They traded Scola because they felt Splitter was a better fit.
Ok, let me get this right.
The Spurs traded Scola, an at the least servicable PF, to the Rockets and the Rockets signed him for 3 Mill for 3 years.
Then turn around and sign Matt Bonner, a nice player but a PF want'a-be SF, for 3 Mill for 3 years?!
I'm sorry but WTF were they thinking!
I thought they traded Scola becuase they couldn't give him enough money.
Manu and Tony are great but our team at the end of day/playoffs, lives and dies in the low post.
They traded Scola because they felt Splitter was a better fit.
Your story is incomplete.
Traded Scola in a confluence of two things:
1. Thought Bonner was a better fit for the system.
2. Thought Scola was expendable due to the Splitter draft.
Both were wrong.
1. They saw Bonner's skill set only (hustler, shooter, rebounder) and confused that with talent. Corporate knowledge is not the only knowledge/talent there is.
2. Splitter's presence in no way should impact keeping Scola. Talent is talent, he had proven a hard-worker who could fit in in any situation.
Also incomplete.
It's a pretty fair assessment.
Oh, I forgot the money angle? No, that's covered with Bonner's signing. That's pretty much it.
Nope.
Incomplete.
That's what the Spurs said anyways. They never gave the guy a chance. He was younger and more talented than Oberto when we signed Oberto. I think that will go as one of the biggest screw ups this FO has done.
http://www.draftexpress.com/article/...-NBA-%22-2039/
But he has the right to chance his mind...
All right, head, thanks for pointing that out.
I was talking about the future. Is he flying over there to talk to him (as in...the future)? Or at least a personal phone call?
I said I haven't really been following the thread and as far as I know, the contract with Tau hasn't been signed and all reports have been "unofficial."
So does anyone besides this prick know if Pop or anyone in the front office is looking at this as critical enough to go out and meet with him or personally speak with him?
I'm sure they already had someone over there, and were sending more over to watch the finals.
i think about it and understand that the TAU coach is SPAHIA who coach the spurs summer league and he a good friend of pop, and now he us.
we should just buy tau.
Spurs couldn't afford Tau
Throughout this entire thread. Where's Killbill!! This thread should be more than the guy can resist lol.
He has posted on several pages of this thread already. Don't encourage him.
Indazone is still posting in this thread? Holy ...
Cause you know that Daryl Morey is gonna offer RC some popcorn and a bag of chips for Splitter. He'll paint a glorious picture of why it's a good idea and before you know it...Splitter will be in a Red uniform lol.
The Spurs have done enough to help your ty ass team try to make it out of the first round. Just let it go.
That may have been funny the first time you made that joke, but not the following 200.
Let's see.
You are are about to start the Spanish finals.
You did OK in the Euroleague, but don't want to come home empty at the end of the season.
The Tau FO comes to you and offers you a multi-millions (Euro) deal.
You just tell them to go to , you don't care about them and that you want to get out of Basque country so badly, that you will accept 20% of what Tau offers and go to San Antonio (which is to NBA what Tau is to Euroleague, marketwise).
People in Vitoria are very happy, they cheer you up, your teammates are enthusiastic and the whole team is excited to enter the finals.
What a smart guy you are.
Or.
You tell them you are "considering" the offer, which is the real minimum for their generosity, wait untill you win the finals, you contribute a LOT in doing that, and while everyone is happy, you just mention that you might go to S. Antonio.
Provided that the Spurs FO wants you seriously.
Because if they want you as badly as they wanted Scola, you tell the NBA folks that Tau's offer is excellent and wave good bye to everyone for two years. At the END of those two years, you will still be younger than Scola was when he entered the NBA, a lot richer, and you are ready to start on a bad team (The Spurs will have traded you along Oberto, to get rid of his 3.5 M/year contract). Or play 20' as a rookie, even if that means seriously biting on Duncan's minutes.
Life is that simple.
Last edited by temujin; 06-01-2008 at 04:52 PM.
The Spurs need Splitter now, not two years from now. If he wants to stay with Tau for two more years the Spurs should tell him to go to . It's that simple.
I think the guy is signing this two year contract as insurance. He is getting his money now so when he comes over later there are no what if scenarios. What if he gets over here and Pop sticks him in the doghouse? What if he comes over here and gets hurt etc.That big money after his rookie deal disappears and he is ass out. He is doing the right thing. Me first the Spurs second. It sucks as a fan but he has kids to feed.Look at Beno for example. He struggled as a Spur and got stuck in Pops basement. Nobody wanted to touch him this past summer and it was under the assumption that he couldn't play. The Kings took a chance and he looked like Tony Parker this year for them and is looking at a nice payday this summer. The kid seems like he just wants to get set financially before he steps into an alien environment and a big pay cut.
That's a genius idea, I doubt it happens.
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