Why did the Spurs let Scola go?

[whottt]

Congrats on being a high rated team...


Too bad Stern prefers low ratings and conspires against ya'll


Going to console myself





Damn...it sucks being boring, and having Stern on your side.

[nfg3]

I think Scola will be a good NBA player but shipping him to Houston was not catatrosphic by any means. Our needs were in other positions and at the time it didn't seem to fit with the Spurs plans. Did I want Scola to come and play for us? Absolutely but what is done is done. Nothing is going to change that fact. Questions about him will remain for many months and only until that time period has elapsed will we really be able to evalulate him. Two games does not a player make. If Bonner continues his contributions and Udoka is eased into the second unit and contributes the way I thin he can then in a couple of months this will be history. It really is a non issue since it can't be undone so lets move forward with what we've got.

[SRJ]

Why did the Blazers draft another injury-prone big man?

Why are the Suns historically obsessed with playing fun ball?

[ehz33satx]

Da Suns Fan, Do you even know who Larry O'Brien is?

[tlongII]

The Spurs let Scola go because they're cheap. It really boils down to that.

[ChumpDumper]

Nah, they just wanted to keep Booner.

[smeagol]

Bonner's been ok.

[K-State Spur]

Trying to think of the last big name free agent to leave his current team for the Spurs......

Still thinking.

while you're at it, think of the last big name free agent to leave his current team for the Lakers, Mavs, Pistons, Heat, Rockets, Celtics, etc.

Other than Nash, who left their team for the Suns (and no, Grant Hill no longer qualifies as a big name free agent)?

[da_suns_fan__]

while you're at it, think of the last big name free agent to leave his current team for the Lakers, Mavs, Pistons, Heat, Rockets, Celtics, etc.

Other than Nash, who left their team for the Suns (and no, Grant Hill no longer qualifies as a big name free agent)?

Hahahah.....

Im no expert on the history of every NBA franchise (thats why Im da_suns_fan and not da_everyNbaTeam_fan), but youre unaware of a big free agent signing for the Lakers?

Seriously?


I'll give you a hint...his name rhymes with Snaq O'Meal.

[ducks]

shaq was traded to the lakers was he not?

[SRJ]

No. Shaq was a free agent when he left Orlando.

[da_suns_fan__]

shaq was traded to the lakers was he not?

He was not.

[K-State Spur]

Hahahah.....

Im no expert on the history of every NBA franchise (thats why Im da_suns_fan and not da_everyNbaTeam_fan), but youre unaware of a big free agent signing for the Lakers?

Seriously?


I'll give you a hint...his name rhymes with Snaq O'Meal.

Yeah...that was OVER a DECADE ago. Allen Iverson was just starting his rookie year and Tim Duncan had not started his senior year Wake Forest.

(not to mention that it was before the league's new salary rules)

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Damn that was like 10 years ago. Now I feel all old and .

Ben Wallace and Rashard Lewis, while not exactly super star talents, received super star free agent contracts, IIRC.

[da_suns_fan__]

Damn that was like 10 years ago. Now I feel all old and .

Ben Wallace and Rashard Lewis, while not exactly super star talents, received super star free agent contracts, IIRC.

Detroit traded for both (Wallace was a throw-in as part of the Grant Hill sign-n-trade and Wallace was acquired mid-season via Atlanta).

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Detroit traded for both (Wallace was a throw-in as part of the Grant Hill sign-n-trade and Wallace was acquired mid-season via Atlanta).

Big Ben signed a big ass FA contract with the Bulls last year.

[ChumpDumper]

What he said.

[da_suns_fan__]

Yeah...that was OVER a DECADE ago. Allen Iverson was just starting his rookie year and Tim Duncan had not started his senior year Wake Forest.

(not to mention that it was before the league's new salary rules)

I see...so that doesn't count?

What does count? Nash was acquired under the previous CBA so he doesn't either. I guess the only teams ever to have acquired a big name free agent are the ones who did it during the past two years.

[K-State Spur]

I'm pretty sure he means Ben Wallace to Chicago and RASHARD Lewis to Orlando. (Although, technically Lewis was traded - sign and trade.)

[da_suns_fan__]

I'm pretty sure he means Ben Wallace to Detroit and RASHARD Lewis to Orlando. (Although, technically Lewis was traded - sign and trade.)

Youre correct on both counts. I misread that.

[K-State Spur]

I see...so that doesn't count?

What does count? Nash was acquired under the previous CBA so he doesn't either. I guess the only teams ever to have acquired a big name free agent are the ones who did it during the past two years.

It counts, it was just a long freaking time ago - and not overly relevant to the current situation in the NBA.

It's just stupid to criticize the Spurs for not grabbing top free agents when nobody else is doing it either. The biggest free agents who change teams are second tier guys who get overpaid by their new club.

Even Nash wasn't viewed in the same light as he is now when he jumped to Phoenix. Any Suns' fan who expected him to be THIS good is kidding themselves.

[da_suns_fan__]

It counts, it was just a long freaking time ago - and not overly relevant to the current situation in the NBA.

It's just stupid to criticize the Spurs for not grabbing top free agents when nobody else is doing it either. The biggest free agents who change teams are second tier guys who get overpaid by their new club.

Even Nash wasn't viewed in the same light as he is now when he jumped to Phoenix. Any Suns' fan who expected him to be THIS good is kidding themselves.

See thats where youre wrong. Big time.

Gilbert Arenas. Carlos Boozer. Rashard Lewis. Ben Wallace. There are usually big free agent signings every year.

[K-State Spur]

sorry, i was focusing on relevant teams

with the exception of Wallace, each of those guys went to a crappy team with loads of cap room.

the top teams rarely have the cap space lure anyone from their current situation.

[wildbill2u]

That decision is seeming dumber and dumber by the minute to me. I just don't get it. It's not like the Spurs already have a decent power forward.

SSSHHH! The Scola trade was part of a secret deal with Commissioner Stern to help out a major TV markets like Houston to be more compe ive.

The Commissioner reasoned with Spurs management that we were already a dynasty and the NBA needed some help with Houston, Dallas, Cleveland and Seattle.

The secret plan was also the reason we sent Barbosa to Phoenix. And the move of AJ to DAllas and several of our crack and inimitable coaching staff and front office staff (SEE Ferry, Dan, and Carlesmino, PJ) to crumbling franchises like Seattle and Cleveland are all part of the secret plan.

I will reveal the name of the plan--"Spurring the NBA to Greatness"--to you only upon your agreement to never mention it outside this Spurs site.