I apologize to the non spanish speaking ppl. But the video does have great footage of Scola when he was young and his dad who looks so much like Luis. I didnt see it posted and sorry if this is not the place to post it. <object width="640" height="505"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YMFSuYICXYA&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YMFSuYICXYA&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="505"></embed></object>
Great video! I enjoyed watching. Lots of young Scola footage, he used to be a dunking machine at that age lol.
Una calle nos separa!!!!! Go Luis!!!! It just chose how passionate he is about the game. Great Role model.
Dang, he had better footwork as a kid than most of the NBA bigs today. Definitely one of my favorite Rockets... Other than Yao, he is 2nd highest on our "least likely to be traded".
LOL he does look exactly like his dad when he dad was younger. love the stache! great video, translation plz! Ha.... ha ha.... ha.... racism parody. Hilarious.
6:28!!!!!!!!!!! Looks like he's always worn number 4....there would've been quite a fight if Bosh had come.
good stuff, thanks for posting this, amigo Scola is one of my favorite Rocket players, a team player and a fighter
man i didnt mean to make this a spanish thing.... i wanted to make a translation but i dont know how if someone could tell me how to do it i would do the video with a dang translation. thats how i wanted to post it but im too lazy
Here's a summary: First up is his father....explaining how he used to play himself and explains Luis used to tag along to the games and inside the lockeroom as early as 4 yrs of age. Next, the guy with glasses is a friend of Scola's who met him in pre-school. Says scola always reminds him of how he and others would urge him to claim the trees because of his height, as he was always the tallest, and they'd get in trouble with their teacher. The second guy with with long hair/beard is also a childhood friend, explains Luis was always a very calm, generous and nice guy. He says he was bigger physically and you'd think he'd try to pick or intimidate others because of it, yet he never did. He was also very optimistic, always looking to go forward and live life. ~4:30 Next guy, sitting outside, was his old club coach, when Luis joined the Buenos Aires Club team, mainly because his uncle was training there already. Next his father speaks about how good he was even at that age. He's amazed at how his game was forming at such a young age. He says, when looking over these clips, he noticed Luis was making some of the same moves then as he does now. (spin move, using his elbow, getting position, etc) This was between ages 9-12. His father continous to explain how he was like shaquille oneal out there, running around and hanging on rims after dunks, breaking backboards. ~6:47 The older man is Luis' grandfather...says luis had an advantage then over his opponents because he always was all business. He just played the game, believed in himself, and didnt get into fights, maybe just arguments over ball posession. Next guy speaking, wearing blue sweater/shirt is Luis' old national team coach...says Luis always played and looked older than he was...very mature for his age and had the basketball IQ of someone older. ~9:05 they speak about someone named Leon, which was Scola's coach in what i guess is the equivalent of a high school league/team. Leon died before he Scola made it big, but he would always say Scola would be he greatest PF in Argentina's history. His childhood friend then mentions how fans say Scola's life must have been/must be a great one, but they dont realize how much he had to sacrifice for it. He gave up a lot of things for basketball and his dreams (one which was playing in the NBA), such as not going on a school trip with all of his friends. ~12:31 His father says he always sees the national team as the main thing...Scola's friend says Scola is too loyal and he can't imagine scola ever turning down a chance to play for the national team, since he sees it as a moral obligation. His father says scola being captain and part of the nat'l team means more to him (the father) than any thing else, even Luis playing in the NBA. ~15:32 His father says all of the Scola's are hard headed, but it's helped scola become a hard worker and someone who tries to be a perfectionist. Scola's friend says Luis' way of thinking is all about showing he can do this or that through hard work, that he can win, that he can beat you, showing he's capable, etc. I may have missed some stuff because of their accent, but i think i got most of the good stuff. After hearing/watching this i just think of how lucky Houston was to get him....glad we didnt trade him :grin:
:grin: @ the host. "I don't know like anything about basketball, but I heard Scola is a great player..."
awesome! thanks. It's interesting how he feels a moral obligation to play for his country. USA players obviously don't feel that way but then I tried to put it in the perspective if basketball was a smaller sport here, like soccer. There's massive pressure on the players playing overseas to come back and play for the World Cup. You'd be thought of as a bad guy if you didn't play and interestingly the US soccer league is actually stopping the most popular US player from playing overseas, which doesn't seem right. Anyways, I do understand the moral obligation Scola speaks of when I look at it that way
Unfortunately, the fact that the USA is a melting pot is a big reason why American athletes dont always feel this way. Too many different cultures, too many different options...its just not the same feeling as those who grow up in a country where everyone speaks the same language and follows the same beliefs, religion, and everything else that makes up a culture.
Awesome video. Thanks for posting it, sir. SwoLy-DEFENSE... a blocking machine. I am beginning to think that the coaches must tell him not to get off his man to block, or he lost that skill [of finding the ball to block it] in the last few years or even before playing for the Rockets. He is truly an amazing player.
There have to be some SOFs from Argentina on this board. :grin: Oh, and such a dunking and shot-blocking machine, some certain posters here must love this guy.
Wow, still watching the vid but saying he's the best PF in the history of Argentinian basketball is great praise. He deserves it though.
