I get it...you are totally and completely clueless. Scola would have to WANT to sign for $2 mil. HE DOESN'T. The Spurs would have to pay him more than the $3.0 million buyout because....TA DA....uncle sam takes taxes out of the check. So he borrows $3.0 mil and has to pay that back + interest + taxes and all of this out of a $6 mil 3 year salary. I guess take home pay doesn't mean anything to you.
6 mil salary - 4 mill payback (completely overestimating what someone/some bank would charge him, I'll even rule out the possibility that 9 mil a year Manu-Fabs combo might want to do a loan to their fellow Aregentine to up the Spurs title chances). = 2 million to squeek by on for 3 years. Yes, i suppose Scola might not want this. Then again he might, who knows?
Now you are starting the infamous Randy/Reality tactic of dreaming things up. I NEVER stated that Finley was a stellar defender...just that he is better than Barry.
No no no Randy you're not squaking out of this one. While you did not say that he was a quote "stallar" defender you certainly didn't say he was simply "better than Barry." Hold on I'll get your quotes.
And we both know...and at least I will acknowledge...that you are very good at manipulating stats to try and prove your point.
You initiate bringing up "Finley shooting better then Barry since mid Dec" now you want to bail? bok bok bok bok Ba-Gawk.
Update:
Last 5 games that is all gonzo as El Bricko is 10-30 on 3-14 treys.
Last 5 for Barry: 14-29 but 9 of those are treys.
Barry 29 shots = 37 points.
Findo 30 shots = 23 points. [/quote]
Again there is more to the game than shooting the ball. Barry cannot plat PG. Pop has tried it over and over...guess what. Barry couldn't stop a cripple who is dribbling on the perimeter. The opposing PG regularly gfets into the lane and causes defensive problems for the Spurs.
Really, i only saw him play at pg a couple times. Here is one. When were all the "Pop has tried it over and over"s?
March 28 2006 win 98-87 to go to 55-16 in battling Dallas for #1 seed.
Spurs take one-game lead over Mavericks in WestBrent Barry, PG 25 min 3-6fg 2-3treys 3-4fts 3boards 5assists 1steal 1block all in only 25 minutes.
Oh btw, Nazr-Rash combined for 11 boards in that game and Barry assisted several to Findawg for 20 points on 65% shooting!
Sure it wouldn't work for a whole season or maybe not even a whole game. But for every little guy drive vs Barry, Barry could pass over them and shoot and post over them while the little guy was on D. Much better then Nick Van Ex bench beno dont bench beno bench beno dont bench beno try Vaughn sit Vaughn try Vaughn sit Vaughn try beno again bench beno.
Duncan backed off of Kobe on that play because he had FOUR (4) fouls and did not want to get a FIFTH foul. Duncan is much more helpful top the tam when he is on the floor instead of the bench.
It's hardly just that one play. He has been getting owned a lot this season. Going up weak, getting stripped, whining to refs on every clean strip. The Stand n Veg offense is recognized by other NBA teams and players.
So the Pistons (and Joe Dumars) are so impressed with Nazr that 1) they cut his minutes and 2) signed a cripple (Webber) to take his starting spot. But of course they should have stayed the course because some fan in SoCal knows more about the game. Brilliant. Just brilliant.
yeah I'll check back to see how "brilliant" it works out with benching Nazr and playing Webber. Indeed, Brilliant. 1-4 so far by benching Naz.
As far as 2 bigs making for a better defensive team...that is true if your opponent has two traditional bigs. But to put Elson/Nazr/Rasho/Duncan/Fabs out on the perimeter to guard a quicker player is something that even elementary school ball players understand as futile.
Fine, are you going to address how it worked out with Nazr in 2005 or just elementary Randy around it? And Fabs is not a "big", irregardless of where and how much Poppy plays him.
Basic Basketball 101:
The absolutely WORSE thing that can happen to your team defense is to set it up to be broken down by penetration on a regular basis. When an opponent can regularly get into the lane it causes beaucoup problems. And usually ends up with your opponent scoring on a high percentage shot. The basis of the Spurs defense is to funnel the guards to the sidelines and to funnel any drivers to the baseline. Putting a big man on the perimeter to get beat regularly then causes the rest of the defense to react. Same thing for having Barry try to guard just about any starting PG in the league.
Or to put it into terms you might understand...why do you think Parker is so successful? Or why others say he disappears in the playoffs when the opposinfg team focuses on keeping Tony out of the lane?
Who said put a big man on the perimeter? I say keep Nazr-Rash/Elson down low with Duncan for the title in 2005 and 14-1 this season? When Dirk is out at the 3 point line keep the two bigs in and let Fabs or Bowen guard him. He'll get his, but in the long run we will (opps make that we Did) control the lane just as you suggested. And won. The title.