Luis Scola: All I Want in the NBA All Stars is to Win

LMFAO

every interview yao gives about scola he says "he's not very athletic."

it's true that scola cant jump or run but he is athletic. scola has some of the best reactions on the team, that's why he's able to get his hand on everything. ive seen him backpedalling down the court and stick his hand out into a passing lane and almost get a steal, that's means he's faster to the ball running backwards than the offensive player was running forwards.. that's athleticism.

obviously yao means it as a compliment, "he's not very athletic but he's got the heart etc." but it's misleading... neither yao nor scola can run or jump but if yao had 25% of scola's reactions he'd be a 16 RPG monster

 

Yao should not be telling anyone about athleticism...



DD

 

http://blogs.jsonline.com/bucks/archive/2008/02/15/yi-among-the-stars.aspx

According to this Scola will start over Yi Jianlian. I am curious who made that decision because Yi has better numbers (although Yi's game isn't advanced as Scola's at this point).

 

Scola is deceptively quick.

 

What makes you think he has better numbers? He plays 6 more minutes a game, that's all. Per minute, Scola scores more, rebounds more, gets more assists, and shoots better from the field. Oh, and he's a significant contributor to a good team, unlike Yi.