So can we get him the ball in the low post once. Just once. That's all I'm asking. I saw that dude operating in the low post during the olympics looking like Kevin Mchale. I'm not asking for much. 9-9 that's alright. We'll be there in the end. but is this how this high post offense is going to be where we can only give the ball to him in the high post? Elton Brand could not handle Scola in the low post yet we cant give him the ball in the low post cause its against the rules in this high post offense. it's just r****ded i don't like to use that word but it is. you play to the players strengths, having Scola in the high post all the time is not his strength. Classy Clyde and Cheescake Bullard love this high post pansy offense though so I guess it's cool.
Didnt you get the memo? Scola is not to get any touches high post or otherwise... jeez do you even check your email? Coz clearly all his teammates did.
The first time I saw Scola get the ball in the low post was the last, it was the first preseason game against NO and he scored against Tyson Chandler. From that point on it's been give him the ball out high and look for cutters. It's like this. with JVG it was "oh, it's his SYSTEM" thats all we heard. but it never was the system. jvg was playing to his players strengths. simple as that, he would tell you that. But now it actually is THE SYSTEM. see what i'm saying. for example, instead of playing to Scola's strenghts and getting him high percentage shots in the low post like JVG would do we have him as a player filling a role in Adelmans high post system. and thats not his strength. he's not webber. he's not divac. he's scola.
Texas Stroke this is one of you most significant postings. I agree with you 100%. Have you noticed that, so far, only Mike James has made any attempt to involve Scola as a serious scorer. Coach A needs to adjust the offence to get Scola into the game as our third option. Y
Scola should actually be taking the rebounding and scoring load off Yao. He should be to Yao what David Lee is to Curry in NY. If not for David Lee, Curry wouldn't be scoring and rebounding half as much as he is now. All the faults that people say about Yao are the same ones they say about Curry. Scola by Yao's side makes defenses have to worry about Scola. But they both have to be in the low post.
Teammates ignore him every time he go to the low post and ask for the ball and the guard look at him and just past the ball around and just completely ignore the guy.
Too much Tmac one on one. Where is the movment? I dont see any freaking motion. JVG at least ran multiple screens to get ball to Yao deep down low. What the heck are we doing right now. Bonzi shooting the rainbow? Get more people involved, Scola included. But he cannot pass up a 3 footer lay in next time, otherwise nobody will ever pass to him.
To be fair, nobody had passed him the ball when in scoring position the whole game. It probably freaked him out for a sec lol. Remember he is accustomed to getting lots of touches. Now he is lucky to get 4 in a game. This is a man that no question should be getting at least 6. It must be messing with his mind and the fact that Adleman has been limiting his minutes lately cant help. Its like he is blaming Scola for his teammates unwillingness to involve him in the offense.
i posted in the "scola needs more touches" thread, that we should be patient, but when we go back-to-back games with him barely sniffing an offensive play, something needs to be corrected. texas stoke you're spot on about van gundy. he maximized his players talent. we didn't lose because we were out-coached or out-prepared, we were just undermanned.
Scola is really good in the low post (like someone said a Kevin Mckale type of player) . It is so surprising his teammates and his coach do not see this. Like everyone says, we are ignoring him and not passing him the ball when he try to get in position. This is so obvious, we see this happens in every games. What are the coach and teammates thinking? Please run some post up plays for Scola, he is a proven player down the post.
i don't get it. it's not like he's never posted up in the games he played so far. he isn't exactly tearing it up down there when he got the opportunities. most of the times, it's either a miss or getting blocked or a turnover. i think his number of post touches is fine, behind yao, bonzi and tmac, exactly where it should be.
Rick Adelman is not turning out to be a good coach anymore. Like Larry Brown sucked for New York. Like Bill Parcells couldn't get Dallas over the hump. There are many examples similar and not so similar. But I question his ability seriously to turn this team into a championship contender. Rick has failed to analyse his talent effectively from the start of training camp. He obviously didn't do all of his research and watch all the teams games from the past two seasons. If he did, how could he possibly still start Rafer? (no matter how good he played in practice; cause he was only good in 3 preseason games and sucked the last two). He hasn't made Yao a better player. He hasnt' made it easier for Tmac. He has not played Scola to his strengths or abilities and hurt his confidence in the beginning. He didn't play Steve for over 10 games, and is just starting to give him decent minutes, when he should be starting. Mike James and Bonzi are both underachieving. Kirk Snyder isn't being used at all, as if he is a scrub on a championship team. The bottom line is that Rick Adelman is not making his team and players perform better by putting them in the right situations. That's his job as a coach, to get the most out of his players and his team. And he is sucking at that right now more than Wafer is sucking at being point guard. With preseason and regular season, he has had over 20 games to get his system in, and they look like they are still in training camp. They have not improved even a little bit since then. They have won games not as a team for the most part, but mostly due to the raw talent of Tracy and Yao, not RA's system. They have gotten worse offensively each game, and their defense is nothing compared to last year. ( and no, Im not asking or wanting JVG back unless he is assisting RA) Les and Morey, please talk to Rick Adelman and tell him that he is sucking at his job right now and that you demand more. Any job in the world would have an employee evaluation right now and tell the employee how they are doing and what they need to do to improve; in order to keep their job.
Quoted for truth. It's all the more ironic, given Adelman's reputation as a coach who plays to his players' strengths.
Sometimes coachs just "lose IT" and are not as good as they once were, similar to players. Im hoping this isn't the case with Rick Adelman, but we will know by the end of this season.
I don't know about Scola yet. There was one play late in the game where T-Mac gave the ball to Scola a point blank range and Scola tried to pass it to Bonzi and created a turnover. Looked like he didn't even want the ball. We can't have that here. The kid (27yrs old ) still has a lot to learn.
Yes, he had some good games but he hasn't been great all season. Picks up lots of silly fouls and his one-on-one defense is sub par. Let's not over hype this guy when we only played 18 games. Let's give him time to adjust to the NBA style of ball. It's a whole different game from International hoops. He going to be a good player but he still has room to grow.
Scola and Yao need to be on the floor at the same time and taking advantage of whomever has the better low post option. Invert the offense when team's double Yao, and put Scola on the block. DD
Well that´s is why is all wrong with Scola, you said it yourself he had some good games, all of them when he is involved with the offense, and some bad games, when he is not. Even you have discovered that he is more of a scorer than a defender, so OK, play him 14 mins a game if wanted, but when you play him give him the damn ball, if you want defense stuck with chuck. The guy is averaging 52% from the field, James, Bonzi and all those are not averaging over 40% and still get more touches than Scola.
