[SI] "Some failing to live up to expectations." Scola listed..

I believe 6'10" is the average height, plus he doesn't have long arms.

He's not small, and he's only slightly undersized (if that average is right), but still a factor.

 

How is only 1 freaking inch "undersized"? That one inch doesn't make a difference.

 

"Basketball is a game of inches."- Clyde the Glide

 

I agree on this, Scola never relied on athleticism to be so afected by age.
The knee surgery and the schedule not helping with the total recovery is more an issue than health.

 

A lot of knee jerking going on around here. Earlier in the season it was Kevin Martin who was finished. Now all of the sudden he is scoring with more efficiency even without free calls and brought up his points per game a whole point since then. Now when Scola gets playing time he does as usual but the coach rests him and everyone is thinking he is too old for not being able to play 36 minutes a night on back to back to back strike shortened year. Chill out. Everyone is the same. Need proof? Look at the team record.

 

Need evidence?

Last year Scolas minutes 32.6
this years Scolas minutes 31.8

Last years field goal attempted 15.3 pergame
this years field goals attempted 14.4 per game

Nearly a full possession average lost per game and minute since last year. Add in one more possession make per game? Comes to his usual points per game from past year. You have to remember they are resting some guys because the Rockets have depth and can afford to. They have Patterson and others. There are more back to backs to rest veterans on and more energy spent on them days they play all these back to backs. So. Thread topic? Invalid.

 

No it doesn't. You're not factoring in that (1) his FG% is down, (2) his FT attempts are down, and (3) his turnovers are way up. And that's just on the offensive side. Defensively, steals, blocks, and defensive rebounding are all down.

 

I am factoring in that they play on more days with no rest and back to backs. Which cause some of those factors. Which nobody else did. On top of his minutes being down and asked to stay out of games longer than in the past in favor of others giving him some rest.

That can only be seen by watching the games.

 

On top of being next to a guy who averages more rebounds than Chuck Hayes did taking away from Scola. On top of Lowry having his best year and Parsons also adding more rebounds and other stats than the same starters of last year.

 

I'm not really sure what your main point is. He is not playing as well as last year, and playing a few extra possessions isn't going to make up for that. Yeah, maybe schedule and others factors are at play and he'll bounce back at some point.

 

I thought it was clear some guys would have less energy to play every night at their usual peak condition during the compacted year? Maybe not.

 

High energy, limited player playing without the same energy equals a below par player.

 

Scola has been playing basketball year round since he was probably in his teens. I almost wish he would twist an ankle and be forced to just sit on his ass for two weeks.

 

I think your average is wrong!

6'9 is considered "full size" for an NBA PF. Some are taller, but under 6'9 is "undersized"

Anyway, by official measurements Scola is closer to 6'10. He listed between 208 and 211 cm on the Euro sites before he came here (6-10-6'11) - never went to combine so hard to know how accurate those things are!

 

He was getting abused by Taigo Splitter. Wish the Rockets had drafted him when they had the chance 3 years ago.

 

The difference of 0.6 makes across 15 games comes to be about 10 missed shots.

So everyone is panicking because Scola has made 10 less mid-range jumpers than he should have. 10. That's it. That's not a lot of makes.