Scola watch: Manu Ginobili may not be the only Spur from Argentina much longer. The Spurs drafted Luis Scola, a forward who was Ginobili's teammate on the gold medal-winning Argentine Olympic team, in the second round of the 2002 draft. That means they retain his NBA negotiating rights until, and unless, they waive them or trade them.
Head coach and executive vice-president of basketball operations Gregg Popovich said the Spurs intend to talk to Scola, who played this season for Tau Ceramica, in the Spanish League, when his European season ends.
"I'm not sure their seasons are over. I don't want to get in trouble with David (Stern)," Popovich said.
"Scola is somebody we drafted back when. Right now he's probably the best forward in Europe. Definitely we are going to talk to him this summer and see if it fits. It hasn't before, basically because of rules and contract reasons and all that sort of thing. But he's very bright on the radar screen, and there are some other guys out there, Europeans who have popped up, too. So we have middle-class exceptions, stuff like that, that we can try to use."
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