Luis Scola- Mr. Consistent

Last year they called him the garbage man, this year he has become a star. He's never injured, he always puts forth an effort every night. If it wasn't for Scola our wins and losses might be reversed. Hopefully he'll be a Rocket 4 life.

 

It's pretty amazing that despite Scola flying everywhere on the court he has yet to get injured but i agree Scola has been pretty consistant but he is like everyone else and has a bad game once in a while so i'm not concerned

 

Razor Ramon > *

 

I love the way Louis is playing put he is not averaging 13.7 rebounds for January. He is averaging 8.5 rebounds a game for the month. Not bad but a long way from 13.7.

 

Alright, I stand corrected. The stats I had posted I got about a week ago from Scola's NBA.com season split. I guess I shouldn't have been lazy and copied the numbers from my other post and I should have adjusted them. Anyhow, I feel so bad that I have compiled all the stats for January for all Rockets. Note that Ron Artest and Rafer Alston are both RA's so I used RR for Ron Ron. Enough...here they are:

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[U][B]MPG[/B][/U]             [U][B]FG%[/B][/U]              [U][B]3P%[/B][/U]              [U][B]FT%[/B][/U]

 1) TM - 36.0    [COLOR=DarkRed]1) LS - 0.603[/COLOR]    1) BB - 0.450    1) BB - 1.000
 2) RA - 34.1    2) YM - 0.590    2) VW - 0.411    1) SB - 1.000
 3) SB - 32.6    3) CL - 0.515    3) RR - 0.394    3) TM - 0.885
 [COLOR=DarkRed]4) LS - 30.4[/COLOR]    4) VW - 0.506    4) SB - 0.370    4) CL - 0.875
 5) YM - 30.3    5) BB - 0.498    5) TM - 0.320    5) AB - 0.813
 6) RR - 29.2    6) RA - 0.392    6) RA - 0.318    6) YM - 0.806
 7) VW - 27.7    7) SB - 0.375    7) AB - 0.264    7) VW - 0.760
 8) CL - 22.9    8) RR - 0.371    8) LH - 0.222    8) RR - 0.727
 9) AB - 20.9    9) TM - 0.367                     9) RA - 0.724
10) BB - 19.3   10) AB - 0.320                    [COLOR=DarkRed]10) LS - 0.690[/COLOR]
11) CH - 11.4   11) CH - 0.316                    11) LH - 0.500
12) LH - 10.5   12) LH - 0.143                    12) CH - 0.333

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[U][B]RPG[/B][/U]             [U][B]APG[/B][/U]              [U][B]SPG[/B][/U]              [U][B]BPG[/B][/U]

 1) YM - 8.9    1) RA - 6.4       1) RR - 2.0      1) SB - 1.1
 [COLOR=DarkRed]2) LS - 8.5[/COLOR]    2) TM - 5.0       2) TM - 1.8      1) YM - 1.1
 3) SB - 6.1    3) AB - 2.6       3) VW - 1.2      3) CL - 0.5
 4) RR - 5.2    4) RA - 2.4       4) RA - 1.1      4) CH - 0.4
 5) CL - 4.9    5) YM - 2.3       5) AB - 0.9      5) TM - 0.2
 6) TM - 3.8    6) SB - 2.1       6) SB - 0.7      5) BB - 0.2
 7) CH - 3.6    7) BB - 2.0       7) LH - 0.5      7) VW - 0.1
 8) RA - 3.0    8) LH - 1.5       [COLOR=DarkRed]7) LS - 0.5  [/COLOR]    7) RA - 0.1
 9) BB - 2.6    9) VW - 1.4       7) CH - 0.5      [COLOR=DarkRed]7) LS - 0.1[/COLOR]
10) VW - 2.4   [COLOR=DarkRed] 9) LS - 1.0[/COLOR]      10) YM - 0.4
11) AB - 1.7   11) CL - 0.8      10) BB - 0.4
12) LH - 1.3   12) CH - 0.4      12) CL - 0.1

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[U][B]PPG[/B][/U]              [U][B]GP[/B][/U]

 1) YM - 17.8    1) RA - 14
 2) RM - 17.2    1) AB - 14
 3) VW - 14.7    1) CL - 14
[COLOR=DarkRed] 4) LS - 14.6[/COLOR]    1) CH - 14
 4) RR - 14.6    [COLOR=DarkRed]1) LS - 14[/COLOR]
 6) RA - 12.3    1) VW - 14
 7) CL - 10.3    7) BB - 12
 8) AB - 7.8     7) YM - 12
 9) BB - 5.8     9) SB - 9
10) SB - 5.6    10) TM - 6
11) LH - 1.8    11) RR - 5
12) CH - 1.0    12) LH - 4

 

I love Scola he is a very smart player. He gets the most out of his abilities. He always plays hard and does not mind doing the dirty work to get his points. I also believe that the team could benefit by running more plays for him.

That said I am also a little torn with him playing next to Yao. I believe the best fit at the 4 with Yao would be an athletic enforcer type. Someone that could take up the slack for Yao's lack of rebounding and come with a vengeance from the weak side to protect against his slow foot speed.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlNUEGGHS44

He runs He hustle and he is great.

I think he had not miss a single game for this entire season up until now. thats a rare thing in the rockets

 

All he needs is the toothpick.

I just wish they'd go to him more in the fourth qtr. They need to resign him this offseason for another 3yrs.

 

Yes i agree Scola rules, and im glad to see hat ppl see things the way i do, im glad to see that his effort and his play is not going completely unoticed. He is probably my favorite Rocket of all time. Thats bc when the Rockets one a champoinship i hated them, I was a little boy though lol.

 

Scola > Razor Ramon > Scott Hall

 

I love how he hustles 100% of the time and makes impossible layups. Wish Rafer would take a page or two from his book.

 

I love his hustle and intelligence. He always seems to know where the open spot is, and when he has the advantage. I also like when he defends the pick and roll and harasses the opposing point guard, sometimes into turnovers or steals. However his post defense could use a lot of improving.