Scola Mvp

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FIBA Americas Tournament Leaders

PPG

1. Leandrinho Barbosa Brazil 21.8
2. Carmelo Anthony USA 21.2
3. Jason Edwin USVI 21
4. Esteban Batista Uruguay 20.8
5. Romel Beck Mexico 20.3

RPG

1. Esteban Batista Uruguay 12.4
2. Antonio Garcia Panama 9.8
3. Angelo Reyes Puerto Rico 9.5
4. Samual Dalembert Canada 9.4
5. Tiago Splitter Brazil 8

APG

1. Pablo Prigioni Argentina 6.3
2. LeBron James USA 4.7
3T. Carlos Arroyo Puerto Rico 4.6
3T. Valter Da Silva Brazil 4.6
3T. Jason Kidd USA 4.6

What about FG%?



I read LeBron shot 75% from the field or something...

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Anyway...it's good to see Scola putting his name alongside immortals like Marcelinho Machado.

[urunobili]

Since nobody has mentioned him, I will. Esteban Batista. Batista was terrific and was certainly the most valuable player to his team, Uruguay. The 6'10" pivot was the only player in the tournament to average a double-double with 20.8 ppg and 12.4 rpg. He was pretty dominant in the game I watched him play. Granted he is a spot player for ATL, but in this tournament...he played big.

he was released by ATL... our local press here in UY have been saying that the Suns and Seattle were interested in him... that was said during the broadcast of the games...

[ChumpDumper]

Since nobody has mentioned him, I will. Esteban Batista. Batista was terrific and was certainly the most valuable player to his team, Uruguay. The 6'10" pivot was the only player in the tournament to average a double-double with 20.8 ppg and 12.4 rpg. He was pretty dominant in the game I watched him play. Granted he is a spot player for ATL, but in this tournament...he played big.

He wasn't mentioned in this thread, but I have posted about him elsewhere. This guy was a complete hoss for most of the tournament. Had Uruguay somehow gotten into the final four, Batista definitely would have won the MVP award.

[ArgSpursFan]

Chump mentioned Batista,it was on the Brazil vs Argentina game blog thread I believe.

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There's actually a thread about him started by JamStone in the NBA Forum.

http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76784

[kolko]

And it was mentioned here in Argentina that Boca Juniors (last champion of the national league) want to sign Batista.

[ChumpDumper]

And it was mentioned here in Argentina that Boca Juniors (last champion of the national league) want to sign Batista.

I think he should be able to land a better job than that -- or was that a different Batista from Esteban?