Another Argentinean in San Antonio...

by **AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy** on Fri Jul 15, 2005 4:54 am

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2107750

If they actually DO manage to bring Scola as well... well, it's all over for the other 29 teams.

by **Do'** on Fri Jul 15, 2005 5:00 am

what an international team lol!!French and 2 Argentinean...but from where is Duncan?

by **kibaxx7** on Fri Jul 15, 2005 5:01 am

Happy to see 2 argentinians in San Antonio...

by the way is not "Fabrico" it's "Fabricio"

Tmac_2.5 wrote:from where is Duncan?

Virgin Islands

by **cklitsie** on Fri Jul 15, 2005 5:08 am

They also have Ian Mahimni (sp?), Beno Udrih and Rasho Nesterovic.

by **Do'** on Fri Jul 15, 2005 5:16 am

Thierry Henry wrote:Happy to see 2 argentinians in San Antonio...

by the way is not "Fabrico" it's "Fabricio"

Tmac_2.5 wrote:from where is Duncan?

Virgin Islands

where is that...or can we call him an american??

by **baller status** on Fri Jul 15, 2005 5:42 am

i bet nesterovic will be leaving soon, and mahinmi isnt going to be playing on their roster for a while

by **J@3** on Fri Jul 15, 2005 6:08 am

Scola would be a huge signing. That guy can flat out play... I agree with Dweaver, may aswell give them the trophy if they bring him in.

**DISCLAIMER** Knowing my luck Scola will blow in the NBA, but still

by **AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy** on Fri Jul 15, 2005 6:24 am

Let's just say that if Luis Scola was 22 and playing like he has been the last couple of years, He'd be a Top 3 pick in this year's draft. :wink:

by **beau_boy04** on Fri Jul 15, 2005 6:49 am

No disrespect to others, but I thought american players were ahead of everybody as far as basketball is concerned.

by **AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy** on Fri Jul 15, 2005 6:51 am

No disrespect to others, but I thought american players were ahead of everybody as far as basketball is concerned.

Streetball, maybe. 5-0n-5 on a hardwood, it's not that big of a difference.

by **LethalWeaponCB4** on Fri Jul 15, 2005 6:55 am

Wow all they need is Steve Nash!

by **Jona** on Fri Jul 15, 2005 7:37 am

If it works, it will be a GREAT addition to the Spurs!
Oberto, maybe Scola and Manu in the same team, taht's an NBA championship right there.

beau_boy04 wrote:No disrespect to others, but I thought american players were ahead of everybody as far as basketball is concerned.

You and every other American.

by **Drex** on Fri Jul 15, 2005 7:58 am

LOL. When I read that, I was like "Oh, finally" but then I realized it wasn't Scola, it was Oberto

He's a great player. The Spurs sign another foreign player that can help in his "rookie" year (Y)

by **maes** on Fri Jul 15, 2005 8:23 am

beau_boy04 wrote:No disrespect to others, but I thought american players were ahead of everybody as far as basketball is concerned.

Er...funny thing to say when the current NBA champions 3 best players are all non-Americans.

[Virgin Islands are US territory, but they are self governing and do not vote for the President...and they definitely have a different culture, probably the most important aspect]

by **Bang** on Fri Jul 15, 2005 12:05 pm

Yet the best players overall in the league are:
Shaq, KG, LeBron, Wade, Duncan.

They're all American except T-D. However, the US did lose in the olympics. HAHAH!

by **Kemp** on Fri Jul 15, 2005 12:19 pm

International players are coming to the NBA to joined the Spurs to beat every US NBA teams! 8-)

by **Amphatoast** on Fri Jul 15, 2005 12:36 pm

bangyounh wrote:Yet the best players overall in the league are:
Shaq, KG, LeBron, Wade, Duncan.

They're all American except T-D. However, the US did lose in the olympics. HAHAH!

Shaq and KG did not play in the Olympics.
And your list is wrong. Put Kobe over Wade.(as much as i dislike kobe he can hit 3s unlike wade) Oh yeah Kobe didn't play either.

by **Seraph** on Fri Jul 15, 2005 1:00 pm

Well word in Argentina (by Oberto Himself), is he already signed.
Thats Great another great player with lot of experience (a 29 years old "rookie")
I dont think he can play Center in NBA though. but definitly will be starter (PF ???), he is the kind of player POPO will love

ALSO he is still really Mad with MARBURY, cause Stephon broke his fingers in the Olimpics :twisted:

by **Dean** on Fri Jul 15, 2005 1:06 pm

where is that...or can we call him an american??

Technically(Sp?) hes not an American, hes even listen on NBA.com as an International Player, but he played for Team USA, ergo (YES! ERGO) we can call him american.

by **Arcane** on Fri Jul 15, 2005 1:06 pm

i knew seraph would be happy about this (Y)

by **cyanide** on Fri Jul 15, 2005 1:16 pm

Shit, the Spurs are a smart, smart team. And it's not even Scola. I thought it was Scola when Dweaver said "Another Argentinean in San Antonio." I want to see Scola play in the NBA :twisted:

by **baller status** on Fri Jul 15, 2005 2:54 pm

i just saw some clips of him from the olympics on the local news... im very impressed and happy that hes gonna be a spur,

. he had a good block on duncan when he tried making a layup, and it showed 2 awesome dunks (1 a put back dunk). the sports guys on the news also said that oberto is ginobilis best friend and that he could have played for many other teams but chose the spurs because of their winning record.

i dont think hes gonna be starting at the beginning of the season... he may be an energy booster like ginobili was for a long time off the bench; but he may be worked in the starting lineup in the future. i think that mohammed will keep the C position for now, although oberto may get more minutes depending on how well he plays.

Shit, the Spurs are a smart, smart team.

-the spurs just have very good scouters... although they lost their head guy-lance blanks (he along with other former spurs related people joined the cavs organ.)

by **Emiliano** on Fri Jul 15, 2005 3:04 pm

Im so happy!! I cant believe it

....Another Argentinian representing my country....I cant wait for him to put on the spurs jersey....Go SPURS Go!! (Y)

by **AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy** on Sat Jul 16, 2005 2:23 am

Regarding Scola:

"Scola might not be able to reach the NBA until his contract expires in three years.

His buyout with Tau Ceramica is a whopping $14.5 million.

Because of this, it is also possible the Spurs will trade his rights but the buyout could scare teams away"

14.5 MILLION DOLLARS!?!?!?!?!?!? I want his rights.... :lol:

by **J@3** on Sat Jul 16, 2005 3:05 am

$14 mil that's dead set ridiculous :shock:

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