Why would you have a buyout at the end of your contract? Your contract is over at that point.
He has one more year on his contract: 2007-2008. So why would he have a buyout in 2008? I can only assume this means summer of 2008, and that European leagues end when the NBA ends, or thereabouts.
So, at the end of next season, his obligations are extinguished and he should have no buyout whatsoever, yet they report one for $1M.
I don't know what you find that so strange.
NBA teams have the restricted free agency system that allow them not to lost players for nothing at the end of their contract.
I see nothing wrong with an euro team puting a buyout at the end of a contract to avoid to lost a player for nothing.
Tau has signed Scola when he was very young and has worked a lot with him to bring him at his level. It's quite logical that they get something if he leaves this team.
It makes utterly no sense to me. It's like being indentured when there should be no obligation whatsoever. It's like forcing my plumber to buy himself out after he fixes my toilet.
I agree with Body. It makes no sense to have to pay an organization for rights to a player when they no longer have any rights for this existing player!!And as far as Tau getting something in return, they have gotten what they paid for , multiple winning seasons, MVP's, and worldwide exposure from Scola playing out his contract for their club.
Atlanta will get the 3rd pick.
Thus, Phoenix will have to wait till 2008 to nab the Atlanta pick.
And, watch the Hawks go out and actually make the playoffs out East next year.
http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_ar...in_ron_artest/Meanwhile, it's clear Don Nelson will never play Bradley's Patrick O'Bryant, the No. 9 pick in the 2006 draft, who might be worth a shot for someone with a low first-round pick.
We have a late first rounder and need of young frontcourt help. Would this make any sense for us?
No, I don't think so. O'Bryant is a near bust and not worth a first that could go for a better player.
Btw, I've been reading Chicago Bulls boards on realgm where they think they can get a mid-1st rounder for Chris Duhon. And then think they can get Scola for him. This stuff is laughable.
For the "Scola for Nocioni" believers :
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...ml?eref=si_nba
And Nocioni is in a painful position.
He averaged a career-high 14.1 points during the regular season, but he missed 28 of 29 games down the stretch with plantar fasciitis in his right foot and wasn't his usual energetic self in the playoffs. He averaged 8.8 points and shot 36 percent after averaging 17.6 the previous two postseasons.
"Lu has put himself in a position where he's going to be the longterm starter at the small-forward position for us," Paxson said. "We've got some decisions with Andres. And he's got some decisions, too."
Paxson also said he would love to "have a conversation" with veteran power forward P.J. Brown if he decides to play next season.
He wouldn't mind finding a scoring presence in the post, either.
The Spurs would be a good situation for Nocioni. They wouldn't have any expectations for him while he rehabilitated, since their team would largely be intact and they'd be giving up peripheral players (Scola, Barry, Butler, I guess). They could integrate him more in the middle of the season.
How much longer will he need to rehab? I thought the offseason would be plenty of time.
Just in case, I mean. Spurs wouldn't have to push him.
How much do we think Anderson Varejao will go for on the open market this offseason? Hes a guy I think would fill some nice needs. Shotblock and especially rebounding would be nice to add. Obviously, Cleveland will want to keep him...but I don't believe hes restricted.
Varejao would be badass.
Too expensive. Likely Cleveland s s out the cash. He's making himself a good chunk while we talk.
WTF dude, you stated this like it was fact! I had to go check ESPN to make sure the draft lottery wasn't until tomorrow.
BTW, I hope you're right, because I would actually go see a few games if they played playoff-calibur basketball....but that won't happen as long as Knight is running the biz.
he is restricted. and Cavs would be crazy, if they don't resign him, considering Z and Gooden are probably the worst frontline on defense.
the problem for the Cavs will be, that (thanks to a very bad cap-managing job of Ferry) they will be at the lux tax threshold next year. so if they can't find a way to move one of their larger contracts (Z?) or some of their over the prime veterans (Marshall, Jones, Snow), they will pay Varejao twice.
I guess Varejao will get a contract like Gooden (which would be appropriate IMO), he is a good young player who still has some upside, but he's not worth more and I can't see a team the offers more than some 7 million per year.
the odd man out in Cleveland will likely be Sasha Pavlovic, even if he just played his first decent season. there will be teams that offer him more than the qualifying offer of the Cavs and so they won't match (assuiming they resign Varejao) and pay lux tax for Pavlovic.
What are you thinking about this guy :
http://www.nbadraft.net/admincp/prof...risalmond.html
he can be available with our picks and averaged 26.4 ppg 6.6 rpg with rice last year maybe a good option with our second .
There was an article about him today. It seems the Knicks are watching him.
Morris Almond On Knicks' Radar
22nd May, 2007 - 6:38 am
New York Post -
The New York Post has learned one sharpshooter on the Knicks' radar should they keep the No. 23 pick is Rice University senior shooting guard Morris Almond, who will work out for the team in June.
"Almond's game is very similar to Allan Houston's," one NBA personnel director said. "He's probably the best outside shooter in the draft."
Scoring small forward Marcus Williams (Arizona) is another possibility at No. 23.
http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_ar..._knicks_radar/
I could see NYK nabbing Almond or Williams. Those are pretty good picks for them.
Morris Almond would be a safe pick for the Spurs (or anyone else for that matter), as I'd liken him to the current version of Michael Finley except younger.
I'd kinda like Rodney Stuckey, he's a combo guard with nice handles and a solid offensive game. The Spurs could use a back up pg option that can score; the Spurs would've had an easier time with PHX if they did. Vaughn is pretty good, but when Pop has a lineup that includes Vaughn, Bowen, and Fabricio on the floor I can't help but go like WTF!?
Stuckey's name has come up a lot. Actually so has Gabe Pruitt's for that matter.Morris Almond would be a safe pick for the Spurs (or anyone else for that matter), as I'd liken him to the current version of Michael Finley except younger.
I'd kinda like Rodney Stuckey, he's a combo guard with nice handles and a solid offensive game. The Spurs could use a back up pg option that can score; the Spurs would've had an easier time with PHX if they did. Vaughn is pretty good, but when Pop has a lineup that includes Vaughn, Bowen, and Fabricio on the floor I can't help but go like WTF!?
I'm not sure I'd want Gabe Pruit, he doesn't have Stuckey's offensive firepower and is Devin Harris bad when it comes to playmaking. He wouldn't be worth a 1st rounder, a second rounder maybe.
Stuckey on the other hand was softly considered to be a poor man's D-Wade by DX. He has a scorer's mentality and was always the guy that his team went to in the clutch, so he has Balls, Big Ones. Also all of the draft sites says this guy has the ability to become a lockdown defender at the 1 and 2 positions and put on pounds to his 6'4 frame. The more I read about this guy the more I salivate at the idea of him in a Spurs jersey.
Read up on Stuckey here:
http://www.draftexpress.com/viewprofile.php?p=1015
No one has suggested Gabe Pruitt as a first rounder, but as someone to look at with the 33 pick (second round).
Stuckey might play his way well into the first round.
i'm also not a big pruitt fan
stuckey -almond-rush ... would be better i think
i agree
The idea is that Pruitt will probably be in the 2nd round somewhere.
Rush I think will go early 20s. Almond, possibly, too. Stuckey might go in the late teens.
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