Because Dennis Lindsey is over there helping us as undercover agent? Seriously, I guess Spurs don't want to block his way to NBA, remember his 2 team mates/friends are on their roster and won't be happy if they ruin his NBA opportunity.
Dennis Lindsey is now the anti-christ. This is the worst trade in Spurs history. Scola and Butler for a second round pick and cash. I am outraged. LOL quote from spurs forums
Probably because Scola has a 5 year deal on the table to stay in Spain. If he signs that deal, then basically he's no longer an asset to the Spurs. The Spurs lost their leverage because nobody is willing to give up much for Scola without assurances that he'll come to the NBA next season. Scola now had the upper hand. The Spurs could trade him to a team that he'd be willing to play for or he signs in Spain and they get nothing for him. The Spurs already have Duncan, Horry and they just resigned Bonner and Oberto. In another year, they'll most likely also bring Splitter over too. So, the Spurs made the best of things and got what they could for Scola. They dumped Butler's contract from their books (he was buried on their bench) and they'll probably buy out VSpan for almost nothing and save some money.
haha, looks like they hate it and Lindsy. Bunch cry babies, didnt Spurs just win the damn ring for them. Anyways, they are saying it's a salary dump because Vspan probably would ask to teminate the contract without buyout from the Spurs.
BTW, it may take almost all of the MLE to sign Scola. His offer to stay in Europe, I think, is pretty big.
Yeah, that's what I'm thinking up here. He plays out of the post like Duncan which means that he should have been considered a viable backup and possible future replacement for TD but Bonner may have simply pushed him off their roster. So why trade him to us? From what I see thus far, Morey may have pulled off a bit of a coup provided Scola really wants to play over here and decides to come over. We'll all know in 3 days.
LOL! Do all foreign agents go to the same school? Their clients are all "slaves" and "prisoners" when their contracts are held by NBA teams.
It seems that Rockets may have had some confidence that he would come before they agreed to the trade. Now what do they plan to do to Rafer, JL3 to make room for Francis?
http://www.clutchfans.net/news/1426/rockets_trade_spanoulis_for_scola/ - Confirmed trade - Rockets can not talk about the deal until 9pm - Second round pick is a 2009 second rounder - Rockets plan to have Scola this season
http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/predraft_vitals_04.html According to the pre-draft measurements, he is 6'8" without shoes and 6'9.5" with shoes. The NBA rounds up to 6'10" for the NBA listing. Carl Landry is 6'7.75" without shoes and 6'8.5" with shoes. He is only 1/4" taller than Carl Landry. It all depends on which shoes they wear on the court.
To everybody who thinks this deal seems fishy: Maybe I'm wrong here, but is it really impossible that San Antonio was looking to dump Butler's contract, and nothing more? The guy was hardly making money hand over fist, but when you're a championship team that has to open its wallet for tons of good players, you take any opportunity you can get to dump useless salary. Even a $2 mil contract can make a difference when you're pressed up against that luxury tax threshhold with three big-money players. They don't want to have to pay the luxury tax any more than anyone else does, and Butler wasn't giving them anything. Add onto that the fact that they didn't see Scola being of much benefit to them. So they gave up an asset they weren't planning on using (Scola) in exchange for a salary dump, because I'm sure they believe they can reach an agreement with Spanoulis to basically end his contract before the season even starts. Voila: $2 mil shaved off the cap instantly. Opportunities to do that are very, very rare... to not just get a contract that expires in a year, but a contract that can potentially be terminated immediately. Plus they get a 2nd-rounder. That doesn't sound fishy to me. It sounds like it makes a lot of sense is what it sounds like.
someone needs to call Scola and tell him the kind of Chinese endorsement deals Battier and Chuck Freaking Hayes are getting just because they are playing along side Yao. Remember, you join Rockets and Chinese companies love you long time,
