Yeah I am scratching my head at that statement too. Scola is on a strong team, he won't get that many looks as he gets when plays for Argentina, so he will average much less when playing for the Rockets. The guy played well against the Redeem Team give him some credit cause he has got offense, a jump shot and hook shot.
I'm not going to in any way compare Scola to Oberto. Scola is a better player, but what I'm saying is what I've always said about role players. That's what they are, role players. Ideally, every player is a role player. Some guys role is to score, rebound, defend or do it all. Scola's is as important to this team as Horry was on the championship squads or rick fox on the lakers squads, but if u remove the main culprits, his signifcance goes down. You remember Horry in Phoenix? That's what I'm saying. If you start to put too much on players plate for the playoffs against really good competition, then the team and the player suffers. That's not to say Scola won't have some breakout games, I'm just saying expecting him to play in the nba like he does in fiba is asking a lot. I mean he was considered the best big man in europe, but in the nba, he's like the 15 best 4 in the league maybe.
Did yall see how well he played against the USA in that semifinal? He was pretty much their entire team. Clearly he demonstrated that he has serious potential. If he keeps it up, he should really help the Rockets.
Well luis is more then capebal of those numbers. i'm just saying the green comparison is just not there. scolas is far to refined to be compred to gren. green was a muscle guy. a bruiser.
Scola went 14 pts 9 rebs in his first ever playoffs series. There is no doubt that he is a better offensive player than Green. Green is better on defense, though. I don't see too much similarity between the two. Scola can be a go to guy on a mediocre team. Green can never dream to be a good to guy on any NBA team.
I was pleasantly surprised as well. I was probably expecting him to struggle a little against the long, athletic bigs that Team USA has, but Scola really worked Bosh and Melo over. Heck he even went up against Dwight Howard a few times and totally destroyed Tayshaun Prince the one time Prince got stuck on him. What stands out most is that Scola managed to get easy buckets against your typical long, athletic 4 in the league like Bosh. If he can do it in international play, he can definitely do it in the NBA. Looks like his jumper has improved as well. He really showed no hesitation in letting fly from anywhere within 20 feet. We could very well have a Big 4 next year. Exciting times, my friends.
I'm going to let this go because I don't want to seem like I don't like scola on this team. I just see him as he is, but I know some of the younger guys that think I'm crazy comparing him to Green might only see the comparison if there are stats behind it. So here is AC Green http://basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=GREENAC01
I am not young. I watched AC Green play. I liked him a lot. He was the only Laker I could ever root for. I just don't get how you compare Scola to Green. They are not the same type of player other than both are tough and play hard. Green's career scoring average was less than 10 ppg. Scola in his first year has already surpassed that. Green was a better rebounder and defender than Scola. Green was more athletic. Scola is more crafty. You can argue they have about the same overall talent (which I don't agree). But they are definitely not similar players.
I wasn't directly talking to anyone when I said young. I know green has a career avg of under 10 ppg, but he played like 17 yrs and the last few he was a 10 min guy. I can tell you this, Scola's next 6 yrs will look just like AC Greens mid 6 yrs. In those 6 yrs when he took over for rambis, green was 13 pt 8.5 rebs 77%ft. That's what Scola will do in my eyes. Last yr when he started getting 30 mins, that's what kind of numbers he was putting up. I can guarantee this, if Landry is healthy, he'll split time with Scola. Its not a knock and I'm sure u have your opinion of green vs scola. I want people to think about the 89-96 Green. Think about the guy that avg a double-double in the playoffs in 93-94 or the guy in phoenix that was a 50% fg,80 ft, 9 rebs, 13 pt type of guy as a 4th wheel in phoenix. Its not a bad player to have.Not to mention, he made the asg over malone
What you should should say is that scola will have a similar ROLE TO GREEN . not that there similar players. big difference.
Why wouldn't I say what I mean? 12.2 ppg and 8.5 rebs was a 9 yr stretch after his rookie year. During that span, he was the 4th and sometimes the 5th option. He had a 14 ppg season and the yr of magic's 1st retirement, ha avg 9 ppg. My opinion is they're the same type of player barring race.
I really think that the SPURS would take back the decision of trading Louis if they could. This guy has become Argentina's leader since the Olympic qualifier (around the same time he got traded to Houston). I'm pretty sure they thought that his style might not fit in the NBA but wow... such a hustle player and consistency its not that common. Its good to know that this year for sure the Rox don't need improvement at the 4 spot.
I really think that the SPURS would take back the decision of trading Luis if they could. This guy has become Argentina's leader since the Olympic qualifier (around the same time he got traded to Houston). I'm pretty sure they thought that his style might not fit in the NBA but wow... such a hustle player and consistency its not that common. Its good to know that this year for sure the Rox don't need improvement at the 4 spot.
