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    Rockets Notes: Spurs nearly dealt Scola to Cavs instead
    By JONATHAN FEIGEN Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle
    Dec. 23, 2008, 11:33PM

    Twist of fate
    For about two hours in July 2007, Luis Scola was pretty sure he was heading to Cleveland. The Rockets felt the same way.

    The Spurs had the deal done to trade Scola’s rights to the Cavaliers, only to have it fall apart. Two hours later, talks heated up with the Rockets and within two more hours, the Rockets acquired the rights to Scola for Vassilis Spanoulis.

    Scola went through ups and downs even more trying than the teams’.

    “I think about it occasionally,” Scola, who had 11 points and eight rebounds on Tuesday, said. “I was really, really, really close. Until four hours before I was traded (to Houston) I was 80 percent sure I was coming to Cleveland.

    “I was excited. Now, I think the best thing that could happen to me was to go to Houston. I’m really happy with everything, the way it turned out.”

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    I wonder what spurs would have received from the cavs.

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    Scola thread!!!!!!!!!!!

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    I was excited. Now, I think the best thing that could happen to me was to go to Houston.
    Liar...if you gave him a choice there is no doubt he would be playing with Manu and Oberto.

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    He was probably reffering to going to Cleveland or Houston since he knew his rights were going to be dealt anyway.

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    Who cares thread?

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    I'm pretty sure the deal was Mike Bibby and Luis Scola to the Cavs, Drew Gooden and Jackie Butler to the Kings and a first round pick to the Spurs from the Cavs.

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    Who cares thread?
    So don't post here.

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    I'm pretty sure the deal was Mike Bibby and Luis Scola to the Cavs, Drew Gooden and Jackie Butler to the Kings and a first round pick to the Spurs from the Cavs.
    Interesting.
    2008 pick ?

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    Interesting.
    2008 pick ?
    I think it was a future pick. Might have been a 2009 pick.

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    Spurs getting a first round pick hasn't been reported. It's just a speculation.

    FYI, Spurs tried at first to trade Butler by himself. They had a deal in the works with New Jersey but it didn't work. Given that it didn't work, they had to package him with Scola in order to dump his contract.

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    Spurs getting a first round pick hasn't been reported. It's just a speculation.

    FYI, Spurs tried at first to trade Butler by himself. They had a deal in the works with New Jersey but it didn't work. Given that it didn't work, they had to package him with Scola in order to dump his contract.
    Damn you Larry Brown !

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    I'm pretty sure the deal was Mike Bibby and Luis Scola to the Cavs, Drew Gooden and Jackie Butler to the Kings and a first round pick to the Spurs from the Cavs.
    Wow, that would've made the Cavs even better than they are now.

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    I'd take it the Kings backed out. Getting Drew probably didn't sound all that great.

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    sweet!
    another scola trade!


    yess!

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    I wonder what spurs would have received from the cavs.
    The rights to Lebron James, 2 future 1st round draft picks, & $10 million in cash.

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    I mean come on , it's the great Luis Scola we are talking about here!

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    The rights to Lebron James, 2 future 1st round draft picks, & $10 million in cash.

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    once again, HOLT, that cheap piece of mother er.

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    The rights to Lebron James, 2 future 1st round draft picks, & $10 million in cash.


    If, as Timvp mentioned, a 1st round pick was in the deal, that could have been ineresting.

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    I'm pretty sure the deal was Mike Bibby and Luis Scola to the Cavs, Drew Gooden and Jackie Butler to the Kings and a first round pick to the Spurs from the Cavs.
    What are you basing this on? Where do you get your information from?

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    I'm pretty sure the deal was Mike Bibby and Luis Scola to the Cavs, Drew Gooden and Jackie Butler to the Kings and a first round pick to the Spurs from the Cavs.
    ...along with a bag of magic beans.

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    Who cares thread?

    lol yeah

    especially when we're bringing up jackie butler in the conversation!


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    ...along with a bag of magic beans.
    We got them from the rockets anyway, Bonner eat the whole bag 2 months ago...

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    We got them from the rockets anyway, Bonner eat the whole bag 2 months ago...


    +1

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