Rumor: Javtokas and Scola to sign.

[Bruno]

That's about right as a summary of the first article.

Last paragraph of the second article said that a low point for Tau could be that Scola might have played his last game for them.

Purely speculative comment made. No claim that it was certain or not.


Nothing really to give any confidence to him coming over now and at ude seems a little sour as I read it.

Thanks and thanks WalterBenitez.

[Mavs<Spurs]

Also, those google translations or whatever need to realize that

equipo means team not equipment.


False conjugates get second language learners a lot I think.

[ChumpDumper]

Scola has some reason to be pissy about the Finals, so I can't read too much into it.

[Mavs<Spurs]

Thanks and thanks WalterBenitez.

You're welcome.

Just wish I could have been the bearer of great news: that Scola was coming over.


Still not impossible.

Hope.

[Mavs<Spurs]

Scola has some reason to be pissy about the Finals, so I can't read too much into it.

good point, ChumpDumper.


have to keep that in mind.

And Scola is such a compe or.

[Mavs<Spurs]

Thoughts on whether we will trade draft rights to Scola for a mid first round pick so that we could pick up James White?


From what Kori said, the Spurs worked him out on the 19th. I doubt that they would do this unless they were seriously considering trying to acquire him by moving up in the draft. Otherwise, why bother. Unless they trade the draft rights to Scola, how do they move up in the draft? They must feel that there is at least a reasonable possibility that they can move up. So that leads us back to trading the draft rights of Scola.


Article does not enlighten us about this at all.

[Supergirl]

Is there an official link yet about Scola and/or Javtokas signing?

[Mavs<Spurs]

Is there an official link yet about Scola and/or Javtokas signing?

Official as in from the Spurs, don't think so about either one.

However, it is pretty well accepted here that Javtokas is coming. Not much doubt about that. RJ doesn't have any contract obstacles unlike Scola and he won't require as much money.

There were two articles about it which you probably saw earlier in this thread. They were summarized and I will get around to translating them as soon as I can.

If I understand things correctly, Scola still has not gotten arbitration to make it feasible for the Spurs to get him over here yet. This is from what I read here in the past (not from article). He still has 2 years on his contract I believe.

And as was pointed out, in the interview Scola did say that he had not been thinking about anything other than the Finals he was playing in and that his desire to move into the NBA was not quite as great as it was five or six years ago.

[picnroll]

Trading Scola's rights is tricky. Whoever would trade for his rights has no idea if Scola would actually sign with them if he didn't like the deal or the situation. Wild guess, if there is a deal I'm guessing it's with Chicago for their 16 pick since Nocioni is there.

[T Park]

Id try and package him up to try and get Boozer.

[Mavs<Spurs]

Trading Scola's rights is tricky. Whoever would trade for his rights has no if Scola would actually sign with them if he didn't like the deal or the situation. Wild guess, if there is a deal I'm guessing it's with Chicago for their 16 pick since Nocioni is there.

Good point and that makes sense.

Plus, Scola if they could get him over there would give them a low post scorer which is a major need of theirs.

[Mavs<Spurs]

Id try and package him up to try and get Boozer.

I guess Boozer would be good enough to start.

He's okay. But not great.

[ducks]

damm boozer is more of a sure bet then scola helping the spurs

[spurster]

My uncle stayed at a Holiday Inn last night and he said that Cuban and Holt were going to exchange the Spurs and Mavs with each other.

[picnroll]

Boozer punked Cleveland and has been a at Utah. Pass.

Pop doesn't take guys with that kind of character anyways.

[timvp]

This is BS. Houston isn't going to scoop San Antonio about Scola signing.

[T Park]

Boozer punked Cleveland and has been a at Utah. Pass.

Yeah

pass on a 20 and 10 guy.


Intelligent.

[polandprzem]

Yeah

pass on a 20 and 10 guy.


Intelligent.

Yea but now he seems to be in "injury-guy" section

[picnroll]

So Boozer is your latest hard on?

Pass on a guy that took a vacation for most of the season for a bruise costing the Jazz a playoff spot and kept talking about wanting to go to LA after the Jazz got him out of his promise to Cleveland. A guy who's played 51 and 33 games the last two years after he got his payday. You bet I'll pass.

[THE SIXTH MAN]

While you've probably fabricated all of that out of thin air, even if your "uncle" had heard it, it carries little weight, because no media outlet in Houston has close enough ties to the Spurs to make such a scoop. This forum has more and better information.

I agree, most of the time I find out things here a day before it gets announced.

[Kori Ellis]

A very SHORT summary
He’s tired because of the finals, and very disappointed because of the results.
If TAU offers him an extension he’ll consider.
He has no news coming from San Antonio, since he was focused on ACB’s finals, a very light complain about NBA’s environment where everything is developed in secret.
If he’ll become a NBA player, he’s not worried since he is very comfortable in TAU ... if the question were made 6 years ago he would be desperate but now he has a family and a different perspective about that.

Out of curiousity, is Scola known as a complainer?

It seems he's complained before about how the Spurs/NBA handle stuff.

[sa_butta]

For now, the Spurs don't have a true center. Mohammed is a free agent, and though the Spurs are open to re-signing him if the price is right, they also will explore sign-and-trade options. They expect to sign Robertas Javtokas, a 6-11 former second-round pick who has been playing in Lithuania, but consider him a solid rotation player more than a starting option.

The arrival of Bonner and Williams also increases the likelihood the Spurs will trade the rights to Argentine forward Luis Scola. With Fabricio Oberto also under contract, the team is deep at power forward.

In addition to finding a center, the Spurs will try to add a third point guard and a younger, athletic wing player via free agency or trade. They don't expect any immediate help from next week's draft even if they trade for a first-round selection. If the Spurs need to make a move during the season, Williams' $4.3 million contract might attract teams looking to get under the salary cap.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/b...c.11d4c64.html

[Mr. Body]

Out of curiousity, is Scola known as a complainer?

It seems he's complained before about how the Spurs/NBA handle stuff.

It does seem he's a complainer. I don't know if he's a complainer on his team - doesn't seem so. More, it's that he REALLY wants to play in the NBA and is getting frustrated about it. I have no idea if that carries over to the Spurs, if he plays here, but he does seem to be a fiery cuss.

[Mr. Body]

The arrival of Bonner and Williams also increases the likelihood the Spurs will trade the rights to Argentine forward Luis Scola. With Fabricio Oberto also under contract, the team is deep at power forward.

This doesn't follow for me. Bonner is a situational player, Williams is far from a power forward. And Oberto, whatever he plays, is a back up. None of them have starting talents. I don't see the Bonner/Williams trade as doing anything about bringing Scola over.

[MoSpur]

Scola seems like a pansy. Forget that dude. I can't wait for the Spurs to trade his rights.