beats rock. For instance, had the Mavericks not been eliminated, the Jazz probably wouldn't have advanced agaisnt the Mavs. Sometimes the breaks of the game just don't go a team's way , or a miracle shot sends a team to the next round, or a coach fails to make an adjustment.

The Spurs dismantled the Jazz with their penetration. Manu drove into the lane and drew a lot of fouls which drove Jerry Sloan nuts. The Jazz were known for their tough defense and sometimes playing dirty, but Manu didn't back down from them. Lets hope Scola has the same mentality. One thing Argentinian players are known for is toughness.

 

Good to hear Manu has respect for the Rox. But honestly, I'm not so quick to declare we had a good chance of beating them... how quickly we forget that we were so dysfunctional on offense. The Spurs defense would have suffocated us. Could we have beaten them? Sure.. the Jazz could have beaten them. Did they, or would we have - nope. Just my .02.

 

Anyone else notice that Manu praised McGrady as being "talented" while Yao Ming is merely "tall"?

Yeah, **** Manu Ginobilli.

 

Do people forget that we would have had to go through the warriors before the spurs? GS would've run us out of the building.

 

Utah beat us, thus we sucked.

 

Manu thinks Scola could become an all-star in the NBA?

Wow ... I don't have those kind of expectations, but if it happens ... wow.

 

The exact translation would be:

"They have a very good defense, the impressive talent of Tracy McGrady and the height of Yao Ming. We became happy when Utah took them out in the playoffs."

 

No, he just said he could be a starter, not an all-star.

 

If brad miller could become an all-star... scola might make it too.

 

If he is a starter, then he would be an all-star because lots of Chinese will vote him. That is sure.

 

Si, I mean yes...

Your translation was pretty accurate.

 

I'm not very good at translating, but I will do it from time to time... when I see an interesting article about Scola or the Rockets.

I have been in this forum only for a couple of weeks... be patient.

 

He was right. Yao contributed nothing in the playoffs except his height. Even his height was overcame by Boozer's miracal jump shooting.

don't ****anybody before we put Yao on his track.

 

"Man, I can wait for the season to start!!!"

That sums it up right there. I have nothing but high hopes for Scola and am still amazed that Morey was able to get this deal done. If he pans out to be the next big Euro star in the NBA Morey could hold title for making one of the best trades in Rockets history. I don't want to get ahead of myself s I will end it there. Eiher way this was a win win situation for the Rockets. NBA champs 08 baby!!!

 

Our bench wasn't worthy of respect last year. Howard wasn't being disrespectful at all...

this year however is a different story

 

Thanks so much for the translation, jsmee2000, and for your contributions, scola. Great to have that extra info about a new foreign player, without the "drama," if you know what I mean.

Thanks again. Great that Manu thinks Scola could be a starter quality talent. Not surprised, of course, but still good to hear.

And as WNBA said, damn the Jazz!