Introducing Scola

[Tobias]

Really damn depressing.

So close, and yet so far

[Marcus Bryant]

Scola's in a pretty ideal situation for himself. Hopefully Splitter or Mahinmi pans out so we won't have to think as much about what could have been. Until then, hopefully Elson figures out the Spurs' defensive rotations.

[sandman]

Not sure the angst over this trade would have been as great had Scola been a 6'9" Eastern Euro player with the same skill set. Argie love is a powerful thing these days.

[objective]

I don't care about Butler.
If he plays well with Houston, I will be more disappointed about his failure in SA and wonder who was the main reason of this failure : Pop or Butler.

Good point. Butler at least had an opportunity to prove his value to the Spurs as a player. Maybe it was only one season where he was at a disadvantage behind vets, but he's the one who was out of shape and he still had his chance. Scola never got one with the Spurs. He's a 'what if' kind of situation, whereas Butler is a 'so what' situation.