Luis Scola, weeks removed from agreeing to a fat contract with the Houston Rockets, has received clearance to play for the Argentine national team this summer at the 2010 FIBA World Championship. He has also received clearance to look dreamily toward the East on the Argentina national team's website.The Argentines will still miss the team's longtime talisman, Manu Ginobili. But Andres Nocioni, Argentina's presumptive starting small forward, told Olé he expects Milwaukee Bucks wing Carlos Delfino to fill in admirably and make fans forget about Manu.
That's impossible, though it's worth noting Delfino isn't just good at the NBA, but he's had a good international career as well. He's not nearly the ball-handler Ginobili has been at all levels, but Delfino's smart and a good shooter. The drop-off is no bigger than the one from, say, Chris Paul and Kobe Bryant (Team USA's best 2008 backcourt) to Rajon Rondo and Chauncey Billups (the presumptive starting backcourt of Team USA at the 2010 Worlds). In other words, most teams are in worse shape compared to Beijing. It's just that basic.
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