Oh my. That would be a nightmare.
The thing that kills me is that the trade was made with a division rival...no matter who's involved. Trade these guys to the EC, or at least out of ing Texas.
Oh my. That would be a nightmare.
Hot damn we owe you guys. First for the playoff losses, now this.
lol i can picture everyone staring at the screen refreshing the page waiting for the Butler update.
Yes, man you know your stuff.
Yao ming in the high post, passing to cutters, taking the long J's, taking threes from the top...so there is less distance to get back on a miss
and mixing it up down low, where few can stop him
well a three point shot on a blow out maybe
I don't even want to visit clutchcity right now, I just know they're laughing their asses off.
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Sad how the Spurs had two low post scoring possibilities to use, a great way to keep the offense from stagnating those times when Duncan is out of the game . . .
And they drop them both for cash and whoever the next coming of Marcus Williams is
We knew the Spurs wanted to dump Butler's salary.
We knew they wanted to get something for Scola's rights.
They did what they wanted to do.
Financial concerns trump basketball ones. Well I have other concerns that trump following them anymore.
OMG...said the same thing.
http://www.clutchcity.net/news/1426/...lis_for_scola/The Rockets have traded Vassilis Spanoulis, a second round pick and cash to the San Antonio Spurs for the rights to Argentine power forward Luis Scola and 6-foot-10 center Jackie Butler.
ClutchFans has confirmed with a league source that the deal is as reported, though the Rockets can not mention it until 9pm Central time tonight. The pick given up by Houston will be a 2009 second-rounder.
The league source also confirmed to ClutchFans that the Rockets plan to have Scola on the team this season.
I just got in front of the computer after a few hours and find out this bull .
The jist of every trade should be to improve your team. R.C. makes no moves that do not favor financial flexibility. I have to admit that I'm scratching my head on this one. This makes no sense.
Was he that desparate to get under the cap that he traded a young, developing player fo 10 cents on the dollar?
Spurs got ass-raped on this one - VOLUNTARILY - no less.
SO many things are wrong with this I don't know where to begin....
don't be mad at the rockets man... blame the spurs organization... rockets get 2 players for giving up nothing.
Hot damn we owe you guys. First for the playoff losses, now this.
Exactly. Why give away Scola for nothing? You could just hold on to him and wait for his contract in Tau to expire in less than a year. You can hold on to Butler and if he can't find his way into the rotation, you can either trade him at the deadline or wait for his contract to expire at the end of the year. What you don't do is trade them both to the Rockets for nothing.
And if you wanted to open up a roster space or have the same effect on the luxury tax, send Beno and two second rounders somewhere for a second rounder.
This trade makes absolutely no sense. Not on the basketball court. Not on the books. The only upside to it is the $3M in cash the Spurs probably received from the Rockets.
But that $3M doesn't go anywhere except into Holt's pockets.
My guess is that Scola went Giricek on them, and they had no choice. For those who don't remember, Giricek threatened to sign long term in Europe if the Spurs didn't trade him. I have no doubt that Scola is coming to the NBA. I also have no doubt that if this trade doesn't go down, he locks down in Tau. I think the deadline would have been Sunday, and this may have been the least-worst deal.
I'm not happy, but I will be if we can get rid of Beno's ing rotting corpse to Cleveland for a conditional second rounder in 2084.
They're as flabbergasted as we are... though in the opposite direction.
To all the people talking roster spots....
WHO THE DO THE SPURS SIGN THAT IS BETTER THAN BUTLER AND SCOLA?!?!?!
This appears to be a MAJOR break for the Rockets, but you just never know how things will play out..........I hope for the best because the west is cut-throat now...or will be VERY soon.
The ONLY two bigs with ANY semblence of a post game outside of Duncan....GONE!
They still had the choice. Send him to Chicago or another EC team for a 2009 2nd rounder. I'm sure Paxson would accept.
THey could have at least tried to coax something better out of Chicago.
[QUOTE=objective]I don't even want to visit clutchcity right now, I just know they're laughing their asses off.
Actually, I just went there, and it's not bad at all...Most of them are trying to figure out who Scola is.
Well I've got a buddy from H-town, here with me in Georgia. Might as well call him and give him the news. With the utter crap coming from the Texans and Astros, he could use a good-news story.
AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
It's easy to decipher this trade. Splitter and Mahinmi both can be signed under rookie deals that require a guaranteed commitment of $1.5 mil over 2 years for each of them. Scola will cost more as will Butler over that same time period. The Spurs also get a 2nd round pick and cash out of the deal.
Maybe Holt's Cat will get some Fancy Feast now.
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