Wrong He needs to establish himself as a threat on the offense to take advantage of the double teams Yao and Mac command. And opponents won't take that seriously until he's knocking down shot after shot. What's the point of having stars like YaoMac if you don't take advantage of everything they bring? I for one don't want to rely everything on 3 point shots out of double teams. I wanna see consistent midrange jumpers from Scola to keep the defense honest
Really? let's look at it on a game basis. Here is the performance of Scola in the first 6 games: Scola Game min FG 3pt FT Off Reb Ast TO Stl Blk PF Pts LAL 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 0 @UTA 28 3-6 0-0 1-1 2 9 1 0 1 0 3 7 POR 19 4-10 0-1 0-2 4 8 2 1 1 0 2 8 @DAL 24 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 2 1 2 1 2 SA 8 0-2 0-0 0-2 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 0 Mil 9 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 If you want to know how much progress Scola has made, Yi may provide a yardstick for measurement. Yi Game min FG 3pt FT Off Reb Ast TO Stl Blk PF Pts @Orl 25 4-5 0-0 1-4 2 3 0 3 1 2 6 9 @Cha 15 1-6 0-0 0-0 1 4 0 0 0 1 4 2 Chi 33 6-15 0-1 4-4 4 8 1 3 2 2 3 16 Tor 29 5-10 0-0 2-2 2 4 3 1 0 3 3 12 @Hou 34 7-12 2-2 3-4 2 9 0 2 2 1 0 19 Anything more to say?
Its not fair at all to compare Scola and Yi. Yi is one of the primary offensive options for the Bucks. Also he plays a lot more minutes than Scola. If Yi played close to 10 min per game and on a team with TMac, Yao, Bonzi, etc I dont think his numbers would look the same. Also its ridiculous to compare players based on 6 games worth of statistics. Seriously what is the point?
Scola is horrible. What's hype? The guy is soft and aimless at 4. After X number of years, the Rox still has a hole at 4. Get another Chuch Hayers and Rox in Finals.
Yi is better than Scola any way you slice it. It isn't fair to compare them only because there is no comparison. Agree with you on the 6 games but Yi's skillset blows Scola away and their upsides aren't close to each other.
You guys dissing Scola have no clue about what is going on....so many of those fouls are BS...he is getting zero respect from the Refs. That will change in time. DD
Yeah and he's still in the Oberto/Madsen/Rambis type mold yet we have many people arguing Yi is not as good. Scola will improve but he's basically what he has shown so far. Which to me is enough. Him and Hayes is enough, it's the starting point guard that is so awful.
Tonight's game clearly showed that Scola should be more involved. Rockets cannot always depend on jump shots. We need more play in the low post.
That's sad and I hate to say it, but I agree. At least Juwan doesn't commit ridiculous fouls. Yes DaDakota, they were fouls. I watched the game. Pushing people and sliding into position on a block/charge are fouls every time.
Not even close and never will be. Hopefully that level of zealous craziness won't ever happen again. What a relief it's over.
During his first months as a Bull, Nocioni was critiziced hardly by fans in Fan Forums. He didn't have enough ball handling skills and was too slow to play as a SF in the NBA, was too short to be a PF, he was a chaotic player with a limited offensive game, just a player who could be succesfull in the weak international game but no NBA material. Now he is a fan favorite and a very good role player. Scola needs time, just time.
