Looks like the Spurs aren't signing Scola

[SpursWoman]

Rasho is now the overpaid 11th man. He might dethrone Malik's team record of most dollars spent on a chair courtside.

[Summers]

Thanks! It'll be interesting to see what happens.

[TheWriter]

2/3 Brown

[BigDiggyD]

OK so Rasho and the rights to Scola for Andrei Kirilenko.... yes?!?!? maybe!??!??! no?!?!?!?!.... damn.... too bad AK47 isnt on the Knicks otherwise we could get that done...

[jcrod]

But don't you think teams will also be turned off by the contract issues. Why would someone else not find it tiresome. I think the Spurs just made it harder for themsleves to trade Scola.

[clubalien]

ak47 PULL THE ING TRIIGER NOW YES
i didn';t knwo tht guy was up for trade

[Kori Ellis]

Possible?

Starters
1 Parker
2 Ginobili
3 Bowen
4 Shareef Abdur-Rahim
5 Duncan

Bench
1 Udrih
1/2 Barry
2/3 Brown
3 James Jones
4 Horry
4/5 Oberto
5 Nesterovic OR Mohammed

[Marcus Bryant]

It appears that the Spurs will be using part of their MLE to sign Oberto. If, for the moment, you assume that his deal starts at about $2 mil, then you have $3 mil left over to add a 3 to the bench.

Might a 3 year, $11 mil deal land Glenn Robinson?

[Marcus Bryant]

The thing with JJones is that he's restricted and Indy has his Early Bird rights.

[BigDiggyD]

ak47 PULL THE ING TRIIGER NOW YES
i didn';t knwo tht guy was up for trade

I was teasing.... its this desert air getting to me.. I did not mean to imply he was on the market

[Kori Ellis]

The thing with JJones is that he's restricted and Indy has his Early Bird rights.

Yeah I know. I heard they aren't going to match on him. But that's just a rumor.

[Marcus Bryant]

Then it's worth a shot.

[strangeweather]

If Scola wants to come over, then the fault has to lie with Tau, unless Scola's came was trying to use the buyout to force the Spurs to up their offer.

I don't know that it's Tau's "fault" so much as I suspect they got what they wanted. They went to they EuroLeague finals last year -- why would they want to dump one of their top 2 players?

[clubalien]

probaly depends what the offer is
don't know much about that guy either

[bigbendbruisebrother]

Looking at the bench, the obvious need would be a backup 3, though really it could be anyone.

Amen that. That's been the primary need for a while. I hope they either sign Robinson or make a run at someone like Shane Battier (cough, perfect Spur).

[bigbendbruisebrother]

Yeah I know. I heard they aren't going to match on him. But that's just a rumor.

How long does a team have to match an offer on a restricted free agent?

[clubalien]

old CBA 14
new CBA 7

[ChumpDumper]

If there's nothing else to blow the MLE - or rest of the MLE if Oberto is paid from it -- waiting for a week isn't the end of the world. Indy will probably do it sooner since we traded them Ferry....

[Sii]

appartly news in the last hour in Argentina according to a international poster at another site has Scola agreeing with Tau on the buyout today according to reports. Why do that if your not coming?

[Kori Ellis]

appartly news in the last hour in Argentina according to a international poster at another site has Scola agreeing with Tau on the buyout today according to reports. Why do that if your not coming?

Hmmm.. Interesting. I talked to an Argentinean reporter from one of the main newspapers there on the phone about an hour ago. He didn't mention that when we were talking about Scola.

I guess we'll wait and see! If they get both of them, then that's a logjam upfront. Nazr or Rasho would have to be traded.

[timvp]

appartly news in the last hour in Argentina according to a international poster at another site has Scola agreeing with Tau on the buyout today according to reports. Why do that if your not coming?

Trade?

[ChumpDumper]

appartly news in the last hour in Argentina according to a international poster at another site has Scola agreeing with Tau on the buyout today according to reports. Why do that if your not coming?

Maybe your rights are being traded.

[clubalien]

because you are begin signed by someone else after a trade?

[ChumpDumper]

Doh.

[Sii]

here is what was reported

for what I was hearing here in Buenos Aires in last hours, Scola was due to agree to the buyout with TAU. I think this is not over.