Seems to be taken from an excerpt in an article that came out yesterday in one of Argentina's largest newspapers, La Nación:
Scola's future again an enigma
Though the Spurs have just rid themselves of center Rasho Nesterovic (traded to Toronto), they showed no interest in getting Scola. "It's very strange; they say nothing. Maybe they're waiting to see what they can land in the upcoming draft and perhaps then they'll make a decision", pointed out Carlos Raffaelli, one of his agents in Argentina that will travel precisely to the Spurs' hometown the day after tomorrow to keep an eye on a potential negotiation
I'd never seen Scola play before ... till I found this vid today on you-tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlCkd...celona%20scola
It was just added to you-tube yesterday so i don't think it's been posted before and doubt many of you will have seen it yet. It's from the Barcelona vs Tau Game 1
The vid opens up w/ a fast break dunk by Scola!
The kid looks pretty good. I hope for your sakes you all do keep him and not trade him away.
Thanks for the video link. There hasn't been much on Scola in youtube.
The more intriguing prospect there may be Tiago Splitter, who hasn't made himself eligible to be drafted yet. There still has to be questions about Scola - he can score, but his defense and rebounding don't look that much.
There has to be a reason why they keep saying they are going to trade up or should I say looking to trade up. In Spurs code that means, they aren't going to trade up. At least that is what I get. I like Scola. I do. I have said other things, like let him go somewhere else because of his complaining last year. However, I like what I have seen. He isn't that long, but seems athletic enough to play so, so D on someone like Dirk. His offensive game is solid.
MoSpur, the Spurs have looked to trade up pretty much every draft year. Smokescreens and double talk are important when you get to specifics. There's no need for CIA talk to hide the fact you are - or are not - trading up somewhere into the first round.
Well, I believe that them publicly saying they want to move up is bull. Its my opinion. If they move up fine. I trust them to make the right decisions. Do they always make the right decisions? No. Overall they are okay though.
Fine. But they've ALWAYS tried to trade up. Why not try? And this year, they've certainly done more than try.
A friend at lunch said he saw R.C. on the tube talk of signing Scola and that now he is in a range the Spurs could afford including inside scoring when Duncan is not on the floor. Scola's agent is flying to S.A. next week. This was also mentioned on another thread.
Like I said, if they do, its cool with me. I just don't think they will.
Was this today? Where is your friend from?
This was local TV (S.A.)
Today during lunch? Funny. I haven't heard anything.
Javtokas is significantly younger than Scola, isn't he? Scola is 30 or 31 already, I think, so maybe the Spurs think they can get more out of Javtokas. It's too bad, cause Scola looked perfect for us when I saw him play for Argentina. But I haven't seen Javtokas play much.
Supergirl - they're both around 26.
When he signed that contract I didn't even born () my friend, he signed 10 years ago (according to a newspaper I read) stupid contract, sure ... in that time he was 16/17 years old and probably the contract was signed for his parents since e was underage.
Is there sth valuable in the market to xchange for Scola's rights?
They were both born in 1980: Robertas Javtokas on March 20, and Luis Scola on April 30. So while they're both 26, Scola is marginally younger (a month and 10 days).
http://www.noticiasdealava.com/edici...l56.388970.php
If I have well understand babelfish, this article say that Tau wants that Scola makes his choice before July 1st or 2nd.
I think it says that Scola and Tau have an agreement that he will give them his final decision on his future before July 1st or 2nd -- which doesn't make much sense.
It's said that a press conference has been postponed for giving time to Scola to make his choice...
The "bad" sense is that they're triyng to hurry his decision...(they gave him just a two day time making look that they're doing him a favor just because the draft event);
The "good" sense is that they are considering him like he could be the foundation of the team for the next years...so, they need in appropriate (fast) time to know his intentions...in case they have to go in a different direction (via market).
I hope Scola agree as soon as possible with Spurs...and give them the answer they're (not) asking for...!!!!
El TAU pone fecha tope a Scola
El plazo para que el pívot comunique su futuro termina este fin de semana
El presidente baskonista ha decidido posponer la rueda de prensa prevista para hoy hasta el próximo lunes y el motivo no es otro que la incógnita existente por ahora respecto al futuro de Luis Scola.
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Por ello, Querejeta prefiere esperar para saber con certeza si el pívot se queda o, por el contrario, abandona la nave baskonista, porque de esta forma será él en primera persona quien dé tan importante noticia.
Todo se decidirá este fin de semana en función de los resultados deparados por el sorteo del draft que se ha celebrado esta madrugada. El club vitoriano y Scola han llegado a un acuerdo que especifica que el pívot argentino tendrá como plazo máximo hasta el día 1 ó 2 de julio para tomar y comunicar la decisión definitiva sobre su futuro.
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En esta ocasión la situación es bien diferente. Los Spurs ya han comunicado a Scola que no cuentan con él para la próxima campaña y han puesto sobre la mesa la posibilidad de que otra franquicia americana se haga con sus servicios. Por ello, habrá que esperar los movimientos que se produzcan una vez celebrado el draft, el baskonista deberá estar pendiente de las posibles ofertas que puedan surgir desde los equipos participantes en la mejor Liga de baloncesto del mundo, de la necesidad que pueda surgirles de incorporar un pívot de sus características.
Por ahora parece que no existe interés de ninguno de ellos, pero pueden aparecer tras el sorteo y él deberá estudiarlo.
TAU puts deadline on Scola
The deadline for the center to inform his future ends this weekend
TAU's president has decided to postpone the press conferece scheduled today until next monday, and the reason is no other than the uncertainty that as of this moment surrounds Luis Scola's future.
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Because of that, Querejeta would rather wait to know with certainty whether the forward stays or, on the contrary, jumps ship, because that way it'll be him who first breaks such important news.
Everything will be decided this weekend depending on the results arising from the draft that took place at dawn. The Vitorian club and Scola have reached an agreement that specifies the Argentine forward will have at most until July 1 or 2 to make and inform the final decision on his future.
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This time around the situation is radically different. The Spurs have already informed Scola he's not in their plans for next season, and they've opened the door for another American franchise acquire his services. Because of that, it'll have to wait for the moves taking place after the draft. He'll have to be attentive to potential offers from teams taking part in the best basketball league in the world, to the needs that may arise of adding a forward like him.
So far there doesn't seem to be any interest, but there might be after the draft, and he'll have to analyze it.
I think you are confusing him with the other Argentine big man, Fabricio Oberto.
I have a feeling that Scola is gonna stay in Spain, even if the Spurs trade his rights to another franchise.
Could it possibly be that after all these years of talking about, waiting for Scola no team thinks he can make it in the NBA? ouch.
The problem isn't that no team thinks he can make it, but that the price to find out is just too much...
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