3 reasons why the Nets should pursue Luis Scola.
by The Chair of Knowledge on Jul 15, 2010 12:16 AM EDT
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1. Simply enough... His 09-10 stats speak for themselves, as he averaged 16 ppg and 9 rpg in just under 33 minutes per game. Of all the power forwards in the NBA Luis Scola was 9th in field goal percentage with 51.4%. He was also the 11th best scorer at his position, and 11th best rebounder of all positions, which are two statistics the the Nets greatly lacked last season, as well as the 8th best free throw shooter at his position at nearly 78%. His PER (Player Effeciency Rating) of 18.78 is 24th in the whole league and his PER/48 of 27.67 is 18th in the ENTIRE NBA, which in my opinion is by far his most impressive statistic. So, in a way, statistically, Luis Scola is the 18th best fantasy player in the NBA. Also, every season his stats have gotten better and better from his rookie season and expect that again this year. He also won multiple MVP awards when he played over in Spain for a couple of years. Not to mention that he put up a 40 burger (44 to be exact) versus the Nets last season.
2. In his 3 year NBA career, Luis Scola has not missed a single game... NOT ONE!!! He has 246 career games in 3 years, which is equal to 3 full seasons of 82 straight games. And, The last thing the Nets need is an injury prone player that ends up missing 30 games a year (humph humph... yes VC, that would be you), and Luis Scola is not that guy. You could argue that he is a bit old, while I completely disagree because he is only a half year older than Dwyane Wade and he is 1 year younger than Carlos Boozer who got a 5-year contract from the Bulls. Plus, he has back to back years of playoff experience, which the Nets lack and could really use.
3. Finally, I believe that Luis Scola fits perfectly with the Nets. Instead of playing with the little selfish Aaron Brooks, who Luis Scola averaged 16.2 ppg with, he could get to play with Devin Harris, who averaged 2 more assists per game than Aaron Brooks, or possibly even Chris Paul who would significantly increase those already impressive 09-10 stats that he had. And, Luis Scola put up those numbers in Houston with no big man next to him (with Yao being injured) so opposing defenses focused on him even more. With the future all-star in Brook Lopez next to him he could put up even bigger numbers. The same goes for Brook, last season when he had no big man next to him to take some of the attention from defenses off of him, which Luis Scola definitely would do.
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Nice cheap shot at vince carter....but
You do realize he only missed less than 15 games in his 4+ years with the Nets right?
And I can remember at least a few of those were at the end of the year when playoffs were clinched and he was rested.
Yo guys i completely agree with you, but im only saying it because he now play somewhere else so im dissing because im still heart broken
by The Chair of Knowledge on Jul 15, 2010 12:59 AM EDT reply actions
Dont diss him then lol
He gave us some awesome years here.. and he didn’t leave on his own.. he got traded.. he’s not the one to diss
would love to know where you got their ages from
Scola is almost 2 years older than Wade and is about a year and a half older than Boozer…..
Sorry dude, about the ages i just relized that was incorrect. I apologize.
by The Chair of Knowledge on Jul 15, 2010 1:15 AM EDT reply actions
The reasons given for not pursuing Scola are false, because there is little to lose if Houston matches.
Nothing would be going on during the 7 days after an offer sheet is presented. Melo isn’t deciding now. And if CP3 was coming, Nets would have to give up Favors anyway – which would mean that Scola would become the the Nets PF.
If CP3 was interested, any deal could wait a few days.
If Nets offered about 33-36 million, front loaded (preferably decreasing salary each year), I would think there is a 50% chance that Houston would seek a S&T.
The real reason Nets are reluctant, is that their 14.9 million cap space would be gone, and thus flexibility if they used say 12 million to get Scola.
However, not getting Scola means Nets don’t make the playoffs, if you listen to the Avery interview.
Proky promised playoffs, so Nets have a dilemma.
BTW, Nets haven’t signed their 1st round picks, so they really have about 4.4 million more than stated, although they also haven’t waived their rights to Boone.
For the record...
Houston’s offense is based around passing moreso than most others in the NBA. I wouldn’t call Brooks “selfish” because his role in the offense is simply not to hold on to the ball and be the sole distributor – he gets the ball up the court and either shoots it or passes it off to someone with a better chance at making a shot.
Also, keep in mind that a front-loaded contract can’t be random (i.e. $14 million the first year then like $9 million the next). Any contract with increasing or decreasing salaries has to have a certain percentage change year after year, so a front-loaded contract isn’t really the magic that you think it is. Besides, Les Alexander has already publicly said he will go into luxury tax territory to retain Scola. The Rockets just matched Cleveland’s offer for Lowry ($6 million a year) and I think that they will do the same for Scola (considering they’re definitely in “win now” mode with Yao Ming’s window closing pretty quickly).
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