(Article 9/1/07) Scola's 27 pts vs. Brazil sends Argentina to Olympics

impressive to qualify without some of their main stars!

 

I'm @ work, anyone have any comments/recap on how he played under pressure?

 

he once again saved his team while they were behind. This time with more help though. This guy is a winner.

 

anybody else find that incredibly funny/sad?

 

I'm kind of happy Manu n others didn't play in this torment. We got to see more of what Scola can do! He's a winner.

 

Luis Scola demonstrated his leadership and that he is a winner to obtain the ticket to 2008 Olympicsfor his country when they came from behind to beat Brazil 91 vs 80 in the semi final.

Luis Scola played the full 40 minutes, and scored 27 points (10/14 FG% 7/12 FT%) /9 rebounds/2 assists.

They will play USA again in the final.

 

Man, this Scola is scary!

 

I heard from somewhere that the whole Brazil team refused to listen to their head coach for the whole game.

Anyways Scola's steady performance really impressed me instead of Vspan's flashes. hmmm wonder why we didn't want batista in the first place

 

Scola for ROY. Right now I think he's one of the top three favorites, Durant might have a better shot because he'll be Option #1 on a crappy team but if Scola is the main reason the Rockets are significantly better then he'll have just as good an argument.

My guess for 07-08: 13.5 PPG 8.5 RPG 2.2 APG 1.5 T/OPG

 

Scola's setady performances really impressed me a lot and I am sure he will be of great help to Yao and Tmac in the new season.

 

But what role will he fit into the rox team?

3rd scorer?
6th man?
leader?

he shows good scoring touches, but will he be the 3rd scorer? The first 2 option will always be Tmac and Yao. Hence the 3rd scorer will again i guess a 3p shooter like james, head and battier. Bonzi, francis, scola are players that works better without yao in the middle clogging the lanes.

he shows that he can play alot of minutes, but with the other PF an offensive challenge Chuck hayes, scola could and should come in and provide energy and points off the bench.

he leads the argentinean team, but could he provide leadership to a vet team like rox when he is only a rookie?

 

Scola doesn't have to be a the 3rd scorer.. the 6th man.. a leader.. or whatever. All I want him to do is put up legit numbers for a solid PF and be decent on defense.

 

He's not going to be the 3rd scorer because he likely won't get many plays run for him. Mostly, his job will be to hustle, run the floor, rebound, play defense and get as many garbage baskets as he can. He might occasionally get an opportunity in the post, but my bet is that it will be rare.

Guys like Francis and James have better chances to be consistent scorers because they will have the ball. Depending on injury, Wells could also have chances in this offense.

But, really, it doesn't matter as long as they play well together.

 

If Scola makes half the wide open layups that Hayes blows, then I can see him consistently netting in double figures. We do have a pretty deep squad this year, so if he ends up being our 3rd scorer I wouldn't be surprised.

 

How many times have we seen pictures of Scola celebrating emphatically after a big play? Definitely, Scola can be an emotional leader on this team. No offense to Yao or Tmac, but they're not the type of players who will instill a passion in others during the game. And I'm not worried about him being a rookie; he certainly doesn't carry himself as one.

I don't know if Scola can be a "third scorer", considering that it seems that he gets most of his points in the flow of offense. He's the type of player that won't demand a lot of touches, but will score with high efficiency in limited shot attempts, which is why i think that he's okay starting next to Yao. Energy is what we need fom the bench, and Chuck Hayes is perfect for that role.

 

excellent point! at the end of the day, you want all of the players to play as a team and just get the job done and win baby!

 

Good point and early on this is what may happen. Eventually NBA defenses will adjust and guard Scola which will open up things for other players. Teams will figure out that an open Scola will hurt them more than a single-covered Yao and Tracy. Plus, Scola knows how to pass out of the high post, which is awesome.

Over the course of the season, I seriously doubt Scola gets as many wide open layups off double teams as Chuck did because teams will respect him.

 

Man..that's Argentina at 1/4 strength. I think Argentina at full strength will give the USA team all they can handle.

 

Scola will average 15 points this year. He should definitely be the rockets 3rd scorer.