tossup, IMO. Diaw is generally a fairly poor rebounder for his size. He never averaged more than 6 per season...
Eric Pincus wrote Thursday that Luis Scola is not likely to receive an amnesty bid.
Scola's last year is not guaranteed for $10 million and according to salary cap guru Larry Coon that means his minimum annual salary must be that amount times three years. It's very unlikely that he will see an offer like that, so Scola will likely pass through amnesty waivers and become a free agent.
Source: Hoopsworld
I figured as much, but it was worth double checking
Also from that link:
The minimum bid for a partial waiver claim is whichever of the following is larger:
The sum of the player's minimum salary for all remaining years of his contract, except for completely non-guaranteed seasons (seasons with 0% salary protection) which are ignored for this purpose.
The sum of all non-guaranteed salary in partially-guaranteed seasons.
Scola has three years remaining on his contract, with 11M due in the third year. Shamsports shows that third year as totally unguaranteed, in which case it can be ignored. There are reports now that the third year is 1M guaranteed, in which case the minimum bid would have to be 10M rather than 2 times the minimum salary. If true, it becomes much more likely that Scola clears waivers and will be able to choose his next team..
o Miami
now once scola clears well have 10000000 treads about how manu will get him here lol
Well ...perhaps things did just become more interesting.
And a few wishing they hadn't used the bulk of the BAE on Nando.
Get Cleveland to sign him for $3.5m/season after he clears waivers, then trade for Bonner...
Do it RC!
so minimum bid is 3 years 3.5 million?. Dallas has to get him. Just ignore brand
I'd guess the Spurs would have a chance. Manu and Splitter would be big draws, and he probably wants to be on a good team where he could play. Not definite, but could happen.
Can't trade an amnesty pickup until next July.
If he clears, you absolutely cut Blair immediately and sign Scola for the minimum.
Dallas is signing players to fat one year contracts just to avoid ANY cap hit next summer. They're not going to claim him.
As confirmed by cap guru Larry Coon, a player with a partially guarantee salary requires a minimum bid of the non-guaranteed amount. Scola is set to make $9.4 million and $10.2 million over the next two years. His final season is for $11.0 million with just $1 million guaranteed.
Therefore a minimum amnesty claim for Scola would start at the non-guarantee portion of exactly $10,041,037. That amount needs to be paid over three years, so the lowest claim would be $3,347,012.
Few teams have that kind of cap space which may open the door for Luis to clear waivers completely.
http://www.hoopsworld.com/amnesty-cl...la-prohibitive
Spurs have until Nov 1st to cut Blair and owe him nothing.
If he clears waivers...I don't see why it doesn't become similar to the Diaw situation. Scola could easily see the Spurs as a shot at a ring while playing with his countrymen and old teammate, while signing a one year deal in order to chase cash next summer in free agency.
Splitter, Scola, and Ginobili on that second unit would be fun to watch.
Scola got hurt tonight.
Dont know how bad it is.
Indeed. Pretty seamless transition for Scola. I don't know if it puts them over the top but it sure beats the out of Bonner or Blair.
I'd like to know the list of teams eligible to make a bid on him, because $3.5M for a player with his skill is a nice bargain. If he clears waivers though, Spurs should have a decent shot at him.
I like Scola, would love to have him play for the minimum.
Sure he was pretty terrible early on but half the league seemed off as well.
Asking around, not as much interest among uncapped teams for Scola bid as you'd think. Minimum bid is $3+ million in year one, $10M total.
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Tweak on the right knee... Both Scola and Tiago had good games (19pts each)... Manu didn't play (upset stomach). Brazil won 91-75...
Rather have Haywood if we can get him. We need another big guy, not another guy that plays big.
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