The word Lao Dang Yizhuang, from the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty - Ma Yuan Biography", was first used to describe the famous Eastern Han Dynasty general Ma Yuan, applied to competitive sports, it mostly describes those who are older, but still superior and outstanding players, such as Luis Scola in Argentina. Speaking of Scola, Presumably everyone is no stranger, he once played in the NBA, assisted Yao Ming in the Houston Rockets, then retired from the NBA, and came to the CBA, played in the Shanxi men's basketball team and the Shanghai men's basketball team (in the 17-18 season, when in Shanxi, he averaged 37.1 minutes per game, could cut 27.7 points, 13.8 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.4 steals, shooting 54.1%).
Scola's career is extremely long, this year is 41 years old, but even at such an "advanced age", in the international arena, he has become older and more demon, and it seems unstoppable. In a recent game against the Australian national team with 7 active NBA players, Scola scored 25 points and 8 rebounds, playing against an opponent who was defenseless. Personally watching this game, I have to say that the old diamond's physical condition is really good, and his skills are becoming more and more skilled, and the low-post offense under the basket, the three-point shooting of the outside line, and the rebound protection have reached the point of pure fire. In this game, Australia used to defend him is 208cm tall, 220cm arm span, weight 118kg Aaron Baines, Baynes has played in the Spurs, Pistons, Celtics, Suns and Raptors, the interior defense is very good, there have been many times against the alphabet brother, but this game was eaten to death by the old diamond.
In fact, Scola's state of the previous year (2019) was also a good explosion, when the World Cup was held in China, the old diamond finally led the Argentine team all the way to the finals, in the semifinals against the French men's basketball team, facing the defense of the 2nd NBA best defender Rudi Gobert, Scola slashed 28 points and 12 rebounds, and finally led the team to win. To be honest, Scola has a lot to learn from Chinese players, such as his physical maintenance and personal self-discipline, although he is 41 years old, the muscle lines of the old diamond are still very good, which is the basis for him to complete the action without fear of confrontation.
Secondly, Scola's basic skills are very solid, and he constantly improves his skills, his basket footwork and hookers are very skilled and steady, coupled with good dribbling and excellent outside shooting ability, so that opponents are often helpless. Friends who have played should know that those players who have both inside and outside and who are not afraid of confrontation at all are the most difficult to defend.
The Chinese men's basketball team did not qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games, which is very worthy of our deep consideration, can't we find more than a dozen basketball players with 1.4 billion people? As soon as the confrontation is strengthened, it is deformed, the appearance of the empty three-point shot can not be scored, the penalty can not be scored, even the serve is not good, what is the problem?