Didn't see it posted yet; please lock if I'm mistaken. Grad school plays with your mind... Link Luis Scola: "There are no locker room issues" by Jorge Sierra / February 14, 2009 How do you feel about the attention you get from the Chinese media? Luis Scola: It's great. I had a lot of fans when I went to China this summer and they treated me really good, so I'm glad to help them with anything they need. How seriously do you take this Rookie-Sophomore game? LS: I think it's serious. I play to win that too. (Aaron Brooks passes by). I wish Aaron Brooks could play a little better (laughs). Do you feel about being one of the few playing this game two years in a row? LS: I'm just happy to be here. It's a good weekend for the basketball fans, so I'll just try to have fun and help the show. What's your team lacking at this point of the season? LS: (With Aaron Brooks still around) A better point guard, I think we need to improve our point guard play. Aaron Brooks: What we really need is a power forward. A power forward who can dunk. How many dunks have you had this season? LS: Not many. Like two or three. You know I don't dunk much. I don't want to talk about that right now (laughs). It's about scoring, not about how you score. What's your outlook on Tracy McGrady? LS: I see him good, as usual. But I haven't really spoken to him in depth about things. You know there have been reports about locker room issues on the team. What can you say about that? LS: No, nothing like that. I've never heard the team talking about any of that. What would you call a succesful season for the Rockets? Is getting past the first round enough? LS: That's hard. It's too early to tell. We have to play hard, work hard... Then whatever we get, that's what we deserve. Jorge Sierra is the editor of HoopsHype.com.
Aaron Brooks: What we really need is a power forward. A power forward who can dunk. Is He hiittin bout Gettin AMARE? LOL
I like Scola as a leader, did you guys see his answer on Chron.com to beating Sacremento? Something, and I am paraphrasing here.... "We can't get too excited about beating Sacremento, we want to compete with Boston, LA & San Antonio." Basically he was saying we need to be beating this team....the exact thing to say..IMO. DD
Not a suprising interview. Scola isnt going to create anything the way alston and artest do. He's a pro. Doesn't give the media what they want. The truth is probably there are no locker room issues. I think the team is just frustrated. Its been a very frustrating season to say the least, but at the same time you have to keep that from dividing the team. You have to stay together.
I wish there was video for this, pretty funny. Good PC comments also by Scola, he's not a boat rocker.
Are you surprised? Tracy has always given me the impression that he doesn't talk to him team mates much and that was when he actually showed up to games and practice instead of getting MRIs and holding press conferences.
Yao said something similar in nature. Scola is a good player. He is a good leader but I am not sure he is the right leader for the rockets. He is a sophomore and a role player after all.
What do you expect him to say? We have a locker room problem? lol He's going to say the same thing whether there's a problem or not.
Scola was such a great pick up for us. Just a great blue collar type player. I'd hate to see the Rockets trade him.
Brooks cannot really say anyhting after missing that ally that Durant gave him. If he would have hit that it would have been on every top ten list on ESPN.
so our pg says we need a pf who can dunk - a shot at the pf sitting next to him; and our pf shoots back and says we need a better pg. and you guys are saying there's no locker room issue?
First round is setting the bar too low. Its about focusing on the ELITE teams and winning it all, advancing as far as you can go. Totally agree with Scola on his Sacramento comment. Scola says some pretty PC things that a lot of players would say, but on this team it makes him look like some wise old sage. Maybe there arent locker room issues, but there are approach to game issues
